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2/28/2005 Vaxalon: "Bricolage" : BAH!
No, no, I'm not casting aspersions on the concept that the word "bricolage" is being used to describe. I'm casting aspersions on the choice of the word "bricolage". I don't…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Vaxalon, LordSmerf, contracycle, matthijs, GB Steve, Ian Charvill, Silmenume, Ron Edwards, Phersu, Artanis, Mike Holmes.

2/15/2005 Vaxalon: Dog in the Vineyard
Has anyone ever played Dogs 1-1? How does it work for solo play?
In lumpley games
Participants: Vaxalon, Paka, nikola, Wolfen, TonyLB.

2/15/2005 Vaxalon: Not understanding ceremony
I'm not understanding the role of ceremony in Dogs. Sorcerers, demons, the possessed, and the souls of the Faithful can’t ignore ceremony performed with authority. That means that when your…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vaxalon, inky, Brand_Robins, lumpley, TonyLB.

2/13/2005 Vaxalon: Banthas in the Vineyard, Redux
Rather than engage in thread necromancy, I started this new topic. The old topic is at: Banthas in the Vineyard What I'd like to do here, is assemble all of…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vaxalon, Clinton R. Nixon, Bankuei, Doug Ruff, lumpley, TonyLB, zach20, lupis42, avram, nikola.

2/12/2005 Vaxalon: What if they go back to a town?
James and I want to know what you think of a conversation we had in #indierpgs tonight. <James_Nostack> what if they go back to the same town later on?…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vaxalon, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, Paka, immlass.

2/10/2005 Vaxalon: [Dogs] Okay, Jews?
1> Tree of Life. HUGE symbolism for Jewish mysticism a.k.a. kabalah. 2> Coats. The connection with Joseph is clear, at least to me. 3> Symbols on the cover - these…
In lumpley games
Participants: Vaxalon, lumpley, nikola, Brand_Robins.

2/4/2005 Vaxalon: Incredible resource for wacky ideas
(Not sure where this should go, feel free to shove it into whatever group is appropriate) There's this author... writes "Anacrusis" which is a collection of pieces of fiction of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Vaxalon, Brendan.

2/2/2005 Vaxalon: Loser roleplaying
Dimestore Katanas Kill Puppies for Satan I'm sure there's others... Am I the only one that feels a little... squicked by this? I mean, if playing heroes invokes our aspirations…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, jrs, Jason Petrasko, lumpley, Roger, pete_darby, Paka, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, inthisstyle, Bankuei, bcook1971, clehrich, Paganini, Marco.

1/31/2005 Vaxalon: D20 not selling as well as original systems? [split]
This topic is split from "D20 appendix in a non D20 book". From what I hear, D20 books are selling less well than original systems (assuming publishers of the same…
In Publishing
Participants: Vaxalon, mearls, jdagna, Tav_Behemoth, Tzu-Theory.

1/22/2005 Vaxalon: Magicstar down?
Is anyone else having trouble connecting to magicstar?
In Site Discussion
Participants: Vaxalon, Paganini.

1/12/2005 Vaxalon: [PTA in IRC] Sky Prophets
Last night, in IRC, we started putting together an IRC game. After throwing a bunch of ideas around, we settled into a groove and started getting creative. I learned this…
In Actual Play
Participants: Vaxalon, John Harper, ivan23, Matt Wilson, anonymouse, Nathan P., LordSmerf.

1/10/2005 Vaxalon: [Donjon] First level sucks.
Played Donjon last night. I was DMing, my wife, Heather, and Steve (our usual gaming group) were playing. I liked the way it set up... character creation was nice and…
In Actual Play
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Bankuei, Matt Wilson, Christopher Weeks, Clinton R. Nixon, James_Nostack.

12/27/2004 Vaxalon: VA - Manassas - Adventure author seeks DnD players
Okay, here we go. Attention! I'm looking for four players for a DnD game, to be held at my house in Manassas, VA. We'll be playing in the evening, either…
In Connections
Participants: Vaxalon.

12/14/2004 Vaxalon: What do you think, scam?
I got this email tonight: Seasons Greetings Noble Adventurer! I was exploring cyberspace and came across your ad at one website for gamers. (That is where I got your…
In Publishing
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, jc_madden, MisterPoppet, smokewolf, twiztidsoul0512.

12/13/2004 Vaxalon: Running PTA via IRC
We're planning to start a new PTA game on IRC starting on Tuesday, January 4. Our first session will be at 8pm Eastern time, in #indierpgs on the Magicstar server.…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Vaxalon, Alan, azrianni.

12/8/2004 Vaxalon: Something for your next comedy game...
I just ran across this nifty little resource... http://www.punnames.com I was looking up "Hugh N. Crye" on a lark, and caught this page. He's going to be a security guard.
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Vaxalon.

11/26/2004 Vaxalon: Delete this thread.
Never mind. Delete this thread.
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Vaxalon.

11/16/2004 Vaxalon: Code of Unaris - Query on level of interest
I just discovered Code of Unaris (yeah, okay, I'm slow, but there are lots of games out there, forgive me), and I'm wondering what level of interest there is in…
In Connections
Participants: Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, GaryTP.

11/1/2004 Vaxalon: Haven't been in for a few days, but everything is "read
I haven't read any posts over the past few days, but everything here is marked "read".
In Site Discussion
Participants: Vaxalon, Tobias.

