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8/19/2007 JC: [Roach] First person narration
hi :) just played The Roach, and it was the first time for all of us so I'm curious: how much first-person narration do you usually get with this game?…
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Participants: JC, jasonm.

8/11/2007 Nev the Deranged: [Roach-ish] Pseudopod's _The Disciple_
Roach enthusiasts might enjoy this episode of horror webcast Pseudopod: http://pseudopod.org/2007/07/27/68/
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, jasonm.

8/10/2007 jasonm: BPG at Gen Con
Hey friends, The entire Bully Pulpit Games crew will be at Gen Con again this year, so please stop by the Forge booth and say hello if you are attending!…
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Participants: jasonm, Hans.

7/24/2007 jasonm: Product Updates
[i]The Roach Returns[/i] is back from the printers (for the second time!) and looks great.  It'll premier at Gen Con and be available through IPR soon after.  This is a…
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Participants: jasonm.

5/11/2007 klausok: Drowning and Falling questions
I have just bought D&F and read it for the first time. It looks like it would be fun to play. But there are a couple of points that are…
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Participants: klausok, jasonm.

4/3/2007 jasonm: Roach Questions from Virginia
Thanks to Our Virginian Cousin for these: What happens if you drop to 0 reputation.  You've got nothing to wager, so can you still have a scene? "If you are…
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Participants: jasonm.

4/1/2007 jasonm: Roach LARP at KublaCon
If you're going to KublaCon in Burlingame, California, consider playing in the world's first Roach LARP. I can't wait to see how it turns out!  Anybody planning on attending?
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Participants: jasonm, Caesar_X.

3/23/2007 jasonm: Gen Con Roach Volunteers Needed!
Hey, I know no one runs a game of The Roach, but I'd love to find a couple of enthusiastic volunteers to facilitate formal, scheduled games at Gen Con.  If…
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Participants: jasonm, Hans.

2/21/2007 jasonm: Interview with Sons of Kryos
I got interviewed by the Sons of Kryos at Dreamation.  Thanks, Judd and Jeff!  My bit starts 34 some minutes in.
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Participants: jasonm, Paka.

1/27/2007 JBLIII: [Roach] Would Play-By-Wiki Roach be feasible?
A friend of mine has a website, PlayByWiki.com, that (as the name suggests) allows folks to game using a wiki.  This makes it substantially easier to play games that would…
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Participants: JBLIII, jasonm, Graham Walmsley, foucalt, segedy.

1/24/2007 Uruush: [The Roach] Actual Play - When You're Smiling...
Note: I didn't think this well-enough organized to post in the Actual Play forum but wanted to share since I'd been asking questions in preparation for the game: When You're…
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Participants: Uruush, jasonm.

1/10/2007 Uruush: Questions
Hello again.  Pesky me. 1) Can stakes be whether a given PC feels a certain way about an issue against their player's inclination? Example: "At stake is whether my character,…
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Participants: Uruush, Clinton R. Nixon, jasonm.

1/6/2007 Uruush: Pemberton Follies
I've Wikipedia'd Follies to try to get a handle on what they are.  I think I understand in a general sense, but I'm curious how others (including the designer) have…
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Participants: Uruush, jasonm, James_Nostack.

12/31/2006 Uruush: Picking sides
In scenes where the spotlight player does not set the stakes at the outset, do players declare for or against him beforehand?  I'm having a hard time digesting when people…
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Participants: Uruush, jasonm.

12/3/2006 jasonm: [Grey Ranks] Playtesting Thread
I'm starting to playtest Grey Ranks, so if you are interested in that project check here for updates, as well as the BPG site and the Forge playtesting forum.  Here's…
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Participants: jasonm.

10/30/2006 oliof: roach theme cards
A significant number of people have been telling me they like the roach but for the lack of an overarching structure. So, what I'd like to do is collect a…
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Participants: oliof, Eero Tuovinen, jasonm.

10/24/2006 oliof: [Roach] The Library as A Temple?
Today in germany at least, it's the day of the library. On the radio this morning, I heard a report on the IKMZ Cottbus, a new center for information and…
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Participants: oliof, jasonm, Ron Edwards.

10/23/2006 oliof: [Roach] Rules additions and game handling propositions.
Hi, in some conversations at Spiel Essen I talked to people that played the Roach and complained about it being too random. I gather this is because of some things:…
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Participants: oliof, jasonm.

10/16/2006 jasonm: [Roach] Getting Drunk
We got a great question about getting drunk in Roach play recently and I thought I'd lay it out here as well.  The drunk rule appears under "Resisting the Roach",…
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Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards.

9/28/2006 oliof: Gigantic Roach seen in germany! News at 11
Hi, a new kind of sumerian roach has been successfully put on photograph: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Germany&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=48.857868,10.205666&spn=0.003551,0.010364&t=k&om=1 enjoy,     Harald
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Participants: oliof, jasonm.

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9/6/2007 jasonm: Grey Ranks at Gateway
There's a nice thread about the Grey Ranks games at Strategicon in LA recently here.
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Participants: jasonm.

