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8/7/2003 ethan_greer: Thugs and Thieves: Playtest version
Well, I've been making noises about it, and now it's time to put my money where my mouth is. First off, I've turned my personal web site into the web…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.

4/17/2003 ethan_greer: Thugs and Thieves: First Draft
Well, as promised, I've got something up on the web this week. However, not as promised, this is not a second pass but still very much a first draft, and…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Tar Markvar, Jeph.

4/8/2003 ethan_greer: Thugs and Thieves: A summary
Hello all! I got this idea for a game this afternoon. I've been wanting a game that takes place in a fantasy world, but in which the characters do not…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Spooky Fanboy, redcrow, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, Tar Markvar, Dave Panchyk, Thomas Tamblyn, Blake Hutchins, simon, Sparky.

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8/22/2003 Ron Edwards: [Thugs and Thieves] Game text comments
Hello, This is the second of a few little readings-over I've finally made time for. All of them are games that I think are phenomenal starting-out phases in their development,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Andrew Martin, David Chunn, Matt Snyder.

9/4/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] Abilities
Hi all. The "current" playtest version of Thugs and Thieves can be found here. (It's getting a bit stale, because a lot has either been changed or augmented as a…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, David Chunn, Jeph, Mike Holmes.

9/8/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] The case of the unwilling players
First things first: Current playtest version of Thugs and Thieves can be found here. Although I don't know how useful this link will be for this thread, since we didn't…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Marco, Lxndr, Jeph, Andrew Martin, David Chunn.

9/12/2003 ethan_greer: SimplePhrase Press Forum Policy
Hello, and welcome to the SimplePhrase Press discussion forum! This forum is graciously hosted by the Forge. As such, participants are asked to adhere to the standards and policies of…
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Participants: ethan_greer.

9/16/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs and Thieves] Quick status update
Well, I've been busy cranking out the "final" playtest draft. But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I just finished writing the big ol' honkin'…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes.

9/16/2003 Mike Holmes: Projects
Other than Thugs and Thieves, do you have any other projects going? What ever happened to Pollies? :-) Mike
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Participants: Mike Holmes, ethan_greer.

9/24/2003 ethan_greer: Delays, delays...
Damn. So the manuscript is all but through editing, when I decide my sample scenario just doesn't cut it. It's just not thuggy or thievey enough. Back to the keyboard...…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes.

10/22/2003 ethan_greer: Just a little status update
Hi folks! Well, despite the quietude here, things are going well and moving forward for SimplePhrase Press. I terminated my writer's block concerning the sample scenario for Thugs and Thieves,…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

10/22/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs & Thieves] The inexorable ampersand
Astute readers may have noticed that in all previous discussion, I have never used an ampersand (&) in the title of the game. Not once, to my knowledge. And, almost…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Rich Forest.

10/22/2003 ethan_greer: [Thugs & Thieves] Social Contract Rule Suggestion
1. Have you played a game where the party of adventurers is approached by a stranger who offers them gold in exchange for a service of some sort? 2. If…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Tony Irwin, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

11/21/2003 ethan_greer: Pining for the fjords
Hi all! Thugs & Thieves is emphatically not dead. My relative silence lately is all on account of a bit of demon wrestling I've been busy with. And no, unfortunately,…
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Participants: ethan_greer.

11/30/2003 ethan_greer: Update
So, another Thanksgiving has come and gone. For those who celebrate it, I hope you had a happy one. Mine sucked -- I took ill Wednesday evening, had to pass…
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Participants: ethan_greer.

12/10/2003 ethan_greer: Wanna play Thugs & Thieves?
That's right, folks. The Thugs & Thieves playtest version is ready to go! All you have to do is tell me you want it. Drop me an email at ethan_greer@yahoo.com…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Mike Holmes.

1/21/2004 Rich Stokes: More Playtest feedback...
Ethan, This week we didn't get to play due to the typical RL restraints of folks at our age, but some of us were able to get together for a…
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Participants: Rich Stokes, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, Lxndr.

6/7/2004 ethan_greer: Chamber playtest open
Hello, My latest project, Chamber, is now available for playtest. If you are interested, email me and I'll make sure you get a copy of the rules. Be warned, however:…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Victor Gijsbers.

6/16/2004 ethan_greer: The Future of Thugs & Thieves...
...Is bright. A couple folks have recently asked me about my plans for the game, and that probably means that there are others wondering who aren't bothering to ask. So…
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Participants: ethan_greer.

6/22/2004 ethan_greer: Pollies goes Creative Commons
So, I've been wondering about the Creative Commons thing for a while now since Clinton started espousing it a while back. Tonight, I finally sat down and looked their site…
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Participants: ethan_greer, isaackelley.

1/12/2005 ethan_greer: SimplePhrase Press Goes Away
Hi folks, The past year has been, shall we say, interesting for me. Many things in my life have changed, mostly for the better. One thing that has changed is,…
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Participants: ethan_greer.

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