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5/3/2006 nikola: Under the Bed is now back under your bed!
[url=http://glyphpress.com/UtB/]Under the Bed[/url], second edition is now available from the glyphpress site! The new cards are smaller (2.25" x 3.5") and some rules have been refined (The game now goes…
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Participants: nikola, b00jum, Artanis, matthijs.

3/26/2006 nikola: Ken Hollings Shocks the 20th century
A dude named Ken Hollings is making a series of podcasts called Welcome to Mars about the history of the 20th century through the eyes of science fiction. I've been…
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Participants: nikola.

3/20/2006 nikola: Shock: pre-order the future!
[Edit: The game can now be pre-ordered from [url=http://glyphpress.com/shock/]the site[/url] directly!] I'm still hoping that Shock: will be done by the end of the month. I'm having some printing issues…
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Participants: nikola, Brand_Robins, Thunder_God.

2/28/2006 James_Nostack: Octavia Butler dead at 58
Dang.  I only read a few of her books, but she was good.  I figured I'd post it here because she showed up in the bibliography thread. Head injury after…
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Participants: James_Nostack, nikola, Nev the Deranged, lopes-gabriel.

2/19/2006 nikola: Under the Bed T-shirt now available!
Hey, everyone, the first bit of Under the Bed fanwear is now available over at the glyphpress store! Check out the other glyphpress goodies, too: Know Your Copyrights: a shirt…
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Participants: nikola.

2/10/2006 Andy Kitkowski: Anatomy of a SHOCK: Social Science Fiction game
Hey all, if anyone is interested in following along, I'll be documenting my attempts to get my group into a "Novel"-sized campaign of SHOCK. My group has folks that are…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, nikola, Everspinner.

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.

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.

1/13/2006 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.

1/2/2006 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.

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.

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.

12/3/2005 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.

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.

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.

11/15/2005 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.

11/4/2005 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.

11/2/2005 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.

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.

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.

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6/15/2006 Nev the Deranged: [UTB] Questions
At the end, once all the face up cards have been used and you're in the endgame, how exactly does the turn structure work? From the manual it sounds like…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola.

6/25/2006 Halzebier: [UtB] Questions & Looking for IRC transcript of actual play
Hi there! I have a game of UtB scheduled, possibly for tomorrow already, and I'm still full of questions. In fact, I can't quite imagine how a conflict actually plays…
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Participants: Halzebier, Ben Lehman, nikola.

8/18/2006 Nev the Deranged: [Shock:] Interesting link I ran across while looking around for more Shock:
[url]http://yudkowsky.net/sing/shocklevels.html[/url]
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola, TempvsMortis.

8/21/2006 pfischer: Shock on IPR?
Hi, I can't seem to find Shock on IPR - am I looking in the wrong place? Is it going to be there at some point if not there yet?…
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Participants: pfischer, nikola.

8/28/2006 Ron Edwards: [Shock] rules question
More about setup, actually. So we're sitting at the table. Myself, Chuck, Bob, Betty, and Sue. The names are fictitious, this is not a real example, I haven't sat down…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, nikola, lumpley.

8/31/2006 Manu: Crux questions
Hello, I immensely enjoyed reading shock:, and am looking forward to trying it out. I have a few questions though: -Can multiple protagonists occupy the same crux on the grid?…
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Participants: Manu, nikola.

9/2/2006 Eric J. Boyd: [Shock:] Some questions and errors
Joshua, I picked up Shock: at Gen Con and finished reading it today. I'm very pleased to finally have a game for exploring real science fiction issues. That said, I'm…
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Participants: Eric J. Boyd, nikola, Iskander.

9/2/2006 nikola: The Official glyphpress Discussion Forum
I've just gotten the glyphpress discussion board up over on the glyphpress site. On it, you can find discussion about the rules of Shock: and Under the Bed, including errata…
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Participants: nikola, greyorm.

9/4/2006 Pookie: Utb Review Query
Each time I write a review, I try and send a copy to the author. Unfortunately I do not have Joshua's e-mail. Could he be so kind as to srop…
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Participants: Pookie, nikola.

9/27/2006 Darcy Burgess: [Shock] Missing Rules?
I remember back in the heady days of the playtest editions that there was some talk re: fixing the game for two players. Did that ever happen?  From my reading…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, nikola.

10/16/2006 Eric J. Boyd: Shock: actual play - some clarifications please
I've posted a report of my group's first session playing Shock: here. We used a setting modeled on Shadowrun and had a rockin' first session that slowly interweaved the characters'…
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Participants: Eric J. Boyd, nikola.

11/17/2006 Tim C Koppang: Shock: Inspirations
Nothing like a list of 70 upper-level scientists' predictions for the future to get your game of Shock: rolling. Now that you have the science, all you have to do…
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Participants: Tim C Koppang, pfischer, nikola.

11/22/2006 nikola: Shock: errata
Please check in on the Shock: errata thread over at Xenoglyph, the glyphpress discussion board before playing. I'm keeping up on weirdnesses and unclear or  incorrect rules over there. When…
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Participants: nikola, Miskatonic, rafial.

12/14/2006 blackpaladin: The Lost Room as a setting...?
Joshua (or whomever) - I've become increasingly intrigued with Indie RPGs, particularly Burning Empires. Having that in my thoughts while watching the The Lost Room gave rise to this story…
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Participants: blackpaladin, nikola, Andrew Morris, Miskatonic.

1/10/2007 Dev: Rules questions: minutae, antag credits
* Minutae: if you have multiple players offering minutae (and an effect on the conflict), is there a specific way of deciding which one to use, or should that just…
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Participants: Dev, nikola.

2/5/2007 matthijs: [Shock] Almost wonderful.
I recently tried Shock: for the first time. It was a mixed experience; some scenes were wonderful, some dull, some protagonist/antagonist interactions faltered, some shone. All in all, I felt…
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Participants: matthijs, nikola, TomTitTot.

2/5/2007 matthijs: [Shock] A compilation of tips, clarifications & explanations
[b]SETUP[/b] [b]Suggested order for world & character creation[/b] The order of operation in the book is logical, but it encourages wild creativity instead of focusing it. Here's a suggestion for…
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Participants: matthijs, nikola, Anders, Pilgrim.

2/6/2007 matthijs: [Shock] Some more questions
There's a few things I'm still not 100% clear on. d4s in a conflict When several of my d10s are successes, does my opposition affect all of them with…
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Participants: matthijs, Anders, nikola.

3/7/2007 Miro: How to contact glyphpress?
Hello   Does anyone know how to effectively and privately contact glyphpress?I have got some questions about my order, tried sending e-mails, can't send PM here:) so I'm looking for…
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Participants: Miro, nikola, AnaSaupe, jrnmariano.

3/15/2007 Sinistraphobia: The Gamestas with Joshua A.C. Newman
This is just a heads up about our interview with Mr. Newman about Shock, on Episode -14.  We hope you enjoy, and feel free to give your thoughts and opinions.…
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Participants: Sinistraphobia, nikola, Paka.

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