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4/22/2002 Ron Edwards: Letter to Seth (very harsh)
Seth, I've been going over the Quick-start Alyria rules in some detail, and here are some things you might want to consider. Please brace yourself; in many ways, this post…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf.

4/22/2002 Ron Edwards: Need information for my Alyria session
Seth, I want to run an Alyria scenario with my campus group tomorrow. Here are three characters I just made, using the Quick-Start. To play, I want to know the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

4/16/2002 GreatWolf: News update
This seems like a good time for a news update. (cue exciting music) First, development on Alyria does proceed, albeit slowly. Right now I have an Alyria game that is…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir.

4/16/2002 quozl: Cards instead of dice?
Have you considered using moon cards instead of rolling moon dice? I think it may be a little more in keeping with the atmosphere of Alyria and also be easier…
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Participants: quozl, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards.

2/5/2002 GreatWolf: Collaborative Roleplaying
Chalk up another point for Places to Go, People to Be. They posted this interview with Ian Millington on the concepts of collaborative roleplaying. His website is www.collaborativeroleplay.org.…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Mike Holmes.

2/4/2002 wyrdlyng: Release Date?
Just wanted to know if Seth had managed to nail down a time window regarding the release of Alyria. I'm not trying to rush him. I just wanted to know…
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Participants: wyrdlyng, GreatWolf.

1/9/2002 GreatWolf: The quick-start manuscript is finished!
At last! The quick-start rules are finished! I still need to work up a sample storymap, but for those of you who want to see the rules now can do…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Jason L Blair, Spooky Fanboy, arxhon, Yokiboy.

12/12/2001 GreatWolf: I'm not dead yet! (aka News update)
Hmm. I look at the last post date on the forum and I see 9/10/2001. That seems particularly ill-omened for some reason, so I'm going to post in my own…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Time, Valamir, Jürgen Mayer.

9/6/2001 Mike Holmes: Mechanics as they relate to the world
This is similar to the last post but different enough to warrant a new thread, I think. Maybe it's just the hardcore simulationist in me, but how am I to…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, GreatWolf.

9/4/2001 GreatWolf: Some thoughts on GMing in Alyria
[quote] Seth, I think that my earlier comment may have been out of line. That is to say that I think that given the distribution of authorial/directorial power as you've…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

8/28/2001 GreatWolf: Alyria announcement
(reposted from the Gaming Outpost for those of you without access) Okay, here is the promised Alyria announcement. Actually, this encompasses the future of Alyria production, so here goes. Item…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

8/22/2001 GreatWolf: Bloody Heat: A Tale of Alyria
Bloody Heat A Tale of Alyria It’s this bloody heat. It’s making it hard to think straight. I just want to write down what happened to me tonight so that…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

8/22/2001 GreatWolf: Writ on Water: A Tale of Alyria
Writ on Water A Tale of Alyria A flame flared in the darkness of the small hut. The paper caught and burned. “I was born twenty years ago today…” The…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

6/28/2001 GreatWolf: Music for Alyria
Okay, this is very speculative, as it relies on a number of factors coming together that are mostly beyond my control. That being said.... I have begun to toy with…
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Participants: GreatWolf, james_west.

6/22/2001 james_west: Example scenario
I'm thinking when you release the alpha, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have an example scenario, to give people an idea of the sort of story you had…
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Participants: james_west, GreatWolf.

6/14/2001 GreatWolf: Initiation: A Tale of Alyria
(Author's note: different forums have different feels. In the Sorcerer forum they discuss abstruse roleplaying theory. In the Multiverser forum they discuss alternate history, various RPG tips, and even play…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

5/22/2001 Paul Czege: correct my impression?
Hey Seth, Somewhere I got the impression that your design goal for Alyria is a system that will resolve conflicts at the macro/cultural level and at the micro/interpersonal level with…
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Participants: Paul Czege, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.

5/15/2001 GreatWolf: Diverse Lunacy
Well, events have proceeded far enough that I can leak a little more information on Alyria. More details will be found in the next installment of Dreaming Out Loud (including…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis.

5/2/2001 GreatWolf: The power of good and Unicorns (?)
As part of my continuing mental composting for Alyria, I recently reread Lord of the Rings. Something that struck me this read-through (among other things) is the Ents. Certainly they…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, archangel_2, Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen, Mike Holmes, RobMuadib.

