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10/19/2007 GreatWolf: Rationale for initial character setup
In another thread, Per wrote: Seth, could you perhaps share your thoughts on how the initial characters in the game are written - why did you choose this approach,…
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Participants: GreatWolf, pfischer.

10/19/2007 Artanis: Questions on dirty dice
Hi Seth Some questions and probably a typo: p. 53: "The Authority opens the bidding if this is the first Exchange" versus p.55: "You may not Push a Violence…
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Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf.

10/17/2007 jburneko: Dirty Secrets in a Con Setting
Okay, so I play on running Dirty Secrets at a con here in February but I'm uncertain what to do.  The book says a Short Story should take 2 to…
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Participants: jburneko, GreatWolf.

10/13/2007 pfischer: Dirty Secrets with only two players?
Has anybody tried this? Is it possible? I couldn't find a minimum number of players in the book, apart from that you need one player as the Investigator and one…
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Participants: pfischer, GreatWolf.

9/17/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets is back in stock
For those of you waiting with bated breath, Dirty Secrets is now back in stock at Indie Press Revolution.
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Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis.

8/25/2007 ja-prozac: [Dirty secrets]Unprintable pdf?
Hi. I have a problem with Dirty Secrets. I like me the game so it's not about rules. I bought the pdf version which is not only ink heavy but…
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Participants: ja-prozac, GreatWolf.

8/23/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets Actual Play
This is the thread where we will post links to actual play reports of Dirty Secrets, be they on the Forge or elsewhere. Here's a thread to start: Dirty Secrets…
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Participants: GreatWolf, jburneko, Artanis, scottdunphy.

8/20/2007 SaintandSinner: Help
I just bought LoA from the Forge Booth at GenCon.  You had just left though and no one there could run a demo.  Having gone through the book twice I'm…
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Participants: SaintandSinner, GreatWolf, Marhault.

8/9/2007 GreatWolf: Being interviewed for The Score
I was interviewed by Matt Snyder for his podcast "The Score".  The first part of that interview is available here.  He's breaking it up into a few segments so that…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

7/25/2007 GreatWolf: An early Dirty Secrets endorsement
Gerald Cameron (aka Linnaeus) writes about Dirty Secrets and has some very good things to say. In the interest of full disclosure, he did edit the book, but, as he…
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Participants: GreatWolf, ynnen.

7/16/2007 GreatWolf: Legends of Alyria review thread
Let's put all Legends of Alyria review links here. Here's an RPGnet review by Christopher W. Richeson to start.
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Participants: GreatWolf.

7/13/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets layout preview
My wife has been feverishly working on layout out Dirty Secrets, so I wanted to show off some of her work. This file is a preview of what we're working…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Hans.

7/12/2007 M. J. Young: Congratulations to Dark Omen Games...
...for being on the nominees list for Best Publisher in the ENnies. Best of grace in this. --M. J. Young
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Participants: M. J. Young, GreatWolf.

7/11/2007 GreatWolf: Good Dirty Secrets discussion
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=24263.0]This playtest discussion[/url] has resulted in some helpful guidance for playing [i]Dirty Secrets[/i].  This is the sort of conversation that I'd like to have here, once the game is available…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

4/11/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets is in playtest
Hey, everyone.  My next game is currently in production.  It's entitled Dirty Secrets, and it's all about the classic detective story, in the vein of Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald. …
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Participants: GreatWolf, Hans, hix, Neil the Wimp, Eero Tuovinen, Gaerik, Artanis, Finarvyn.

2/20/2007 GreatWolf: Legends of Alyria available at IPR
Dark Omen Games has joined the revolution!  Now you can purchase Legends of Alyria at Indie Press Revolution.  I am looking forward to a profitable business relationship with Brennan and…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Artanis, Thalaxis.

11/21/2006 GreatWolf: Legends of Alyria Actual Play
Please post all links to Legends of Alyria actual play in this thread.  This doesn't have to be only threads on the Forge.  If you post on your blog or…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Filip Luszczyk.

11/15/2006 GreatWolf: At last, the print version is available!
It's been a while since I posted this update, wherein I discussed some problems with the proof. Well, Crystal and I both agreed that more needed to be done.  A…
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Participants: GreatWolf, hix, Andrew Morris, Gaerik, M. J. Young.

9/24/2006 Steven Stewart: Special Rules for the Blessed, Chosen, Etc.
Hiya Seth and Community, I read your blog version of Alyria. Really cool. Just a quick quesiton, in the sample scenario you mention that one of the characters follows the…
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Participants: Steven Stewart, GreatWolf.

9/14/2006 GreatWolf: Print version on the horizon
It would appear that it is time for the annual Alyria forum post.  Here's hoping this isn't premature, but the time seems to be right. As I type, Crystal is…
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Participants: GreatWolf, M. J. Young, Marhault, greyorm, Ron Edwards, hix, matthijs, Eero Tuovinen, Steven Stewart.

