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11/17/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Six Players
Over on: http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/pen/vpost?id=694535 someone said the Polaris is meant for 4 players, and Ben (!) said, "As a counter-point to Paul's view, I actually prefer 6." What rules do you…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, Eric Minton.

11/14/2005 Eric Minton: [Polaris] Lines
So, we played our first game of Polaris last night.  It went great!  We went whole hog on providing ambiance: candles, incense, music, and a bottle of white wine (followed…
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Participants: Eric Minton, Kesher, Ben Lehman.

11/9/2005 Orcishnature: PDF
Hello Is there anywhere I can purchase a pdf of Polaris, I am in the UK and am unsure of stockists, a pdf source would be excellent.
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Participants: Orcishnature, Ben Lehman, demiurgeastaroth.

11/6/2005 Emily Care: [Bliss Stage playtest] on the edge of oblivion
Hey there, I did a playtest session of Bliss Stage last night with my intrepid housemate & co-conspirator, Phoebe.  To introduce the game, we played out what would likely be…
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Participants: Emily Care, Ben Lehman, Blankshield.

11/1/2005 Ben Lehman: Recommended Reading
So, my mother just published a book titled <i>Strong at the Heart: How it feels to heal from sexual abuse</i>.  While the things discussed in the book are not directly…
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Participants: Ben Lehman.

10/21/2005 Arturo G.: Spanish translation of important terms and phrases
Ok. I put my word on it, and here it is. As it has been previously commented in other threads I have not done a literal translation. They should sound…
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Participants: Arturo G., Ben Lehman.

10/12/2005 Munkholt: Scandinavian translations of important terms and phrases
I'm lumping these together to keep down the number of threads and also because the languages are similar enough that we might help each other out. (Thanks to Per, Peter…
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Participants: Munkholt.

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…
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Participants: Victor Gijsbers.

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…
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Participants: Artanis, Ben Lehman.

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.…
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Participants: Frank T, Ben Lehman, Artanis, Victor Gijsbers, Arturo G..

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…
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Participants: Frank T, Shreyas Sampat, Ben Lehman, Valamir, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.

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…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Ben Lehman, suffusionofyellow.

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…
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Participants: chris_moore, Ben Lehman, Everspinner, Sydney Freedberg.

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?
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Rich Forest, 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…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Longspeak, Munkholt, Trevis Martin, GreatWolf, TonyLB, matthijs.

8/31/2005 chadu: Underkoffler's Overview of Polaris
...can be found here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/chadu/301778.html CU
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Participants: chadu, Ben Lehman.

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.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, GreatWolf, Brand_Robins, Nev the Deranged.

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…
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Participants: Miskatonic, Ben Lehman, John Harper, Paul Czege.

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. yrs-- --Ben
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Participants: 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…
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Participants: GreatWolf, pfischer, Christopher Weeks, Ben Lehman, Paka, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Blankshield.

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11/21/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Guidance in conflicts
One thing I'm a little unclear on. The Moons have guidance over characters in, say, hierarchical or romantic relationships. The Mistaken makes conflict statements. What happens when a character's lover…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, LordSmerf, Victor Gijsbers, Frank T.

11/21/2005 Mark Woodhouse: {Bliss Stage playtest] Northstar State Nightmare
Playtest notes for Bliss Stage Playtest date 11/20/05. GM: Mark Woodhouse Players: Kathy Shane, Adam Cerling General comments on reading, rules. 1. The game is really, really bleak and hits…
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Participants: Mark Woodhouse, WhiteRat, Ben Lehman, ptikachu.

11/23/2005 Blankshield: [Bliss Stage playtest] Rats in the Malls
Ok, first off, although you mentioned it wasn't your priority, we did have fun.  We closed off the game stoked, and will be revisiting it, even if we didn't feel…
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Participants: Blankshield, Ben Lehman, Harlequin.

11/24/2005 Bret Gillan: Posting in Mid-Game
The guys just ran for soda, and I had to hop on the computer to tell you that your game is exquisite. My friend Jere got it for me for…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Ben Lehman.

11/30/2005 TonyLB: Polaris-by-post
DannyK is too classy to cross-post his recruitment thread here where it would do the most good.  But I'm not.  I've been accused of many things, but an excess of…
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Participants: TonyLB, Ben Lehman.

