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12/4/2005 Paka: Planescape Keys & Secrets
I'm fascinated with world-building via Secrets and Keys, really kind of guiding the game's tone through what the players have in front of them to choose from when they have…
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Participants: Paka, Mike Lucas, Twobirds.

11/30/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Playtest opens - The Face of Angels
Howdy! The Face of Angels is a new short-form role-playing game from me. It is way more drama and seriousness than most of my games. Also, it is about teens…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Aman the Rejected, Victor Gijsbers.

11/28/2005 cpeterso: Sweet20?
I know supporting Sweet20 (i.e. D&D), instead of his other games, is probably a low-priority on Clinton's todo list, as he recently wrote: "This’ll probably surprise people, but I wouldn’t…
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Participants: cpeterso.

11/21/2005 dunlaing: Confused about tSoY
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that I wanted to get The Shadow of Yesterday. Let us also say that I actually sort of prefer pdfs to hard copies.…
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Participants: dunlaing, Clinton R. Nixon, Roger.

11/20/2005 demiurgeastaroth: TSOY 2nd edition, creative commons
I notice the 2nd edition has made it into text file form on the website. I noticed something missing: Character advancement ---------------------- <snip>Each advance that you get can be…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, MetalBard.

11/19/2005 Roger: [TSoY] Still unclear on Pain-Bringing
Alright.  I've looked over the (revised) rules, this board, the Wiki -- everything I could get my hands on.  I think I might understand the Bringing Down the Pain mechanic,…
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Participants: Roger, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, Twobirds, Matt Snyder.

11/18/2005 James_Nostack: [TSOY] Pimpin' Ain't Easy
Here's how I view my economic transactions with Anvilwerks Press: 1.  Clinton works hard, and makes awesome games. 2.  I mooch and don't pay him anything.  Largely because I have…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Paka.

11/17/2005 nahualt: Keys for a superhero game..
Hello, can anyone give me some examples of keys for a Superhero/Villain setting?
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Participants: nahualt, joshua neff, James_Nostack, shadowcourt.

11/17/2005 shadowcourt: Many characters in Bringing Down the Pain
Lord knows this is an old subject, but after reading through some of the threads, I haven't found an answer which entirely clarifies it for me, so I thought I'd…
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Participants: shadowcourt, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/16/2005 Paka: Controlled Keys
Has anyone given a list of controlled keys that players can buy for a given campaign or session in order to mantain a given tone in a game? It seems…
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Participants: Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Bob Goat, Twobirds, Kaare Berg (Old).

11/12/2005 shadowcourt: Is TSOY's first edition still available, as well?
This is one of those pain-in-the-ass questions, I know, but as keen as I am at getting my hands on the Revised Edition of The Shadow of Yesterday, I've been…
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Participants: shadowcourt, Bob Goat, Clinton R. Nixon, Andy Kitkowski.

11/11/2005 cpeterso: Donjon Second Edition?
As a new fan of Donjon, I'm wondering if there are any plans for a "Donjon Second Edition"? Three years since its release, perhaps Donjon could use a "refresh" to…
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Participants: cpeterso, Christopher Weeks, Clinton R. Nixon, xjermx, Miskatonic, rafial, Thomas D, Sonja.

11/9/2005 Paka: TSoY, one book on the table for the first game
It seems like cashing out Secrets and Keys to gain new ones and spending XP on the spot for what is happening in game is a big part of successful…
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Participants: Paka, Vaxalon, Clinton R. Nixon, argology, Twobirds.

11/9/2005 Twobirds: [SOY] Dealing with scrubs
After reading through a lot of the SOY posts here and docs elsewhere, I had an idea that I'm not sure is the best, but might work.  It concerns punks,…
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Participants: Twobirds, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/6/2005 James_Nostack: [SOY] Witches: Brides of the Shadow
What's a "pumpkin fantasy" game without witchcraft?  Secret of Witchcraft Pick an aspect of the world: this is your theme.  A theme can be something like Night, Love, Iron, Forest,…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Paka, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Twobirds, Clinton R. Nixon.

11/6/2005 pedyo: Donjon/Dungeon by Lewis Trondheim et. al
Hi all, Anyone here familiar with the excellent comic book Donjon/Dungeon by, among others, Lewis Trondheim? I was wondering if that kind of story could be achieved with the Donjon…
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Participants: pedyo, 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.

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.

11/1/2005 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.

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.

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12/5/2005 Aman the Rejected: Lulu vs. Indie Press Revolution
Hey Clinton, all, I'm getting TSOY revised for Christmas and was wondering where I should point my father-in-law. Lulu or Indie Press Revolution?
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Participants: Aman the Rejected, Clinton R. Nixon.

12/6/2005 Twobirds: Shadow of Yesterday revised HTML
I recently went through the HTML files I had from the original version of Shadow of Yesterday (book 1 and book 2) once I had a copy of the revised…
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Participants: Twobirds, KingstonC, Clinton R. Nixon.

12/8/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [tSoy] Alternative settings?
Does anyone know of any webpages containing guidance for running TSOY in alternate settings - things like Keys, Secrets, etc?
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Eero Tuovinen, John Harper, Kaare Berg (Old), Paka, MetalBard.

