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1/14/2008 TomTitTot: [Shock] Antagonist Story Goals?
Hello! I'm going to be helping to organize a game of Shock on Saturday, and since I have never played a game of Shock and only just got v1.1 for…
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Participants: TomTitTot, nikola, pfischer, TempvsMortis.

12/10/2007 Dredj: Free online sci-fi artwork.
Does anyone know where to find good, free sci-fi art on the internet? Especially the retro stuff, such as good scans of book covers from way back when, such as…
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Participants: Dredj, nikola, Selene Tan.

12/4/2007 Dredj: A site hard SF afficianados might like.
This may be the best hard SF site on the web. http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html
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Participants: Dredj, epweissengruber, nikola, David Artman.

11/5/2007 Miskatonic: Shock: squares
J, Would it be too much trouble to produce versions of the three character sheet dealies with crop marks printed on the page? The design loses a lot of its…
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Participants: Miskatonic, nikola.

10/10/2007 JC: [Under the bed] Bottom of page 2?
hey :) looked around a bit but couldn't find it, so I'm asking here: what's the text missing at the bottom of page 2? I can sort of guess, but…
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Participants: JC, RussellGrieshop, jane566, nikola.

9/14/2007 drnuncheon: Shock 1.1 changes (and reasoning)
I was explaining Shock to a gaming buddy several states away (it's simplicity seems to be very suited for online games) when I went to look up the rules for…
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Participants: drnuncheon, nikola.

8/7/2007 nikola: Shock: 1.1 PDF for 1.0 early adopters
Folks, if you bought Shock: 1.0 before I started pre-orders for 1.1, you're entitled to a PDF of 1.1. Email me at joshua at glyphpress.com, let me know if you…
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Participants: nikola, Eero Tuovinen.

7/31/2007 Hisho: Example Praxis Scales
So, with 1.1 on the way and a question I asked some days ago about the existance of a list of example praxis scales I thought... well create your own.…
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Participants: Hisho, jane566, nikola.

7/27/2007 Nev the Deranged: Shock: 1.1 Q&A
I emailed Joshua my questions, since I wasn't sure if it was kosher to post about 1.1 yet, but he said it was cool, so I am cut and pasting…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola, matthijs, Melinglor, xenopulse, ldd23, biotaps35, Artanis.

7/18/2007 nikola: Preorder Shock: 1.1
(Crossposted from Monkey Do, Monkey See) I’m not good at keeping my mouth shut, but I win a brownie for this one. Over the last 8 months or so while…
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Participants: nikola, rafial, Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards.

7/6/2007 Hisho: [Shock:] A little rules question?
Hi, I am a little bit irritated by the use of Minutia. I will explain my question using an example: Making it very easy Protag-player rolls 2d10 and end up…
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Participants: Hisho, nikola.

6/16/2007 Alan: Clockwise or Counterclockwise
Hi Joshua, I'm going to present Shock at Go Play NW next weekend. I've studied the rules and the recommendations for effective play on the Forge, but I'm confused about…
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Participants: Alan, nikola.

3/25/2007 matthijs: Shock: seriously rules.
I played Shock: again a few days ago, for the third time; once again, a one-shot. One of the other players had tried it before (once); the two others hadn't.…
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Participants: matthijs, nikola.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2/5/2007 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.

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.

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.

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1/22/2008 TomTitTot: [Shock] Escalation and Link-risking
I posted these in the "Antagonist Story Goals" thread, but thing they won't be seen and besides, the other players in our game were wondering about these rules as well...…
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Participants: TomTitTot, nikola, TempvsMortis, Mel_White.

2/9/2008 JC: [UTB] Can the toys lose?
hey :) in Under the Bed, can the toys lose? meaning: when a toy has 4 Favoritism Tokens, and is chosen for a final conflict, and loses, do the toys…
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Participants: JC, nikola.

2/19/2008 Morte: [Shock]
Hi, I've been reading through Shock 1.1 getting ready to play my first game on Sunday. There are a few things I'd like to clarify. 1. Can more than one…
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Participants: Morte, nikola, newsalor, Nocker.

3/8/2008 Troels: [Shock:] Fiddling with minutiae rules
Hello there Last night I and a couple of friends played Shock:, and it was pretty cool, in the messed up way it's supposed to be. But discussing afterwards, we…
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Participants: Troels, nikola, Greis, TempvsMortis.

5/13/2008 TempvsMortis: Zie/Hir
I know you can't change this in the current edition, but if there's ever a "Shock: 1.2" then this might be useful to note. I'd like to point out that…
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Participants: TempvsMortis, rafial, Eero Tuovinen, nikola.

5/14/2008 TempvsMortis: Ownership
Maybe someone else has asked this, but I haven't seen it. In the book it says that people can't have an Issue for their character if they own it, but…
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Participants: TempvsMortis, nikola.

5/16/2008 TempvsMortis: This is what I'm gunna play with my freinds
I'll be sure to get you a transcript or something afterward. I thought of some awesome stuff and my friends have never heard of Shock:, so we're gunna start out…
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Participants: TempvsMortis, Ben Lehman, Michael Johnson.

8/19/2008 jlhburnett: [Beowulf--ashcan] Advantage Dice and Multi-Character Conflicts
I picked up the Beowulf ashcan at Gencon, and I'm diggin' it.  I'd not had a chance to check out "In A Wicked Age..." yet, so this is my first…
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Participants: jlhburnett, nikola.

8/19/2008 lopes-gabriel: Music for Shock
[b]Music for Shock! Some stuff that I like to listen to while I´m  playing![/b] [b]Ghosts – Nine Inch Nails[/b] (wonderful for [b]lonely industrial landscapes[/b]) Free download at http://ghosts.nin.com/main/order_options [b]Mind is…
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Participants: lopes-gabriel, nikola.

1/21/2009 Maedhros: [Shock:] Protag v. Protag?
In Shock: v1.1 a number of the examples of conflict resolution depict Protagonist vs. Protagonist conflict (e.g. Phosphorus v. Thorium, p. 49).  However, the rules frame scenes as Protagonist v.…
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Participants: Maedhros, nikola.

12/14/2009 Karsten: Shock: Changelog?
Hi, I just received Shock from a reseller in Germany. I got Version 1.1. Now I wonder what changed between Version 1.1  and the book sold over glyphpress's website, v1.2.…
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Participants: Karsten, nikola.

4/8/2010 Jacesaunders: Ferret Guide
Hi! I'm a spambot! I spam spam! I'm a big dummy! Aderp derp derp!
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Participants: Jacesaunders.

8/3/2010 Motipha: [Shock] Review on the Jankcast
Hey, the Jankcast podcast reviewed Shock as part of review episode 4.  here:s the link: http://jankcast.com/archives/865
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Participants: Motipha.

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