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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.

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.

11/20/2008 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.

11/17/2008 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.

11/16/2008 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.

11/12/2008 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.

11/10/2008 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.

11/8/2008 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.

11/6/2008 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.

11/5/2008 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.

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.

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.

10/12/2008 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.

10/4/2008 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.

9/22/2008 Paul T: [Solar System] Digressions from TSoY
Eero, Sorry to bug you with all the questions, but the answers are so good, it's hard to stop. Here's a thread for differences between Solar System and TSoY. First…
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Participants: Paul T, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Corvus69.

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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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.

12/13/2008 Eero Tuovinen: [TSOY 2nd] Campaign Frameworks
I've explained this to several people during the last couple of months, and it seems I have the concept worked out pretty well now. I'll put the explanation up here,…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, oliof, dindenver.

12/15/2008 Eero Tuovinen: [TSoY 2nd] Free-ranging attributes of Near
Something Harald mentioned here reminded me of this thing I've been meaning to write about: Near has some questions that are not answered very comprehensively in the canonical texts. This…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, dindenver, oliof, Brand_Robins, shadowcourt.

12/15/2008 dindenver: [TSOY] Two Elves in a more "traditional" Party, ugh
All,   I am not sure what kind of pandora's box I have opened.   So, I have two gamers who are still, more or less, into traditional gaming. I…
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Participants: dindenver, Paul T, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

12/17/2008 dindenver: [TSOY] Importance of keys
All,   I ran last night and it went well. The one question I have is, this:   I had 3 players, one got 6 XPs, one got 8 XPs…
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Participants: dindenver, Rich F, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T.

1/1/2009 Eero Tuovinen: [To Playtest] War in Khale
As a sort of sibling thread for Colonization of Qek, here's another Ammeni campaign framework about the war in Khale. The war is already present in Clinton's treatment of Khale-Ammeni…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, dindenver, Paul T, shadowcourt.

1/5/2009 orklord: Solar System License Question
Eero, I recently purchased the pdf and am awaiting the arrival of the physical copy of Solar System.  I previously thought about using tSoY for a game I'm writing, but…
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Participants: orklord, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver, Corvus69, oliof.

1/9/2009 dindenver: [TSOY] Ritual Question
Hi!   I have a Qek in my group. They have the secret of Wolozi. Do the Rituals cost advances?
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Participants: dindenver, oliof, Eero Tuovinen.

1/17/2009 Eero Tuovinen: [TSoY 2nd] Goblin crunch
While reviewing goblins I decided that I don't actually like the Secret of Addiction at all. It is bad on several levels: - Of course counting days is just wacky…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, dindenver, oliof.

1/23/2009 agony: [Solar System] Ongoing Environmental Adversity
If starvation was a very big part of your setting, how would you model crunch to reflect that?  I would like starvation to primarily serve the purpose of spurring the…
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Participants: agony, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

1/24/2009 Eero Tuovinen: [Zombie Cinema] Animallball podcast reviews the game
This here: Animalcast podcast Episode 74 I'd never heard of this podcast, and I don't generally listen to podcasts at all, but I liked it! Of course the topic has…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen.

1/25/2009 Sam!: [Playtest report] War in Khale
So, we took the challenge and decided to try out Eero’s new stuff. It may have something to do with the fact that one of us is Eero’s brother and…
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Participants: Sam!, Eero Tuovinen.

1/27/2009 NilsH: Solar and horror?
Hi! I´m soon going to be the gamemaster for a science-fiction/ horror game where the characters are detectives looking for a cultist/ witch with powers to summon demons and psychic…
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Participants: NilsH, Eero Tuovinen, oliof.

1/28/2009 agony: [Solar System]Apothecary...Huh?
So the Apothecary/Drug rules seem to be exactly what I'm looking for in our upcoming campaign.  The problem is that the Apothecary section is rather confusing and I'm hoping someone…
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Participants: agony, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T.

1/29/2009 Corvus69: New rules for BDTP and Harm
Hello I am trying to make up new rules for BDTP and Harm inspired by Mouse Guard. It changes some of the basic principles, so beware. I am interested in…
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Participants: Corvus69, oliof, dindenver, Eero Tuovinen, Paul T.

2/3/2009 oliof: [Solar System] Replacing Fudge Dice with 3d6
Eero mentioned in some other thread he is considering removing Fudge Dice. Here is one way by a friend of mine: – Double Ability scores. – Roll 3d6, using bonus…
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Participants: oliof, Corvus69, Eero Tuovinen.

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