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12/10/2002 Derek Devlin: Pulling Crazy Stunts in CAH
Hi. I’m new to the forum and CAH but when I saw the game’s subject matter and names like Jared Sorensen and John Wick appearing in the forums, I knew…
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Participants: Derek Devlin, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate.

12/8/2002 Roy: Well done!
I just purchased CAH from RPGNow today and I'm very pleased with it. I am thrilled to see you've provided a way to handle improvised magic (i.e. Spell Clusters). Thank…
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Participants: Roy, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate.

12/3/2002 Roy: Advancement Question
Is character advancement (gaining more Character Points) built into CAH or are the characters relatively static once they've been created? I'm seriously considering purchasing CAH, but I'd like to know…
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Participants: Roy, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Wulf.

11/18/2002 Eddy Fate: CAH Update
It's time again to update everyone on the progress of the current Cartoon Action Hour projects. CAH Hardcopy * We've been getting artwork in by the droves and it's very,…
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Participants: Eddy Fate.

11/7/2002 Wulf: A little advice please
Hi all. I've been considering using CAH for a Science Fiction setting (as some may have noticed over on RPGnet...). The effect I'm after is something like a cartoon version…
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Participants: Wulf, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

11/2/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Cartoon Action Hour Demo Available!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pittsburg, Ks. November 2nd, 2002 CARTOON ACTION HOUR DEMO AVAILABLE Spectrum Game Studios and Z-Man Games announce the release of the free Cartoon Action Hour demo! The…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller.

10/7/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Cartoon Action Hour Goes Hardcopy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Eastchester, New York October 7, 2002 Z-MAN GAMES TO PUBLISH FIRST RPG Z-Man Games, Inc. announces today that it will publish its first roleplaying game, called Cartoon…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, James_Stubbs, Jared A. Sorensen, wyrdlyng, Jason L Blair, Eddy Fate, Adam.

9/19/2002 SteveD: Competition Scores
Hey all. I'm Steve, long time lurker, first time poster, I love your show by the way... Sorry. In my typical paranoid neophyte writer way, I am hunting feedback with…
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Participants: SteveD, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

9/13/2002 Eddy Fate: FAQ - Please Ask Questions!
One thing we'd like to work on is a rules/system FAQ for Cartoon Action Hour. At some point I'm going to go digging through the list and forum archives to…
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Participants: Eddy Fate, Wulf, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

9/11/2002 Eddy Fate: Transformer Tech Specs to CAH
These rules are not only unplaytested, I know for a fact they're going to be totally unbalancing. But hey, they're fun! Here's how to convert Transformer Tech Specs (those cards…
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Participants: Eddy Fate.

9/8/2002 Erik C. Battle: New Action Figure
Background is a bit dodgy, but I don't want to mess with it any more today. Any resemblance to that Very Hot Tennis Player's photo shoot for FHM is purely…
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Participants: Erik C. Battle, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Slant.

9/3/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Potentially Big News!
Heya, gang! We've just entered negotiations with a very reputable game company for a deal that would allow them to produce the CAH hardcopy (possibly even in hardcover). So far,…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, James_Stubbs, Ron Edwards.

8/29/2002 James_Stubbs: After These Messages
Hey Cynthia or Eddy When is the first After These Messages scheduled? I want to see the other two contest winners! (I'm guessing that you're going to use all of…
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Participants: James_Stubbs, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate.

8/29/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Attention: Erik Battle
I saw the mock-up action figures you designed and I'm absolutely stunned at how incredible they look. Please, please contact me as soon as you can. I have a proposal…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate, Erik C. Battle.

8/28/2002 mahoux: Hitting any cons with CAH?
Cynthia, Eddy et. al- Are you guys going to do any regional con work for CAH (pimping it out at a booth, selling limited copies, etc? I ask this for…
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Participants: mahoux, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate.

8/25/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH Contest Winners!!!
The voting is over for the "Create-A-Series" conest and it was very close all the way around, with quite a few series going nose to nose in the final stretch.…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Evilschemer, James_Stubbs.

8/24/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Back in Action
Hiya, gang! The last month and a half or so has been the single worst period in my entire life. Everything went directly into the crapper, on every front. Fortunately,…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Bull, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, stormwerks, Eddy Fate.

8/23/2002 Shadeling: Transformers:Armada
At 4:30 PM Pacific Time, on Friday August 23rd on Cartoon Network, You can catch Transformers: Armada. Looks sweet. You can catch a small clip on Cartoon Network's Website. Anyway,…
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Participants: Shadeling, stormwerks, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate.

8/23/2002 soundwave: CAH for 'girly' cartoons
Now, don't ask me how this came up, but recently I discussed with some friends the possibility of roleplaying with some of the more 'girly' cartoons of the eighties as…
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Participants: soundwave, Eddy Fate, Michael Hopcroft, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, Harper of Oz, Clinically Insane, Slant, Jonathan Walton.

