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1/15/2009 Michael S. Miller: Serial Homicide Unit--Physical Edition Preorder available!
For a limited time, you can preorder the physical edition of Serial Homicide Unit at a special rate. The final retail price will be $25.00 plus shipping fees. From now…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Paka.

12/29/2008 Michael S. Miller: Serial Homicide Unit--A killer game on the loose!
Serial Homicide Unit is a game about the hunt for a serial killer. You take on the roles of the elite investigators tracking down the murderer, as well as the…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, GreatWolf, pfischer.

9/1/2008 Jumanji83: [WGP] Planning a one-shot
How long should I expect character creation to take? It's my first time playing, and the other players don't know the rules yet.
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Participants: Jumanji83, Michael S. Miller.

7/30/2008 sirogit: Scene-type Flexibility
Hello, Gearing up to run my first game of WGP on friday. I had a few questions about the flexibility of scene types: 1) When is the type of scene…
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Participants: sirogit, Kai_lord, James_Nostack, scottdunphy, Michael S. Miller.

7/15/2008 Mysterio: Need Help!! New to WGP and could use assistance.
I just went to Origins in Ohio and I bought the game on after hearing about its mechanics… I thought some of my friends would like the change since we…
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Participants: Mysterio.

7/7/2008 Kat Miller: Web page update
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to let people know there has been a web page update. The downloads page has new items on it and the downloads have been improved so…
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Participants: Kat Miller, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, Michael S. Miller, Hisho.

5/12/2008 steven807: [WGP] First session
3 of us just gave WGP a whirl.  One long session (almost 7 hours, made longer by the fact that we weren't expecting to play it, so no one knew…
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Participants: steven807.

4/14/2008 WildElf: [WGP] An error in judgement with conflict set up.
So, I ran my first session of WGP and it sort of flopped.  At least, the conflicts did. I had the villains pick a fight with the two PCs, and…
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Participants: WildElf, Michael S. Miller.

12/8/2007 Mel_White: [WGP] Nittany Game Invasion
One of the games we played at the Nittany Game Invasion was With Great Power.  The American showed up as a player character as the 'Fighting Governor' trying to keep…
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Participants: Mel_White.

11/19/2007 grimmbear: Thanks for 2 great games!
Hi Mike and Kate! I just wanted to say you made my Philcon for me. I had gone not expecting any gaming except board gaming but was very pleasently surprised…
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Participants: grimmbear, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller.

11/17/2007 Nev the Deranged: Escape Pod: Union Dues
So, Escape Pod is one of my favorite short-fiction webcasts. There's a series of stories on there about a "Superhero Union", set in a very morally grey universe, which is…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

11/9/2007 divineseeker: Devestated Aspects and GM Control: A Question
Dear WGPers I would just like to clarify the power a GM has over a player's devastated aspects I may have misread the book, but once devasted aspects are handed…
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Participants: divineseeker, Hans, Michael S. Miller.

9/8/2007 James_Nostack: Morrison-esque meta-fictional villain?
So I've got this character in my head for the Rogues Gallery, and I'm not sure how to define his super-power, which is, essentially, to perplex the hell out of…
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Participants: James_Nostack, Michael S. Miller.

9/6/2007 Eliarhiman6: [WGP] [non-rpg] Spider-Man and other Marvel Comics as a Story
Hi! I am taking advantage of a seldom-used rule that allow the posting of non-rpg related super-hero discussions in this forum: Unlike elsewhere on…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, James_Nostack, Ron Edwards.

8/10/2007 Veritas Games: PDF Discount for Preview Edition Buyers
Is there some discount on the full PDF for those of us who purchased the preview/interim edition? Or do we pay full price for the upgrade? I couldn't find this…
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Participants: Veritas Games.

7/30/2007 Hans: [WGP...] Supervillian teams, plus a question
Hi all: I guess I'm the new buyer, so I will be the one asking questions. :) * Supervillain teams:  I can see different ways to work this.  1) Each…
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Participants: Hans, WildElf, Michael S. Miller.

7/24/2007 Hans: The Struggle, and the aspects on each side
I think these are very simple questions, and I am embarrassed that I cannot find the answers in the book: * Other than giving a thematic center for a session…
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Participants: Hans, Eero Tuovinen, Michael S. Miller.

