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9/21/2008 Paul T: [Solar System] Minor Omission
Eero, I just noticed something about the text: You never specify or explain how the players know to assign Harm in particular Pools. Clinton's version does say something about this:…
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Participants: Paul T, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.


9/19/2008 Paul T: The Solar System arrives. Earth no longer at center.
This message is a brief "thank you" note from a satisfied customer. I guess it's kind of a review, as well, since I couldn't find anything similar online when I…
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Participants: Paul T, Eero Tuovinen.


9/18/2008 simonjberger: [Tsoy] About the development of Near?
I'll keep adding threads here, if you don't mind! .D Eero, in the stickied thread you ask for links to Near material for your work with writing a new canon…
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Participants: simonjberger, Eero Tuovinen, Troels, shadowcourt.


9/15/2008 simonjberger: [Solar] But what about the Space Battles?
So, I'm setting up a space campaign with a feel of Firefly and Stargate Atlantis with the stiff-upper-lip officer class from early nineteenth century naval culture. And I really want…
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Participants: simonjberger, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T, Spoo.


9/9/2008 Eero Tuovinen: [Solar System] Link Directory
As you already probably know, I'm going to be writing a new edition of the Shadow of Yesterday one of these days. The current schedule is a bit fluid in…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen.


9/4/2008 Lord_Steelhand: [Solar] PDF version at IPR?
I have a 5-pack grounding it's way to me as we speak, but do you plan on having a PDF version of the Solar System at some point? I would…
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Participants: Lord_Steelhand, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, simonjberger.


9/3/2008 simonjberger: [Solar System] Quick Questions Thread
A place to collect quick and dirty questions and answers on the rules in the Solar System booklet. - Page 63, equipment ratings add to a check if the check…
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Participants: simonjberger, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T, Corvus69, fealoro.


9/2/2008 Artanis: [Zombie Cinema] Actual Play
Hi Eero! Good thing you've your own forum, it'll give me an additional channel to talk about your game! I like the idea of compounding Actual Play reports like you've…
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Participants: Artanis, jb.teller4.


8/28/2008 simonjberger: The Solar System in My Hand
So I'm finally holding a copy of the Solar System in my hand, and I just registered to give some general praise about it. Very fine work, sir! My group…
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Participants: simonjberger, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Corvus69.


8/25/2008 Eero Tuovinen: [Forum Diary] I get my own rules!
Ah, the fulfillment of my ambition! Seriously, though, my primary reason for asking for a Forge forum was to get a new place to make chit-chat about the Solar System…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen.


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10/4/2008 Paul T: Why are buyoffs 10 XPs?
Now, I would be very very surprised if this hasn't been covered before, so I'm sorry if I'm kicking a dead fish. Here's the thing: In both TSoY and the…
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Participants: Paul T, Eero Tuovinen.


10/12/2008 simonjberger: [Solar] Opposition Resource?
Greetings! It's been a while, I've been busy finishing a year-long campaign and starting up a bunch of new attempts. Stands to see which ones become long-runners! Getting comfortable in…
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Participants: simonjberger, oliof, Eero Tuovinen.


10/15/2008 simonjberger: Solar Worlds
Since I used to rule at starting up ambitious projects (usually without finishing them) but haven't for a time I thought I would start one up now, or at least…
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Participants: simonjberger, Eero Tuovinen, d.anderson.


10/29/2008 Paul T: [Solar] Complex Conflicts with Spam
Eero, I have a few quick questions! It's about complicated conflicts--i.e., with more than two sides. You write in your book to have everyone roll, and then basically go in…
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Participants: Paul T, Eero Tuovinen.


11/5/2008 shadowcourt: [TSOY] Near's Arid North, Part 1: Sohakaimet
So, as promised, here's some of the brainstorming I've been doing about what lies beyond the map we know for Near, up to the north. All of this is predicated…
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Participants: shadowcourt, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver.


11/6/2008 dindenver: [TSoY] My little corner of Near, what do you think?
All,   OK, so I am setting up some factions for a small corner of Near.   I created a little place called Sanctum. Its a new Marldor castle town…
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Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen.


11/8/2008 dindenver: Pronunciation - Khale
All,   I got conflicting feedback.   A lot of people say it rhymes with "ale" and that makes sense.   But, in the book it seems to indicate khaleans…
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Participants: dindenver, oliof, simonjberger.


11/10/2008 dindenver: [TSoY] Words of Zu, how powerful are they?
All,   I am prepping for a campaign soon (maybe in about a month) and one thing I am not clear on is the relative power of a Zu (Or…
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Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, shadowcourt.


11/12/2008 dindenver: [TSoY] S.C.A.N.
All,   I have trouble remembering what each letter of IIEE means and what steps are involved. So, I came up with my own acronym: S - Set Stakes. This…
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Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen.


11/16/2008 dindenver: [TSoY] World-wide Maldorian Empire: Local myth or slice of history?
All,   If we look at the descriptions of the various cultures, two things strike me: 1) Each of the nations have their own localized history in their description 2)…
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Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, shadowcourt.


11/17/2008 simonjberger: [Solar] Social and other Secrets
My group is currently playing a Solar campaign in Shadowrun's Seattle, and since I'm very much at home in the setting and the specifics of Shadowrun Proper, I'm writing quite…
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Participants: simonjberger, dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt.


11/20/2008 dindenver: [Solar System] Armor as Effect
Eero,   I saw you write how armor crafted using an Ability check could be considered an Effect as opposed to becoming Gear with an Armor bonus.   This makes…
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Participants: dindenver, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T.


11/20/2008 dindenver: [Solar System] Harm x 3
All,   So, I am confused if the character sheet should have one Harm Track or 3.   It seems like there should be one Harm track and the source…
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Participants: dindenver, oliof, simonjberger.


11/23/2008 Eero Tuovinen: Solar System PDF now available
After we published the new Solar System booklet at Gencon, people started asking for a pdf version. At the time I didn't have any thoughts on the matter - I'd…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Corvus69, simonjberger.


12/5/2008 dindenver: [Solar System] Can characters feel their Vigor beign depleted?
All,   Or any other pool for that matter? Part of me thinks that this is a luck/meta stat and the characters can't sense when it is low. And for…
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Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.


12/6/2008 dindenver: [TSoY] Is this broken?
All,   Secret of the Unwalked Path for urban setting In other words it counters Secret of Shadowing.   Is this broken? Has anyone tried it? Any caveats?
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Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.


12/7/2008 simonjberger: Gender and Setting
I'll get straight to it. If you read the following as a part of the setting description, how would you react? Woman and Man The Kingdom is a clearly patriarchal…
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Participants: simonjberger, Paul Czege, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver, chance.thirteen, Valamir, Brand_Robins, Graham Walmsley.


12/10/2008 dindenver: [TSOY] Um, is this a problem?
Hi!   I am set to GM this next week, I have myself (SG) and two other players, is that a big enough group to get the full Solar System…
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Participants: dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T, Yokiboy.


12/11/2008 Eero Tuovinen: [TSOY 2nd] Name of the game?
Well well, it seems that I'm going to start the actual writing of the TSoY book tonight. A question that's been plaguing me, perhaps somebody has insight for me: Should…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, dindenver, rafial, oliof, Rafu, Rich F, Paul Czege, JTColeman, Graham Walmsley, Brand_Robins, hix.


12/13/2008 Eero Tuovinen: [To Playtest] Colonization of Qek
In the new TSOY book I'm going to have these things I call "campaign frameworks", essentially short articles on how to kick up a specific sort of campaign based in…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, JackTheOwner, oliof, dindenver, Sam!, shadowcourt.


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