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5/21/2005 Zachary The First: It Has Arrived
At last, my copy of Burning Wheel Revised (000432) has arrived at my door. I'll probably be posting a bit more on what I think of the changes and general…
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Participants: Zachary The First, abzu, Russell Hoyle.

5/17/2005 Paka: Duel of Wits, negotiate between the players
I had a break-through moment much like when I realized that in Riddle of Steel, SA's are about what get's the player excited, not the character. We were negotiating a…
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Participants: Paka, abzu.

5/15/2005 Valamir: First Fully Burned character, some questions
Ok so I sat down and Burned up my first BW character from scratch and wanted to run it it by some folks for tips and comments. I didn't do…
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Participants: Valamir, Thor Olavsrud, Angaros, abzu, Mike Holmes, Yokiboy.

5/15/2005 Zachary The First: Magic Burner
Sorry if this is an idiotic question, but I've been out of the Burning Wheel loop online for a while, and I remembered there was to be a Magic Burner…
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Participants: Zachary The First, Thor Olavsrud.

5/12/2005 Paka: Use This Book
Burning Wheel Classic, Book1 of 2, page 230 there is an essay entitled Don't Use This Book. No such essay in the revision. I could ask Luke why that is…
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Participants: Paka, Zachary The First.

5/9/2005 Michael S. Miller: First Time Character Burning
We had our character burning session for our BW game on Friday. We started with a quick game/setting brainstorming session. The players said they wanted to play pirates. I tried…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Thor Olavsrud, abzu.

5/8/2005 Mulciber: +1D due to high Reflexes comparison question in Fight!
Let's say A and B and C get together to have a fight. A's Reflexes are 3, B's are 4, and C's are 4. (If it matters, A and B…
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Participants: Mulciber, abzu, taepoong.

5/4/2005 Paganini: Resources
So, I been working my way through Burning Wheel Revised and really digging it. Made a character and everything (she's up on my blog). But, then I got to the…
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Participants: Paganini, Thor Olavsrud, abzu, Bankuei, Mulciber, Yokiboy, Angaros, taepoong, xenopulse.

5/2/2005 Negilent: Site trouble
Hi Luke sombody hack you again? If so, anybody else intresed in chipping in on a contract on the mother f... that did it? K
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Participants: Negilent, abzu.

4/22/2005 Michael S. Miller: First Impressions of BW Revised
I received my preordered copy of Burning Wheel Revised yesterday. Everyone is gushing about it over on the BW forums, so I thought I'd gush over here. First impression: it's…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, abzu, Thor Olavsrud, xenopulse, Zachary The First.

4/21/2005 abzu: It's On!
The Burning Wheel Revision is available for general order! http://www.burningwheel.org/order.html -L
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Participants: abzu, Ben Lehman.

3/4/2005 abzu: Revised Edition Preorders (plus Duel of Wits!)
Hi All! Preorders for the Revised Edition of Burning Wheel begin March 5th at 12:01 am. (05Mar05). Thank you all for your patience and continued interest. If you'd like three…
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Participants: abzu, joshua neff, Trevis Martin, Leningrad.

2/8/2005 abzu: 05.05.05 -- you shall come and burn!
Ok, I'm inviting you all to a party at my place. Yes, you. 5 is the number of the Wheel. 555 is a holy number. 05.05.05 is a cosmic event…
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Participants: abzu, Eero Tuovinen, xenopulse, Gary N. Mengle.

1/13/2005 dunlaing: Why I am going to buy Burning Wheel
In this thread, Thor Olavsrud wrote: It sounds like instincts are macros. And action-oriented play targets. Absolutely, that's one level. I think of that as the Mechanical level. In…
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Participants: dunlaing, abzu, Thor Olavsrud, mrjam, Roger Eberhart, Paganini, joshua neff.

1/13/2005 abzu: Busy as a One-Legged Orc in an Elf-Kicking Contest
Sorry this forum has been so dead, but I've been busy trying to get you guys some game to play! I've posted a pdf of the revised Orc chapter from…
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Participants: abzu, bcook1971, rafial, Bob Goat, Thor Olavsrud, slowdin.

1/6/2005 taepoong: The Arena
http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=13 I've created a new forum to have online combats! The first one is taking place now and it's a doozy! Come join the mayhem and bring a 4 LP…
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Participants: taepoong, bcook1971, abzu.

12/21/2004 jc_madden: Burning Wheel Online?
Where might I find and join a Burning Wheel game online? A forum game is best but PBEM would be okay too. I need to get my feet wet on…
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Participants: jc_madden, abzu, DaGreatJL.

12/12/2004 bluegargantua: Discreet Spell Casting
Hi, So, I'm reading through the magic system in BW. The section gives a spell out of the book to illustrate the different components of a spell description. Sitting here…
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Participants: bluegargantua, Thor Olavsrud.

12/11/2004 Yokiboy: Sell Me on the Burning Wheel
Hello, I've been close to ordering the Burning Wheel based on the high number of mentions it gets here at the Forge and at RPG.net, however I have yet to…
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Participants: Yokiboy, Eero Tuovinen, Thor Olavsrud, rafial, Negilent, Paka, Jake Norwood, Leningrad, Zachary The First.

12/6/2004 Sean: Duel of Wits?
I just read a post of Thor Olavsrud's about this on rpg.net. When will it be available for download/sale? I'm sort of fixated on social combat right now...I'd love to…
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Participants: Sean, Thor Olavsrud, abzu.