8/1/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Since someone mentioned Beast Wars
Are tape requests (trade or otherwise) on topic? I am looking for copies of Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers.
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jared A. Sorensen, stormwerks, James_Stubbs.

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12/11/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH Cover
We have two possible covers for the hardcopy CAH book and they are both fantastic! So fantastic, in fact, that we're having troubles choosing which one we're going to use.…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason L Blair.

12/15/2002 Shadeling: Is the Book version going to have more OOMPH!?
What I mean is it going to have more examples and definitions? Like how to incorporate various abilities into a game... Am I being clear?
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Participants: Shadeling, Eddy Fate, Spooky Fanboy, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

12/22/2002 Jason L Blair: 12 Games: Cartoon Goodness
Hey all, Christmas in Cartoon Land is up at the 12 Games of Christmas: http://www.key20.com/12games
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Participants: Jason L Blair, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, urbwar.

12/26/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Belated Christmas Present
We here at Z-Man Games and Spectrum Game Studios wish to give you a small gift for the holidays. We've posted a few art samples on a webpage for you…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Derek Devlin, urbwar.

12/29/2002 urbwar: Using CAH for Gargoyles.....
[quote="Cynthia Celeste Miller"] Care to share any of your game? I always love hearing such things. :) [/quote] Sure! I was thinking of following some of the basic ideas of…
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Participants: urbwar, Eddy Fate.

1/4/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: More Cartoon Action Hour pics
Two more pics from the Cartoon Action Hour book have been added to our preview site. Check them out here.
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Derek Devlin.

1/5/2003 Derek Devlin: The Idea Pile
They say that whenever you get an idea, you should write it down so you don’t forget it. So I thought, “Why not make a thread where everyone can write…
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Participants: Derek Devlin, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate, Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat, Valamir, Drew Stevens, Rob MacDougall, Norbert, gunsel, Goose, urbwar.

1/10/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Yet more Cartoon Action Hour pics
Check out this week's offerings, straight from the upcoming Cartoon Action Hour rulebook!
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Clinically Insane.

1/16/2003 Clinically Insane: Can Cartoon Action Hour do?
First let me say, this game looks cool and that is not just the medication talking ;) I remember some great cartoons from years past, but here is my question…
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Participants: Clinically Insane, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

1/16/2003 Clinically Insane: What can someone tell me about cartoon action hour?
Ok so they don't let us use computers at the asylum and no four-sided dice either, they say they are too pointy ;) What was that? Pencils are pointy too.…
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Participants: Clinically Insane, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Paganini, Eddy Fate.

1/16/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Using CAH for Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
This was probably my favorite 90's Ameritoon this side of Batman. I feel it was grossly underappreciated in its day and it is rarely shown now. Needless to say, I…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Eddy Fate, Jason L Blair, Slant.

1/19/2003 Roy: G.I. Joe Episode Summaries
Here's a link to G.I. Joe epidsode summaries for anyone interested: http://qktheatre.com/summaries/ Roy
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Participants: Roy, Clinically Insane.

1/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Using CAH for Galaxy Rangers
Another show I missed, but that looks like it woujld make fascinating campaign material, is Galaxy Rangers. Anyone remember enough details about this show that they would be able to…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason L Blair, The Spoken Name, Wulf, Slant, Goose, Valamir.

1/22/2003 Clinically Insane: Advertisement
It would be cool to see a Cartoon Action Hour Roleplaying game advertisement running on cartoon network. Though I guess such an ad would cost a very lot? So is…
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Participants: Clinically Insane, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Derek Devlin, Eddy Fate.

1/23/2003 SteveD: Cindy?
Cindy, I just answered your email and I got an error message, something about your quota being full? Anyway, the answer is: yes, you bet! Cheers, Steve
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Participants: SteveD, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

1/24/2003 Clinically Insane: Of mice and ATM
Just curious will the ATM internet supplement be compiled into a book format at a later time. Maybe the first 5 issues (give or take) may later see print in…
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Participants: Clinically Insane, Eddy Fate.

1/25/2003 Derek Devlin: How do you like your Villains?
Cartoons tend to follow certain patterns when it comes to the Villains that the Heroes face week after week. 1. The Single Recurring Villain This bad guy continually plots and…
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Participants: Derek Devlin, Clinically Insane, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Evan Waters, Slant.

1/26/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Pen & Paper Fan Awards
Pen and Paper (a really nifty gaming website) is conducting a fan award thing and I'm here to call to everyone to lend their vote (hopefully for CAH). So what…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller.

1/29/2003 urbwar: so how close are we to the Dead Tree version of CAH?
With February only a few days away, I figured I'd ask when this beauty of a book is due out. I'm getting anxious to hold it in my hands, so…
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Participants: urbwar, Eddy Fate, Wulf, Michael Hopcroft.

2/7/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Droids & Ewoks
Does anyone remember a pair of cartoons aired together that Lucasfilms licensed from the original Star Wars trilogy? Evdiently they pulled the licence, because they haven't been seen in years.…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Eddy Fate, Slant, Madcat, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

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