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7/1/2007 Matt Wilson: offline
I'm about to make the final leg of our move, which will leave me without a regular internet connection until Friday, July 5. Everyone please play as much Primetime Adventures…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, thedavidrayko.

6/18/2007 drnuncheon: [PTA] All Together Now (Protagonists acting as a group)
So my players and I have decided to try out PTA.  The elevator pitch for the series we came up with is "John Woo directs the X-Files" - it's a…
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Participants: drnuncheon, Thenomain, Alan, Harry the Dirty Do, Standback.

6/4/2007 chrisn: Tying fan mail to index cards
In my last game I tried something new. I labeled some index cards with phrases like "shocking twist", "telling detail", "unexplained phenomenon", (and, particular to this Land of the Lost…
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Participants: chrisn, Matt Wilson, Filip Luszczyk, BlackSheep.

6/2/2007 chrisn: Primetime Adventures (Primetime Adventures)
While searching for Primetime Adventures on Google, I ran across Primetime Adventures (http://www.primetimeadv.com/) which sounds like a geekily-recursive setting for a game. Given the site description... Prince Rupert fishing…
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Participants: chrisn.

5/21/2007 Joe Dizzy: [Galactic] Doubt?
Hi Matt, I'm gearing up for our Galactic game tonight, but I can't quite figure out how Doubt works. From the example on page 54 it seems that the GM…
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Participants: Joe Dizzy, Matt Wilson.

5/19/2007 jessecoombs: A few questions on the 2nd edition...
If these questions have been answered in older posts, I apologize and I'll try to seek them out. I just had a few basic questions about mechanics of PTA. -Is…
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Participants: jessecoombs, Filip Luszczyk, stefoid.

5/17/2007 Filip Luszczyk: Using 3/2 traits spread in 2nd edition?
So, I've been thinking about running PTA and I'm pondering going back to the 3/2 traits spread. Playing the game, I've felt that I had this feeling that I don't…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Matt Wilson.

5/15/2007 stefoid: conflict, its the one bit that I cant 'get'
Hi, Ive visited this forum before asking about this aspect of PTA.  I love nearly everything about the game, except this bit.  I just dont get it. Specifically, I dont…
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Participants: stefoid, Eero Tuovinen, Joe Dizzy, Glendower, Matt Wilson, Warren, Alan, SabreCat, Shymer.

5/8/2007 Snarls-at-Fleas: Hey, Matt, I paid for the book!!! :)
Have u received it. Sorry for using forums for this, but u don't answer my e-mail. :(
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Participants: Snarls-at-Fleas, Matt Wilson, thedavidrayko.

4/10/2007 Snarls-at-Fleas: Max number of players in PtA
I was wondering about for some time. I'm going to run PtA in nearest future and as far as I can see all the shows are usually about 3-4 protagonists.…
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Participants: Snarls-at-Fleas, Matt Wilson, hix.

4/4/2007 Caesar_X: [PTA] TV Tropes Wiki
<Cross-posting from Story-Games> I was going through my del.icio.us subscriptions feed and saw that someone posted a site called TV Tropes. I've only taken a quick look, but this could…
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Participants: Caesar_X, Matt Wilson.

3/20/2007 Claudia Cangini: Suggestion for PTA con demo?
Hello, I'm here looking for suggestions or links to previous thread treating this subject. I'd like to run a PTA demo at a local Con. I love the game and…
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Participants: Claudia Cangini, Matt Wilson, LeSingeSavant.

3/1/2007 Johan Granberg: Cutting the first episode and starting with a spotlight?
I have previously played one full five episode season-game and one that was cut short because of what I think was the result of a rushed pitch session. The first…
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Participants: Johan Granberg, BlackSheep.

2/22/2007 rycanada: Getting ready to run PTA for the first time (advice?)
So, either next weekend or shortly thereafter I'll be "running" a game of PTA for a motley crew of friends, gamers, and maybe a coworker or two.  I'm definitely going…
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Participants: rycanada, LeSingeSavant, Ben Lehman, Paka, Matt Wilson.

2/22/2007 rycanada: Is another edition of PTA coming?
I was just wondering if PTA is essentially "done" or if there was going to be another edition.  There's a few things that I find kind of tricky in reading…
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Participants: rycanada, Matt Wilson.

2/18/2007 The Mule: Observations and Questions on our first PTA attempt
First, off, Hello World! PTA was highly spoken of by a friend of mine, so I've decided to take the leap from Dungeons and Dragons into nontraditional games! I bought…
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Participants: The Mule, Matt Wilson.

2/13/2007 hix: Gathering tips for PTA pitch sessions
It struck me that’d it’d be useful to assemble a list of tips for running PTA pitch sessions – good questions to ask, tools for sorting out problems. I haven’t…
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Participants: hix, Glendower, memolith.

1/28/2007 Tropico: Player-conflict resolution possible?
Hi, I just bought Primetime Adventures based on many good things I've heard and how fun it is. I'm planning it on playing it with my DVD group; we're a…
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Participants: Tropico, Glendower, Matt Wilson, John Harper, Filip Luszczyk.

1/22/2007 Mike Sugarbaker: A little self-mandated public humiliation
So, here I've been spending the last two years pimping PTA every chance I get, telling people it's my favorite game, the game that got me back into roleplaying, and…
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Participants: Mike Sugarbaker, John Harper.

1/9/2007 jburneko: Fan Mail Between Seasons
Just another quickie question: Do players keep their unspent fan mail between seasons? Jesse
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Participants: jburneko, Matt Wilson.

