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8/25/2006 BobbyKearan: [TSOY] Martial Artist ?
Just brainstorming on how to accomplish something... Dirty : Scrapping Secret of Speciality - Scrapping : Unarmed Combat (or "ninjitsu", etc) Use Athletics to assist scrapping for cool moves. Secret…
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Participants: BobbyKearan, Frank T.

8/24/2006 tonyd: [TSOY] Bringing Down the Dungeon
In our last week's TSOY game, I came up with an interesting tactic for bringing down the pain. The group had made their desire for some dangerous underground archaeology in…
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Participants: tonyd, Twobirds, Clinton R. Nixon, John Harper.

8/21/2006 whytcrow: [TSOY] Long term campaigns
We're just finishing up a medium-ish long campaign of TSOY, and I really like the way the system works.  However, we've really hit the keys for all their worth, as…
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Participants: whytcrow, Gaerik, cpeterso, oliof, shadowcourt, Doyce, japrufrock, Paka, Frank T.

8/19/2006 Twobirds: [TSOY] Cults and secret societies
Clinton has mentioned that he's worked on a supplement for The Shadow of Yesterday called "Yesterday's Heresies."  He's linked the doc-in-progress before, so I think it's okay if I throw…
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Participants: Twobirds, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen.

8/18/2006 Matthew Glover: [TSOY][New Key] Cursed!
In our swashbuckling pirates game last Wednesday, the crew was attempting to salvage a shipwreck and were somewhat startled to discover a huge sea serpent had taken up residence in…
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Participants: Matthew Glover, xjermx, John Harper, JMendes.

8/18/2006 Hans: Just in case, some Donjon wiki space
In case anyone is ever looking for any, Doyce Testerman was kind enough to add a Donjon section to the Random Wiki.  I've started putting some stuff there already.  http://random.average-bear.com/Donjon/HomePage
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Participants: Hans.

8/17/2006 dunlaing: [TPK] I Got to Play TPK With Actual Kids
I had a very interesting experience playing TPK (nice acronym) with actual kids. You can read more here: http://www.20by20room.com/2006/08/the_adventures_.html It was very interesting to me how little I missed Escalation.…
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Participants: dunlaing.

8/9/2006 JMendes: [TSoY] (June Retreat) Five Keys in need of Feedback
Ahey, :) A'ight, then, here's a bunch of Keys that came up during this play session, which stemmed from this initial situation. I'm gonna post these on the wiki, eventually,…
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Participants: JMendes, Twobirds.

8/7/2006 Eliarhiman6: [TSoY] Changing the Past
I searched for an answer to this question in the rules and in this forum, but I didn't find anything: A Khale traveling in the Green World could go in…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Twobirds, Gaerik, John Harper, joshua neff, Eero Tuovinen, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/5/2006 JMendes: [TSOY] (June Retreat) Situation - A Not So Civil War
Hey, all, :) Here's a starting situation I used for our June RPG Retreat. Like Rat Moon Rising, it is in Maldor. Here's the thing, though. It's in Maldor because…
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Participants: JMendes, Everspinner.

8/3/2006 Matthew Glover: [TSOY] Broken, cannot act, so forced out of BDTP?
This happened in our game last night.  I just want to make sure I handled it in a manner consistent with the rules as written. Bobby and Jake's characters, having…
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Participants: Matthew Glover, Eero Tuovinen.

8/2/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Kingdom question.
I've got a LOT of nieces, nephews, and cousins.  Many are of around the target age for this game. My extended family is very, very Christian, and *will* read anything…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/31/2006 r_donato: [TSOY] Rules question re: BDTP with multiple opponents
I have some questions regarding standard (non-gestalt) BDTP with multiple opponents. Let's suppose we have three characters: A, B, and C. (I thought long and hard about those names.) Question…
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Participants: r_donato, Twobirds, Gaerik.

7/28/2006 cpeterso: [TSOY] distilled vs undistilled poison?
How do distilled poisons differ from undistilled? TSOY pages 171-173 describe the poisons' effects with different verbiage, but I don't see a significant difference. thanks, chris
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Participants: cpeterso, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/27/2006 xjermx: [TSOY] conflict against multiple opponents
My group has setup a house rule that I hope will be helpful to us, and I figured I'd share. Before I go right to the meat of it, let…
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Participants: xjermx, Clinton R. Nixon, Twobirds, KingstonC, shadowcourt, JMendes.

7/27/2006 Andrew Craig: [TSOY] How do I run a con-style short demo?
Hey folks, I understand that TSOY gets the twenty-minute demo treatment at cons, and since it seems like a much more efficient and effective way of encouraging people to play…
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Participants: Andrew Craig, Gaerik, Clinton R. Nixon, r_donato, Eero Tuovinen.

7/26/2006 Ben Cassidy: TSOY Steampunk
Hey all, this is my first post on the forum. I have read the rules to TSOY, and think they are both clever and innovative. If I can get my…
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Participants: Ben Cassidy, Glendower, xjermx, Matthew Glover, Valamir, shadowcourt.

7/25/2006 joewolz: [tSoY] Call me ignorant, but I have a question.
This is a question for the man himself (Mr. Nixon): Your game is avvailable as open or creative commons.  I was wondering what the parameters are for publishing derivitive work? …
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Participants: joewolz.

7/22/2006 epweissengruber: [Donjon] Dice Probabilities
One of the members of IndieRPG Toronto has done a good job of breaking down the dice probabilities of Donjon.  I, Erik Weissengruber, Lord Grand Pooh Bah of Indie RPG…
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Participants: epweissengruber, Hans, Sonja.