5/1/2001 GreatWolf: New column is up!
The newest column (on the Citadel) is up! Go here and then ask me questions. I like questions. :smile: _________________ Seth Ben-Ezra Dark Omen Games This…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

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4/23/2002 GreatWolf: Money in the Citadel
In another message, I noted that a glaring lack in my current conception of the world of Alyria is a monetary system. At the very least, the Citadel needs one.…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

4/24/2002 Ron Edwards: Playing Alyria
Hi, First of all, wowsers. I love the mechanic; it's a truly non-numeric (albeit graded) Fortune mechanic. The game sits very squarely in the same category as Hero Wars, Orkworld,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, ScarletJester, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Blake Hutchins, Jürgen Mayer.

4/30/2002 GreatWolf: Character generation questions
One part of the Alyria rules have concerned me for a while, and that is the area of character generation. I have two concerns that I am trying to balance:…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Jürgen Mayer.

5/8/2002 GreatWolf: Wishlist for the next "edition"
Due to my current state of upheaval preparatory to movin' out West (well, as far as Peoria), I know that I will not be able to do any significant Alyria…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.

5/8/2002 Ron Edwards: Playing Alyria II
Hi Seth, OK, the second run got started, although we didn't get far due to time constraints. Enthusiasm is very, very high, and I can call Alyria an unqualified success.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

5/23/2002 GreatWolf: Development proceeds apace
I may be quiet, but development continues. My wife and I ended up on a 10-hour car trip last Saturday, and almost all the time went into Alyria. I'd share…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg.

6/11/2002 GreatWolf: Off-line for a few days
In our house, we say, "Home is where the hard drive is." Tomorrow evening, I'm going off-line for a few days. After all, we have to pack the computer for…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

7/15/2002 Ron Edwards: update?
Hi Seth, I'd very, very much like to see a Quickstart Alyria ready for GenCon, even in the basic form that they're already in. Right now, I'm constrained from using…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, GreatWolf.

7/15/2002 GreatWolf: Playtest begins anew
Last Saturday, Ralph (Valamir) joined myself, my wife, and my sister to set up an Alyria storymap. Play is scheduled for next Saturday. I'll be sure to write up brief…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Jürgen Mayer, Mike Holmes.

8/6/2002 GreatWolf: Setting focus
I happened to be perusing the review of The Riddle of Steel in the review database when I came across this sentence. "I think it would have worked better for…
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Participants: GreatWolf, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

8/14/2002 GreatWolf: Update (8/13/2002)
Well, with GenCon having come and gone and the Forge receiving a facelift, it seemed like a good time to post an update. So here goes. I started writing Legends…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2002 GreatWolf: Contemplated rules adjustments
As I have begun the process of considering Legends of Alyria and evaluating playtest feedback, I have been contemplating a few rules changes. So I thought that I would toss…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

8/30/2002 GreatWolf: Update (8/30/2002)
Here is the first of the promised updates. I have begun writing the Alyria manuscript. Currently I am working on describing the Citadel, which is definitely assuming a central role…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Mike Holmes.

9/18/2002 GreatWolf: Update (9/18/2002)
So, this is the point where I give you another update. I am due, after all. I've set myself the schedule (for now) of writing every Wednesday evening. I have…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Eddy Fate.

9/30/2002 GreatWolf: All right! All right! Jurgen, you win!
Just a quick note. I was working on a section of the Alyria manuscript that gives examples of setting improvisation. I included some random ideas that I had been planning…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer.

10/17/2002 GreatWolf: The Digger Paladins
Just to prove that it could be done, here is the (unedited) game text for the aardvark holy warriors. Ladies and gentlemen, the Digger Paladins. === The plague that created…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Mike Holmes.

10/17/2002 GreatWolf: Adept Press conversions to Alyria
Okay. It's late. I'm tired. I should be in bed. Instead I'm posting some conversion ideas that drifted into my demented little head. These are just for fun, but who…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards.

10/22/2002 Paul Czege: ongoing development of the Alyria game mechanics?
Hey Seth, I know Scarlet Jester has had a role in the development of the Alyria mechanics. Is that an ongoing involvement on his part? Are there as-yet-unrevealed expanded or…
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Participants: Paul Czege, GreatWolf.

10/22/2002 GreatWolf: How do I play this mess?
One major addition to the quickstart rules (aside from the setting chapters, of course) is going to be a chapter on how to run Alyria. It seems to me that…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Shreyas Sampat.

11/11/2002 GreatWolf: Lord of the Rings thread on Adept Press forum
There is a discussion of Lord of the Rings going on over on the Adept Press forum. You can find the thread here. I wanted to link to it because…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Jason L Blair.

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