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10/6/2005 Matt Wilson: Hey! It's been a year.
So 365 days ago I made the books available for sale on the site. Big thanks to everyone who bought, played, gave critique and/or kind words. You all rock.
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, matthijs, Chris Goodwin, Frank T, Emily Care, Paka, Bob Goat, Arturo G..

9/16/2005 Matt Wilson: have you always wanted a PTA hoodie?
I set up a cafepress store prior to GenCon so that I could pirnt up some shirts to wear at the booth. But then I thought, what the heck? I'll…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, Rob Donoghue.

9/3/2005 Matt Wilson: Forge Donate Button?
Hey, didn't there used to be a button where you could donate funds to the Forge? I can't find it.
In Site Discussion
Participants: Matt Wilson, Gordon C. Landis, Emily Care, Clinton R. Nixon, Miskatonic, Joshua BishopRoby.

8/29/2005 Matt Wilson: this mysterious 'multi-flip ' thing.
In the revised book I suggest an option for handling those big long tense conflicts, like chases, negotiations, etc. In order for it to work, the producer and at least…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, IMAGinES.

8/26/2005 Matt Wilson: Revised Edition: Preorders
New books will be available to ship starting September 1. The price is $20 plus shipping and handling. However, if you can't wait until then to give me money, I'm…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson.

8/9/2005 Matt Wilson: collaborative creation
Over in Actual Play, Wilhelm said: After everybody arrived and we navigated through the usual social chat, John handed us some character sheets and said "you should make some characters".…
In Stranger Things Playtest Forum
Participants: Matt Wilson, John Harper, philaros.

8/4/2005 Matt Wilson: New Books Update
I saw a proof of the new books just an hour ago, and they look great. Woo hoo!
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, Rob Donoghue, Erik Ny, pfischer, Brand_Robins, IMAGinES.

8/3/2005 Matt Wilson: be a billboard at GenCon
If anyone who's attending the show and working at the booth wants to be a walking billboard (a stylish walking billboard) for Primetime Adventures, let me know via PM. I'm…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Wilson.

7/25/2005 Matt Wilson: the next printing
I'm a hair's breadth from getting the next books printed. Just waiting on a couple edits to the cover. Any actual 'rules' changes will be available on the web site…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, Miskatonic, xenopulse, John Harper, Bob Goat.

7/17/2005 Matt Wilson: the balance of power - brainstorming
Hey. So if you've ever played Primetime Adventures, you know about Budget, which is my response to what I always considered a daunting task as GM, which is providing the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Matt Wilson, xenopulse, matthijs, timfire, Bankuei, Clinton R. Nixon, Nathan P., Sydney Freedberg, bcook1971, Technocrat13, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, chadu, contracycle, Sean, Adam Dray, spawky, John Harper, M. J. Young.

5/19/2005 Matt Wilson: Dogs and advancement and its impact on play
Sadly, I can only ask about Dogs stuff from the outside, since I haven't got the chance to play it yet. Did I mention how sad that is? But this…
In lumpley games
Participants: Matt Wilson, lumpley, Technocrat13, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, neelk, nikola, Wolfen, Bankuei.

5/16/2005 Matt Wilson: looking for art
Hey: A project I'm working on needs two pieces, both about 4 x 3 inches, or in that neighborhood, in b/w. Anyone who has room enough to get them to…
In Connections
Participants: Matt Wilson, neoknocker.

5/3/2005 Matt Wilson: Updated Protagonist Sheet
There was some puzzlement recently about reading the info on the protagonist sheet, so I've revised it a bit. You can download it by doing the right-click on this link…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, Yokiboy.

4/6/2005 Matt Wilson: Primetime Adventures sales data
I really appreciated Paul putting up his sales figures, so I decided I'd do the same. As of the end of march, PTA has been available for sale for 6…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, xenopulse, Ben Lehman, JMendes, MarcoBrucale, Paul Czege, Valamir, Emily Care, inthisstyle, Andy Kitkowski.

