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1/8/2007 Bryan Hansel: [Btl] How would you set up Brisco County Jr and Dixie Cousins Romance
We've been thinking about playing a game of Breaking the Ice with the characters of Brisco County Jr. and Dixie Cousins. In the TV show, the two protagonist's romance is…
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Participants: Bryan Hansel, Emily Care.

12/18/2006 Bailywolf: A PDF of BtI?
I floated Breaking the Ice to my non-gamer-but-curious wife, and she seemed quite taken with the concept, but the print+shipping price is beyond our 'stocking stuffer' range, which is where…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Emily Care.

11/29/2006 Emily Care: Breaking the Ice online
Hello there, That clever Graham Walmsley has created an online version of Breaking the Ice at his site Catch Your Hare. He talks about his process of writing it on…
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Participants: Emily Care, Paul T, Graham Walmsley, Doyce.

11/2/2006 lokis wrangling: [BtI] The Detective and the Half-Demon
Possibly the most unusual thing about this game of BtI is that it's not a standalone game. It's a spinoff from a larger GURPS campaign in which I am currently…
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Participants: lokis wrangling, Emily Care.

11/2/2006 lokis wrangling: [BtI] Question: The Final Attraction Roll
Hi, I was wondering about this rule, After the Third Date has been completed, make a final roll for all the new Attraction Levels, but this time roll all your…
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Participants: lokis wrangling, Emily Care.

10/25/2006 jburneko: Shooting The Moon, Rules Questions.
Hello, First let me say that I think Shooting The Moon is excelent!  I've been waiting for a romantic rivals game for quite some time.  I do have some questions…
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Participants: jburneko, Emily Care.

9/14/2006 Graham Walmsley: [BtI online] Uptight English and American pirates
Jason and I played BtI last night, using a web application I've been working on. So, basically, Jason's sitting in North Carolina and I'm sitting in London. We're talking using…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, Emily Care, jasonm, xenoss.

8/29/2006 Emily Care: Shooting the Moon at IPR
Hello, Shooting the Moon is now available from the good folks at Indie Press Revolution.  You can find it at the Black and Green page.  Many thanks to Brennan, Ed,…
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Participants: Emily Care.

8/29/2006 xenoss: RPG novice seeking advice
Hello everyone.  I am new to the Forge and sort of new to the hobbie.  I don't know if there are anyone like me, but let me say a little…
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Participants: xenoss, Emily Care, Iskander.

8/21/2006 azrianni: review of Breaking the Ice on RPGnet
I've posted a review of Breaking the Ice on RPGnet: http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12397.phtml
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Participants: azrianni, Emily Care.

7/28/2006 joshua neff: first [AP] Breaking the Ice the old-fashioned way
I bought BtI a few months ago, but my wife (Julie) and I only just got to playing it for the first time last night. I'll cut past the chase…
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Participants: joshua neff, Emily Care.

7/18/2006 JasperN.: Breaking the ice between four
Hello everyone - I´m going to run BtI with a group of four, following the suggestions in the rule book. Does anyone have any expirience regarding play with more than…
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Participants: JasperN., Emily Care.

7/14/2006 Emily Care: new game from Black & Green
<a href="http://www.fairgame-rpgs.com/ecb/StM2.pdf">Shooting the Moon</a> will be available at GenCon Indie.  Thank in great part to the amazing illustrations of the <a href="http://www.jennworks.com/">Jenn Manley Lee</a>, and lots of help from the…
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Participants: Emily Care, matthijs, Thunder_God, jasonm, Bret Gillan, ejh, Andrew Morris, JasperN., IvanVideoPlayer, joshua neff, Brand_Robins.

5/5/2006 Bailywolf: "Transhuman Contact"- Breaking the Ice for posthuman relationship woes?
After reading the novel Mindscan - a fascinating book dealing with consciousness, uploading, and the legal and social ramifications of that kind of thing- I got to thinking about a…
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Participants: Bailywolf, Emily Care.

3/24/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [Demo] Also holding BtI demos at Eudemonia on Mondays.
On the 10th and the 24th of April, to be precise.  Come break the ice with someone you love at 1pm.
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Participants: ElliottBelser MKII.

3/21/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [Demo] [Plug] Breaking the Ice at Games of Berkeley
I'll be running Indie game demos at Games of Berkeley next month (April), and perhaps beyond - on the 15th, at 5-o'clock, I'll include a Breaking the Ice demo.  Just…
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Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, Emily Care.

3/2/2006 Emily Care: BtI at IPR
As of today, you can get Breaking the Ice from the good folks at Indie Press Revolution.  They have a great selection of some of the best indie rpg titles…
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Participants: Emily Care, coffeestain, TonyLB, Victor Gijsbers, Nathan P., inthisstyle.

3/1/2006 Emily Care: love triumphant
So, February was a special charity fundraising month at Black & Green Games. People totally stepped up, for the chocolate, the game & for the women it would benefit. This…
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Participants: Emily Care, Ben Lehman, Bryan Hansel.

2/21/2006 Emily Care: Breaking the Ice among the Pyramids
My thanks to Matthew Pook for reviewing Breaking the Ice.  His review was published in the Feb. 17 edition of <a href="http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=5800">Pyramid Magazine</a>. I'm very curious to see what the…
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Participants: Emily Care.

2/19/2006 Iskander: I have been bad. Again.
[url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=246977&page=3]I couldn't help myself.[/url] Sorry, ecb.
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Participants: Iskander, Emily Care.

