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4/17/2006 Thunder_God: [Bliss Stage Playtest] Read Through Questions
Reading a PDF, reading a book, not so good for getting questions out of it, one must sit with a pen, so I did. Some questions are answered later, I…
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Participants: Thunder_God, Ben Lehman.

4/11/2006 GB Steve: [Polaris]French convention game
At SteveCon Paris this week we played a game of Polaris, in French. I'll ask the strangely named Squeeze to email his translations to Ben if he hasn't done so…
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Participants: GB Steve, Ben Lehman.

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Participants: harish, Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/22/2006 Joe Murphy (Broin): [Polaris] A convention game
Sunday afternoon, I'm due to 'run' an introductory session of Polaris. This is taking place as part of the 'Indie Games Track' at Conpulsion, a gaming con in Edinburgh. I…
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Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), Ben Lehman.

3/15/2006 Ben Lehman: Polaris at GenCon
Kat Miller is looking for <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19013.0">people to run indie games at GenCon</a>. I want a Polaris game to be scheduled for GenCon.  Because of my booth and personal commitments,…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Nev the Deranged.

3/15/2006 Arturo G.: [Polaris] Full reference flow-chart
Hi, again! One of the players in my group (Mot) has integrated the conflict flow-charts presented in the thread Conflict flowchart for new players into a full reference chart…
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Participants: Arturo G., Ben Lehman.

3/5/2006 Arturo G.: [Polaris] Conflict flowchart for new players
Hi, folks! I have drawn a flowchart of the conflict key phrases, with colors, to help new people to understand how the conflict works. Perhaps someone may find it also…
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Participants: Arturo G., Selene Tan, Ben Lehman, Jeffrey Straszheim, Adam Biltcliffe, humis.

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.

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.

2/5/2006 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.

2/2/2006 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.

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.

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.

1/4/2006 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.

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.

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.

12/21/2005 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.

12/19/2005 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.

12/14/2005 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.

12/13/2005 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.

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5/17/2006 Nicolas Crost: "You Ask Far Too Much"-Question
Hi, the following question arose during our game of Polaris: When faced with an "You Ask Far Too Much"-statement as a player, do I a) revise the content of my…
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Participants: Nicolas Crost, Ben Lehman, Valamir.

5/24/2006 Johan Granberg: Crappety crap crap.
I ordered Polaris (along with some other stuff, but Polaris was the real reason i placed the order) from IPR a couple of weeks ago and have been itching to…
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Participants: Johan Granberg, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen.

6/1/2006 khelek: Two Player - BadWrongFun
I hosted and played in my first Polaris game last night! In expectation of the difficulty of herding my friends into a single room I invited five (5!) players, all…
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Participants: khelek, Ben Lehman, Steven Stewart.

7/9/2006 GB Steve: Polaris by Christian Dior
[url=http://www.style.com/fashionshows/collections/F2006CTR/complete/slideshow/CDIOR?loop=0&event=show1503&designer=design_house27&trend=&iphoto=37&play=false&cnt=6]This [/url] shows something from Dior's latest collection that seems to be straight from the pages of Polaris.
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Participants: GB Steve, Artanis, Ben Lehman.

7/12/2006 Artanis: [Polaris] Key phrases design
Hello Ben! I'm really fascinated by the Key Phrases and how they allow for powerful negotiation between the players. Would you agree to share with us your thoughts about how…
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Participants: Artanis, cpeterso, Ben Lehman.

7/31/2006 Steven Stewart: Two Questions from Tokyo
Hiya, First I would like to say thanks for making such a game. News travels slow to this end of the world, and eventhough I don't physically have the book…
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Participants: Steven Stewart, Ben Lehman, Rorimack.

8/2/2006 Steven Stewart: Offering to Host a Polaris Game over Ventrilo (Voice over Intenet Software)
Hello fellow Polaris fans. I am really excited about this game, and looking forward to playing. Due to some real life constraints and location, I think that playing Voice Over…
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Participants: Steven Stewart, Ben Lehman.

8/2/2006 Noutaja: More About length of game
Hi everyone! Usually our Polaris sessions arent very long. Every session lasts something between 4 or 6 hours, I dont know yet that how many sessions we need to play…
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Participants: Noutaja, Ben Lehman, martino, Steven Stewart, Blankshield, Arturo G..

8/5/2006 Steven Stewart: It looks awesome...
Hey Ben, et. al, Just got the game in the mail. First Off Kudos to IPR. They have been so far, the best ordering company I have purchased a game…
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Participants: Steven Stewart.

8/24/2006 ocasta: Polaris: Ending a Scene
I've just read through the Polaris rules for the first time and am looking forward to playing it this weekend. I had one question from the rules regarding ending a…
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Participants: ocasta, Arturo G., Ben Lehman.

10/16/2006 Noutaja: Phrases in dialogues
I was reading Polaris on my spare time and found myself thinking about the different ways to run dialogues for two or more persons in Polaris. So this is just…
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Participants: Noutaja, Ben Lehman.

10/29/2006 Garvey: Polaris in a Play-By-Post Format
I didn't see this discussed anywhere, but I may have missed it. I'm thinking of setting up a Polaris play-by-post game, and I curious if this has been done before…
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Participants: Garvey, Ben Lehman, Valamir, Everspinner.

10/31/2006 cthulahoops: Polaris at Gaelcon
As part of the Indie-Games track I was organising at Gaelcon this year, I ran Polaris.  I didn't get a chance to get a group together to play it in…
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Participants: cthulahoops, Hermes3.

11/9/2006 Paul King: [Polaris] Getting It
Presented for comment.  The idea is to have something to present to players so that they can understand more of the conflict between Heart and Mistaken. Polaris is a game…
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Participants: Paul King, Hermes3, Ben Lehman, Web_Weaver, Valamir, demiurgeastaroth, Daniela Nicklas, Steven Stewart.

11/23/2006 Daniela Nicklas: key phrase IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE
Hi! After playing Polaris for the first time (and aching for more -- unfortunately, it was a trial at a convention and not a regular group) I noticed that we…
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Participants: Daniela Nicklas, Steven Stewart, GB Steve, Everspinner, Ben Lehman.

12/8/2006 Garvey: Guidance of unknown and false supporting cast
So, in my group's PbP Polaris game (which is just getting started), we had a question that we thought we bring here to get some more experienced feedback on. In…
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Participants: Garvey, Ben Lehman.

1/19/2007 Lisa Padol: [Polaris] Starting to Click
(Possibly to be crossposted on my 'blog.) We finally had our fourth session of Polaris, so long after the third we were reminding each other what had happened. I think…
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Participants: Lisa Padol, Ben Lehman.

1/19/2007 Katya: Mitigating Moon's Actions
I'm involved in a Play by Post game of Polaris, and thus far, it seems to be going pretty well.  A question did come up today, though, for which we…
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Participants: Katya, Ben Lehman.

1/20/2007 Artanis: Moons and Mistaken character control
Hello! A rule question popped up last time I played. Do Moon characters move to the Mistaken part of the Cosmos when the Mistaken follows a suggestion with "we shall…
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Participants: Artanis, Ben Lehman.

2/11/2007 Artanis: [Polaris] Experience for non-Heart protagonists in a scene
Hello, A rule question for those having encountered similar situations: What happens when a protagonist is brought into a scene of which his player is not the Heart, and that…
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Participants: Artanis, Ben Lehman.

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