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9/1/2005 nikola: Actual Play report
Vincent Baker, Paul Czege, Ben Lehman, Danielle (Paul's lady, whose surname I forgot), and Eric (whose last name I've confused with someone else), played in a UtB game at GenCon,…
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Participants: nikola.

8/31/2005 jasonm: [UtB] Sell me, dude
So ... Under the Bed gets a lot of buzz, and a lot of people I respect rave about it.  There are neat UtB ads in the back of cool…
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Participants: jasonm, nikola, GreatWolf, Technocrat13, Ben Lehman, MichaelCurry, Dumirik, Chanticrow, motherlessgoose.

8/30/2005 Nev the Deranged: Come Play With Me
Josh has apparently never heard ICP's Play With Me, which is perfect for UTB. Here are the lyrics, but I totally recommend listening to the song, which can be downloaded…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Adam Dray, nikola.

8/25/2005 nikola: Welcome to the glyphpress forum!
Welcome to the glyphpress, where failsafes are optional. Dangerous topics and language is encouraged as long as it's in the service of the games and stories they help you make.…
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Participants: nikola, Ben Lehman, joshua neff, Karsten.

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9/6/2005 Andy Kitkowski: "Shock: Social Science Fiction" <-- Nan desu ka, koreya?
At the bottom of Josh's sig, I see: "Now in the chamber: Shock: Social Science Fiction" Could you talk a little about this one? Inquiring minds want to know... (^.^)…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, nikola, Miskatonic, Brand_Robins, cappadocius, lumpley, Ben Lehman, rafial.

9/13/2005 nikola: Under the Bed Contest: I want your Actual Play!
I want to hear your Actual Play reports! To encourage you to do one, I'm offering a personally signed copy of Under The Bed to the person who writes the…
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Participants: nikola, Emily Care.

9/14/2005 humis: UtB rules question: Ending the Game (and stakes in conflicts in general)
So, when one character has six Favorite tokens, the Stakes of his next conflict are those of the story. If he wins, the game is over. So far, fine, but…
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Participants: humis, nikola, ejh.

9/18/2005 MichaelCurry: [UtB] Typo?
I got my copy of  Under the Bed on Thursday!  Hurray! On the first quick readthrough though, I spotted a typo on page 30, so I thought I'd both point…
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Participants: MichaelCurry, nikola.

10/20/2005 Brand_Robins: Shipping to Canada?
Heya Joshua, I'm wanting to buy Under the Bed from you. Do you need extra bones for shipping to Canada, or will the $4 on the webpage cover it? Don't…
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Participants: Brand_Robins, nikola, Blankshield.

10/25/2005 nikola: Shock: playtest 0.1.0 thread
Download <a href=http://glyphpress.com/playtest/Shock0.1.0.pdf>Shock: version 0.1.0</a> and play it! Please post A.P. threads in Actual Play, but post questions about the system, typo reports, and other peripheral elements here! As each…
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Participants: nikola, James_Nostack, Tim Alexander.

10/25/2005 Tim Alexander: Finally making good, what should I be sure to do?
Hey Folks, I owe Joshua some actual play that I said I'd give him weeks ago, but next week I'm going to make good and we'll be giving the game…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, nikola.

10/27/2005 nikola: The Definition of Science Fiction
This is a damn fine definition of Science Fiction, complete with a discussion of the problems in the term. Hi Joshua, First off I think you…
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Participants: nikola, joepub, surecool73, goodwill221.

11/2/2005 James_Nostack: Science Fiction vs. Fantasy
[Ed.'s note: this is split from the [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17373.0]Shock 0.1.0 Playtest Thread[/url] and pared down by me. -Joshua] 11.  Why is this necessarily [b]science[/b]-fiction, as opposed to say, socially conscious fantasy…
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Participants: James_Nostack, nikola, Turbo, Nev the Deranged, TempvsMortis, surecool73.

11/4/2005 Paul Czege: storing/protecting the cards
My Under the Bed cards and rules are currently in an envelope. I've looked at dollar stores and hobby stores and art supply stores for a nice plastic box or…
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Participants: Paul Czege, nikola, TonyLB, Eero Tuovinen.

11/15/2005 jeronimo: Female SF authors
In response to footnote 1 in Shock: social science fiction, which lists "Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Rod Serling, Arthur C. Clarke, and the other great Science Fiction…
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Participants: jeronimo, rafial, James_Nostack, nikola, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Clinton R. Nixon, ScottM.

11/15/2005 nikola: Shock: Bibliography
Here's the current Shock: bibliiography. I've only read so much stuff, and this is what's leapt to mind. If you have something you want to be in this bibliography, please…
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Participants: nikola, rafial, James_Nostack, Ben Lehman, pedyo, joepub, Kaare Berg (Old), Grover, Remko, Hisho, Old Man Qfwfq, TempvsMortis, lopes-gabriel.

11/23/2005 nikola: Shock:'s pre-success: thank you, everybody!
You know, I'm just blown away by the enthusiasm I've seen from people about Shock:. According to my logs, I've had 450 downloads in the last four weeks of a…
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Participants: nikola.

12/3/2005 Tim Alexander: [shock] Playtest questions.
Hey Josh, Some of these questions have seen the light elsewhere, but I'm including them here because I'm still not getting it. 1) No additional coins enter the economy? They're…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, nikola.

12/16/2005 nikola: Shock playtest 0.2.0
Hey, folks. Shock: Social Science Fiction has entered version 0.2.0. A lot's changed, so if you're planning on running your existing games with it (and I wholeheartedly recommend it), make…
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Participants: nikola, Bret Gillan, Matt.

12/20/2005 coffeestain: [UtB] Question!
Hello, I just received Under the Bed in the mail today and I'm quite pleased with the purchase!  That said, I have one question: From my read of the rules,…
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Participants: coffeestain, nikola.

1/2/2006 Nev the Deranged: (UTB) - Brom's _The Plucker_
http://www.theplucker.com/stuff.htm Oh hell yes.
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola.

1/13/2006 coffeestain: UtB: Cody's First Day (finally!)
I finally got to play my first session of UtB last night and the rules held up quite well (though there were a couple of confusing points, a few of…
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Participants: coffeestain, nikola.

1/19/2006 lumpley: Shock: 0.???.0 Playtest
I very briefly summarize my own PC's story and then go into theory, here. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, nikola.

1/28/2006 Iskander: D-I-Y UtB box
Hello, Joshua. I was happy to pick up UtB at Dreamation (and meet you there), but sad when I removed the shrinkwrap and the cards were loose. So I made…
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Participants: Iskander, Nathan P., Paka, nikola, urbanpagan, TonyLB, ocasta, Thunder_God.

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