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7/5/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: The Solar System discussion
So, I finally let the cat slip and posted the link to my working copy of the new TSOY rules. You can find them here: http://www.anvilwerks.com/src/tsoy2/solar_system.html I've been playing with…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, dyjoots, Paul Czege, Bankuei, aplath, Christopher Weeks, bcook1971, Andy Kitkowski, Jasper Polane, pfischer, Thierry Michel, J B Bell, Vaxalon, First Age, Yasha, Andrew Morris, KingOfFarPoint, James_Nostack, demiurgeastaroth, Remko, matthijs.

6/29/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: TSOY owners' survey
Hi, all. Between my recent awesome play of The Shadow of Yesterday and some awesome discussion in the forum, my interest in TSOY has been re-sparked to a great degree.…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, dyjoots, pfischer, joshua neff, Alan, James_Nostack, Jeffrey Straszheim, Trevis Martin, Negilent, bcook1971, KingstonC, Darcy Burgess, Thor Olavsrud, Clay.

6/28/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: TSOY odds generator
If you've ever been curious about how odds work in TSOY, check this out: http://www.anvilwerks.com/cgi-bin/tsoy_dice.rb You can enter two sides of a contest (ability score, bonus/penalty dice) and see what…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, dyjoots.

6/24/2005 dyjoots: [TSoY] A few questions after actual play
I fell in love with TSoY after reading the internet version, and I bought the print book. I finally convince my group to try it out for a one shot,…
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Participants: dyjoots, Darcy Burgess, James_Nostack.

6/24/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Re-doing Bringing Down the Pain
From this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=15779 I keep running into sharp edges that need to be filed in TSOY (especially with my new game I'm running - we've completely re-done…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, inthisstyle, Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, James_Nostack, Vaxalon, bcook1971, dyjoots, Jeffrey Straszheim.

6/24/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Pools and Refreshment: Instinct vs Vigor
So one of the hard points for me with TSOY is determining the dividing line between Instinct and Vigor for purposes of refreshing pools. Could someone break it down for…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, inthisstyle, ffilz, Negilent.

6/24/2005 Darcy Burgess: TSOY goes Orbital
Last night, our group ran a quick playtest of some mods (ok, heavy hacking) I did to TSOY in hopes of getting the basic framework of the system to support…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, rafial.

6/22/2005 inthisstyle: [Fifth World]
I've been working on my TSOY variant called The Fifth World. It's based on Southwest Native American culture, and it is really starting to take shape. I just finished the…
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Participants: inthisstyle, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/20/2005 Darcy Burgess: [TSOY] 2 parter re: pool refreshes
part the first, aka the "general question": Aren't the pool refresh rules a "gimme"? Since the only requirement is to narrate something, then the only obstacle to overcome is the…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/16/2005 CodexArcanum: [Chromed] A Shadowrun to Donjon Conversion
The title about says it, but I'll let my introduction say just a bit more. As a college student, I'm blessed with a fair bit of free time,…
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Participants: CodexArcanum, b_bankhead, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/10/2005 Bret Gillan: [Paladin] Abilities
Hey folks. I was reading through the free online version of Paladin, and it mentions Abilities and buying up Abilities, but as far as I could see there's no mention…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/9/2005 Paka: [Paladin] Jedi Summer
The monthly gaming group I meet with is six gamers, three men and three women and 3 games in and we've all really begun to bond. People bring food to…
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Participants: Paka, James_Nostack.

5/23/2005 James_Nostack: [TSOY] Why NOT to Bring It?
Question about the design: Is there any reason why a player wouldn't Bring Down the Pain whenever she doesn't get her way? Like, "Oops, I flubbed that roll. Bring the…
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Participants: James_Nostack, KingstonC, pfischer, aplath, Victor Gijsbers.

5/18/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Shadow Wars!
Yeah, it's not a roleplaying game. It's a war game. But it's from Anvilwerks. See my personal website (http://www.crystalandclinton.com/clinton/) for more details. It's in playtest.
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Grover.

5/15/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Starting Skills
When we designed characters yesterday, something struck us as odd: Players can then choose all abilities that fall into A-rated categories, 5 abilities that fall into B-rated categories, and 3…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, KingstonC.

5/14/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [TSOY] Starting Gear
Am I reading the text correctly that the only way to start with equipment that gives a bonus, is to buy the secret of imbuement? I was planning to give…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, James_Nostack.

5/10/2005 Vaxalon: TSOY print vs. web versions
How much material is there in the print version that isn't in the web version?
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Participants: Vaxalon, Trevis Martin, Bob Goat, Victor Gijsbers, inthisstyle.

5/10/2005 KingstonC: [TSOY] multiple NPC's in Bringing down the pain.
ok, so I ran "rat moon rising" last weekend, and the game climaxed with an all out battle between the PC's who were escoring the wounded troups out of the…
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Participants: KingstonC, Clinton R. Nixon, Vaxalon, aplath.

5/10/2005 Vaxalon: [TSOY] Streamlining Bring Down the Pain for IRC?
I had a conflict running for two fairly inept combatants. They both could muster +2's at best, for the situation at hand. It was going slooooow. Is it supposed to…
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Participants: Vaxalon, James_Nostack, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/6/2005 James_Nostack: [Donjon] Streamlining Combat for IRC?
Three characters fight three monsters. Let's assume that for each of these 6 characters, their (Level + Discernment + initiative abilities) give 6 actions per flurry. For each of these…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Selene Tan.

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7/26/2005 inthisstyle: [Fifth World] Game Design Advice
A post in Indie Game Design, for those of you who haven't seen it: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16131.0 Please comment if you can.
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Participants: inthisstyle.

