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9/30/2005 Meguey: Art imitates life imitates art
I was looking over a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, detailing the fall line-up of TV shows returnign and new. I think someone's been reading PTA actual play threads, 'cause…
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Participants: Meguey, Andrew Morris.

9/22/2005 Michael S. Miller: Lots of Audience Pool, Few Players
I just started running PTA for three players. Wanting to make sure that there were enough chips in the Audience Pool so that everyone could start giving Fan Mail right…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, TonyLB, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Andrew Norris, Matt Wilson, Jonas Karlsson, Vaxalon.

9/22/2005 Eynowd: [PtA] I have a complete failure to grok...
I bought a copy of PtA at Gencon this year, after a friend of mine reported some very favourable gaming sessions with it. From the way he described it, it…
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Participants: Eynowd, Brand_Robins, Frank T, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, John Harper, xenopulse, Andrew Norris, IMAGinES.

9/17/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] More Scene Requests Questions
Leaving the thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16833.0 to focus on the question of narration & stakes, here's a couple of quick questions on scene requests. Scene Requests: how…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson, John Harper, IMAGinES.

9/16/2005 Matt Wilson: have you always wanted a PTA hoodie?
I set up a cafepress store prior to GenCon so that I could pirnt up some shirts to wear at the booth. But then I thought, what the heck? I'll…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Rob Donoghue.

9/16/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] Entering a Scene
You can join a scene in progress by spending a fan mail. At one point in our first session, we were just beginning a conflict (that is, we were about…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson.

9/15/2005 Rob Donoghue: Revised Colophon
And on a completely non-mechanical note, what were the fonts used for the revised edition? -Rob D.
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Participants: Rob Donoghue, Matt Wilson.

9/14/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [PtA] Scope of Narration, Scene Requests, and other questions
In our recent play, we experienced a few problems. The game was still fun, but questions were raised. Scene Requests: how much authority do the players have here? Can they…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson, Lisa Padol, iago, Rob Donoghue, Blankshield, Alan, John Harper.

9/14/2005 Judaicdiablo: Can a Producer Split his Budget for one Conflict?
Here is the situation: There is a conflict with multiple Protagonists.  The conflict is determined and the stakes have been set.  I am the Producer and I decide that I…
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Participants: Judaicdiablo, John Harper.

9/12/2005 BlackSheep: Another alternate resolution system
Dominoes. Instead of rolling dice or flipping cards, draw dominoes. Each domino can be read in two ways.  The 2:3, for example, can be 23 or 32. Highest domino wins…
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Participants: BlackSheep.

9/9/2005 TonyLB: Have I got the math of the economy right?
It seems to me that, since the producer only gets back half of spent fan-mail as more budget, there is a statistically finite amount of budget available for an episode. …
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Participants: TonyLB, dyjoots, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Yokiboy, demiurgeastaroth.

9/8/2005 Matthew Glover: Handing Out Fanmail Before The First Conflict
Hi!  I couldn't wait to get my hands on a copy of the new edition, so I had a friend of a friend pick one up at Gencon and got…
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Participants: Matthew Glover, Meguey, Matt Wilson.

9/6/2005 Lisa Padol: More Questions
Okay, so, Avram, Beth, Josh, and I played 2 pilot eps of PTA this past weekend, with me as the producer both times. When 2 or more people have their…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Matt Wilson, mneme, demiurgeastaroth, MarcoBrucale, John Harper, Blankshield, Rob Donoghue, Landon Darkwood, iago, Andrew Norris, Alan, avram.

9/5/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Producer Scenes and Big Groups
Let's say you have 6 or 7 players (inc. Producer). Would it make much difference (a bad difference, that is) to give the Producer a scene every time half the…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson.

8/30/2005 Judaicdiablo: PTA Revised "Depowered?"
Hey Matt,     I notice in the update for PTA Revised that it looks like you have "depowered" the game a bit. Examples:  Players now have 3 Edges/Connections rather…
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Participants: Judaicdiablo, Matt Wilson.

8/29/2005 Matt Wilson: this mysterious 'multi-flip ' thing.
In the revised book I suggest an option for handling those big long tense conflicts, like chases, negotiations, etc. In order for it to work, the producer and at least…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, IMAGinES.

8/29/2005 Lisa Padol: Questions on Revised PTA
I picked up a few copies of 2nd ed PTA at GenCon and emailed Matt a couple of questions which he said to post here. (Note that my experience with…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Matt Wilson, demiurgeastaroth, ricmadeira, Chris Goodwin, avram, John Harper.

8/27/2005 ricmadeira: Multiple Conflicts in one scene
I've just posted this on Actual Play: Dirtside - A moment to remember It describes one scene where I used simultaneous multiple conflicts to force a player to divide…
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Participants: ricmadeira.

8/26/2005 Matt Wilson: Revised Edition: Preorders
New books will be available to ship starting September 1. The price is $20 plus shipping and handling. However, if you can't wait until then to give me money, I'm…
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Participants: Matt Wilson.

8/25/2005 Judaicdiablo: Scene Structure - length and structure
I come from a D&D background and thus have a much more Task oriented frame of reference.  That being said, I have been reading PTA and I am a little…
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Participants: Judaicdiablo, Matt Wilson.

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10/1/2005 Norbert Matausch: Question regarding PC vs PC
Hi all, I have the first edition of PTA and thought that in case of a PC vs PC conflict, both players roll dice/draw cards to determine who wins. After…
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Participants: Norbert Matausch, Jonas Karlsson.

