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11/21/2004 Damocles: Variations and house rules
So I got PTA a while ago and am pretty psyched about it. And one thing I particularly like is that it seems to lend itself to fiddling around with…
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Participants: Damocles, John Harper.

11/20/2004 Matt Wilson: The Official Primetime Adventures Errata Thread
Like all print productions, Primetime Adventures has mistakes. And like all gamers, you've probably found one. Now's your chance.  Any mistakes you find, please post them in this thread, and…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Damocles, Chris Goodwin, azrianni, BlackSheep.

11/18/2004 Matt Wilson: the shape of things
Sales of Primetime Adventures are going better than I'd anticipated. It's a month and a half or thereabouts since I put it up for sale, and I've sold about 40…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Paul Czege, Bob Goat.

11/9/2004 DannyK: Looking for tips on creating a show
OK, here's the play: I've ordered PTA on the strength of some RPG.net threads, and I'm waiting for it to arrive. I'd like to start talking it up with my…
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Participants: DannyK, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, dyjoots.

11/8/2004 urbwar: Got PTA today
Just got my copy of PTA in the mail today, so I hope to look through it tonight at work. It looks nice; it's definitely a well put together book.…
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Participants: urbwar, Matt Wilson, Vaxalon, kerri_miller.

11/7/2004 holyman: Conflict Question...
Hello! Currently in the prep period of a new show, and I've got some questions about Conflict Resolution. It seems clear that when there is only one Protagonist in a…
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Participants: holyman, Matt Wilson, azrianni.

11/1/2004 Matt Wilson: Primetime Adventures retroactively makes Gaming Guru list
In his latest LJ post, Robin Laws lists Primetime Adventures among his picks of new stand-out products at GenCon 2004, even though he got the book after the Gurus panel.
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Participants: Matt Wilson, John Harper.

10/31/2004 Doyce: Everyone has SP 1?
In this brilliant thread, Lxndr said: I'm also wondering what sort of episode would erupt if everyone had 1s. Would that wind up being like "Superstar" from Buffy Season…
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Participants: Doyce, Ron Edwards, azrianni.

10/30/2004 damiller: Can I...
I was wondering if this would be the appropriate board here at the Forge to let people know I am wanting to run a PTA Rockford Files Play By Post…
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Participants: damiller, Matt Wilson, DannyK.

10/25/2004 Shreyas Sampat: Small Clarification on Trait Use
I'm reading on Traits now, and I'm a little confused; the rules that govern them are a bit difficult to locate. I'm posting a little synopsis below; is this all…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Matt Wilson.

10/22/2004 John Harper: Techniques for driving conflict in a scene
One of the jobs of the Producer in PTA is to drive the action of the a scene towards conflict. How do you do this? I'd like this thread to…
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Participants: John Harper, Alan, Matt Wilson.

10/19/2004 dyjoots: Quick question about Scene requests
I'm not sure if I missed it or if the books just isn't clear... does the Producer get included in the circular process of requesting scenes during play, or is…
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Participants: dyjoots, LordSmerf, Matt Wilson.

10/11/2004 Matt Wilson: More shows worth emulating
Here's a thread where you can post new or old shows that you think are good role-model shows for Primetime Adventures, adding to the short and questionable list I included…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, John Harper, Meredith, Jonas Larson, rafial, pete_darby, Alan, Valamir, Mike Holmes, dunlaing, stingray20166, Caldis, kaotmus, azrianni, WarrenET2, joshua neff, Demada, Jaik, Chris Goodwin, ivan23.

10/7/2004 Matt Wilson: Books for sale
I have books, and you can buy 'em here.
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Participants: Matt Wilson, dyjoots, pfischer, joshua neff, lumpley, Technocrat13, LordSmerf, Drew Stevens, Shreyas Sampat, ScottM, skatay.

9/16/2004 John Harper: PTA Shows: Elevator Pitch Time
So, we all know that show creation is a group process for PTA. But it's a good idea to arrive at the planning session with a couple of basic "elevator…
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Participants: John Harper, Tobias, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, joshua neff.

9/1/2004 Ron Edwards: Reality TV
Hello, My wife just suggested that PTA could handle "reality TV" quite well. I agree with her, because my take on so-called reality TV is that it's a fictional story…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

8/29/2004 Andy Kitkowski: PTA to play Manga
Jesus H Christ on a pogo stick, PTA has been the most *infectious* game of GenCon that I played. We're watching Buffy season six now on DVD (never watched it…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

8/29/2004 Ron Edwards: Musings on play-experiences and the current text
Hi Matt and everyone, Here's a quick summary of stuff we talked about on the phone. 1. I was interested in what happens if the budget runs out. As the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Alan, Ian O'Rourke, Matt Wilson.

8/28/2004 Albert of Feh: PTA as narrative management module?
Well, the Moose in the City thread has already convinced me that I absolutely must buy this game. That said, I'm a bit curious... (I'll note that what was said…
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Participants: Albert of Feh, Ben Lehman, lumpley, Matt Wilson, Alan.

8/25/2004 lumpley: PTA ETA?
How soon until I can buy a couple of the perfect-bound PTAs to give as gifts? -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Matt Wilson, Ian O'Rourke, Christopher Weeks, bastion-b.

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12/1/2004 Matt Wilson: Galactic - preview information
Since I've gotten at least a small amount of speculation about my next game in development, I thought I'd fill in some blanks. Galactic is intended to be an epic…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Jonas Larson, joshua neff, Valamir, greedo1379, JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Bankuei.