9/20/2007 coffeestain: [Grey Ranks] Slight confusion regarding modifying dice
Hey.  So, it seems pretty clear that when you invoke, threaten, or destroy the Thing Held Most Dear that you can replace an already allocated die or even re-roll it…
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Participants: coffeestain, segedy, jasonm.

9/25/2007 Yokiboy: [Roach] Reviewed on the On Board Games Podcast
Hello, Scott reviews the Roach on episode 11 of On Board Games. It gets a Green Light by the way. TTFN, Yoki
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Participants: Yokiboy, jasonm.

10/26/2007 Age of Fable: [Dungeon Squad] rules question
Hi, I've just downloaded this game, and I have a rules question: You assign a dice to Magician, but it also says you can assign your d6 and/or your d10…
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Participants: Age of Fable.

10/28/2007 FruitSmack!: Grey Ranks gets some love!
My best friend Travis Farber (some of you might know Travis from Camp Nerdly and\or past Gen Cons) was interviewed on the 2d6 in a random direction podcast.  Most of…
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Participants: FruitSmack!, segedy.

11/24/2007 Superstar: [Grey Ranks] Realy can't get me head around this...
After giving Grey Ranks a double read through I can't wait to get playing. It seems awesome. However I'm having some troubles with the "put in a low dice -…
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Participants: Superstar, jasonm, segedy.

12/7/2007 Age of Fable: [Dungeon Squad] Wikipedia article
I've written a Wikipedia article on Dungeon Squad - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Squad
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Participants: Age of Fable, jasonm.

2/14/2008 jasonm: [Business Solutions] Update
Hey, if you are following Business Solutions at all, it's almost done.  It's out for an additional round of playtesting now.  If you aren't following Business Solutions, it's a game…
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Participants: jasonm.

3/1/2008 Ron Edwards: Grey Ranks as physically published
Hello, This is posted to provide Bully Pulpit Games with some feedback about the paper and general physical features of Grey Ranks. A couple of days ago, I moved in…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, segedy.

3/2/2008 travisfarber: One Shot Observations
So recently I put together a one shot of Grey Ranks for two other people.  We played through three chapters, six, seven, and eight.  I came to the game with…
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Participants: travisfarber, jasonm.

4/24/2008 jasonm: Seven Roach Questions
We got a bunch of really good questions today and thought I'd share them (and the answers) anonymously: 1)Joe plays "Plead" on NPC #1 and Jack plays "Boot-lick" - can…
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Participants: jasonm, Particle_Man.

6/18/2008 segedy: Grey Ranks Games at Origins
Hey folks!  Who here is planning to go to Origins this next week?  Are you thinking about facilitating a session of Grey Ranks, perhaps during off-hour gaming?  If so, let…
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Participants: segedy.

6/19/2008 AXUM: tHE ROACH HAS BEEN AT WORK HERE...
Hello! Why is the Convocation & Greeting of the Class for 1919 Event instead for the Class of 1923 (in the book & character sheet)??? Has the Roach been at…
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Participants: AXUM, segedy, jasonm.

7/10/2008 jasonm: Grey Ranks short-listed for Diana Jones Award
The list was just released, and Grey Ranks is in really excellent company.  All the nominees are here.
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Participants: jasonm, jrs, Ben Lehman, Parthenia, GreatWolf, Matt Snyder, lev_lafayette, Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards.

8/9/2008 jasonm: BPG At Gen Con
We're a primary sponsor of the Forge booth this year, so come find Steve or myself at booth 1939.  We'll have Grey Ranks, The Shab Al-Hiri Roach, and our revised,…
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Participants: jasonm.

9/9/2008 WildElf: [Grey Ranks] One-Shot - Chapters 2, 5, 8
So, I'm planning on facilitating a One Shot of Grey Ranks at an upcoming Minicon in the bay area.  I read One Shot Observations which was helpful to know it…
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Participants: WildElf, jasonm.

9/17/2008 WildElf: Any place to get grey army action figures or minis?
Preferably 20th century military figures.  They don't have to be teenagers. They don't have to be Polish. They don't have to be in 1940's era uniforms (though that would be…
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Participants: WildElf, jasonm.

10/24/2008 DrQuencher: First time experience with the Roach
Hi all, I discovered the roach last week while slacking off at work. After printing out the Game Soup rules, reading some play experiences, and admiring the comic, I decided…
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Participants: DrQuencher, jasonm, jburneko.

12/15/2008 jasonm: Fiasco
I'm working on something new and fun called Fiasco.  It's a game about powerful ambition and poor impulse control that's designed to emulate a certain kind of caper movie: …
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Participants: jasonm, jaspermeer, drhoover.

4/20/2009 jessecoombs: Question about Drowning & Falling
I couldn't figure this out from the text, so I'll just ask it here. When a character "explores" a room/location, he has to face a challenge depending on the direction…
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Participants: jessecoombs, jasonm, Selene Tan.

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