10/4/2005 Emily Care: TV done right
Just posted <i>my</i> ideal Thursday night lineup for the telly. http://lumpley.com/fairgame/ : ) best, Emily
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Participants: Emily Care, Adam Dray, Matt Wilson, Frank T, hix, ashmoo, Chris Goodwin.

10/6/2005 Matt Wilson: Hey! It's been a year.
So 365 days ago I made the books available for sale on the site. Big thanks to everyone who bought, played, gave critique and/or kind words. You all rock.
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Participants: Matt Wilson, matthijs, Chris Goodwin, Frank T, Emily Care, Paka, Bob Goat, Arturo G..

10/9/2005 Pol Jackson: [PTA] Sleepy Hollow - First Playtest Notes
I ran a game of Primetime Adventures for the first time last night. (My first game of PTA ever! My first indie RPG, too!) Our pitch: "Dawson's Creek" meets "The…
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Participants: Pol Jackson, Matt Wilson, John Harper.

10/10/2005 Thor: 2 player game
I am setting up our first series and only have two players with myself as producer. does anyone have helpfull advice about how things will be different?
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Participants: Thor, Matt Wilson.

10/14/2005 Lisa Padol: Munchkiny Play?
I'm not actually sure this is a problem, but I'm curious to know what folks think. In the second session of Keruton, Matt Stevens joined up and we worked with…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Chris Goodwin, BlackSheep, Matt Wilson, Bret Gillan, MarcoBrucale, John Harper, Valamir.

10/17/2005 Bret Gillan: A PTA Session is Born, Shudders, and Dies
So I tried to run some of my pals through a session PTA the other night. It was aborted three scenes in due to communal frustration and a dislike of…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Paka, Tim Alexander, Matthew Glover, TonyLB, John Harper, Jeremiah Lahnum, Frank T, pfischer, Landon Darkwood.

10/19/2005 Alan: Multiflip option on pg 100
Hi Matt, I was just reading up on the multiflip conflict resolution - both in the thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16587 and in the revised rules. I wondered why you chose to have…
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Participants: Alan, Matt Wilson.

10/21/2005 Dev: [PTA] Maximum number of participants?
What's the highest number of active players that have ever worked in a PTA game? How many more audience members (a la those audience rules) could fit in?
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Participants: Dev, Blankshield, Ben Lehman.

10/26/2005 Chris Goodwin: Retroactive fan mail?
I think I know what the answer is gonna be, but can you give fan mail (when there's something to give) for that cool thing they did in the teaser…
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Participants: Chris Goodwin, Bret Gillan.

10/27/2005 dunlaing: [PTA] Hi, we're the Replacements!
So we finished up our Over the Edge campaign last night (I got the final line of the campaign..."Maybe I'll take them with me to Ottawa!"). We had decided earlier…
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Participants: dunlaing, Bret Gillan, Jonas Karlsson, Supplanter, BlackSheep, Clint, SabreCat.

11/5/2005 Alan: Introducing Traditional players to PTA
Hi, This coming Monday, I'm slated to present PTA to a mixed bag of players I don't know very well.  They're members of the wider Seattle community that meet once…
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Participants: Alan, TonyLB, Jasper Polane, demiurgeastaroth, Paka, Landon Darkwood, Matt Wilson, Frank T.

11/5/2005 Paka: Kvelling
[i]KVELL: To beam with pride and pleasure, Jewish parents are prone to kvell over their children's achievements.[/i] I'm going to kvell over Primetime Adventures, after running it twice this week…
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Participants: Paka, John Harper, rafial, komradebob, Matt Wilson.

11/7/2005 Aman the Rejected: [Stranger Things] Status?
I'm chomping at the bit for Stranger Things. Any word?
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Participants: Aman the Rejected, Blake Hutchins, John Harper.

11/22/2005 JarrodHenry: How To Advertise?
I've got this game on the way, or so I've been told.. and I have a question.  The gamer/friends of mine are all on a mailing list.  This mailing list…
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Participants: JarrodHenry, Chris Goodwin, Matt Wilson.

11/22/2005 SabreCat: [PTA] Minor newcomer questions
Greetings! I've not yet had the privilege of playing in or producing a game of Primetime Adventures, but I hope to soon.  On my first read of the book, I've…
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Participants: SabreCat, demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson.

11/28/2005 Matt Wilson: Galactic: still working
About ONE MILLION years ago, I started working on this space adventure game. Holy crap, it's taking me forever, it seems like. Mostly it's in the waiting for someone PLEASE…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, pfischer, Sydney Freedberg, demiurgeastaroth, philaros, JarrodHenry, John Harper.

12/2/2005 lokis wrangling: Dice for Cards?
Hi, my copy of PtA arrived yesterday, and it really looks like a lot of fun! Only catch for me is, I'd like to play it with my online group…
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Participants: lokis wrangling, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Wilson, BlackSheep, Chris Goodwin, oliof.

12/5/2005 Matt Wilson: PDF!
So only ONE MILLION YEARS after releasing the book, I now have a pdf of Primetime Adventures available for sale at www.dog-eared-designs.com. Just in time for your virtual holiday shopping.…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, ricmadeira.

12/7/2005 spikexander: Dog Eared Downloads
At GenCon this year, I picked up a copy of Primetime Adventures Second Edition, which was the single best gaming purchase I made (if this ever becomes a forum for…
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Participants: spikexander, Matt Wilson, cstarr.

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