3/29/2005 Matt Wilson: The Primetime Adventures PDF Wish List
Someday, far from now, the book will be revised, and it will have neat new things in it that everyone wishes were in it. But first it will be a…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, Chris Goodwin, Ben Lehman, lumpley, Danny_K, JMendes, Emily Care, KingstonC, Yokiboy, Andy Kitkowski, Jasper Polane, Jonas Karlsson, xenopulse, Shiffer, Matthew Glover, IMAGinES.

3/23/2005 Matt Wilson: stepping out for a few days
Hey all. I'm heading back to Seattle until Sunday (which apparently is Easter, I didn't even know) and probably won't have much net access while I'm there. If you gots…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson.

3/11/2005 Matt Wilson: [TSOY] - session 3, gamist play in maldor
It's pretty clear to me after this third episode that I've got a dominant force of gamist preference at the table. The actions of the characters appear to be tripping…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, Scripty.

3/4/2005 Matt Wilson: TSOY - BDTP situation
So here's something I could use some examples for, so that I can tell a player how a cliffhanger situation might be resolved next game session. There's this goblin in…
In CRN Games
Participants: Matt Wilson, Thierry Michel, Clinton R. Nixon, DaGreatJL, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, J B Bell, Bankuei.

3/4/2005 Matt Wilson: [TSOY] session 2 - trouble in Maldor
Tonight we played the second session of the TSOY game. They're starting to get the hang of the system, and there was a cool flurry of gift-dice giving near the…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, Bankuei.

2/28/2005 Matt Wilson: TSOY layout
So in the magical print edition, there's this nice touch where the top margin of every page has a blurb summarizing the page's contents, in Clinton's own way of describing…
In CRN Games
Participants: Matt Wilson, Clinton R. Nixon, Michael S. Miller, Christopher Weeks, Bankuei.

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11/28/2005 Matt Wilson: Galactic: still working
About ONE MILLION years ago, I started working on this space adventure game. Holy crap, it's taking me forever, it seems like. Mostly it's in the waiting for someone PLEASE…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, pfischer, Sydney Freedberg, demiurgeastaroth, philaros, JarrodHenry, John Harper.

12/5/2005 Matt Wilson: PDF!
So only ONE MILLION YEARS after releasing the book, I now have a pdf of Primetime Adventures available for sale at www.dog-eared-designs.com. Just in time for your virtual holiday shopping.…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, ricmadeira.

12/12/2005 Matt Wilson: [CoS] A Conspiracy of Ravenloft
Keith has been saying that Conspiracy of Shadows would be a kickass game for playing in the world of Ravenloft, and yesterday we committed to taking the challenge. I figure…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, Matt-M-McElroy, daemonchild, Keith Senkowski, Paka.

3/10/2006 Matt Wilson: more shameless cafepress products!
If you had a newborn baby, wouldn't you feel better knowing the light switch to the baby's room had a Primetime Adventures Switch Cover on it? Probably it would ensure…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson.

4/11/2006 Matt Wilson: Dust Devils Nouveau
The new Dust Devils is hot. Crap, I suppose I have to write more than that. So I played it, right? It was me, and Matt LeSnydaire, and this whole…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, coffeestain, Eric J-D, Jason L Blair, mtiru, Dev, Matt Snyder, John Harper, rafial.

4/11/2006 Matt Wilson: Stranger Things at Forge Midwest
Those of you who weren't at FM and are all, when is Stranger Things going to be done? Keep yelling, because that fucker John needs to finish his damn awesome…
In Playtesting
Participants: Matt Wilson, hive_mind, coffeestain, joshua neff, Ron Edwards, John Harper, Thunder_God, demiurgeastaroth.

4/11/2006 Matt Wilson: Freebooters at FM, or, "I'll get you someday, Tevis!"
Freebooters is an adventure using Clinton's system for TSOY, written by John Harper, which I'm pretty sure will become its own full-fledged game. First he needs to finish the ST,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Matt Wilson, ptevis, John Harper.

