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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.

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.

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.

10/20/2007 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.

10/16/2007 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.

10/15/2007 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.

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.

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.

9/15/2007 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.

9/15/2007 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.

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

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.

9/3/2007 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.

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.

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.

8/22/2007 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.

7/25/2007 Matt Wilson: As a Matter of Fact I Will Be at Gen Con!
As of today Dog-eared Designs is officially signed to participate at the Ashcan Front. I'm not sure why Paul asked for a vial of blood, but whatever, he didn't say…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Valamir, Snarls-at-Fleas, paulie.

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.

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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.

1/26/2008 jlhburnett: [PTA] Our first PTA game -- Chimera Fusion
My group got together Wednesday night to play our first session of Prime Time Adventures.  We're mostly traditional gamers of the D&D, World of Darkness, (and of course QAGS) variety. …
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Participants: jlhburnett, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6, Matt Wilson, Willem.

2/11/2008 David Coulter: Playing with kids?
So our nine-year-old has decided she'd like to try playing an RPG, and I immediately thought of PTA, as it's nice and rules-light. Has anyone out there tried playing it…
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Participants: David Coulter, Danny_K, Matt Wilson.

4/10/2008 darquehope: Awarding Fan Mail between episodes
Hey all!  I'm about to run my first PTA session, (I'm excited and nervous) but I've come up with an idea that I'd like to run by everyone.  Now keep…
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Participants: darquehope, schlafmanko.

4/27/2008 Standback: [PTA] Stockholm - Actual Play
"Stockholm" is a PTA series I created for running at conventions and other one-timer sessions for players new to PTA. At "Bigor," Israel's major annual roleplaying convention, I decided to…
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Participants: Standback, Peter Nordstrand, forlorn1, Dream.

4/30/2008 GB Steve: [Galactic] We started tonight
We couldn't play Koenig Hospital tonight because Graham wasn't around so we played Galactic instead. It took around 2 hours, maybe longer to get all the character generation and backgrounds…
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Participants: GB Steve, Matt Wilson.

5/10/2008 Standback: [PTA] Souls of the Damned - Starting Without a Spark
So, after falling in love with PTA, I've finally found the time to run a full campaign. Yay! Problem - it isn't working. I'm not sure why, but from the…
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Participants: Standback.

5/31/2008 orklord: [PTA] PTA on a Virtual Tabletop
Hey everyone,   At Gencon '07, I played my first game of PTA.  I was lucky enough to play with a bunch of cool guys in a Star Wars Episode…
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Participants: orklord, Brennen Reece.

6/4/2008 Shane Boone: Producer wins narration?
If the Producer draws the highest card in a conflict, does he get narration rights?  There was some confusion in my group over the text which says "Narration authority goes…
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Participants: Shane Boone, Matt Wilson, Peter Nordstrand.

7/27/2008 jinchoung: long time rpg fan - just found PTA... wondering where the heck it came from....
howdy, so i'm a longtime rpg fan and have done a lot of reading (less playing) of d&d and shadowrun and d6 and starwarsd6 and d20 etc... stats heavy kinda…
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Participants: jinchoung, Andy Kitkowski.

8/5/2008 WildElf: [PTA] The maximum number of players, or Will it work with 8 or more?
I know this has been asked before, but only for 6-7, and I'm pushing 8-9. Cross posted from Story-Games: Has anyone played PTA with this many? I made an open…
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Participants: WildElf, Matt Wilson.

8/7/2008 jburneko: SP 1 and Scene Requests
I just saw in another thread that if your Screen Presence is 1 that you don't get to request scenes.  Is that correct?  Is that in the book?  Page Number?…
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Participants: jburneko, Eliarhiman6, Matt Wilson.

8/29/2008 pippo_jedi: [pta] Primetime Exalted for "newbies"
Hello, I'm a longtime rpg player, like my game group, but we always played white wolf's game, D&D and that sort of games. some were better than others, but never…
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Participants: pippo_jedi, Matt, Matt Wilson.

9/13/2008 GB Steve: [PTA] is well regarded in Spain
I was mooching around and found this review of the game on a Spanish gaming portal. It's gets 9/10 but I couldn't say what it all means.
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Participants: GB Steve, Arturo G..

9/18/2008 Territan: [PTA] "Rockheart"
It's the barest shred of a concept, for a group that's awfully indie-ambivalent, but there might be potential in it. Could I get a little help polishing it up, please?…
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Participants: Territan, Matt Wilson, relaxingnap, Ron Edwards.

9/23/2008 steppen: IPR Out of Stock?
Hi, Sorry if this has already been discussed.  I looked around but couldn't find it anywhere. Indie Press Revolution says that they are Out of Stock on the PrimeTime Adventures…
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Participants: steppen, rafial, Matt Wilson, Kapsberger, stannex, hansel, mjbauer, Irminsul.

9/24/2008 Matt Wilson: the 4-year overhaul
My big print run only lasted two years. I thought it'd last three. So I'm out of books, and I figure I'd address a few things rather than just do…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, jasongreeno, jonsan, jessecoombs, Welkerfan, HighmoonMedia.

10/22/2008 BlackSheep: [PTA Hack] Fanmail as Trust
This came up in a discussion on RPGnet about running a "One of us, one of them" Heroes game, and I thought I'd share. For those who don't watch the…
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Participants: BlackSheep.

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