8/2/2005 Miskatonic: TSoY Hardcover
[quote author=Clinton R. Nixon link=topic=16225.msg172779#msg172779 date=1123006356] [b]Anvilwerks[/b] [i]The Shadow of Yesterday[/i] (softcover) $20 [i]The Shadow of Yesterday[/i] (hardcover) $30 [i]Donjon[/i] $10 [/quote] Waitaminute... I must have missed the memo about…
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Participants: Miskatonic, Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, Gaerik, Jasper Polane, dyjoots, Rob Donoghue, Clay.

8/5/2005 Negilent: Adapting the Solar System v 2005
I've been ranting about TSOY to my group for a while, (and the events surrounding the latest game can be found over at Actual Play) I'd like to share a…
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Participants: Negilent, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/9/2005 Artanis: [Paladin] Detecting Animus question
Hello, Thanks for such a great game! I'm on the brink of starting a mini Paladin campaign using the Warhammer 40k universe (Actual Play should follow). In Detecting Animus, nothing…
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Participants: Artanis, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/23/2005 Miskatonic: Anvilwerks: always on the job
Kudos to Clinton for processing a Forge Bookshelf purchase on Sunday morning! I didn't realistically expect this to happen until after GenCon. By the way, did TSoY-Fudge (pronounced "soyfudge," yummy)…
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Participants: Miskatonic, Clinton R. Nixon, dyjoots, Rob Donoghue, Gaerik, ScottM, motherlessgoose.

8/24/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: City of Brass (GenCon preview edition) on sale!
Peeps, I have five red-hot awesome copies of City of Brass still available from GenCon. This thing is a slick little one-night competitive RPG. I thought I'd give my Forge…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Miskatonic.

8/28/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: [Shadow of the Lamb] Miracles
Hey, all. I'm writing a new game hot on the heels of GenCon. It's called "Shadow of the Lamb" and is about the first three centuries of Christianity, and, hey,…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Sean, dyjoots, motherlessgoose, quozl, WhiteRat, Eero Tuovinen, rafial, ejh, timfire, Spooky Fanboy, Tony Irwin, Arturo G., SirValence, Doug Ruff, Paul Czege.

8/28/2005 GaryTP: anvilwerks and katrina
Hey, Clinton. Notice Anvilwerks is down. You going to be okay with the hurricane? Gary
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Participants: GaryTP, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt-M-McElroy, Negilent, Justin D. Jacobson, abzu, cleahpatra.

9/1/2005 Justin D. Jacobson: [OT] Hope you're doing okay after the hurricane
Couldn't figure out where to post this, but I hope you've managed to come out of Hurricane Katrina relatively intact. As a gamer, you have two major advantages. First, you…
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Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/2/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: The Shadow of Yesterday revised on sale!
Seriously, it's available now from my Lulu store. So, if you like crazy goblins and sweet lovin' on the corner of Full Moon Drive and Blade-Edge Avenue, get you a…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, coffeestain, Tymen, Matt-M-McElroy, David Bapst, Victor Gijsbers, krs, Clay, Roger Eberhart, Andrew Norris, tzunder, jjspackle, Brand_Robins, Twobirds, pfischer, Michael S. Miller, Ragnar Deerslayer, Frank T, First Age.

9/14/2005 Artanis: [Paladin] IIEE question & attribute changes
Hello Clinton, I was having a minor problem with the system, and this is how I will try to work around it. Activating attributes is a bit confusing. Most players…
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Participants: Artanis.

9/20/2005 Eric Minton: [Donjon] Healing Magic
How do you handle healing spells in Donjon?  It looks like you can keep casting healing spells between encounters until everyone is fully healed.  Moreover, the recommended method for resolving…
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Participants: Eric Minton, 1of3.

9/22/2005 Ruminator: [Paladin] - xhtml version
I couldn't leave well enough alone...I modified the html code behind Paladin to be xhtml compliant and updated the style sheet as well.  To let you know, the resulting file(s)…
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Participants: Ruminator, ScottM, John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, Arturo G., tzunder.

10/4/2005 Eric Minton: [Donjon] The Cellars of Zenopus (prep)
After reading epweissengruber's post about running The Slave Pits of the Under-City with Donjon, I reckoned that this would be a great use for my old D&D modules.  I'm planning…
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Participants: Eric Minton, Sean, Clinton R. Nixon, Vaxalon.

10/17/2005 James_Nostack: Donjon of Oz?
Has anyone tried running Donjon in children's fantasy books?  Like, say, The Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?  These books are…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Vaxalon, John Harper.

10/20/2005 inthisstyle: [Fifth World] Pools
I am currently working on my variation of The Shadow of Yesterday, called The Fifth World. One of the things I am messing with is the Pools, and here is…
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Participants: inthisstyle, Twobirds, Rob Donoghue, James_Nostack.

10/20/2005 Twobirds: Lulu version of City of Brass on sale
I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned here - but the PDF version of City of Brass is available from Clinton's Lulu store.  It's $5.00. I'm kind of new, this is…
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Participants: Twobirds, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/1/2005 Paka: The Shadow of Yesterday Revised
Clinton, You said in your Ogre Cave interview that the new edition was better.  What is different?  What is improved? Why are you happier with this one? Judd
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Participants: Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Jonas Karlsson.

11/2/2005 James_Nostack: [TSOY] Old BDTP, new Dice?
Hi, totally like the idea of using Fudge Dice for TSOY, but I totally hate the new "hit point" style BDTP.  So here was something I was thinking about this…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/5/2005 Paka: TSoY: The Intro
The intro is so amazing.  I read it aloud to my girlfriend.  It did what I want gaming books to do; it turned me on, made me want to play.…
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Participants: Paka, Twobirds.

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