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In ndp design 5/29/2008 Nathan P.: [Design Competition] Ponies
So I posted a design competition over at Hamsterprophecy, my blog. I posted it for funsies (you'll see), but if anyone actually does it, I'll totally judge the games and…
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Participants: Nathan P., Paul Czege, Marhault.
3/31/2008 Nathan P.: [carry] New Print Run Coming Up
It's getting to be time for another print run of carry. While I'll be combing the text back and forth looking for typos and small things to correct, I can…
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Participants: Nathan P., Eliarhiman6, Mel_White.
2/5/2008 Yokiboy: [carry] Rules Summary
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone has put together a carry cheat sheet or rules reference? If so I'd love to see it. If not, then I'm forced to make…
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Participants: Yokiboy, Ron Edwards, Nathan P..
11/19/2007 Miskatonic: Character cards
Nathan,
I've just picked up Carry, and would like to play it. The book offers a promise that all matter of handout-type things can be downloaded at the Hamsterprophet web…
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Participants: Miskatonic, Nathan P..
11/3/2007 Nathan P.: I'll be at JiffyCon
Hey, east-coasters!
I'm going to be at JiffyCon on November 17th. It's in western Mass, and there'll be a whole bunch of cool folks and games. I'm planning to run…
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Participants: Nathan P., Emily Care.
9/2/2007 merb101: Interview with Nathan P
Wanted to let everyone know, my Origins '07 interview with Nathan has been released as episode 3 of my Review for Initiative podcast. The download site is http://merb101.libsyn.com.
Stop on…
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Participants: merb101, Nathan P..
7/10/2007 JC: [Carry] Controversial?
howdy :)
I’m not sure how to phrase this question, but I’m going to try anyhow
also, an imporant point: I’m not trying to talk about politics at all in…
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Participants: JC, Nathan P..
6/24/2007 Nathan P.: [carry] Endgame tweaks
Here's how I'm going to start running the Endgame for carry.
1. Everyone chooses a target and hands their Burden die to the person. The GM keeps track of who…
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Participants: Nathan P., Yokiboy, Ron Edwards.
5/16/2007 Nathan P.: carry is back in print
After an unforgivable wait, carry is back in print.
It is currently available at Indie Press Revolution. I will also be selling direct through my website, once I'm done revamping…
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Participants: Nathan P., Eliarhiman6.
3/26/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Carry] post-play questions
Hi!
We played Carry yesterday. We were only 4 (3 players + GM) and we misread the rules for the first hour or so, but it was a blast anyway.…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Nathan P..
2/1/2007 Nathan P.: [carry] Dreamation Actual Play, Selling Out, & Other Fallout
I ran two games of carry at Dreamation 07, and both went very well. Here's a couple of posts of AP from various players.
Dave gives an overview, and promises…
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Participants: Nathan P., jasonm.
1/19/2007 Ron Edwards: Hey I have a dice question
I bet someone's asked this before - direct me to the thread if necessary.
How many dice, and what kinds, do you come to the game with? I'm talking about…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Nathan P., Yokiboy.
1/19/2007 Nathan P.: Carry Errata
Many thanks to everyone who's picked up a copy of carry. a game about war in the last several months. I'm almost out of stock, and it's time to do…
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Participants: Nathan P., Ron Edwards, Yokiboy.
11/8/2006 Nathan P.: Carry on Veterans Day
The blurb:
Hamsterprophet Productions will be donating 15% of all sales of carry. a game about war. to the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in recognition of Veterans Day.
Every…
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Participants: Nathan P..
10/23/2006 Nathan P.: [Carry] NC Gameday AP-ish
Jeffrey Collyer, (forlorn1 on these boards) is a fine fellow that I've gamed with at Dreamation and Dex Con. He contacted me a couple of months ago about running carry…
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Participants: Nathan P., Technocrat13.
10/16/2006 Nathan P.: Carry Audio Demo
Jeff and Judd of the Sons of Kryos recorded a 15-minute demo of carry with me at Gen Con 06. Check it out on this page. And I don't sound…
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Participants: Nathan P., Yokiboy.
9/27/2006 Nathan P.: Countdown Play Log: The Gifted
[b]Intro[/b]
This thread is a cleaned up text log of the Countdown game I'm currently running, called The Gifted. Countdown is a specifically play-by-email game, and can be downloaded [url=http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Countdown.php]here[/url].…
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Participants: Nathan P..
9/17/2006 Nathan P.: [Timestream] GamingReport.com Review
Which can be read here.
It's interesting to me that all (four) reviews of Timestream have been pretty consistent in terms of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the game,…
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Participants: Nathan P..
9/9/2006 Nathan P.: StoryGames Boston
All who live in the general Boston area are totally invited to a weekly StoryGames game night, held at Pandemonium Books in Central Square. The info:
StoryGames…
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Participants: Nathan P..
8/31/2006 Manu: Fodder and out-of-play questions
Hello Nathan,
I really enjoyed reading carry, and I can't wait to play it. However, I have a couple questions in mind:
-Can fodder be harmed/killed in squad scenes?
-How…
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Participants: Manu, Nathan P..
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In ndp design 7/5/2008 Nathan P.: [Annalise] Stories of hunger, pain and redemption.