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8/22/2007 GrumpyTroll: Would anyone be interested in playing via IM/IRC?
I'd really like to get a live, weekly game going via IM (AOL, MSN, take your pick) or IRC. I've been playing in PBP games, but PBP doesn't really capture…
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Participants: GrumpyTroll, Filip Luszczyk.

8/29/2007 Hans: Galactic PDF
I was pleased as punch to pick up a copy of Galactic at the Ashcan Front at GenCon, and I'm going to be running it for some friends in September.…
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Participants: Hans, Matt Wilson.

8/29/2007 Ignotus: [PTA ] how to prep for sessions
I bought PTA at gencon a couple of years ago, and ran it last year.  Things didn't go too well.  I put it away on my bookshelf, but now, having…
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Participants: Ignotus, Alan, REkz.

9/3/2007 scottdunphy: PTA Convention Games
I was introduced to "Primetime Adventures" at Compleat Games in Colorado Springs. They host an Indie RPG Night on the first Sunday of every month. I'd heard of the game…
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Participants: scottdunphy, hix, LeSingeSavant.

9/3/2007 Hans: Galactic Ashcan: corrections? questions? you be the judge
Hi: As requested, I am providing feedback on the Ashcan Front copy of Galactic I purchased at GenCon.  We'll be playing starting Sept 11, but here are some initial things…
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Participants: Hans, Matt Wilson, Michael McAleese, Dave Versace, Valamir.

9/13/2007 lighthouse: OK, I payed for PTA using paypal... now what? :)
Did I miss something?
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Participants: lighthouse, Alan.

9/15/2007 rycanada: Cutting to the villains?
In PTA, how do you do a scene where you cut to the villain, he describes a maniacal plot to his crony, and then you cut back?
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Participants: rycanada, jburneko, scottdunphy, Alan, oliof.

9/15/2007 rycanada: Producerless games?
Has anyone (besides Ronaldo at the Story Games forum) has played PTA without a producer?
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Participants: rycanada, lighthouse, scottdunphy, twilight, Pyromancer, Eero Tuovinen, Yokiboy, Filip Luszczyk.

9/17/2007 Dustin of the Dead: Firefly: After Miranda
After being VERY disappointed with the RPG for "Serenity," my rpg group wants me to run a Firefly game using PTA. I own the game, but have not run it…
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Participants: Dustin of the Dead, Eliarhiman6, Alan, Matt Wilson, Valamir.

9/27/2007 RobNJ: [PTA] Rule drifts, also strategies (some for cons)
So I've run a whole lot of Primetime Adventures at cons, and it is probably the single indie game I've played or run the most. Over the course of all…
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Participants: RobNJ.

10/15/2007 ChrisLane: Print and PDF?
I've been looking at ordering a few titles, and I really like the print and PDF package deals.  Any chance of seeing such a package for PTA at some point?
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Participants: ChrisLane, Matt Wilson, MrSkygack.

10/16/2007 MrSkygack: Random Pitch Generator
OK, this is totally a silly toy, but it can be a neat idea spark. I made a little page to generate random cliche pitches. http://www.barnaclepress.com/pta.php Just keep hitting "refresh"…
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Participants: MrSkygack, Matt Wilson, Chris Goodwin.

10/20/2007 RobNJ: [Galactic] Big problem
Unless I'm misreading, the places on pages 52 and 53 where conflicts resolution is described doesn't actually state the conditions for winning a conflict. They say that the example conflict…
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Participants: RobNJ, Matt Wilson, Brad Murray.

10/24/2007 Brad Murray: [Galactic] Importance of setting
After Clinton Nixon's recent hard line discussion on the relevance of very specific setting details in TSOY to playing the game he intended to deliver, I need to ask you…
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Participants: Brad Murray, Matt Wilson, RobNJ.

10/29/2007 Hans: [Galactic] GM tactics; some thoughts
I have been running a game of Galactic, and after some thought, some number crunching with Excel, and making lots of mistakes in actual play, and some helpful suggestions from…
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Participants: Hans, Matt Wilson.

11/6/2007 Vittek: My first attempt: World of Brightness.
Hello, I'm from Italy and I was planning an M&M game based on Heroes and then BAM! I read PTA and decided we don't really need all the rules in…
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Participants: Vittek, Matt Wilson.

12/5/2007 Dustin of the Dead: [PTA]
I was having a very similar situation as Ignotus, but decided to start a new thread because I do not want to take away from his questions (which were really…
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Participants: Dustin of the Dead, Paka, Eero Tuovinen, Alan, Chris Goodwin, schlafmanko.

12/7/2007 Alan: [PTA] Deep in your character
Over in http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=25329.0 I said Caveat: PTA will never give the deep-character-concentration that some players prefer. Alan, I disagree entirely.  In a…
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Participants: Alan, Paka, Matt Wilson, schlafmanko.

12/13/2007 RobNJ: [Galactic] Central NJ playtest reportage
So I'm going to write here about the playtest run I have going of Galactic. It's using the alternate "dice record sheet" rules that Matt posted. First, I'll talk about…
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Participants: RobNJ, Paka, Matt Wilson, Danny_K.

1/21/2008 jjspackle: [Galactic] Western Washington playtest, some difficulty
Hello, Matt.  We finally got to our first play session of Galactic after a bit of break following the prep session.  We're using the November update with the GM quest…
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Participants: jjspackle, Matt Wilson.

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