7/21/2006 shadowcourt: BDTP: Parallel vs Perpendicular
With the caveat that I've been a 1st edition TSOY player for my experiences with the game, I wanted to ask around about 2nd edition's "Parallel vs. Perpendicular" facet to…
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Participants: shadowcourt, Clinton R. Nixon, Gaerik, Mike Lucas.

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8/26/2006 BWA: [Sweet20] d20 Keys
Clinton, My D&D group is just getting back together this week after a long hiatus, and we were all super excited to use the version of Keys you worked out…
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Participants: BWA, Clinton R. Nixon, cpeterso, ffilz.

8/26/2006 Doyce: A *THIRD* Cover?
Okay, before I bitch that I ordered a revised edition copy of TSoY (apparently) about month too early and got the one cover I flat out do not like at…
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Participants: Doyce, Clinton R. Nixon, Squeeze, Skywalker, Brand_Robins, coffeestain, Clay.

8/28/2006 cpeterso: Cheap and Cheesy Adventure Generator?
Does the Cheap and Cheesy Adventure Generator still exist? The old anvilwerks.com URL http://www.anvilwerks.com/c_and_c.php is currently 404. And http://www.crngames.com/c_and_c.php too. thanks, chris
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Participants: cpeterso, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/28/2006 IMAGinES: TSoy BDtP Rules Quibble
Hi, Clinton, Something I wanted to check with you. Over in the Actual Play forum, you wrote: Parallel vs Perpendicular…
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Participants: IMAGinES, Eero Tuovinen, Daermon, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/29/2006 Myrmidon: Is TSOY no longer available online for free?
Clinton et al.,   On the old anvilwerks site there was access to the full text of TSOY (both original and revised).  But on the new site, I don't see…
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Participants: Myrmidon, Clinton R. Nixon, Twobirds, droog, r_donato, Clay.

8/30/2006 eruditus: [Donjon] newbie question about PC death
Good afternoon, So I finally grabbed Donjon.  I like the perspective thus far although I will say that I haven't played yet.  TSoY is next on the list along with…
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Participants: eruditus, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/4/2006 qingtian: Babel Deluxe Game
Use your word skills to build an inspiring tower in this lexical challenge in the ancient world. Travel through time to a land where words have yet to be invented.…
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Participants: qingtian.

9/7/2006 Doyce: Three-corner magic with no Secrets
Hi all, So... I've had TSoY in one incarnation or another for about two years, and I finally sat down last week and forced myself all the way through the…
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Participants: Doyce, Clinton R. Nixon, shadowcourt.

9/8/2006 Spooky Fanboy: Whatever happened to Riptide?
Is it still gelling in the background, or is it kinda dead in the water? It sounded real cool...
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/10/2006 alexandro: New Secret- need opinions
[b]Secret of Privileges[/b] You are nearly always acompanied by allies, underlings or slaves and you are very skilled at directing them to do all the heavy-lifting for you. You may…
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Participants: alexandro, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt.

9/11/2006 Supplanter: [TPK] Carnation Island
This one was created especially to hook my daughter, player of Princess Rose, so it's a "princess island." I threw in what would otherwise be more male characters than I…
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Participants: Supplanter, dunlaing.

9/11/2006 alexandro: Helping other Characters
I think I have a problem regarding how characters can use their abilities to help each other. The book says, that you can use a secondary (or tertiary...etc.) ability to…
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Participants: alexandro, Clinton R. Nixon, shadowcourt.

9/14/2006 Four Skulls: Need some help with Secrets
I'm thinking about running my next game with the TSoY system, but I'm not quite sure how to use secrets to model my character's abilities correctly (I hope that doesn't…
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Participants: Four Skulls, RedPissLegion, Twobirds, JMendes.

9/15/2006 DaveyJJ: Any lite or preview version of The Princes Kingdom to review?
Clinton, I'm in a huge discussion thread over on RPG.net right now about a) getting back into RPGs after more than 20 years away; b) finding a suitable RPG system…
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Participants: DaveyJJ, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/15/2006 JMendes: [Donjon] Hospitality
Hoy, :) What's it for, is basically the question... To clarify, I understand what it means and I know why I should have the numbers and use them to color/inform…
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Participants: JMendes, James_Nostack, eruditus.

9/19/2006 Ruminator: Paladin in Risus
I really liked the ideas in Paladin, and I really like Risus....so I did the next (natural to me anyway) thing and converted it to Risus.  It hasn't been fully…
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Participants: Ruminator, Twobirds.

9/21/2006 Sinistraphobia: Clinton Nixon, Guest of The Gamestas
As prolific a podcasters as Clinton is, he managed to find time to give us a very good interview, and we wanted to share it with you guys.  Check out…
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Participants: Sinistraphobia.

9/24/2006 1of3: [Donjon] Variant: Bloody Donjon
Hi. I always thought that the idea of Donjon is great but the rules always felt clunky. Now a player didn't arrive and we decided to have some old-school dungeoneering…
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Participants: 1of3.

9/30/2006 cdr: [TPK] Any Demo notes?
Are there any notes avilable for demo'ing The Princes' Kingdom, such as example princes or struggles? Dogs has a killer demo (stopping your brother from murdering the whore his son's…
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Participants: cdr.

9/30/2006 greyorm: [TPK] The Isle of Nightmares
As mentioned over in the AP thread, I need to develop an island for the kids to play through. This is my first attempt at such a thing, so any…
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Participants: greyorm, Supplanter.

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