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6/10/2005 Paganini: Relationships
So, I'm going through the Revised Edition getting ready for some actual play, and something about Relationships caught my eye. Relationships tend to be expensive - the more interesting the…
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Participants: Paganini, abzu.

6/15/2005 dunlaing: Ordering from Key 20 Direct
To others who have ordered from Key20 Direct: does the Order Information update to indicate when it has shipped and what the tracking number is (if any)? I ordered on…
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Participants: dunlaing, Valamir, xenopulse, Thor Olavsrud, JasonV, jasonm.

6/18/2005 charlesperez: Question about Resources going from 0 to 1
What is the aptitude requirement for Resources? I'm unable to find any in the main rulebooks. Personally, I'm leaning toward 10 - Circles, with Affiliation and Reputation adding to Circles…
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Participants: charlesperez, abzu.

7/10/2005 Marhault: A pleasant surprise
I finished reading the Monster Burner that I picked up at Origins today, and got a nice surprise. The Monster Burners are numbered just like the game, and my numbers…
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Participants: Marhault, abzu.

7/14/2005 scorpio rising: Confusion: Advancing Steel
I just got my copy of BWR in the mail on Monday and I've been slowly digesting it over the course of the week. I haven't read all of the…
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Participants: scorpio rising, Thor Olavsrud.

7/18/2005 scorpio rising: More blundering around from me: Fight!
So I spent most of the weekend reading the BWR books.  Last night, I burned up a couple of characters and tried out the Fight!  mechanics. I'd like to post…
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Participants: scorpio rising, Thor Olavsrud, taepoong.

7/18/2005 abzu: Burning Wheel Nominated for Two Ennies!
[color=Red][size=14pt][b]My brothers, it is time to raise our spears in defiance, summon our hatred and charge into the light with howling fury! Call forth the hordes of fell goblins, hunting…
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Participants: abzu, Mike Holmes, Crothian.

8/16/2005 Thor Olavsrud: Burning Sand: Jihad
For anyone that's interested, we've managed to sneak in a new PDF supplement ahead of GenCon. It's 88 pages of space opera goodness.
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Participants: Thor Olavsrud, dunlaing, rafial, John Harper, M Jason Parent, abzu.

9/1/2005 contracycle: distribution?
Two gaming stores in London have a single copy of the Monster burner each and no copies of the character burner.  One lot told me its very hard to get…
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Participants: contracycle, Matt, abzu, Jake Norwood.

9/3/2005 abzu: Demo Scenarios posted at burningwheel.org
Hi All, I've finally written up and posted my con scenarios for Burning Wheel. Now you can download them and try them out with your group. Each .zip file contains…
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Participants: abzu.

9/10/2005 jaw6: Life path sort order?
How are the life paths organized within settings? I'm having trouble understanding... It doesn't seem to be alphabetical, for example, but maybe I'm missing something...
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Participants: jaw6, abzu, Ron Edwards.

9/17/2005 jasonm: Small questions
Hi all, My friend and I sat down to try out Burning Wheel revised today and found it pretty frustrating.  Some small questions: If you are using the basic (non-scripted)…
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Participants: jasonm, rafial, Bankuei, Paka, abzu, MetalBard, Thor Olavsrud.

9/30/2005 Brand_Robins: So I finally bought this stupid game.
I knew I did not need Burning Wheel. I have a very little interest in fantasy RPGs these days, and what focus I do have for them is well tended…
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Participants: Brand_Robins, Bob Goat, Valamir, rafial, abzu, Jake Norwood, MetalBard, Kevin_Brennan.

10/4/2005 jasonm: Shield
So I'm prepping for a campaign using BW and set in warring states China, or close enough.  I have a question on how to handle a couple of ideosyncratic items…
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Participants: jasonm, taepoong, abzu.

10/21/2005 abzu: GenCon SoCal 2005 -- Game Design Seminar
I posted this over on the news side, but I wanted to spread the word in case you don't head over there often. Jared, John and I will be …
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Participants: abzu.

11/3/2005 ghashsnaga: Just got it
Well Burning Wheel arrived in the mail about a week and a half ago. I've been telling my gaming group about BW for nearly a month since I stumbled across…
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Participants: ghashsnaga, Thor Olavsrud, abzu, mobuttu, MetalBard, Negilent, Ice Cream Emperor, taepoong.

11/14/2005 jasonm: Streamlining combat
I finally got to play in one of those much-praised one hour Luke demos.  Thanks, dude!  It was fun and very informative.  I learned a lot from watching you -…
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Participants: jasonm, abzu, Halzebier, Thor Olavsrud, mobuttu.

12/1/2005 jasonm: DoW Question
In my continuing effort to break myself on the wheel, last night I started our session with a kickin' duel of wits.  I ran into a big problem, though, and…
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Participants: jasonm, abzu, MetalBard.

12/6/2005 Lxndr: Burning Wheel vs. Revised
So, I own the non-revised Burning Wheel.  And I ordered the revised version from IPR a while back, but they're on backorder or something, so have yet to arrive. In…
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Participants: Lxndr, abzu, Keith Senkowski, Thor Olavsrud.

12/8/2005 dunlaing: Burning Wheel Rules Drift
One of my players wants to drift the Burning Wheel rules significantly: He is refusing to pay resource points for shoes and clothing. "I got shoes, I got clothes, and…
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Participants: dunlaing, mtiru, demiurgeastaroth, rafial, abzu, Thor Olavsrud, Paka, MetalBard, coriakin, drozdal, Eric Minton, Wolfen.

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