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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.

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.

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.

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.

12/23/2005 Keith Senkowski: Check Out My Majesty
A new review over at RPG.net by Matthijs Holter. Keith
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Participants: Keith Senkowski.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

9/19/2005 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 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.

9/9/2005 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.

9/4/2005 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.

9/4/2005 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.

9/3/2005 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.

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.

8/29/2005 MetalBard: [Split from I Love It] CoS & Ravenloft
[quote author=Thor Olavsrud link=topic=16259.msg176462#msg176462 date=1125341548] [quote author=Eero Tuovinen link=topic=16259.msg176449#msg176449 date=1125338612] Yep, Thor told enough about the mechanics to tell that the game isn't completely traditional. Perhaps it's like Burning Wheel?[/quote]…
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Participants: MetalBard, Paka, Bob Goat, Thor Olavsrud, Ben Lehman, Roger Eberhart.

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.

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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.

4/6/2006 Jason13: Le Cirque Macabre
Hi, Firstly I must state that I do not own Conspiracy of Shadows or any of the supplements for it yet.  This is a situation that cannot be allowed to…
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Participants: Jason13, Keith Senkowski.

4/18/2006 Ron Edwards: Preparation help!
Hi Keith, So, we have our characters, and I-as-GM have to prepare for next week. To orient you, the series is set in the Theocracy of Malindarov, and there seems…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Keith Senkowski, jrs.

4/23/2006 rrees: London CoS Game
I've put up an advert in Playin' Games so I thought it wouldn't hurt to mention the game here as well. There's room for one or two more players in…
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Participants: rrees, GB Steve, Keith Senkowski, Steven, Gypelemo70.

5/15/2006 Sinistraphobia: Keith Speaks!
Well speaks again... I just wanted fans of the game to know that Keith, will be on our upcoming episode of "The Gamestas", available at www.gamestas.net.  He's like wrasslin' a…
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Participants: Sinistraphobia, Keith Senkowski, Matt-M-McElroy.

5/30/2006 Keith Senkowski: [Actual Play] The Smith Apocalypse
First off, all the pieces of this puzzle can be seen here.  This is versions of the various worksheets I use for the game, which are all a part of…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski, KVargo, O. Rodriguez.

6/5/2006 Keith Senkowski: The Ruins at Vladick's Crossing
We open up the new weekly posting of content for Conspiracy of Shadows with a look at Vladick's Crossing.  Today we set the stage for the rest of the week…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski.

6/6/2006 Keith Senkowski: Those Who Live Below
We continue the new weekly posting of content for Conspiracy of Shadows with a look at Those That Live Below.  Today I get the pleasure of introducing you to the…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski.

6/7/2006 Keith Senkowski: The Four Who Are One
We continue the new weekly posting of content for Conspiracy of Shadows with a look at The Four Who Are One.  They are the deadliest and most zealous servants of…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski, kushniro.

6/8/2006 Keith Senkowski: The Lady of Vladick's Crossing
We continue the new weekly posting of content for Conspiracy of Shadows with a look at The Lady of Vladick's Crossing.  An exotic beauty, she is the true power in…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski.

6/9/2006 Iskander: Conspirace of Shadows: Blood Opera
I'll be running Blood Opera in the 6:30pm slot at Recess VIII: Planet of the Nerds, NerdNYC's (roughly) quarterly day-long-con-in-the-city. Stop by and be maimed!
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Participants: Iskander, Keith Senkowski.

6/9/2006 Keith Senkowski: Episode: The Ritual
We conclude this weeks posting of content for Conspiracy of Shadows with an episode using all of this weeks material called The Ritual.  What will your Cell do?  Will they…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski.

6/12/2006 Keith Senkowski: The Village of Crakev
We open this week's posting of content for Conspiracy of Shadows with a look at the village of Crakev.  Today we set the stage for the rest of the week…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski.

6/23/2006 Keith Senkowski: Fantasy Week
[b]Fantasy Magic[/b] This week we delve into the domain of traditional-style fantasy RPGs with [b][i]Conspiracy of Shadows[/i][/b].  The first step of course is ramping up the crazy amount of magic…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski.

7/2/2006 rrees: Questions about Polian
I thought I would start another thread to hold questions about the game setting. My first question is: what is the meaning of the Patriarch's stewardship of the Holy Union…
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Participants: rrees, Keith Senkowski, Iskander, Valamir.

7/3/2006 Iskander: Origins
Guess what happens when you demo and talk about Conspiracy of Shadows? You sell all the available copies. Weird, isn't it? P.S. Very deviant Blood Opera game: swapping Gerard out…
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Participants: Iskander, mtiru, Keith Senkowski.

7/17/2006 Aaron: Questions from a newbie
Hi, I picked up Conspiracy of Shadows and the Companion recently and have some questions.  I have had a look at some other threads which answered some other things but…
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Participants: Aaron, Keith Senkowski, Sinistraphobia, Matt Wilson, Dom, rrees.

7/19/2006 Dom: Tips on running Blood Opera
I've chickened out of running my Stormquest HeroQuest Conversion at Continuum on the weekend of 28th (I really don't fancy running HeroQuest for the first time at a con full…
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Participants: Dom, Iskander, Keith Senkowski.

7/31/2006 Dom: [Actual Play] Blood Opera @ Continuum 2006
[b]Or...my First Time Experience Running CoS.[/b] The following is the set of notes that I put together immediately after running [color=Red]Blood Opera[/color] at Continuum. As it was something like 2AM…
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Participants: Dom, Keith Senkowski, Neil the Wimp, Iskander.

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