7/24/2007 nedpatrick: Examples of struggles
I bought With Great Power... this summer and I am enjoying reading the rules.  The concept of the game blows me away, defintely not like the games I've played in…
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Participants: nedpatrick.

5/27/2007 Coleslaw: Character Sheet, Story Arc, etc PDFs
Hi all, I own the hardcopy of the game (WGP) and have finally got a small group of friends to play it.  I want to make some print offs of…
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Participants: Coleslaw, Yokiboy, Andy Kitkowski, Filip Luszczyk, Michael S. Miller, steven807.

10/5/2006 Solamasa: [WGP] Are our heroes doomed to failure?
Hello, We finished a great first issue of With Great Power... this week!  I'll leave the Actual Play report to Anna, but I have a couple of troublesome questions. Question…
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Participants: Solamasa, Kat Miller, Ludanto.

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4/15/2009 Wordmaker: [WGP] Question about story style
I may be getting some friends together to try out With Great Power... soon. My idea is to run something in the veign of Watchmen and Kingdom Come, with both…
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Participants: Wordmaker, chance.thirteen.

4/23/2009 Wordmaker: [WGP] A pitch for our game
[u][b]Tarnished:[/b][/u] Everything changed the day Superman died. Metropolis is gone. Nothing remains but a crater and the surrounding ruins. The government calls it a memorial to humanity, a reminder that…
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Participants: Wordmaker, Paka.

5/6/2009 Wordmaker: Question about The Plan
When the GM decides on The Plan for the story, does he let the players know what it is and how it relates to their Strife Aspects?
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Participants: Wordmaker, Dominic Claveau.

5/10/2009 Wordmaker: Flavour Scenes?
If a player or GM just wants to describe a brief scene for the sake of flavour, such as the GM throwing in a scene at the end of a…
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Participants: Wordmaker, Dominic Claveau.

6/28/2009 scafrithuric: How the replayability on SHU?
Serial Homicide Unit sounds nifty, but I am unclear on its replay value? Can the same group effectively play it again? Is it bette rot have at least some new…
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Participants: scafrithuric, Michael S. Miller.

6/30/2009 Tredekka: With Great Power... still alive?
This is not a criticism, but an honest request for information...  In the following post: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20640.msg215488#msg215488 You state:  "My wife is working on writing up a complete scenario…
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Participants: Tredekka, Michael S. Miller.

7/3/2009 scottdunphy: [WGP] Actual Play on Story Shtick Podcast
For the next three weeks I'm featuring actual play of "With Great Power..." on my podcast, Story Shtick. This is edited actual play with lots of commentary. Part 1 is…
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Participants: scottdunphy.

9/4/2009 scottdunphy: Changes to Conflict Sheet
It was just pointed out to me that the official download of the Conflict sheet has changed so that it now has a "Change Target" box mixed in with what…
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Participants: scottdunphy, Michael S. Miller.

11/5/2009 wolfgray: [WGP] WGP In Wiki, Email, or Wave?
Anyone doing a online with great power game in Wiki, Email, or google wave?
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Participants: wolfgray, Filip Luszczyk.

2/14/2010 WillH: Serial Homicide Unit on Actual People, Actual Play podcast
On episode 7 of our podcast, Actual People, Actual Play Laura, Jesse (jburneko), and I did a show on Serial Homicide Unit.
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Participants: WillH.

5/20/2010 thegonk: The Minionsverse, actual play podcast
I just picked up WGP and have really enjoyed it.  Here is a blog post about our games from another player, and here is our first actual play episode (warning:…
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Participants: thegonk.

7/23/2010 lantern314: Assessing for new GM cards WGP
I'm unclear when the GM gets to assess for new cards during a conflict. I've read the description several times and I can't get it. I think part of it…
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Participants: lantern314, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

8/9/2010 Bret Gillan: [WGP] Questions
Hi! I've played a few sessions of With Great Power and I have some quick questions. Is the beginning of a Conflict Scene the only time you discard your hand…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.

11/1/2010 Michael S. Miller: Out, out brief candle
All good things must come to an end. Over the next few weeks, Incarnadine Press will be shutting down operations. My life has changed considerably in the last six months,…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, James_Nostack, jonmcnally.

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