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4/24/2004 Matt Snyder: Status update
Here's a quick update on where things stand for Chimera Creative in general and Nine Worlds in particular. I've been incredibly busy with real life stuff for about the last…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, ethan_greer, Neil.

4/7/2004 Paka: Deadwood
If you ain't watching the new HBO moving picture show, Deadwood before shuffling your deck and playing Dust Devils that I'll have to reckon that you's just a dude too…
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Participants: Paka, Matt Snyder, Tim Alexander, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

3/19/2004 Pilgrim: Possible useful tool for 9 Worlds & a question
Matt, I saw a listing for this and dug up a review and ordering information. I thought this might be useful as well, and I'm thinking of snagging a deck…
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Participants: Pilgrim, Matt Snyder, MathiasJack.

2/29/2004 Coleslaw: Recovery of Attributes
Hello, I finally had a chance to play Dust Devils with some friends after purchasing it decades ago. It took a while to get my friends to try a new…
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Participants: Coleslaw, Matt Snyder.

2/6/2004 Matt Snyder: I am not a crook -- new game ideas
Ok, here's a bit of a fun rant. For the second time this week, I've seen a preview of a game or movie that is almost exactly like an idea…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Michael S. Miller, Nick Pagnucco, Mike Holmes.

2/6/2004 Matt Snyder: 9W -- Getting back on board
Last night, I wrote up a lengthy post explaining where Nine Worlds design stands, especially after letting it rest in my brain and re-reading threads on the Chimera Creative forum.…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Valamir, Piers Brown.

2/3/2004 Dev: DD and Texas Hold'em
I like 7-card Texas Hold'em a lot more than I like 5-card draw. I know, that's not the point, but I have to ask. In case you don't know, the…
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Participants: Dev, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes.

1/13/2004 Brand_Robins: 9 Worlds Questions
While going on to a friend about how cool Dust Devils was, I got pointed to 9 Worlds as an even better game. I downloaded the playtest and am loving…
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Participants: Brand_Robins, Matt Snyder.

1/2/2004 Matt Wilson: 9 worlds' design
Hey Matt: Want to share some details regarding the layout for 9 worlds? What fonts are you using (garamond for body text?) and what spacing? I think you really nailed…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Matt Snyder.

11/30/2003 Kenway: Other Genres for Dust Devils?
Beyond the Deathwish addon (spies), has anyone tried any other genres? I imagine a cyberpunk adventure would work: Digital Devils: Hack or give up the deck.
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Participants: Kenway, Matt Snyder, Jason L Blair, Tim Alexander, furashgf, Brand_Robins.

10/30/2003 Spooky Fanboy: 9 Worlds: Hubris/Arete question
Originally, in the 9 Worlds playtest, if you declared one of these sacrosanct, the other attribute was put in danger. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't wrap my…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Matt Snyder, Valamir.

10/2/2003 Tim Alexander: DD prep, and the power of the narrator.
Hey Folks, Over here I have the opening session of my group's new Dust Devils game. We're pretty excited about it. One of the major questions that came out of…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

9/30/2003 Matt Snyder: More on Muses
In between work, life and editing articles for Daedalus (just wait 'til you read Greg Stafford's awesome answers in the Q&A!), I've been tinkering with Nine Worlds. Mostly, I've let…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Pilgrim.

9/12/2003 Pilgrim: Character Creation Issues
Matt, I've been trying to tinker together a character and nothing is really coming together for me. I also found that in the Playtesters Unite thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7557, others were/are having…
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Participants: Pilgrim.

9/12/2003 Pilgrim: Applicable Article in Pyramid
Pyramid ran an article that applies pretty well to Nine Worlds (as well as Kester's Crystal Spheres). It is: Fantasy Cosmology: When the Stars Are Just Lights by David Morgan-Mar.…
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Participants: Pilgrim.

9/11/2003 Pilgrim: Setting - are there other asteroids/planetoids like Atlantis
I can't remember if I asked this one and have lost that part of my notes. Are there other cities/planetoids/asteroids/minor bodies in the 9 Worlds setting? The reason I ask,…
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Participants: Pilgrim, Matt Snyder, Draqo, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Kester Pelagius.

9/11/2003 Matt Snyder: 9W: Setting & rules "Pilgrimmage"
I’ve consolidated Pilgrim’s excellent questions here into one thread to which I can offer answers as I have time to answer them. -Matt RULES Banking Tricks Can Tricks be banked…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Pilgrim.

9/11/2003 Pilgrim: Setting - Style
What style are you shooting for - have the Eternals changed since their days on Earth? From the examples of the book, Zeus seems to have become more sophisticated (secret…
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Participants: Pilgrim.

9/11/2003 Pilgrim: Source material and references
Recommended reading for fiction and reference? This can make life much easier and convenient for GMs and players.
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Participants: Pilgrim, Matt Snyder.

9/11/2003 Pilgrim: My readthrough and commentary
Matt, I'm going to do this as a series of posts, one topic apiece, summarized in the subject line. I hope this makes things easier to work with and I…
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Participants: Pilgrim, Matt Snyder.

