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8/25/2005 Bob Goat: The Sky is Falling
My first post GenCon update is a nice little preview of the last <i>Conspiracy of Shadows</i> book, <i><b>Conspiracy of Shadows: Apocalpyse</b></i>, a book dedicated to creating and playing during the…
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Participants: Bob Goat.

8/4/2005 Ron Edwards: I love it
The new book, I mean. As an object, a physical representation of what Conspiracy of Shadows is, it's beautiful. It has "Keith" on every page, stylistically, and every page is…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Bob Goat, Miskatonic, Michael S. Miller, Eero Tuovinen, Paka, Thor Olavsrud, John Harper, Andy Kitkowski.

8/2/2005 Bob Goat: [News] Four Terrible Beasties
I don't know if I will make a 101 ideas by GenCon, but I will be damn close.  Today I give you four beasts you can throw into your game. …
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Participants: Bob Goat.

8/2/2005 Paka: The Cult of Cults
[i]My group is gathering in New Vendelmark, a kind of New Amsterdam analogue in my Pirates Fight Lovecraftian Evil.  They have called a gathering of everyone unhappy with the people…
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Participants: Paka, Bob Goat.

7/26/2005 Bob Goat: [News] Architecture and More...
What no round number you ask?  Sorry I am busy gearing up for vacation and GenCon as well as cranking out some art so this is what you get.  And…
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Participants: Bob Goat.

7/19/2005 Bob Goat: CoS: Companion Preview
Here is the ToC for this little 32 page book of joy.  You may notice no real organization to it.  I liked the Polish Ninja's idea for a book of…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Matt-M-McElroy, Ron Edwards.

7/18/2005 Bob Goat: [News] Conspiracy of Shadows: Revised Edition
Its official.  Conspiracy of Shadows: Revised Edition is available for purchase.  Not only that, but the rules are now available for free under the Creative Commons License.  Feel free to…
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Participants: Bob Goat, abzu, demiurgeastaroth, Thor Olavsrud, urbwar, Rob Donoghue.

7/16/2005 abzu: Revised Revised Edition of Conspiracy of Shadows?
Hi Keith, I was reading your new version of Conspiracy of Shadows. You know, the small digest-sized one. It's red, with a circular, abstract logo on the cover. You know…
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Participants: abzu, drozdal, Bob Goat, Valamir, Paka, Andrew Morris, Miskatonic, Thor Olavsrud, urbwar, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, Marhault.

7/4/2005 jburneko: Revised or Rewritten?
Hello, I've been comparing the material on the website under the Creative Commons section with the book I actually own. It appears to me that the game has been seriously…
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Participants: jburneko, Bob Goat.

6/30/2005 Bob Goat: [News] Will the Madness Stop?
That's right, another update this week. The lack of internet at home has really got me churning out good stuff. Today we have ten Kickers you can use with your…
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6/29/2005 Bob Goat: [News] 10 More Ideas
Enter the world of the Geomancer, a sorcerer who harnesses the powers of precious gems to get what he wants. Below are the rules for using Geomancy as well as…
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6/28/2005 Bob Goat: [News] CoS Worksheets
Now you have everything you need to keep your Conspiracy of Shadows game going and organized. I just posted a full range of worksheets for you to print out and…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Paka.

6/20/2005 Bob Goat: [News] Five More Ideas
Here are Five new ideas for Conspiracy of Shadows 101 Ideas. Two are creepy locations and three are funking artifacts to spice things up in your game. The Blackened…
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6/14/2005 Bob Goat: [News] Two Sales & Five New Ideas
First things first we have some sales going on for Conspiracy of Shadows. Indie Press Revolution is currently selling the book for $14.99, which you can check out by going…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Jasper.

5/22/2005 Matt-M-McElroy: [Actual Play] The Old Fishing Hut
I ran a short CoS game the other night with three players. Two of them were completely new to the setting and system, so I kept things short and simple.…
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Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Bob Goat.

5/19/2005 Matt-M-McElroy: Descriptors
Hey folks, I'm expanding my list of Descriptors for Attributes and Skills. I figure it can't hurt to have a variety of interesting ones on hand for character creation sessions...especially…
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4/16/2005 urbwar: A new printing of CoS?
Keith, I met Brennan Taylor from IPR last weekend at I-Con. He said something about you possibly doing a new printing of CoS that was smaller in size, and that…
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Participants: urbwar, Bob Goat.

4/12/2005 Bob Goat: In the Interest of Sharing Data...
So in the effort of sharing info with others in the wet and wild world of publishing I give to you these numbers. I can only guarantee to their accuracy,…
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4/4/2005 Paka: In Praise of Group Kickers
Wow, these rock. Kickers in general rock but having the cell's players come together and decide as a group where the game is going to start is just fantastic. I'm…
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4/4/2005 Paka: Questions through Play
Okay, today I gamed with my wargamers. Don't get me wrong, they love a good story and role-play their hexes off but they all wargame and look at games with…
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Participants: Paka, Bob Goat.

