Previous Topics In These Are Our Games No previous topics. | | Subsequent Topics In These Are Our Games 7/18/2005 Ben Lehman: Polaris Actual Play Here is a thread to link to all accounts of Actual Play for Polaris. Once Favorites gets running again, I'll have a whole bunch of threads to link here. Feel… In These Are Our Games Participants: Ben Lehman, Rob Donoghue, Miskatonic, GreatWolf, Shreyas Sampat, Victor Gijsbers, Iskander, Hermes3, demiurgeastaroth, Artanis, Arturo G., Steven Stewart, Garvey, TomTancredi, Nev the Deranged, pfischer, khelek.
7/23/2005 Ben Lehman: This is our Website The TAO Games website is (partially) up at http://www.tao-games.com
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Thanks to Orie Hiromachi for the excellent site design. In These Are Our Games Participants: Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, Emily Care, matthijs, lumpley, Shreyas Sampat, John Harper, Remko, Kesher, jasonm.
7/27/2005 Ben Lehman: Polaris Pre-Order Starting now, for the next three weeks or so, I will be accepting pre-orders for Polaris my rapidly forthcoming role-playing game.
I would like to get at least 15 pre-orders,… In These Are Our Games Participants: Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, Tymen, Rob Donoghue, pfischer, GB Steve, LordSmerf, Brand_Robins, Christopher Weeks, mtiru, Matt.
8/3/2005 Ben Lehman: [Polaris] Layout Preview Matt Snyder, independent publisher and also my layout guy for Polaris, has posted up some low-res preview images of the book's insides to his livejournal.
<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/matt_snyder/53900.html?#cutid1">You should go look… In These Are Our Games Participants: Ben Lehman, Kesher, ethan_greer.
8/19/2005 xenopulse: Polaris is... ... everything that Werewolf: the Apocalypse should have been. And more.
It's also absolutely beautiful. In These Are Our Games Participants: xenopulse, Miskatonic, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Rob Donoghue, Ron Edwards, Brand_Robins, sben, Nev the Deranged.
8/24/2005 Hello Sailor: Polaris: Rules questions Here's my question.
When you "exhaust a theme", do you pick an aspect, but exhaust the entire theme or just the one aspect?
The book seemed to say the former,… In These Are Our Games Participants: Hello Sailor, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman.
8/24/2005 Eric Minton: Cheat Sheets Hey Ben,
When you ran your Polaris demos at GenCon, you had cheat sheets for star names and for the ritual phrases. Will you be making these available for download? … In These Are Our Games Participants: Eric Minton, Ben Lehman.
8/25/2005 GreatWolf: Is Polaris chargen part of play? This may seem like a nitpicky question, but the ritual aspects of Polaris are a big part of the game and therefore important. Does a group starting play for the… In These Are Our Games Participants: GreatWolf, pfischer, Christopher Weeks, Ben Lehman, Paka, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Blankshield.
8/29/2005 Ben Lehman: Primeval Press Interview up Jasper McChesney, Vincent Baker's long-lost cousin, has just posted his e-mail interview with me at the Primeval Press site.
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--Ben In These Are Our Games Participants: Ben Lehman.
8/29/2005 Miskatonic: Chinese stamp Ben,
So it was pointed out to me by Chris Weeks that if you rub the red stamp on the limited editions, it will smudge. So it occurs to me… In These Are Our Games Participants: Miskatonic, Ben Lehman, John Harper, Paul Czege.
8/31/2005 Ron Edwards: Rules/phrases question Ben, I'm composing a little options-flowchart of the Key Phrases, for a single player to refer to. I think I've got it down complete and right.
Except for one thing.… In These Are Our Games Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, Brand_Robins, Nev the Deranged.
8/31/2005 chadu: Underkoffler's Overview of Polaris ...can be found here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/chadu/301778.html
CU In These Are Our Games Participants: chadu, Ben Lehman.
8/31/2005 Ben Lehman: Polaris Review Thread This is not a thread in which to post reviews. Rather, it is a collection of links to them.
The afforementioned <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/chadu/301778.html#cutid1">Underkoffler's Overview</a>
Polaris is mentioned very favorably in… In These Are Our Games Participants: Ben Lehman, Longspeak, Munkholt, Trevis Martin, GreatWolf, TonyLB, matthijs.
9/12/2005 Shreyas Sampat: Polaris, uh, typos? So, uh, there's an incomplete sentence on p78, two lines above And so it was...: "Finally, you must know what happens after"
...so, what should this text say? In These Are Our Games Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Rich Forest, Ben Lehman.
9/18/2005 chris_moore: Polaris "advantage" question Hi,
I just got Polaris, and I'm BEGGING my friends to play it. I have one question. When does the Heart or the Mistaken "have the advantage" during a conflict… In These Are Our Games Participants: chris_moore, Ben Lehman, Everspinner, Sydney Freedberg.
9/25/2005 Shreyas Sampat: AP: El Nasl's a Pimp So, last night I played Polaris with three friends: Frank, Sarita, and Josh.
Significantly, Josh and I outlined the feel of the setting without bothering with specific details, which led… In These Are Our Games Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Ben Lehman, suffusionofyellow.
10/1/2005 Frank T: Fleshing out setting details So, I've finally read it. And wanna play it. Obviously, a lot of setting stuff has been deliberately left open for the players to flesh out. A little too much… In These Are Our Games Participants: Frank T, Shreyas Sampat, Ben Lehman, Valamir, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.
10/2/2005 Frank T: German translation of important terms and phrases I have translated some of the most important terms and phrases from Polaris into German to hand out to the players. I thought others might want to use this, too.… In These Are Our Games Participants: Frank T, Ben Lehman, Artanis, Victor Gijsbers, Arturo G..
10/7/2005 Artanis: French Translation of important terms and phrases Thanks Frank, your german translation helped me out for the french!
Moments gelés dans le cours du temps
Il était une fois, aussi loin au nord que faire se… In These Are Our Games Participants: Artanis, Ben Lehman.
10/8/2005 Victor Gijsbers: Dutch Translation (Draft.)
Bevroren momenten uit de stroom der tijd
Eens, lang geleden, zo noordelijk als noord kan zijn, leefde de het hoogste volk dat de wereld ooit zal zien.
Die mensen… In These Are Our Games Participants: Victor Gijsbers.
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