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10/12/2005 Kai_lord: IRC Bot for tracking Conflicts
Based on the request of Fred, I've started work on a IRC bot to track conflicts for Capes. So far, I've decided I need the following commands: Conflict -…
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Participants: Kai_lord, Vaxalon, TonyLB, kirby1024.

10/7/2005 Kai_lord: Fact mechanic Revisited
Well, I'm raising this old thread from the dead, because I have a different take on how to allow facts which (I think) meshes better with the existing mechanics. At…
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Participants: Kai_lord, TonyLB, LordSmerf, Vaxalon, Gaerik.

10/7/2005 Kai_lord: Secret Identies for Supers?
I've been pondering the question of how to handle supers with useful secret identities - Clark Kent's Journalist, Batman's CEO, Reed Richards, the scientist, and so on. One possiblity is…
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Participants: Kai_lord, TonyLB, Mark Woodhouse, Sydney Freedberg, TheCzech, James_Nostack.

10/5/2005 dunlaing: Minor Quibble
My friend Jim pointed out that the click and locks are on the page in the opposite order of how you'd say them, and thought that that was backwards. For…
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Participants: dunlaing, Anders Gabrielsson, Jack Aidley, Hans.

10/4/2005 dunlaing: Any progress on selling Click-n-locks?
I noticed that there was an old thread from April about using a die to cut them out and sell them in which Tony remarked about how if he could…
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Participants: dunlaing, TonyLB, Andrew Morris.

9/30/2005 dunlaing: Multiple Characters
So, two friends and I decided to sit down and play Capes. None of us had ever played it before. I have the full version, but my friend Jim suggested…
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Participants: dunlaing, Andrew Morris, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB.

9/29/2005 Doc Blue: Capes Players in/near Columbus, OH?
Hi.  I purchased Capes at Origins and am really excited about playing it.  However, I got my play group hooked on Prime Time Adventures before Origins and they are resistant…
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Participants: Doc Blue.

9/27/2005 BeZurKur: Horror Comics
The horror genre of comics is as old (although, currently not as popular) as the supers genre.  However, with some of the darker supernatural heroes, particularly those of the 90's,…
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Participants: BeZurKur, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, Anders Gabrielsson.

9/23/2005 Uzzah: Another Piece of Errata?
Reading through the book again I noticed what might be an error, not sure if it's been spotted before. Page 36, in the example where Nocturne is staking debt to…
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Participants: Uzzah, TonyLB.

9/19/2005 skyla: finding capes games (seattle)
I picked up the Capes at Gencon, and didn't have time to get the demo.  Now I'm thinking of trying it out in my gaming group, but I'd rather do…
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Participants: skyla.

9/8/2005 Eero Tuovinen: [Errata] Egyptian spelling
Tony: you ask for corrections to Capes on your website, so I'm posting one: 'pharaoh' isn't spelled "pharoah", which you do in your examples at least twice. Search and replace,…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

9/7/2005 jburneko: Simple Capes Rules Questions
Hello, Just simple rules questions: 1) Can you introduce "Free Conflicts" for free on your actual turn or only at the top of a page. 2) When you have your…
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Participants: jburneko, TonyLB.

9/7/2005 slavlin: A couple of concepts to bounce
I had a couple of ideas that I wanted to spitball off of some of the experienced players here. One of my friends actually reads the forums WAY more than…
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Participants: slavlin, Stickman, TonyLB, Uzzah, Gaerik.

9/1/2005 Gamskee: Tiny Teams and Arch-Villainy
Just a thought from ubering characters, but I wonder if anyone has tried this one. Could you make a character, Name it V-Force, then make the five powers individual members…
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Participants: Gamskee, Anders Gabrielsson, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, TheCzech, Stickman.

8/31/2005 Ben Lehman: Powerblocking?
Just an odd rules question. Say that a player is using the Robot powerset, and making heavy use of the "Massive Property Damage" Style.  Could I set out a "Goal:…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Gaerik, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Jack Aidley, jburneko, Technocrat13, Sydney Freedberg, Vaxalon, Grover, Mandacaru, TheCzech, Hans.

8/27/2005 Gamskee: Good Pregenerated Characters for First Game
I'm planning on introducing Capes to my campus gaming club this Tuesday, and I'd really like it to be a success. In that vein, I decided to go with the…
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Participants: Gamskee, TonyLB, Stickman.

8/26/2005 Sydney Freedberg: Ron Edwards explains why Capes freaks some people out
We've had lots of furballing discussions over the way Capes allows any player to create enormous changes in the shared imagined space at will -- e.g. "I roll up 'Goal:…
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Participants: Sydney Freedberg, jburneko, Andrew Morris, Tony Irwin, TonyLB, Miskatonic, LordSmerf, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes.

8/23/2005 VanceMadrox: Society of Heros
First off I must say this is the easiest system conversion I've ever done. Making characters is eeeeaaaasssssyy. I was worried initially about the powers nto being limiting enough but…
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Participants: VanceMadrox, TonyLB, TheCzech.

8/23/2005 VanceMadrox: Gencon
Hey Tony I just wanted to pop in and say I had a great time playing with you at GenCon. I've told some of my friends about it and they're…
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Participants: VanceMadrox, TonyLB, Gaerik.

8/17/2005 slavlin: Inspiration question
I am a bit confused about gaining inspirations. I finally managed to work out that you get them based off of the dice matches. However, the example gives 2 different…
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Participants: slavlin, Sydney Freedberg, TonyLB.