7/12/2006 Matt Wilson: Galactic!
Hey, school's out for a while, and I finally took care of that giant printing job, so maybe I have a little time to spend online for the next couple…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, Michael McAleese, Thunder_God, hix, Doyce, Glendower, John Harper, Hans, Sydney Freedberg, Joe Dizzy, Phil Bordelon, Adam Wells, Mychal, Pyromancer, Snarls-at-Fleas, Claudia Cangini, monsterfurby, xenopulse.

7/23/2006 Matt Wilson: [Galactic] Playtest in Madison - 1
Today I spent a few hours in Madison with Sarah, Chris and Daniel setting up for what looks like a kickass game. I'll say right up front that I'm extra…
In Playtesting
Participants: Matt Wilson, John Harper.

8/1/2006 Matt Wilson: Two Anniversaries
Two anniversaries, kinda. First, it’s now three years to the day since I brought Emmett home from the Humane Society. He’s snoozin’ nearby on his little blue doggy bed. Hooray…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, coffeestain, Ron Edwards, Thunder_God, Troy_Costisick, John Harper, joshua neff, oliof, Arturo G..

8/19/2006 Matt Wilson: Post-convention sales
I sold a moderate number of books at Gen Con. I didn't make money, after factoring my share of the booth, hotel, gas money, food, etc. But here's the thing:…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Wilson, Justin D. Jacobson, John Harper, Jonathan Walton, Blankshield.

4/30/2007 Matt Wilson: Re: print quantity as benchmark for fully baked games
[i]Whoa, hey, that was weird. I was all, how come no one's responding to my thread, and Ben PM's me and says, you have a post up with no content…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Wilson, Pelgrane, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jake Richmond.

5/14/2007 Matt Wilson: bookshelf twitchiness
I'm not sure who I oughta mention this to. There's someone whose account on the bookshelf I can't seem to authorize download for. It's weird. I click the box, and…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, lumpley.

7/1/2007 Matt Wilson: offline
I'm about to make the final leg of our move, which will leave me without a regular internet connection until Friday, July 5. Everyone please play as much Primetime Adventures…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, thedavidrayko.

7/22/2007 Matt Wilson: [Dogs] OMG Actual Play!
I've successfully moved the rest of the way across the country, after a long and agonizing stop in Milwaukee. Now I'm alive and well in Jersey City, just 30 minutes…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, Adam Dray, dikaiosunh, JackTheOwner, Eliarhiman6, Web_Weaver.

7/22/2007 Matt Wilson: [Burning Wheel] Burning and Dragons, Part 1
Game two of my crazy gaming spree is part one of a probably multi-session game of Burning Wheel that Thor has adapted from a couple Paizo D&D modules. It's Thor,…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson.

7/25/2007 Matt Wilson: As a Matter of Fact I Will Be at Gen Con!
As of today Dog-eared Designs is officially signed to participate at the Ashcan Front. I'm not sure why Paul asked for a vial of blood, but whatever, he didn't say…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, Valamir, Snarls-at-Fleas, paulie.

9/24/2008 Matt Wilson: the 4-year overhaul
My big print run only lasted two years. I thought it'd last three. So I'm out of books, and I figure I'd address a few things rather than just do…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Matt Wilson, jasongreeno, jonsan, jessecoombs, Welkerfan, HighmoonMedia.

4/13/2009 Matt Wilson: Storming the Wizard's Tower--my first TPK, twice
We played Storming on Saturday: John Spazopolous, Paul T, sometimes another guy named John, sometimes Terry, and me. I was GM. I made a town called Skonhelle, inspired kind of…
In Playtesting
Participants: Matt Wilson, lumpley, jenskot, Paul T, Motipha, Darcy Burgess.

5/28/2009 Matt Wilson: 3:16 gives me love
We played Gregor's fantastic game 3:16 for the second time last night, with only Brennan returning as a veteran player. Kevin Allen JUNIOR and a friend of Brennan's (I'm so…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Wilson, Noon, Darcy Burgess.

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