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11/29/2007 ocasta: Dirty Secrets: Some questions and thoughts
Let me start by saying that to date I have only read the rules (a couple of times) and am really looking forward to playing my first game of Dirty…
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Participants: ocasta, Valamir, Artanis, GreatWolf.

12/5/2007 GreatWolf: New Dirty Secrets supplement!
(Heh.  I had fun with that title.) No, I haven't published anything new, but now that I've drawn you in with false advertising, I do have a helpful hint for…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Yokiboy.

12/17/2007 GreatWolf: Dirty Secrets and racism
For those who are interested, there is a discussion about Dirty Secrets and racism going on over here.
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Participants: GreatWolf.

12/24/2007 Artanis: Killing Characters
In my last session we narrate a last scene that goes roughly like this. All characters are Characters. Julien (Authority framing the scene): The Investigator arrives at her apartment, the…
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Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf.

12/25/2007 Artanis: [Dirty Secrets] Hospitals are dangerous
So this is a humorous observation on my three times playing the game. Each time, I play, there is a Violence scene in a hospital. Always because the investigator had…
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Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf.

2/8/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [LoA] Various rules questions
After our last Sunday's session, I have a number of questions: 1). How does an exchange resolve when both sides succeed and their temporary Attributes are equal? 2). Is it…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, M. J. Young, GreatWolf.

2/10/2008 GreatWolf: A Flower for Mara Actual Play
This is the thread where we will collect actual play of A Flower for Mara. To begin, here are the two playtests that I've done so far: A Flower for…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

2/10/2008 Artanis: [DS] Questions on the violence sequence
Hi Seth and Co.! A few technical questions: on page 55 it says that the Authority gains a bonus investigation sequence if he or she inflicts 3 Violence on the…
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Participants: Artanis, GreatWolf.

2/19/2008 GreatWolf: [A Flower for Mara] Actual Play videos
When we playtested A Flower for Mara last month, we videotaped the whole thing.  I'm still working on assembling footage, but these are approximately the first half of the game:…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

2/19/2008 Yokiboy: [Dirty Secrets] Print Issues?
Hello, Is it just my version of Dirty Secrets or do the rest of you have doubles of pages 53-54 and 127-128 as well? TTFN, Yoki
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Participants: Yokiboy, GreatWolf.

3/13/2008 hix: [Legends of Alyria] How does Virtue determine the cost of Traits?
I finally played Alyria a couple of nights ago (I've been wanting to since 2002!), and now I have rules questions. On page 109 it says, "Virtue ... determines the…
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Participants: hix, GreatWolf.

3/13/2008 hix: [Legends of Alyria] How do you determine 'initiative' when activating Traits?
What happens in a conflict when the two opponents both want to activate the same Trait?  Does the owner of the Trait get first option?  Is it the person with…
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Participants: hix, GreatWolf, Filip Luszczyk.

4/1/2008 GreatWolf: A Flower for Mara at Forge Midwest
So, I'm going to be at Forge Midwest, and I'll be bringing the necessary material to play A Flower for Mara.  If you're going to be there, and you'd be…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

4/15/2008 Linnaeus: [Dirty Secrets] Investigator Involvement
A few weeks ago, Seth and I were chatting over Google Talk, and discussion inevitably turned to Dirty Secrets. Just as inevitably, I started pontificating on the genre of detective…
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Participants: Linnaeus, M. J. Young, GreatWolf.

4/15/2008 GreatWolf: Jesse tells you to Be Judgemental
Jesse Burneko has posted a great thread on playing Dirty Secrets. Go check it out. It's really good.
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Participants: GreatWolf.

4/16/2008 jburneko: [Dirty Secrets] Simple Rules Question
Hello, Simple rules question.  Do you still set goals in Violence scenes?  The rules say Violence scenes work like Investigation scenes "except" and "don't set goals" isn't listed among those…
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Participants: jburneko, GreatWolf, Linnaeus, Ron Edwards.

4/23/2008 GreatWolf: Help me name my next game
First, check out my award-winning RPG called Wuxia Melodrama. Yay me! Anyways, I'm in the process of developing this game a bit, and one of the changes I've made is…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen, Artanis, Peter Nordstrand.

5/6/2008 GreatWolf: [Showdown] Looking for playtesters
I've had some response already, but I'm casting my net wider now. If you're interested in playtesting Showdown, you can download it here. Please post about your experiences here or…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

7/8/2008 GreatWolf: [A Flower for Mara] So how do I go about demoing *this* game?
So, the new game that I'm releasing at GenCon is called  A Flower for Mara.In this game, you take on the role of various relatives of Mara, a woman who…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.

8/28/2008 JC: [A flower for Mara] A question about Grief
hi :) I've just read through A flower for Mara, and I don't see the link between the Grief the players choose and their Flower Soliloquys on the one hand,…
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Participants: JC, GreatWolf.

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