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2/27/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Spectrum at GTS?
Will anyone at Spectrum be going to the GAMA Trade Show next month? I'm curoious to meet one or two of you and waiting 'til Origins or GenCon sounds a…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, The Spoken Name.

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.

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.

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.

1/25/2003 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.

1/24/2003 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.

1/23/2003 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.

1/22/2003 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.

1/21/2003 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.

1/19/2003 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.

1/16/2003 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.

1/16/2003 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 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.

1/10/2003 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.

1/5/2003 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.

1/4/2003 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.

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.

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.

12/22/2002 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.

12/15/2002 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.

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3/8/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: New CAH site!
Z-Man Games proudly announces the brand new official CAH website. It's still in its infancy, so please let us know what you'd like to see. As always, your opinions matter…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Norbert, Eddy Fate, Territan.

3/23/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH Release News!
Here's the good word from Zev himself! "The shipment came into the warehouse on Wed and has started shipping to distributors. So figure next Wed all domestic distribs will have…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason L Blair, Michael Hopcroft, gunsel, The Spoken Name, Norbert.

3/26/2003 Norbert: Would CAH work for the Funky Cops?
I am watching Funky Cops, a new cartoon series originally made (I think) in France, and currently airing Wednesday nights on MTV Germany. It is a cartoon spoof of 70s…
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Participants: Norbert, Eddy Fate, The Spoken Name, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

3/27/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH Online Release Party
On Monday, March 31, we are having an online party to celebrate the release of the Cartoon Action Hour hardcopy. The chat-party will begin at 8:00pm Eastern/7:00pm Central and will…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate, Michael Hopcroft.

3/28/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH in my hands!
I've waited almost 17 years for today. You see, today marks the day when I first held a full-fledged, honest to gosh published RPG that I designed (or helped design)…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason L Blair, gunsel.

4/1/2003 Michael Hopcroft: CAH for Slayers?
I'll know more when I have access to the book again (it's a long story, involviong moving, an overzealous housecleaning and a massive collapse of an entire book collection stacked…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Spooky Fanboy, Eddy Fate, Wulf, Slant, Derek Devlin.

4/1/2003 Eddy Fate: Online Ordering!
I'm sure Cindi will put up a full announcement (since I'm not an administrator, I can't), but online ordering is active! Here's the direct link to buy it online: http://www.shadowfist.com/html/store_CAH.htm
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Participants: Eddy Fate, Shadeling, Valamir, The Spoken Name.

4/2/2003 Grex: CAH dead tree edition spotted in Copenhagen!
Hi Cynthia, I just thought I'd inform you that CAH has made it to Copenhagen, Denmark -- this afternoon I walked into my FLGS and spotted it on the 'new…
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Participants: Grex, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: On to my second copy
Well, I had to do it. I couldn't find my copy anywhere, so i ordered a second copy of the Dead Tree Edition from Z-Man games, paying full price. The…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, The Spoken Name, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Bull, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Jason L Blair.

4/4/2003 The Spoken Name: Need Team Z members!
Ok, what is Team Z? Well, it's a demo team for people who are willing to run CAH events in local FLGS and especially at cons. We want poeple to…
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Participants: The Spoken Name.

4/4/2003 Evan Waters: PDF Schedule
I know I have a vested interest in this (I won a contest so I get all the electronic material for the line free), so forgive my selfishness, but has…
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Participants: Evan Waters, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/5/2003 Darrin Kelley: Special Ability question related to the Transformers.
In the original Transformers series, there was an ability demonstrated originally by the Constructicons. The ability to combine into Devistator. How would one simulate as a Special Ability in CAH?
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Participants: Darrin Kelley, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/5/2003 Darrin Kelley: Size question.
How would one make it so that a character could either grow or shrink as a Special Ability?
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Participants: Darrin Kelley, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/5/2003 Clinically Insane: G.I. Joe Official Handbook
Just picked this book up on the 3rd, thought of Cartoon Action Hour and picked it up. I couldn't get to the spectrum site yesterday. Luckly someone responded to a…
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Participants: Clinically Insane, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/6/2003 Derek Devlin: Congratulations CAH!
I just stopped by Warehouse 23 and noticed something. CAH became available on their site on April 1st. As of today, CAH is in "Low Stock". Looking good! :D Derek…
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Participants: Derek Devlin, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

4/6/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Weekly CAH Chat and setting up new chat channels
I have two questions. 1. Are we having a weekly CAH chat this week and where? 2. How does one go about contacting the chat server you used for the…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Bull, Goose.

4/7/2003 Bull: IRC Primer
I'm not sure yet what night Cindi wants to do the weekly chats, but generally speaking, the CAH IRC channel is open 24/7. So if anyone's hanging out online, feel…
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Participants: Bull, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate, Adam.

4/7/2003 Slant: Hi Cynthia and all cartoon lovers :o)
I just picked up a copy of CAH after eagerly looking forward to the release for some months now. I love this game! You obviously have a great deal of…
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Participants: Slant, Norbert.

4/8/2003 Norbert: Warriors of the Cosmos Game: Running and Looking for Players
Hello Warriors of the Cosmos fans, here is an on-going play-by-post e-mail game based directly on this series from CAH. It's been going for a few months, but we could…
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Participants: Norbert.

4/8/2003 Slant: Anybody remember THIS?
With all the talk of GI Joe as a possible CAH campaign, I feel compelled to mention another property that was never actually a cartoon, yet was a definite part…
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Participants: Slant, Norbert, Darrin Kelley.

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