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9/2/2008 fjj: Polaris at a convention
I'm setting up Polaris at Viking Con, Copenhagen, October 11. The time slot is 4-6 hours, and I expect to need time for introducing people to the game before start…
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Participants: fjj, Ben Lehman.

8/30/2008 BlissAuthority: Generational Bliss Stage?
"Today is the 15th anniversary of our first victory.  Today is the day my mother died protecting us.  The day that Keenan died with "If I don't make it, know…
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Participants: BlissAuthority, Ben Lehman.

8/9/2008 Filip Luszczyk: Polish translation of key phrases
The following translation is neither literal nor especially accurate. We wanted the phrases to sound somewhat pretentious and just a bit archaic, but our main priority was that they fit…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman.

7/27/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [Bliss Stage] Timing Anchor Abilities
The player places a minus both in Safety and Mission. He calls for a flashback. After the flashback, the anchor uses her ability to re-roll a die in Safety, potentially…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman.

7/22/2008 BlissAuthority: Running a Bliss Stage play-by-wiki game. Want to play and/or watch?
Hello again, it's been a long time. So...  I'm trying to start a Play By Wiki Bliss Stage game at the Toothycat Wiki.  Unfortunatley, due to 3 of the interested…
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Participants: BlissAuthority, Zamiel.

7/21/2008 Ben Lehman: Ascent Stage Feedback
I'm taking feedback for a new version of Bliss Stage on<a href="http://benlehman.livejournal.com/153961.html"> my livejournal</a>. I figured that a pointer here would be appropriate.
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Zamiel, Filip Luszczyk.

6/22/2008 demiurgeastaroth: [Polaris] Thou Art But A Hurricane: Event Meter?
In this thread about a game at Indie Hurricane, an interesting technique was mentioned: She also added a little event meter, where every time someone (anyone!)…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Eliarhiman6, Arturo G., AXUM.

6/8/2008 Aysez: [Bliss Stage] Hardcopy?
Hey, I've been looking at getting Bliss Stage, but IPR only has it in PDF. Is there a hardcopy available currently or will there be one?
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Participants: Aysez, Ben Lehman, cdr.

4/11/2008 Melinglor: [Bliss Stage] First Impressions from the Last Sale of Gamestorm
So I've bought and read Bliss Stage, after playing a fifteen minute demo with Ben at Gamestorm. I've been ruminating, and I just wanna say this game us fucking fantastic.…
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Participants: Melinglor, Ben Lehman.

4/4/2008 Willem: [Polaris] Thou Art But A Warrior, Indie Hurricane!
A week has passed since my AMAZING game of "Thou Art But A Warrior..." at the Portland, OR Indie Hurricane Event, set in Anna Kreider's setting hack for Polaris. As…
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Participants: Willem, Ogremarco, wunderllama.

4/1/2008 CrimsonKing: Where can I buy the PDF?
hi, I've just searched at IPR and on your HP and didn't find a PDF-Version, can you help me please? Thank you very much
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Participants: CrimsonKing, Eliarhiman6, Ben Lehman, JC.

3/27/2008 Skywalker: [Bliis Stage] Interim Phase
I see the pdf of the Interim Phase has been released. I have sent an email to Ben, but does anyone know what the differences are?
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Participants: Skywalker, Ben Lehman.

12/12/2007 JC: [Polaris] One session data point
hey all :) just a data point, for those wondering if you can play Polaris in one single session: that's exactly what I did last Saturday in 11 hours: -…
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Participants: JC, Filip Luszczyk, GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Frank Tarcikowski.

11/16/2007 hix: [1000 Kings] Some questions after reading the playtest draft
Hi Ben, I have a few questions about the playtest draft of Land of a Thousand Kings. 1.  When creating characters, does each player come up the memory of 'another…
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Participants: hix, Ben Lehman.

10/25/2007 cdr: [Bliss] ANIMa console for easier handling
An idea others may find useful: at the bottom of the character sheets I made for Bliss Stage I put a row of nine 20mm boxes with the leftmost three…
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Participants: cdr, GreatWolf.

10/23/2007 cdr: [Bliss Stage] Endgame Report: One Kiss Kills
Let me start by saying I adore Bliss Stage and hope to run it a lot, probably mostly at conventions or game stores for people who have never played before…
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Participants: cdr.

10/18/2007 cdr: [Bliss Stage] Edible Adults?
So the adults that fall into Bliss don't need food or water, but can you eat them?  At least before the remote drones carry them all away to be neatly…
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Participants: cdr, Ben Lehman.

10/8/2007 JC: [Polaris] Three is a breeze
heya :) just thought I should let y'all know that I played Polaris for the first time, through IRC, and that it went very very well, even though there were…
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Participants: JC, cydmab, Ben Lehman.

10/3/2007 Dryraisin: Bliss Stage Play by E-mail
    I just got my copy of Bliss stage and after reading through it I really can't wait to try it out with my friends. Problem is we really…
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Participants: Dryraisin, Ben Lehman, JC, Garvey.

9/24/2007 JC: [Polaris] First game!
hey :) I'm playing Polaris this weekend, and I'm excited! all of us are new to the game, so we have a few hesitations here are my first questions: when…
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Participants: JC, Ben Lehman, Garvey.

