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1/10/2006 Matthew Glover: 7 point Inspiration? How?
Tony, Back in the 1 pt Inspiration thread, you said something that got my attention. Yes they can.  Yes, it's very effective, by design. I will…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, dunlaing.

1/13/2006 Matthew Glover: Demo tips?
I've been chattering nonstop about how cool Capes is to pretty much anybody who doesn't tell me to shut up already, and so tomorrow I've got two different dates to…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, TonyLB, Kai_lord.

1/16/2006 Matthew Glover: Clarification on splitting sides
While demonstrating Capes on Saturday, an issue came up and I wasn't completely sure we handled it correctly.  Here's how it went: Five players: Alice, Bob, Charlie, David, and Eddie…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, TheCzech, TonyLB.

1/19/2006 Matthew Glover: How do you sell Capes to a simulationist?
So I've got a friend who's unabashedly Sim.  I've been talking to him about Capes and he'd like to give it a try, but he and I are both pretty…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Vaxalon, dunlaing.

1/19/2006 Matthew Glover: Be my Exemplar!
Can I create a character and take your character as an Exemplar?  Against your will?  The rules say Any character with Drives may choose or create one Exemplar for…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Vaxalon, TheCzech, Bret Gillan.

2/15/2006 Matthew Glover: Explicit Rewards for the Producer
"Man, I know you're the Producer, but you oughta get Fanmail for that." After "Man, I wish this was a real show so I could watch it," that's what our…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matthew Glover, Arturo G., Matt Wilson, Paka.

3/21/2006 Matthew Glover: Ongoing free-for-all Capes at my FLGS
I've been camping out at my local game shop and running Capes demos for anybody who'll stand still, as well as playing some short games with people.  The interest level…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Hans, TonyLB, dunlaing, Zamiel, Garg.

3/26/2006 Matthew Glover: Critique my Exemplar!
The part of the Capes manual that I'd most like to see elaborated about is Exemplars.  I know that there are no plans for Capes II: Superhero Boogaloo, though, so…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Sindyr, Hans, Tuxboy, drnuncheon, TonyLB, Ville Vicious, Zamiel.

3/29/2006 Matthew Glover: Sci Fi Channel and Stan Lee: Who Wants To Be A Superhero?
Okay, so this isn't precisely about Capes. The SCI FI Channel, Nash Entertainment (Meet My Folks, For Love or Money, Who Wants to Marry My Dad?), and legendary comic-book…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, TonyLB, TheCzech, Sindyr, dunlaing, Czar Fnord.

3/30/2006 Matthew Glover: One Exemplar with multiple Exemplar relationships
At first my question was "Can you have a single Exemplar character with multiple Exemplar relationships to another single character?" Illustrative example: I create Max Millions and convince my buddy…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, TonyLB, Tuxboy.

4/17/2006 Matthew Glover: Everybody Gloats
I'm going to paraphrase rather than quote a whole bunch.  If I get a detail or point wrong, please feel free to correct me.  In this thread a peculiar situation…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, drnuncheon, TonyLB, Hans, TheCzech, Sindyr, Vaxalon, Tuxboy, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen.

4/17/2006 Matthew Glover: Authorship Rule
[quote author=Sindyr link=topic=19494.msg204825#msg204825 date=1145222973] The authorship rule we use if any player narrates something about another player's spotlight character that's not external, the owning player can veto that part of…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Vaxalon, Zamiel, Sindyr, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, Ben Lehman, Tuxboy, ubergeek2012.

4/26/2006 Matthew Glover: Staking Is Limited By Drive Strength
[quote author=Sindyr link=topic=19529.msg205704#msg205704 date=1145979063] Well, the most he is likely to stake is 3 debt, because each player can only stake debt from one drive, and only as much debt…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Zamiel.

5/3/2006 Matthew Glover: "Bound" Debt
In a couple of other threads there's been some talk about schisms and debt and stuff and it triggered a question that I've had in the back of my mind…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Hans, TonyLB, Kai_lord, Zamiel.

6/9/2006 Matthew Glover: [TSOY] Swashbucklers
After a long lapse in regular gaming, I roped a group together and laid out all my indie games and threw out a few ideas for what we might play. …
In CRN Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/15/2006 Matthew Glover: [TSOY] Swashbucklers
So last night was our very first TSOY Swashbucklers game.  It was a blast, even though I didn't get to reveal nearly as much of my preparation as I'd hoped. …
In Actual Play
Participants: Matthew Glover, r_donato.

6/21/2006 Matthew Glover: [TSOY] Weapons and Armor
I want to make sure I have this right, because the text is a little unclear.  This i what I think is intended.  Am I right? quote="what I think the…
In CRN Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Clinton R. Nixon, JMendes.

8/3/2006 Matthew Glover: [TSOY] Broken, cannot act, so forced out of BDTP?
This happened in our game last night.  I just want to make sure I handled it in a manner consistent with the rules as written. Bobby and Jake's characters, having…
In CRN Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, Eero Tuovinen.

8/18/2006 Matthew Glover: [TSOY][New Key] Cursed!
In our swashbuckling pirates game last Wednesday, the crew was attempting to salvage a shipwreck and were somewhat startled to discover a huge sea serpent had taken up residence in…
In CRN Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, xjermx, John Harper, JMendes.

8/29/2006 Matthew Glover: Let's see your gear.
On Saturday I finally found china pencils.  Last night I finally bought myself a decent set of poker chips (read that as: it was on super sale) in a handy…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Matthew Glover, joshua neff, drnuncheon, Sindyr.

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