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5/27/2004 pfischer: Dust Devils for the first time
I am running my first DD game this weekend - with people I don't know, and it's my first truly narrative game experience. (I probably used to the a Typhoid…
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Participants: pfischer, Dev, Matt Snyder.

6/4/2004 Fétide Grigou: Introduction and difficult choices in 9W (long)
Hi ! I’m a french player and I intend to play 9W very soon. I was really impressed the first time I read the playtest version because I found a…
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Participants: Fétide Grigou, Matt Snyder, Valamir.

7/20/2004 Matt Snyder: Killers and Plagues: GenCon 2004
Phil Reed's organizing a catalog for the Forge booth at GenCon. This is a sneak peek at what I'm working up for Dust Devil's contribution. John Wesley Hardin Texas gunman…
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Participants: Matt Snyder.

7/29/2004 Matt Snyder: Nine Worlds organizations
Here's a sneak-peek at most of the organizations in the Nine Worlds book and a hint of what they're up to: Nine Worlds Organizations: Aegis - Zeus secret police on…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Valamir.

8/6/2004 Bailywolf: Dreamspire?
I know between Nine Worlds and Dust Devils, things have been pretty busy at Chimera Creative, but is there news on Dreamspire? Since I heard about this project, I have…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

8/6/2004 Dev: Dust Devils + GNS + Setting + Fu
(GNS ahead, but I think its not too twinky. This is basically about how I'm relating to Dust Devils in my own funky way.) I realized that, the last time…
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Participants: Dev, Matt Snyder.

8/17/2004 Matt Snyder: Nine Worlds, Dust Devils at GenCon
I will debut Nine Worlds print edition at GenCon. This book has come together beautifully. I'm extremely pleased with the results of the content and the design. The book weighs…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Pilgrim, Blind Hero.

8/27/2004 Brand_Robins: Nine Worlds .pdf at RPG.now?
Is the .pdf of Nine Worlds going to be avaliable through RPG.now?
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Participants: Brand_Robins, Matt Snyder.

8/28/2004 Spooky Fanboy: Just got my thank-you copy
And thank you; it's a nice game. I'd like to post a review of it somewhere, but I'm borrowing computers as is, and still don't have one of my own.…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Matt Snyder.

8/29/2004 Steve Dustin: A Little Confused...
I just downloaded and read the Nine Worlds playtest copy, and the revised character sheet. Is playtesting finished? Is the game complete? Are you selling it now? And if not…
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Participants: Steve Dustin, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards.

8/29/2004 jporrett: Nine Worlds
I was unable to get to Gen Con, but I had a friend of mine pick me up a copy of Nine Worlds. I finally got it yesterday from him…
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Participants: jporrett, Matt Snyder.

8/30/2004 Matt Snyder: Chimera Creative site restored! Nine Worlds available
I'm happy to report that the Chimera Creative web site is restored. Links to purchase Nine Worlds and download the new character sheet (free) are updated and active. Check it…
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Participants: Matt Snyder.

8/30/2004 xiombarg: 9W errata?
I got my thank-you copy... And the game is very rockin'. But I'm curious if it's because I'm on a IBM PC or what, but a lot of the pages…
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Participants: xiombarg, Matt Snyder.

8/30/2004 Matt Snyder: Thank you copies of Nine Worlds
You dirty dozen who received a free copy of the Nine Worlds PDF please be aware that the PDF is still available at the link I sent previously. I have…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, MathiasJack.

9/2/2004 Trevis Martin: (9W) Duration of tricks.
Hi Matt. I bought Nine Worlds at GenCon and have just gotten through it. Its great! That layout is FANTASTIC (relax, just teasing you a little, man.. I want to…
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Participants: Trevis Martin, Matt Snyder.

9/4/2004 Pilgrim: Starting Valor and Pride
Matt, I must be overlooking this, but are a character's starting Valor and Pride equal to their Arete and Hubris? Thanks,
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Participants: Pilgrim, Matt Snyder.

9/5/2004 Ron Edwards: Is there enough choice in the Choice?
Hi Matt, I've been making up some characters for Nine Worlds, and it keeps bugging me ... if I decide to make a pretty skewed character in terms of Arete…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

9/10/2004 Ron Edwards: Nine Worlds epiphany
Hello, Some of the following is expanded from a recent private message to Matt. Nine Worlds has finally converted me. I gotta say, I am a terrible audience for pop-metaphysics…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, joshua neff, Paul Czege, Erling Rognli, 1000buffalo, Matt Snyder.

9/21/2004 Matt Snyder: 9W Setting favorites?
I spent a great deal of energy filling out the backhistory and setting material of Nine Worlds. I'm proud of those sections in the book, and I think there are…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, jporrett, Pilgrim, Ron Edwards.

11/1/2004 Andy Kitkowski: DAEDALUS: Halloween edition
2 Questions: 1) Will there be a PDF downloadable version? 2) How come you haven't yet promulgated the availability of the latest Daedalus from here to Heaven? :-) -Andy
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Matt Snyder, hix.

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