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10/1/2008 AXUM: Waiting for the Bliss
Hello! What's the deal with the Bliss hardcopy (not PDF)?  I can't seem to find it anywhere, any Stage... HEEELP! Waiting to be blissed Ax
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Participants: AXUM, Ben Lehman.

10/14/2008 BlissAuthority: Bliss Stage TCG playtests. No, really.
I will be holding playtests of a Bliss Stage trading card game at Endgame in Oakland, Wednesday evenings at 6:00 pm. ...yes, Ben Lehman is aware of the project, and…
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Participants: BlissAuthority.

11/26/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [Polaris] Amber hack?
In every group I've played with so far there was at most a single other player who knew Zelazny's books (and one would think he's a popular author). So far…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman, demiurgeastaroth.

12/5/2008 Neil the Wimp: [Bliss Stage] Single-pilot missions are better for the story
So, we're a few sessions into our Bliss Stage game, and we've noticed something about how missions are structured.  As there are four players and four pilots, we started building…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, Ben Lehman.

12/10/2008 Neil the Wimp: [Bliss Stage] Hot pilot-on-pilot action
Something that came up in our game last night: how do pilots oppose the mission actions of other pilots? The situation was that Jessica, a pilot (played by Robin (a…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, Ben Lehman.

12/19/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [Bliss Stage] Automatic minus and Anchor abilities
Does the automatic minus in a category (resulting from not having enough dice to assign) count as a die that can be rerolled?
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman.

2/2/2009 Filip Luszczyk: [Bliss Stage] Anchor's Safety
Interim Stage, p. 107: If the pilot has a broken relationship with his anchor (...) add a new category for dice in the climax: Anchor's Safety. What exactly constitutes "a…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman.

3/3/2009 AXUM: BLISS-FULLY UNAWARE
HELLO! I was wondering how in heck do you keep awake for seven years? I saw a documentary once on a guy who could'nt sleep (had a sleep disorder -…
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Participants: AXUM, Eliarhiman6, Ben Lehman.

4/9/2009 AXUM: POLARIS: REFRESHING THEMES
Hello! I've searched thru the manual but can't find when  Themes refresh.  Is it at the end of a session; during experience, or somewhen else? Thanks Ax
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Participants: AXUM, Ben Lehman, Falc.

4/9/2009 AXUM: POLARIS translations in español
Hello! Here are some translations of Polaris stuff (mainly the phrases) as well as a rules compendium (mainly the conflict dice roll) in Spanish. hope you Íberos enjoy! Ax ------…
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Participants: AXUM.

5/18/2009 Eliarhiman6: [TABAW] pdf edition?
Hi! Somebody has any news about the promised pdf edition of "Thou Art But A Warrior"? I waited instead of buying the printed edition to save the shipping costs to…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6.

6/18/2009 M. Burrell: [Polaris] First ever RPG experience?
Off the bat, I'm a sucker for Polaris - ice-palaces and star-light blades dance in my dreams. However, is my enthusiasm for the game somewhat deluding me when I consider…
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Participants: M. Burrell, jefgodesky, Ben Lehman, Quizoid.

6/23/2009 Quizoid: [Polaris] Rules Question
I just wanted to make sure of something.  I'm almost positive I'm doing it right, but I wanted to check. In a string of phrases... one can only ever go…
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Participants: Quizoid, Ben Lehman, Hermes3.

8/25/2009 PulpCruciFiction: [Polaris] Finding a Copy
I'm desperately trying to get my hands on a copy of Polaris, but Indie Press Revolution is out of stock.  Any ideas on when they will receive more, or if…
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Participants: PulpCruciFiction, Ben Lehman.

9/2/2009 Ben Lehman: Polaris: Star Light Star Bright edition
A new, electronic edition of Polaris is now for sale. It's called the Star Light Star Bright edition and it is not yet dissimilar from previous editions, except that it…
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Participants: Ben Lehman.

9/4/2009 Ben Lehman: Clover Playtesting Log
As I change the game, I'm going to record it here. Changes from the initial version to the second version: Cover has art Colophon is different Rules changes from the…
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Participants: Ben Lehman.

9/29/2009 Filip Luszczyk: [Bliss Stage] Rising Hero's special
It says to add one Trust to all relationships with other pilots. Do we still subtract one Trust, as normal? Or does the special supercede the default rule, resulting in…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman.

10/23/2009 Mark Woodhouse: [Bliss Stage] A Bliss Stage fan site
The world's only Bliss Stage fan site, LoveIsMyWeapon.com, is up and running. Come on by and visit. We have a blog, a wiki, and more to come. Plus, it's a…
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Participants: Mark Woodhouse.

11/22/2009 Ben Lehman: The Drifter's Escape for sale
After four years in development, the Drifter's Escape is available for purchase. I'm really happy with the book. It's sharp looking,  and has both excellent stories and a good game.…
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Participants: Ben Lehman.

1/12/2010 danakir: [Bliss Stage] Humanizing Actions?
I can't for the life of me see the point of them, how can a relationship between non-pilots have any mechanical effect at all? I'm sure that it's fairly self-evident…
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Participants: danakir, 5niper9, Ben Lehman.

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