10/23/2004 Vaxalon: The structure of the scene
I went looking for information on the "try/fail sequence" mentioned in another thread, and found the following link: http://www.writetothebone.org/fiction/scene.html The nut in it is the following: * What is…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Vaxalon, Jasper, SlurpeeMoney, M. J. Young.

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3/28/2005 Vaxalon: The Nixon Principle, applied to Capes
My wife is obsessed with Jedi. She plays one in every game she sits down at, sooner or later. So I made up a Click-and-lock for Jedi. Powers: Lightsaber Telekinesis…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, gorckat, David Laurence.

3/29/2005 Vaxalon: Click-and-Lock improvements
After playing Capes (and buying it) the other night, my wife and I have been thinking about improvements to the layout. It's pretty... but it's really really hard to make…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Taimu.

3/29/2005 Vaxalon: Clarify something for me...
An event hits the table, played by the guy to my right. "A giant robot runs amok in Central City." It comes out, as usual, with two dice on it...…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Paul Hebble, Jonas Karlsson, Doug Ruff.

3/30/2005 Vaxalon: "Free" conflicts
What is free about a free conflict? Does it not require a turn (or a story token) to put into play? I don't see that anywhere in the rules.
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, Jack Aidley, Jonas Karlsson, TonyLB.

3/30/2005 Vaxalon: New click-and-locks
Would this be an appropriate place to post new click-and-locks? I've got a few that don't fit in the ones in the book very well.
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Jonas Karlsson, Taimu.

3/30/2005 Vaxalon: Is this legal?
Say I've been playing for a while, and I've got a nice little stack of story tokens. I want to set up one of those big climactic battle scenes were…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Miskatonic, Jonas Karlsson.

3/31/2005 Vaxalon: Vulnerabilities
How would vulnerabilities be handled in Capes? They're an extremely common trope in superhero comics. If Capes doesn't already handle it mechanically, I have an idea for how it could…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

3/31/2005 Vaxalon: New, SPECIAL click and lock: Jenny Everywhere
This is a left-side clickandlock Jenny Everywhere, "The Shifter" http://www.queergranny.com/jennyeverywhere/ http://www.queergranny.com/jennyeverywhere/faqs.shtml Powers: Transcend Continuity Draw on another Jenny's wisdom Draw on another Jenny's experience Draw on another Jenny's willpower Draw…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon.

4/1/2005 Vaxalon: "Talking dingus"
What is the ultimate symbol of power for a Super? His cape, of course! I plan on taking some red velour and making a small (3' long or so, suitable…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, Miskatonic.

4/1/2005 Vaxalon: Changes to the turn order to facilitate message board play
I've got such an incredible jones to play this game, I'm considering trying to start a PbP game of it... but because there are so many times when play depends…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, Jonas Karlsson.

4/1/2005 Vaxalon: Exemplar connection to Drives?
What is the significance of an exemplar's connection to a drive? I see nothing mechanic-related about it, and frankly human interactions are complex enough that I can see some exemplars…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Jonas Karlsson.

4/2/2005 Vaxalon: Some characters.
[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Vaxalon/Superheroes/Kozmik.jpg[/img][img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Vaxalon/Superheroes/Concertina.jpg[/img] Art to start, stats in a bit. (damn, I am jonesin' SO hard)
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB.

4/3/2005 Vaxalon: Balancing Capes
Another thought just struck me. Let's say that there's a player in the game group who really has it all together. He rakes in the story tokens, and earns an…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, John Harper, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

4/3/2005 Vaxalon: Addressing theme negatively
[quote="timfire"]As others have implied, there's always 'two sides' so to speak in regard to any theme. Not choosing an option that the system seems to push is a perfectly valid…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Vaxalon, Bankuei.

4/4/2005 Vaxalon: The relationship between character, sheet, and play
Spawned from another topic, link to be added momentarily... I mean... one of the things that defines a person, is the sum of his memories and experiences,…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Vaxalon, James Holloway, contracycle, Jason Newquist, Shreyas Sampat, John Kim, lumpley, Alephnul.

4/5/2005 Vaxalon: Where Capes is weak.
[quote="Vaxalon"] The two elements of the game must mutually interact with each other. If you're playing DnD miniatures, and as your Aasimar Paladin moves forward, you say, "Telgar the Pure…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, Doug Ruff, TonyLB, Valamir, Jonas Karlsson, inthisstyle, Miskatonic, Noon, dyjoots, TheCzech, Andrew Norris.

4/6/2005 Vaxalon: Using powers outside of conflict
If you're roleplaying in a non-conflict situation, and a use of power comes up, does that incur debt?
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, Jack Aidley, TonyLB.

4/13/2005 Vaxalon: Exemplar creation rules
I'm a little hazy on something when it comes to exemplar creation. As I understand it, any exemplar after the first for any particular super requires that it be shared…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB.

4/13/2005 Vaxalon: Goal-In, Goal-Out house rule
Waitwaitwait... What makes Intergalactic "all powerful"? In fact, what makes him powerful? There are only two possible things that can give Intergalactic power compared to Kid Virtue. The first is,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Vaxalon, TonyLB, Miskatonic, C. Edwards, Valamir.

4/17/2005 Vaxalon: Has anyone ever encoutered "cursed" dice?
I must just be a little too rational for this... http://www.kayliansden.com/cursed.shtml
In Actual Play
Participants: Vaxalon, Halzebier, Ben Morgan, ironick, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards.

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