[i]A dark-haired woman, staring out of stained glass, watching faces form in the rain. An ancient evil, unearthed for the first time since antiquity, re-learning the limits of its power.…
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Participants: Nathan P., sirogit, Lachlan.
7/23/2008 Nathan P.: [carry] Actual Play from DexCon 08
One of my players from my game of carry at DexCon 08 posted a writeup on her blog. Find it here: J.R. Blackwell's LJ.
The game was really good (I…
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Participants: Nathan P., Ron Edwards.
9/21/2008 Nathan P.: On Hiatus
Hamsterprophet Productions is on hiatus until further notice.
Find Annalise if that’s who you are looking for.
For downloads and resources for carry. a game about war. and Timestream, see…
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Participants: Nathan P..
11/12/2008 jburneko: [Analise] Traits with One Coin
So, yesterday I read through Analise and so far I like what I see. I have only one initial question. How do Moments work when a player has only one…
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Participants: jburneko, Nathan P..
11/15/2008 Nathan P.: [Annalise] Finding Annalise
Currently, Annalise exists in these forms:
(Print) The Seven Sins Edition. Released at Dex Con 2008. Limited run. No longer available to purchase.
(Print) The Unbidden Guests Edition. Released at…
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Participants: Nathan P..
11/19/2008 Valvorik: [Annalise] Some questions
Like the game and mechanics. The choice of name very good, something about it echoes.
Some questions, I'll put this in a context of play (not real, scripted to see…
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Participants: Valvorik, Nathan P..
12/3/2008 sirogit: First Reactions / Stephen King / 2 Player Secrets Variation
First off, yay! You sold it! I gave you money and I got a vampire book!
Secondly, I'm abit perplexed by the line "I wrote this game where the metaphor…
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Participants: sirogit, Nathan P..
12/7/2008 Eliarhiman6: [Annalise] questions about the pdf text
Hello!
I recently played Annalise, and I wanted to ask some questions about some rules. I am using the page numbers from the pdf edition, the only one I own.…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Nathan P..
12/31/2008 Nathan P.: [Annalise] Actual Play
Here are some really great Actual Play threads, if you're looking for more info on how the game looks in play.
When "Rome" meets "The Wire". Thanks to Rachel for…
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Participants: Nathan P..
2/21/2009 AXUM: ANNALISE & Character Death
Hi:
I just played our first session of Annalise (we had some cool moments) & have some questions about it:
1.Can a Consequence be "your character dies?" If this is…
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Participants: AXUM, Nathan P..
2/24/2009 AXUM: About Annalise's Claim's options: a comment
Hi.
When playing Annalise & going round the table for the "Claim's options part" of a Moment, I have noticed that the game tends to slow down...
Maybe if some…
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Participants: AXUM, Nathan P..
3/24/2009 Nathan P.: [Annalise] Annalise Interim Edition now available!
Finally, a print edition of Annalise is available. Please navigate to my lulu.com storefront in order to purchase.
The Interim Edition of Annalise is a 66-page perfectbound 9×7 landscape book.…
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Participants: Nathan P..
5/27/2009 Nathan P.: [Annalise] Voyage of the Auspicious
The first mini-supplement for Annalise, The Voyage of the Auspicious, is now available. You can download the 2-page, 1.3 MB file here.
Guided Play Scenarios are short supplements that give…
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Participants: Nathan P..
8/21/2009 Nathan P.: The Dance and the Dawn
The Dance and the Dawn is a lovely fairy tale romance game, written by Dev Purkayastha. He in fact originally wrote it for Game Chef 2004, hosted right here on…
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Participants: Nathan P..
9/19/2009 Nathan P.: [Annalise] Help me help you (and the Italians)
Hey there,
So the fine folks over at Narrattiva are translating Annalise into Italian. Which is an honor, and I can't wait to see what they do with it.
I've…
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Participants: Nathan P., Tazio Bettin.
10/10/2009 Nathan P.: [Annalise] Dracula Reloaded (and a new character sheet)
Hey there,
There's a new Guided Play Scenario available for Annalise. It's called Dracula Reloaded, written by the lovely and talented Kat Jones and played to good effect at the…
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Participants: Nathan P..
11/11/2009 Nathan P.: Veterans Day Promo = 15% of sales for NVVAM
The Info:
In recognition of Veterans day, a percentage of all sales made from 11/11/09 to the end of the weekend (11/15/09) will be donated to the National Vietnam Veterans…
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Participants: Nathan P..
12/8/2009 Nathan P.: Happy Epimas!
Epimas, as you well know, is the traditional day of game giving. Every year, on December 24th, friends and family gather round and exchange games, which they then play well…
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Participants: Nathan P..
12/30/2009 Nathan P.: [Annalise] The Wake of Zenas Quantum
Hi folks,
The Wake of Zenas Quantum is now available! Written by professional good guy Jared Axelrod and featuring a new original illustration by Jennifer Rodgers, this is a superhero-themed…
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Participants: Nathan P..
1/25/2010 elenius: [carry] support materials, working link?
Hi,
I'm trying to find the "character cards" that I've heard mentioned, and any other supporting materials for this game. Is there a working link for them (I found a…
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Participants: elenius, Eliarhiman6, Nathan P..
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