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9/12/2006 boredoom: [Nine Worlds] Gaming Talismans
As mentioned in a previous thread, I have 14 points with which to buy a talisman. Thinking about how to distribute them, I got into a gamey mindset. Three main…
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Participants: boredoom, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Iskander.

9/10/2006 boredoom: [Nine Worlds] Talismans and Points
I just played in Iskander's game. Good time. I accumulated 14 Pride, which kind of scream to be put toward a talisman. But how do Talismans work in conflicts: do…
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Participants: boredoom, Matt Snyder, Iskander.

9/6/2006 Iskander: [Nine Worlds] Some questions
[i][MODERATOR EDIT: Note to readers, I screwed up and "modified" instead of "quoted" Iskander's original post, losing some of his original writing. His excellent questions are intact, at least! Sorry,…
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Participants: Iskander, Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman.

8/27/2006 Silgaer: Nine Worlds - ¿similar to Nobilis?
Hello everybody, i'm totally new in this forum and in the world of indie rpgs. Maybe you can help me. ¿Is NW similar to Nobilis? if not in mechanics ¿similar…
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Participants: Silgaer, Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman.

8/27/2006 Dev: [Dust Devils] Texas Hold Em mechanic for consideration
More than a few times, people asked for a Dust Devils mechanic that works with Texas Hold 'em, in part to help ameilorate the problem of running out of cards…
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Participants: Dev, Matt Snyder, Hans, Nathan P..

8/24/2006 MagePro: [Dust Devils] Revised Book
OK! Got the PDF, saw the older version; now I am waiting on the printed 'Revised' version. I know the site says 2006 is when it's due, but we…
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Participants: MagePro, Matt Snyder, TheLHF, Nephilim, demiurgeastaroth, Ron Edwards, rafial.

8/17/2006 Hans: [Dust Devils] Running out of cards
Ok, have any of you ever run out of cards?  I did at GenCon, and am interested in solutions.  I am loathe to give up my 1888 Grover Cleveland presidential…
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Participants: Hans, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, Remko.

8/15/2006 Hans: Dust Devils at GenCon
Ran this twice at GenCon; thanks to all who played.  The players I had for both sessions were fantastic; the first session turned into an action packed investigation of the…
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Participants: Hans, MagePro, ivan23, Matt Snyder, chris jiggy g.

8/3/2006 Falkayn: [Dust Devils] How to narrate outside of conflict?
OK, from reading Matt's replies to various threads on this board I've got a fair idea as to how to handle conflicts, but I'm a little stuck wondering how we…
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Participants: Falkayn, Hans, Matt Snyder, Eero Tuovinen.

8/2/2006 Sonja: [Dust Devils] Concrete Angels
Is the PDF for Concrete Angels still circulating? Apparently it's to play Dust Devils in modern world of crime. Is there just one PDF or multiple? Sonja
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Participants: Sonja, Matt Snyder, Hans.

7/15/2006 woodelf: space opera with Dust Devils
OK, we're about to wrap up our current campaign (probably this session or next), and we've agreed that the next game will be Dust Devils mechanics, space opera setting. Think…
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Participants: woodelf, Dev.

7/12/2006 Hans: Lost memory, a tactic that might be of some use...
Hi all: Had another session of Dust Devils on Monday night, and the game continues to fascinate.  I had a bit of brainstorm during the session though, that seemed, frankly,…
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Participants: Hans, Matt Snyder.

6/23/2006 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils Revenged -- The Call
Here's part of the revised rules that I'm really pleased with: The Call When all players and the Dealer receive all their cards, the Dealer Calls, and everyone shows his…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, John Harper, Hans, Falkayn.

6/7/2006 Dev: [Dust Devils] Low-card narration
Has there been discussion of letting the player with the low card be the narrator, as opposed to the high-card? Has anyone tried it out? I vaguely recall such discussions…
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Participants: Dev, Matt Snyder.

6/2/2006 Hans: [Dust Devils] First session a riot! w/questions
Hello: My first session as Dealer of Dust Devils was a riot, and apparently a hit with the players.  Thanks a LOT to Eero for the advice he posted to…
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Participants: Hans, Eero Tuovinen.

5/18/2006 maddrjeffe: Ok, I just got the book yesterday...
Boy my mailman was relived, I was starting to scare him hanging out at the box when he showed up. First impressions, impressive cover, interior design and binding. All of…
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Participants: maddrjeffe, Matt Snyder, Luxferre.

5/13/2006 maddrjeffe: Interested enough to burst, though that may be the coffee
So, I took the plunge and ordered Nine Worlds from IPR (they had a sale). Im curious about a few things, but most of it will have to wait untill…
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Participants: maddrjeffe, Vaxalon, Matt Snyder, Valamir.

5/1/2006 Mike Holmes: That Other Game
So I was just traipsing through all of the independent company fora, and for some reason the tag line for Chimera Creative caught my eye - it says that Chimera…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Wolfen, Matt Snyder.

4/24/2006 ocasta: [Dust Devils] Sub-genres
In preparation for running my first Dust Devils I read Ron's review here on the Forge. One of the things that Ron mentions is that everyone should agree on which…
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Participants: ocasta, Matt Snyder.

4/21/2006 John Harper: Timing actions: Burning Muse points and restoring Arete/Hubris
This is a question of action sequence. I don't think the rules specify anything here, so I'll throw it out for general discussion. Let's say my Archon gets womped by…
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Participants: John Harper, Vaxalon.