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10/20/2005 Bret Gillan: Questions Regarding Conflict Resolution
Hey Tony, I've played a few one-shots of Capes and love it. I really think it would shine in long-term play but just haven't been able to get a campaign…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, TonyLB, Gaerik.

10/21/2005 Kai_lord: New Review up at Pyramid
There's a new review up at Pyramid. It's a fairly good summation of the rules. For those that don't have a subscription: Capes is very obviously a personal labor of…
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Participants: Kai_lord.

10/24/2005 Anders Gabrielsson: Actual Play
I got my first chance to play today so I thought I'd jot down some notes while the session is still reasonably fresh in my mind. I opted to explain…
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Participants: Anders Gabrielsson, Sydney Freedberg, Vaxalon, TonyLB.

10/31/2005 Hans: Capes event in Hamilton, Ontario
Hello all: Just to let you know, my normal game group and I, looking for a breather from some pretty darn intense horror stuff recently, will be playing Capes for…
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Participants: Hans, TonyLB.

11/1/2005 Kai_lord: Staking rules question
Let's say Captain Hero has a justice drive of 3. There is a conflict: Capture Doctor Villain! on which Cap. has staked two justice debt, and he has rolled up…
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Participants: Kai_lord, TonyLB.

11/1/2005 Hans: Capes virgin question on narration limits
Hello: Ok, I'm playing my first game this weekend (come join me in Hamilton, Ontario!) and as I have been trying to describe the game to others to get them…
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Participants: Hans, Vaxalon, dunlaing, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, Weebles, John Harper.

11/1/2005 TonyLB: Capes Tournament?
So I'm trying to figure out something special and nifty to do with Capes at Dreamation 2006 ... specifically, something that will let more than four people play in a…
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Participants: TonyLB, Vaxalon, dunlaing, Bret Gillan, Hans, Andrew Morris, Paka, Sydney Freedberg, Gaerik.

11/6/2005 Hans: Preventative Goals, and Resolving
Hi all: The "Not Yet" rule text says "no player may narrate how the Conflict turns out in the story until they have successfully Resolved the Conflict in the Rules." …
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Participants: Hans, TonyLB.

11/7/2005 Hans: [Actual Play] 60's themed fun
Hello: Well, no more posting about a game I have never played asking dumbass rules questions.  I have now played once, and hope to do it again very soon. I…
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Participants: Hans.

11/7/2005 dunlaing: Is Capes Good For...
Is Capes good for two-player play? Is Capes good as a pick-up game or one-shot? If so, why? If not, why not and are there any specific rules changes that…
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Participants: dunlaing, TonyLB, Bret Gillan, MooseHole.

11/29/2005 TonyLB: Flash Example of Play
Wow ... I'm tired.  This has taken several hours out of every week for the past few months.  But it was worth it.  I do believe I've created a useful…
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Participants: TonyLB, dunlaing, Yokiboy, wolfgray, Bret Gillan, Doug Ruff, bcook1971, Hans, Hisho.

12/8/2005 Hans: Pandemonium in Toronto
Hello again: The Ontario Indie-RPG group (found at http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/) is working on a plan to put forward a presence at the Pandemonium convention in Toronto in February (http://www.realmsquest.org/pandemonium/index.html).  The URL…
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Participants: Hans, epweissengruber, TonyLB.

12/19/2005 TonyLB: Sussing out details of an Actual Play post
I had to pull out this rules-discussion from an actual play post, because Actual Play is not the right place for me to be doing detailed rules tutelage, given that…
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Participants: TonyLB, Arpie.

12/19/2005 Bret Gillan: "Guest Stars"
Has anyone run a regular campaign of Capes, and occasionally had people who wanted to participate for a single session? This seems very easy to do, but I'm wondering if…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Vaxalon, Sydney Freedberg.

12/20/2005 dunlaing: Who is a Loser?
Let's say (for instance) that Player S creates a conflict like "Drive possessor of the chest mad,...Lovecraft-style!" and then never actually rolls it up (although it's pretty clear that Player…
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Participants: dunlaing, TonyLB.

12/20/2005 Gaerik: A strategy question...
Bob, Fred and Bill are playing.  Bob sets down "Goal: Super Schmoo saves the day!"  Fred goes next and decides to pick up the red die and roll it.  He…
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Participants: Gaerik, TonyLB, Hans, dunlaing, Sydney Freedberg, Sindyr.

12/31/2005 DainXB: "Capeless Capes", or using Capes for other genres
Greetings! I love superheroes, but some of my gaming friends aren't so in love with that particular genre, so... Has anyone put thought into using the Capes mechanics for other…
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Participants: DainXB, Lxndr, TonyLB, Doug Ruff, Kintara, Hans, TheCzech, Gaerik, Sydney Freedberg, Uhlrik, Tuxboy, drnuncheon, Miskatonic.

1/9/2006 phredd: Kryptonite
I'm planning on running a one shot this coming Saturday and will be using pre-gen characters from an established canon. I've got a few ideas about how to handle character…
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Participants: phredd, Gaerik, TheCzech, TonyLB, DainXB, dunlaing, Eero Tuovinen, Bret Gillan.

1/9/2006 Hans: "Issue" framing and tone randomness
Hello all: Fresh off my 2nd game of Capes.  Tony, the universal feeling here in Hamilton, Ontario is that if there were a Pulitzer for game design, you would get…
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Participants: Hans, Kai_lord, TonyLB, TheCzech.

1/10/2006 Matthew Glover: 7 point Inspiration? How?
Tony, Back in the 1 pt Inspiration thread, you said something that got my attention. Yes they can.  Yes, it's very effective, by design. I will…
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Participants: Matthew Glover, dunlaing.

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