12/2/2005 Hermes3: Polaris IRC
I was considering playing Polaris over IRC sometime. Anyways I made a little script to roll the dice for the two kinds of dice rolls needed in the game. Just…
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Participants: Hermes3, Victor Gijsbers, Ben Lehman.

12/5/2005 ewilen: PDF, Update policy
Hi, Ben. I've gotten a few people together who are planning on playing Polaris for a few hours this weekend, but only one of them owns the rules. There's a…
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Participants: ewilen, Ben Lehman.

12/13/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Polaris Setting Introduction
Has anyone wrote up an introductory summary of the Polaris setting - say, 500-1000 words or so? I'll be playing the game next week, and would like something like that…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, Frank T, Victor Gijsbers, Sydney Freedberg, Arturo G., Brand_Robins, Bret Gillan, Bankuei, GreatWolf, Valamir.

12/14/2005 coffeestain: [Bliss Stage Playtest] First Session
Last night, we played a short session of Bliss Stage using the playtest rules available prior to the 12/14/05 set. Setting The game was set in Madison, WI and had…
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Participants: coffeestain, Ben Lehman.

12/19/2005 Jeffrey Straszheim: Length of game
The rules point out that it takes and average of 27 experience rolls to complete the cycle of a character, and the fast game option roughly halves that.  The folks…
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Participants: Jeffrey Straszheim, Ben Lehman, Frank T, GreatWolf.

12/21/2005 cpeterso: Polaris flowchart
I'm a detail-oriented, visual learner, so I tried to create a flowchart for the Polaris conflict phrases. I know Ron Edwards designed something similar, but I felt it left many…
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Participants: cpeterso, Victor Gijsbers, Tobias, Ben Lehman, humis, demiurgeastaroth.

12/21/2005 demiurgeastaroth: Polaris Meets Amber
After our first play session, one of the players (Stuart) observed, "you know one setting this system would work well for? Amber." This got a pretty vehement denial from the…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Sydney Freedberg, xenopulse, Hermes3, Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Rob Donoghue.

12/29/2005 demiurgeastaroth: [Polaris] Problems in Play
My group played Polaris a couple of weeks ago (as detailed here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18088.0) and some questions were raised. Our next session is on Monday, so I hope people aren’t put…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Shreyas Sampat, GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Frank T, Hermes3.

1/4/2006 scbarber: Playing Polaris via VoIP (i.e. Skype)
I've heard some really good things about Polaris (thanks to Paul Tevis and "Have Games, Will Travel") and some of my buddies want to play it with me, but we…
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Participants: scbarber, Victor Gijsbers, Ben Lehman, Frank T, Artanis, Joe Zeutenhorst.

1/9/2006 Bret Gillan: Forcing Heart Actions
Okay, a long time ago I asked about the sanctity of the Heart, and affecting the Heart's emotions, thoughts, and actions. In response Ben said the following. Similarly, it is…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Ben Lehman.

1/10/2006 Grover: Polaris is about activism?
Ben, I read in your UtB actual play that Polaris is about activism.  I didn't see that at all, and after thinking about it, I still can't really see how…
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Participants: Grover, Brand_Robins, Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, Bankuei, ejh, Dev, RDU Neil, Sydney Freedberg, Calithena, Jasper the Mimbo.

2/2/2006 Rob Donoghue: Out of Stock!
So, Polaris is currently out of stock at indie games.  This is problematic because I have the only local copy, and I fear for it's safety - the drool alone…
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Participants: Rob Donoghue, Ben Lehman, faerieloch, cthulahoops.

2/5/2006 Frank T: [Polaris] Protagonist versus Protagonist
We played Polaris with six players at GroFaFo Winter Rally and it was a blast. We played almost seven hours and even made a Veteran. None of the problems I…
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Participants: Frank T, Ben Lehman, 1of3.

2/20/2006 Frank T: [Polaris] New Protagonist Sheet Design
This is what happens when you play with an illustrator and forget to bring copies of the protagonist sheet. I should do that more often. Thanks Kathy! http://www.wyvernslair.de/handouts/polaris_charsheet.pdf
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Participants: Frank T, coffeestain, Artanis, Rob Donoghue, Ben Lehman, cdr.

2/24/2006 Ben Lehman: ATTN: Foreign Language Folks
Hello. This is a message to everyone who has written a foreign language translation of the Key Phrases and other basic points of play. I would like to get permission…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Carlo, Miskatonic.

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