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8/31/2005 U_C: CoS Questions
Hi Keith, First of all, I love the new booklet however I've a few questions about the system, mostly because I learn via examples rather than anything else. Do…
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Participants: U_C, Bob Goat, Roger Eberhart.

9/3/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Where's the new Revised Character Sheet?
Hey, I couldn't find the Revised character sheets on the BobGoat website (Under "Worksheets"). I'm looking for the ones like that appear in the book. Anyone know where they are?…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Bob Goat.

9/4/2005 Bob Goat: Actual Play Threads
If you got an Actual Play thread out there somewhere and it ain't listed here, PM me and I will post it here... Keith
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Participants: Bob Goat, Keith Senkowski.

9/4/2005 demiurgeastaroth: CoS Companion
Are there any plans to make a PDF available of the Companion for those of us outside the states and don't want to pay huge shipping costs, and almost as…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Bob Goat.

9/9/2005 Matt-M-McElroy: C-Files
I was thinking of running an X-Files inspired game in CoS. Basically one of the governements or other organizations discovers enough strange/supernatural activity to asign a small group of investigators…
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Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Bob Goat, Paka, MetalBard.

9/19/2005 Roger Eberhart: Question about Doom
After a character reaches Doom 6 the GM can bring about their final scene at any time. I assume you would work it into the plot at a convenient moment.…
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Participants: Roger Eberhart, Bob Goat.

9/19/2005 Bob Goat: CoS: Companion PDF now Available
This is mainly for those folks overseas who don't dig crazy shipping costs to get books and the few nut-jobs who like reading shit on the screen of their computer. …
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Participants: Bob Goat, demiurgeastaroth, Dom, Keith Senkowski.

9/19/2005 Brand_Robins: Descriptors, which are detailed later in the chapter....
Heya, Just reading over CoS, and loving it, but I have one minor concern. Repeatedly, through the "Creating the Cell" chapter it says "and each of must have…
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Participants: Brand_Robins, Bob Goat.

9/23/2005 Matt-M-McElroy: Site?
Hey, Something going on at www.bobgoat.com ? It doesn't seem to be there... -MMM
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Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Bob Goat, Roger Eberhart.

10/24/2005 Bob Goat: CoS PDF
Just an FYI.  I just updated the PDF adding the bookmarks that should have been there in the first place.  If you already bought the thing you can go back…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Brand_Robins, Tomo, Keith Senkowski.

11/9/2005 Bob Goat: Stranger Than Fiction
Now this is some crazy shit. I'm skimming the fiction contest entries over at Flames Rising and what do I see? An entry by Mike Holmes. And not only is…
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Participants: Bob Goat.

12/20/2005 Keith Senkowski: Arr, There Be Pirates Here
So we made characters for our Conspiracy of Shadows Pirates game for my regular group, but we did not play at all.  Instead we hit <i>A Game of Thrones</i> from…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski, KVargo, O. Rodriguez.

12/23/2005 Keith Senkowski: Check Out My Majesty
A new review over at RPG.net by Matthijs Holter. Keith
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12/23/2005 matthijs: CoS review up at rpg.net
My review of CoS has been posted at rpg.net. Enjoy!
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Participants: matthijs, Brand_Robins.

1/26/2006 Bret Gillan: Screen Presence?
So in the main book, Screen Presence gets mentioned as a part of the Series Bible, along with the different types of Screen Presence a character can have in a…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Keith Senkowski, Matt-M-McElroy.

1/27/2006 Keith Senkowski: Conspiracy of Shadows Desktops
So I whipped up some shit in my spare time.  Got the idea from looking at what John Harper so expertly does and a thread on RPG.net about creating movie…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski, Matt-M-McElroy, Bifi, mtiru.

2/5/2006 Tancred: New to the Game System Questions
Hi, Just got Conspiracy of Shadows and the Companion and I really like it! However, there's a few rules points I'd like to clarify if possible, as I'm not sure…
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Participants: Tancred, Keith Senkowski, Thor Olavsrud, Iskander, rrees.

2/12/2006 Matt-M-McElroy: Doom vs Doom
So, we had a scene where two character's Doom Descriptors conflicted on the chosen outcome(s) of the particular action involved. I think we handled it well (it helps having the…
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Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Keith Senkowski.

2/14/2006 Dom: Apocalypses
Keith, Came across a book that may be of interest – "Apocalypses" by Eugen Weber ISBN 0091801346 – at the local remaindered shop. Talks about all sorts of different apocalyptic…
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Participants: Dom, Keith Senkowski.

3/12/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Doom: must be relevant
When you invoke your doom, the text says "Throughout the game a Player may call upon his character’s Doom to automatically end a Conflict in his favor; however, he must…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Keith Senkowski.

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