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9/27/2006 Iskander: [Nine Worlds] Points question
[size=8pt][i]Shit! Fucking Firefox! Fuck! Fuck! I had a whole fucking page of post that FF just fucking nuked. I hate it. This crappy board system, too, that doesn't save a…
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Participants: Iskander, Matt Snyder, Jonathan Hastings, Thor Olavsrud, boredoom, Valamir, John Harper.

10/18/2006 Remko: [Dust Devils]: Failing to get really intensive conflicts
I'm now back from a small con, where I ran a short Dust Devils session, and it didn't go as I had hoped. I made a short analysis, which I've…
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Participants: Remko, Eero Tuovinen, Hans.

11/30/2006 Matt Snyder: Daedalus e-zine archives restored
I wanted to report that the Daedalus e-zine archives are fully restored: Daedalus
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Thunder_God.

12/30/2006 Neil the Wimp: [9W] Demo scenario?
Are there any convention scenarios available for Nine Worlds? I've just picked up Nine Worlds and I'm very excited about it.  I'd like to run a mini-campaign of it at…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, Matt Snyder, 1000buffalo.

12/31/2006 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils PDF back with a vengeance!
I'm very pleased to announce that I kicked the Devil in the teeth, finally, and have completed the new edition. It's available now in PDF form -- 70 pages of…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, demiurgeastaroth, TheLHF, Jason L Blair.

1/6/2007 Miskatonic: DDR review at RPGnet
Hey look! A review already! http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12686.phtml
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Participants: Miskatonic, Matt Snyder.

2/22/2007 1of3: [Nine Worlds] Creating NPCs
Hi. I'm thinking about running a game in the Nine Worlds. It's just... I have no idea about how much Power, how much Force and how many points for Urges…
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Participants: 1of3, Iskander, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

3/2/2007 Jake Boone: [Dust Devils]: Updated release date?
I have money burning a hole in my PayPal account, and I desperately want to spend it on the revised edition of Dust Devils.  Any news concerning the release date?
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Participants: Jake Boone, Matt Snyder, Paka.

3/2/2007 hix: Is there a summary of "How you spend points"?
Hi Matt, I've borrowed Nine Worlds off a friend recently, and am really enjoying it. Hoping to give it a spin at a mini-con next weekend. I think the cheat…
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Participants: hix, Matt Snyder.

3/19/2007 Sam!: [Dust Devils] Folding
Greetings I wrote an alternative setting of Dust Devils to the 1st Trans-Atlantic Setting Design Challenge 2006, Lords & Ladies. After finishing that Eero Tuovinen encouraged me to ask Matt…
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Participants: Sam!, Eero Tuovinen.

4/9/2007 BlackSheep: [Dust Devils Revenged] Prepping a one-shot
I'm going to be running DDR in a few weeks, and was trying to decide whether the (pregenned by necessity) player characters should be a gang of outlaws or a…
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Participants: BlackSheep, Eero Tuovinen, Hans, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Yokiboy.

4/13/2007 Matt Snyder: [Dust Devils] Hell's comin' with me
Dust Devils: Stories in the Old West has just been shipped. I will receive a small number of copies next week, and bring them with me to Forge Midwest. In…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, hix, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Doyce, Paka, 1000buffalo, Caesar_X.

5/5/2007 Alan: [Nine Worlds] Creating NPCs (for real)
Hi, I have the pdf version of Nine Worlds and I have the same problem as Stefan. I got real excited to see his thread, then it fizzled without an…
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Participants: Alan, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder.

5/8/2007 Iskander: [Nine Worlds] Talismans, Narration and Theft
How do I steal a talisman? Can I give a talisman away, or be given one? Suppose I've created my aethership as a talisman... can it be taken away from…
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Participants: Iskander, Matt Snyder.

5/24/2007 gooderguy: [Dust Devils] question on when to raise stakes
by stakes i don't mean intent, or goals but the actual poker stakes of chips.  in the new revenged version, you are able to set stakes as chips, and earn…
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Participants: gooderguy, Matt Snyder.

5/28/2007 Dustin of the Dead: Periode Style Playing cards
A while back, I purchased these playing cards that were designed to look like 17th c. cards. I found a company on line that sells them, but they claim that…
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Participants: Dustin of the Dead, Hans, Matt Snyder.

5/29/2007 gooderguy: [Dust Devil] mitigating Harm
i plyaed Dust Devils Revenged past this weekend, and it was awesome.  we had a great storyline and a fun time playing it out.  the one issue i had with…
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Participants: gooderguy, Matt Snyder, Eero Tuovinen, Dustin of the Dead, skatay, BlackSheep, Ron Edwards.

6/5/2007 klausok: [Dust Devils] Chips
Are the examples in the rules realistic? In one, a player has 13 chips. I have a hard time seeing how you could ever accumulate that many.
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Participants: klausok, Matt Snyder.

6/8/2007 Dean Chung: [Nine Worlds] Pace for resolving muses
Hi, I am going to be starting a new campaign with Nine Worlds, and I have a question concerning muses.  Since muses play an important role in the progression of…
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Participants: Dean Chung, Jonathan Hastings, Matt Snyder.

6/15/2007 dyjoots: Dust Devils Character sheet?
I've looked high and low, and I can't seem to find a character sheet. The website mentioned in the back of Dust Devils: Revenged doesn't seem to have a sheet…
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Participants: dyjoots, Yokiboy, Matt Snyder.

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