12/6/2004 Matt Wilson: Galactic - system notes
So Galactic as I see it is setting-based narrativism, ideally. Therefore if there's a reward system, it comes from the players addressing the premise, which is again embedded in setting…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, John Harper, Tony Irwin.

12/11/2004 azrianni: little problem with protagonist sheet ?
Am I wrong, or on the protagonist sheet download at the dog-eared website, are the nine circles in the "issue" box supposed to be in the "screen presence" box instead?
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Participants: azrianni, Matt Wilson.

12/13/2004 Vaxalon: Running PTA via IRC
We're planning to start a new PTA game on IRC starting on Tuesday, January 4. Our first session will be at 8pm Eastern time, in #indierpgs on the Magicstar server.…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Alan, azrianni.

12/13/2004 WarrenET2: Just sent away a money order.....
So in about 10-20 days I should have PTA in my hands. Never heard of it untill a fellow on another list started going on and on and on... about…
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Participants: WarrenET2, Andy Kitkowski, Norbert Matausch.

12/20/2004 azrianni: Review up
My review of PTA is up at http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10903.phtml (on rpgnet).
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Participants: azrianni, WarrenET2, Andy Kitkowski, Matt Wilson.

12/21/2004 Alan: Example Campaign Links
Here's a compilation of PTA campaigns that have appeared in Actual Play to date (listed in reverse chronological order): Play Using Finalized Rules Veritas Mundi - Spirits and Black…
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Participants: Alan, Chris Goodwin, Matt Wilson, Bryant, Rob MacDougall.

12/21/2004 Chris Goodwin: Episode prep
It has been mentioned that adventure prep is quick and easy. No one has yet mentioned this, but you can get dozens of episodes pre-prepared for you every week at…
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Participants: Chris Goodwin, Mike Holmes, Charles Warren, Joe Dizzy, Matt Wilson, Frank T.

12/26/2004 jporrett: Fan Mail Question
My friend and I were tossing around ideas for a show the other week and came up with an idea for a show: http://ameagaru.blogspot.com/2004/12/pta.html It was mostly just so we…
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Participants: jporrett, Chris Goodwin, John Harper, Matt Wilson.

12/28/2004 Yokiboy: Great Overseas Service!
Hello, What great service I encountered from Dog-eared Designs. I ordered Primetime Adventures in the middle of December, and living in Sweden didn't count on seeing the game until sometime…
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Participants: Yokiboy, ricmadeira, MarcoBrucale, Joe Dizzy, matthijs, Ian O'Rourke, Matt Wilson.

12/30/2004 Andy Kitkowski: PTA Idea Mine
Just wanted to point out, there's kind of an Idea Mine going on at RPGNet: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=164561 Feel free to skim or jump in.
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

1/3/2005 Matt Wilson: Shortlisted for the Weird GameWyrd Game Awards
Primetime Adventures is shortlisted, alongside Dogs in the Vineyard, for Most Original RPG or Supplement. I don't know who those other two are, but I'm pretty flattered to have my…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Bob Goat, Mike Holmes.

1/3/2005 Joe Dizzy: Conflict guidelines?
Hello everybody, I plan on introducing PTA into my gaming group and want to make sure I understand the basics of it first. Especially since my players are much more…
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Participants: Joe Dizzy, azrianni, Alan, Chris Goodwin, John Harper.

1/10/2005 Matt Wilson: Dog Gone
It's the honeymoon at last! Only six months late. I'll be away on vacation from Jan 11 to Jan 18, and will be unavailable for product fulfillment or questions during…
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Participants: Matt Wilson.

1/12/2005 azrianni: pta for pbem?
Is there any interest in doing PTA as a PBEM? If we could get enough people who already know the game, I think it'd be fun to try. I don't…
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Participants: azrianni, ivan23.

1/13/2005 MDMayer: Adding Sequels to Scenes (variant)
Adding Sequels to Scenes (variant) Pg. 51: "Most often it will end following the resolution of a conflict, though players may want to add some in-character dialogue or…
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Participants: MDMayer.

1/16/2005 Landon Darkwood: PTA and the Extended Conflict...
Hello, all, Just bought PTA and read it, and it's be an understatement to say I'm extremely enthused by it. It's bumped two other games off my "must play immediately"…
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Participants: Landon Darkwood, Yokiboy, azrianni, Matt Wilson, MarcoBrucale, timfire.

1/19/2005 MarcoBrucale: Personal sets for itinerant series
I was considering how to introduce personal sets in mainly itinerant series, like the example on page 36 of PtA. I eventually came up with only two ideas: 1) Flashbacks…
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Participants: MarcoBrucale, Yokiboy, Emily Care, pete_darby, azrianni, Matt Wilson, Chris Goodwin, Ian O'Rourke.

1/19/2005 Joe Dizzy: Demo Experiences?
Hello everybody, I want to demo Primetime Adventures at our local convention in February and would like to prepare a handful of things before-hand to make the game as smooth…
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Participants: Joe Dizzy, azrianni, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson.

1/21/2005 Matt Wilson: Andrew Navaro not to head up Galactic Art
[b]Update:[/b] Andrew has just informed me that he's taken a very good job where freelance work is not allowed. Congrats to Andrew. Galactic artwork will wait for now. I'm still…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Bob Goat, azrianni.

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