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8/14/2002 Matt Snyder: Out of the box, into the fire
Holy Frijoles, compadres! Ken Hite has called out Dust Devils in his Out of the Box GenCon wrap-up, including a final note that he'll review the game soon. Which means,…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Gordon C. Landis, Clay, GreatWolf, Jason L Blair.

8/1/2002 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils: Altering the Devil Rating
Now that I've got the very funky octaNe layout (mostly) underwraps, I'm making my last pass through Dust Devils. It now weighs in around 9,000 words, and will include an…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

7/29/2002 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils: Last Stand!
Howdy, folks. After getting away from the computer for a weekend, I sat down for a feverish last leg on the Dust Devils rewrite. The text is nearly complete and…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Bailywolf, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards, Demonspahn.

7/11/2002 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils storm a brewin'
Ok, folks, GenCon is almost here. I'm up to my neck in freelance design, with Universalis and octaNe up to bat next. Just finished Trollbable, and Ron's going over revisions…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Valamir, Mike Holmes, TSL, Jason L Blair, Clay, Jürgen Mayer, James.

6/10/2002 Matt Snyder: The tumbling tumbleweeds
Well, just like Dust Devils says, it's time to shoot or give up the gun. After reading Ron's thoughtful review of Dust Devils half a dozen times, I've come up…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Jake Norwood, deidzoeb, hardcoremoose.

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8/16/2002 Matt Snyder: Tough as ails ... ahem
Well, folks, I've good news and (somewhat) bad news. I always like to start with the bad news, so here it is. I haven't got the darn Paypal system set…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Gordon C. Landis, Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, Adam, Jason L Blair, TSL, Valamir.

8/20/2002 Gordon C. Landis: Dust Devils: The Indian Wars
It's insane, I shouldn't be thinking about variants/supplements until I at least own the damn game, but . . . this notion is riding me like a devil, so I…
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Participants: Gordon C. Landis, Matt Snyder.

8/23/2002 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils for sale!!!
Howdy, pards . . . I'm pleased as hell to announce that the Dust Devils Web site is up and running, and it now offers Paypal purchasing of the Dust…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Bailywolf, Balbinus.

8/27/2002 Valamir: Out of the Box Redux.
Well Ken didn't get to review Dust Devils this time around. But he promises next week for "his other favorite game from GenCon" http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php
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Participants: Valamir, Matt Snyder.

9/5/2002 Paka: Excited to see this game work.
I have given alot of thought about what makes a game work and what makes it fail but I had not ever thought about the narrative structure underlying our hobby…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Eddy Fate, Jared A. Sorensen, mahoux, xiombarg, Mike Holmes.

9/6/2002 Mike Holmes: Potential Resource
Hey, check out this RPG.net review: http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_7076.html Could make for a great resource for the Dealer to come up with random details. Mike
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Valamir.

9/11/2002 Jason L Blair: Out of the Box: Dust Devils
To say the review is favorable is to understate the obvious. http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php
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Participants: Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

9/12/2002 Paka: Dusty Ka, Wyrding West, or Destinatus in the Dust
I am going to playtest Dust Devils using my Egyptian/Norse/Roman (and Greek) Western that I've been chipping away with some enthusiasm and feedback at on RPG.net. I am thinking of…
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Participants: Paka, Matt Snyder.

9/16/2002 Paka: 1st Game of Dust Devils
We played with the Wyrding West setting I've been posting on RPG.net and the game went really well, really fun. The system was good and I will re-write the game…
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Participants: Paka, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

9/20/2002 Nick Pagnucco: DD PDF and other stuff
Hiya I don't post much in this part of the forum, but I was just curious: is there still a plan to release a PDF version of Dust Devil, and…
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Participants: Nick Pagnucco, Matt Snyder.

9/25/2002 Clay: Dust Devils arrived
I picked up my copy of Dust Devils last night. The rules expansions and the appearance of the printed product are great. It's great to find a game this complete…
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Participants: Clay, Tim Denee, Matt Snyder.

10/15/2002 jllama: Pdf Questions and Books
Hola, I've been reading about Dust Devil and I'm really excited to try it out. I'm a big pdf fan, though, so I thought I'd wait for it. Now I'm…
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Participants: jllama, Ron Edwards, Bailywolf, Clay, Matt Snyder, Bankuei, edomaur.

10/17/2002 GreatWolf: RPGnet review by Guy McLimore
[url]http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_7364.html[/url] Way to go, Matt! Seth Ben-Ezra Great Wolf
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Participants: GreatWolf, Matt Snyder.

10/17/2002 Matt Snyder: Dust Devils PDF now available!
Howdy, pardners! I'm pleased to announce that Dust Devils is now available on PDF. This 24-page document features everything found in the print version, including color cover artwork by Jon…
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Participants: Matt Snyder.

10/18/2002 Matt Snyder: Durn Foreigners!
You know, I'm absolutely amazed at how many overseas folks have purchased Dust Devils. I've had sales in the UK, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia, and one or two others (with…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Paul Czege, Clay, Mikko Kauppinen, Tim Denee, Mike Holmes, Jon H, Ron Edwards, UnSub, Valamir, edomaur.

10/18/2002 Matt Snyder: RONIN: Dust Devils in Feudal Japan (By Jason Blair!!!)
When it rains, it pours. As if the Dust Devils PDF release was not enough, get a load of THIS: Jason Blair has created RONIN -- A Feudal Alternative For…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, GB Steve, GreatWolf, hardcoremoose, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

10/21/2002 unodiablo: Firefly - Western in Space!
Has anyone been watching the new Fox show Firefly? It's the one done by the 'creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer'. I don't watch Buffy, but Firefly has been very…
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Participants: unodiablo, Matt Snyder, joshua neff, Jared A. Sorensen.

10/22/2002 Matt Snyder: Seeking Art Nouveau-style artist
I'm looking for an artist for a PDF game I'm working on. Specifically, I'd like someone who can do something in the vein of an Art Nouveau portrait, rather like…
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Participants: Matt Snyder.

10/23/2002 UnSub: Alternate settings for DD
I've seen a bit of discussion about alternate settings than Westerns for the DD rules mechanic and thought that I'd throw a few ideas in the ring. So far I've…
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Participants: UnSub.

10/24/2002 Matt Snyder: New game: Nine Worlds
I'm working on a new game called Nine Worlds. Please feel free to check out my initial, somewhat scatterbrained thoughts in this thread in the Indie Game Design forum: New…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Spooky Fanboy, J. Backman, Flash.

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