12/9/2005 Matt Snyder: [TSoY] Ability categories 1st vs. revised
In the first edition, Clinton organized abilities into categories (for example, the Craft Abilities category, which included Haggling, Fine Crafts, Rough Crafts, and Complex Crafts). Players prioritized these catgories, and…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Clinton R. Nixon.

12/10/2005 James_Nostack: [SOY] Hybrid Harm
While I like most of the changes in Fudgy SOY, I kind of liked the old way of doing Harm.  This is my port of the Old SOY Harm thingy…
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Participants: James_Nostack.

12/12/2005 Paka: TSoY Tinkering Urges
I played the first half of a Planescape TSoY game tonight; it wasn't meaty enough for an AP thread but it stirred things up in my noggin. This game makes…
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Participants: Paka, John Harper, Clinton R. Nixon, Ilmryn.

12/14/2005 Paka: First Quest: YA Fantasy Keys
After tinkering and playing with some TSoY I've got this idea of how to tinker with it.  The tinkered version is a standard fantasy and it is what I wish…
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Participants: Paka, nikola, joshua neff, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, Valamir, Bret Gillan, Joe Zeutenhorst, Bankuei, Blake Hutchins, SherryNugil, Clay, John Harper.

12/19/2005 Barlennan: [TSoY] Confused by the 2nd edition
I recently read the TSoY revised edition Creative Commons version, and I'm afraid I'm finding parts of it hard to follow. I should mention that my only experience with narrativist…
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Participants: Barlennan, Clinton R. Nixon.

12/25/2005 James_Nostack: [TSoy] Shakespeare 101
[b]Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark[/b] Key of the Mission Key of the Coward Secret of Speaking to Ghosts * Freeload 2 * Discern Truth 1 * Etiquette 1 * Duel…
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Participants: James_Nostack, jasonm.

12/26/2005 Albert of Feh: "Wings of Shadow" - upcoming game
I've managed to con a friend of mine into running a game of tSoY in Winter quarter. One of the things this guy likes to do for his games is…
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Participants: Albert of Feh, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay, Bret Gillan, Zaldreon.

12/27/2005 Graham Walmsley: [TSoY] Live action
Over Christmas, I was reading The Shadow of Yesterday. And it occurred to me that it would work perfectly as a LARP. Now, I'm suspicious of LARP conversions for tabletop…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, KingstonC.

1/2/2006 Frank T: [TSoY] Harm outside BDTP
So I'm in my "figuring out" phase for TSoY. I think the rulebook could use some more examples, that'd make it easier. One thing I wonder about: So you can…
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Participants: Frank T, Clinton R. Nixon, Tancred, James_Nostack, Twobirds, Bret Gillan, ubergeek2012.

1/5/2006 Clay: [TSOY] A new character sheet
My regular group isn't overly receptive to new games. We've been burned too many times by the Great New Thing, invested lots of money in books, only to have the…
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Participants: Clay, Tancred, barna284.

1/6/2006 Clay: [TSoY] Making Fudge Dice
I recently made a set of dice to give to a friend when I gave him TSoY for Christmas.  I cut them from some scrap ash that I had kicking…
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Participants: Clay, Vaxalon, Twobirds, Paka, Brian Newman, Bankuei, cpeterso, John Harper, Paul Czege.

1/18/2006 Bret Gillan: [TSOY] Buyoff XP Amount
Wouldn't it be better to make a Key's Buyoff equal to two Advances of XP rather than a flat 10 XP? In a 5XP Advance game, buying off a Key…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Clinton R. Nixon, Tancred, Eero Tuovinen.

2/2/2006 xjermx: [Donjon] Ninja!
Let me first apologize that this is not a more informational or somehow helpful post, or even asking a real question. I got my hands on Donjon very recently and…
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Participants: xjermx, Gaerik, Bret Gillan, Clinton R. Nixon, Ben Morgan, Miskatonic.

2/3/2006 James_Nostack: [Donjon] Best/Funniest Classes
Inspired by the Ninja! thread, I'd like to see more fun classes for Donjon. Professional Coward * Hide Anywhere Beg to Reconsider Stab Wildly in Terror Run in Dread "Oh…
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Participants: James_Nostack, xjermx, Bret Gillan, ubergeek2012, John Harper, Sonja, Gaerik, 1of3, Blake Hutchins, Iskander.

2/3/2006 Leto II.: [TSOY] Bruised & Bloodied
If too Chars fight each other with abilities that use different Pools, bruised is a real nuisance (giving that penalty die on the next action), but bloodied has no effect…
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Participants: Leto II., Clinton R. Nixon, Paka.

2/3/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [TSOY] Some rules questions
Been playing the game a lot, lately. Like it very much. Some questions: 1) The book states that you cannot declare BDTP without a resisted roll (pg. 35). This means…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon, ubergeek2012, Brian Newman.

2/8/2006 yothales: [TSoY] Rules adapted for Degenesis
Hello everybody! I’m playing a German RPG named Degenesis. You can download it here for free. The artwork is terrific and absolutely worth a look. It’s a post-apocalyptic setting in…
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Participants: yothales.

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