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2/1/2007 Emily Care: Chocolates and Charity 2
Once again this year, the proceeds (minus shipping etc.) from sales of Black and Green Games will be donated to a charity.  Games purchased directly from B&G will also be…
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Participants: Emily Care.

2/20/2007 Paka: Gamer: the Podcasting reviews Breaking the Ice
http://www.somniturne.com/gtp/GTP-E035.mp3
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Participants: Paka, Emily Care.

3/11/2007 xenopulse: [SIS] Playtest Questions
Hi Emily, We played Sign in Stranger at the Go Play PDX II gathering yesterday.  Great fun was had by all.  I actually hadn't laughed that much in a while. …
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Participants: xenopulse, Emily Care, Alephnul, Jake Richmond.

3/13/2007 Arilyn: Hi all, and a request for purchase of both BtI and StM
Hi, I'm rather new to the non pop-cultured versions of mainstream RPGs, and both of these games really do seem pretty interesting to RP in my games. Congrats, Emily!!!  Thing…
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Participants: Arilyn, Emily Care.

4/30/2007 greuh: Re: Game of the Month!
Shooting the Moon not only is the game of the month for march at www.roliste.com, but it enlists it for the GRoG d'Or prize with the 11 other games of…
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Participants: greuh, Emily Care.

5/25/2007 Darcy Burgess: [BtI] - You proved me wrong!
Hi Emily, This is part-AP and part-confession.  Let's do the confession part first. When I initially heard about Breaking the Ice however-long-ago that was, my immediate gut reaction was "Oh,…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, lee-anne, Emily Care, Andrew Morris.

6/7/2007 Doyce: [BtI] Double-blind: Can't wait for the actual game
Okay, after having the game for ages and talking about it for ages -1 with my fiance, we finally sat down late Saturday night and made up characters and setting…
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Participants: Doyce, Emily Care.

7/14/2007 Bret Gillan: Finally!
Emily, I finally got to play one of your games! Me and my friends Jere and Josh played Shooting the Moon and we played two professional wrestlers (Jere and Josh…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Emily Care.

2/12/2008 Emily Care: RPG.Net Review of Shooting the Moon
Jee Hyung Lee just gave Shooting the Moon a thorough and very favorable review at RPG.Net: http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13614.phtml I'm very happy that Jee enjoyed the game! Using the Beast Hunter setting…
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Participants: Emily Care.

2/29/2008 Emily Care: Under my Skin in playtest
Hi all, So, I said I was taking a break on the relationship games, but somehow I've got a host of games in active development and Under my Skin has…
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Participants: Emily Care, GreatWolf, Blankshield.

3/18/2008 Filip Luszczyk: Fluffy Bunny
First, does this game have any actual implied rules, or is it more of a template for the player(s) to work things out? It's just, pages 5 & 8 are…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Ben Lehman, Emily Care, goodwill221, latestnws22.

4/30/2008 Emily Care: Breaking the Ice and Shooting the Moon now in PDF
Hey there, Just in time for Spring, Breaking the Ice and Shooting the Moon are now available in pdf format.  The pdfs include the full text and illustrations from the…
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Participants: Emily Care, robertsherwood.

11/5/2008 Neil the Wimp: [Shooting the Moon]: Character sheet downloads?
Are there any downloadable versions of the Shooting the Moon character sheets anywhere?  I couldn't find any on the Black & Green website, but that could be just me. Ta,…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, Emily Care.

8/11/2009 Emily Care: Sign in Stranger at GenCon
I'll have copies of Sign in Stranger: Making Contact at GenCon Indy this year.  Sign in Stranger is a science fiction game where you play humans starting a colony on…
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Participants: Emily Care.

8/12/2009 Eliarhiman6: [Shooting the Moon] errata on page 23, pdf edition
Hi Emily! In the pdf edition of Shooting the Moon, at page 23, the text box "How many points toward a goal?" cover the end of the previous sentence ("on…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Emily Care.

8/24/2009 Eliarhiman6: [Shooting the Moon] first game and rules questions
Hi! Today me and two friends of mine played for the first time "Shooting the Moon" and we have some questions about the rules. Character creation went without problems: we…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Emily Care.

9/8/2009 Albert of Feh: Destination: "Earth"
A few friends and I started a Short Campaign of SIS last week, using the "Making Contact" book I had another friend pick up for me from GenCon. We're off…
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Participants: Albert of Feh, Emily Care.

9/14/2009 Emily Care: Downloads and corrections
The World and Character sheets are available for online for Sign in Stranger, as well as errata for the first print run.  http://www.blackgreengames.com/sis/SigninStranger_Sheets.pdf http://www.blackgreengames.com/sis/SiSAugust2009-errata.pdf Page 23 of the PDF version…
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Participants: Emily Care.

12/10/2009 Emily Care: Romance for the Holidays
[url=http://www.blackgreengames.com/bti.html]Breaking the Ice[/url], [url=http://www.blackgreengames.com/stm.html]Shooting the Moon[/url] and [url=http://www.blackgreengames.com/ums.html]Under my Skin[/url], are available in PDF until [url=http://epimas.wordpress.com/]Epimas[/url], buy-one-get-one-free.  Buy one as a gift for a friend, and get one for yourself…
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Participants: Emily Care, latestnws22.

3/26/2010 Lavinia: [StM] - Questions about rules
Hello :-) First of all, please forgive my bad English, it's not my mother tongue. Last Saturday I played Shooting the Moon, it was funny and satisfying, we had to…
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Participants: Lavinia, Emily Care.

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