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4/11/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Get down and party at the Monster Party!
A really weird little game where you EAT and GRAB STUFF. Uh, okay. http://memento-mori.com/games/monster_party.pdf Thanks to Zak for listening to me babble about STUFF.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Seth L. Blumberg.

3/30/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: SQUEAM FOR ME!
In honor of the 2nd anniversary of the original SQUEAM... SQUEAM 3 An ode to slasher films and the people who love them. No art, no frills, no taste. 10…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

3/30/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Mage: the Descent
(thoughts which occurred while in the shower) Having just revised Schism, it made me realize just what is wrong with Mage: the Ascension. Why it consistently misses the point while…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, joshua neff, contracycle, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, J B Bell, eyebeams, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis.

3/30/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: SCHISM revised
SCHISM is the dark roleplaying game of body horror and psychic turmoil, a Sorcerer mini-supplement inspired by the existentialist sci-fi/horror of David Cronenberg, JG Ballard and others. SCHISM is now…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer.

3/24/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Backwards superpowers
Kenway's thread on backwards signs gave me an idea for a similar way to handle superheroes. Randomly generate some weaknesses (defined in game terms), then the player assigns…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Gwinn, Kenway.

3/21/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Gratuitous Sex & Violence
Updated! http://memento-mori.com/sex/ Needs a lot of playtesting, of course. But I think it's better now...more focused. We'll see, won't we? - J
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ferry Bazelmans, reptile2k1, Matt Steflik, sdemory, jburneko.

3/19/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Favicon
Hey... Anyone wanna whip up a little anvil favicon for the Forge? I love those things...and the Forge ain't got one yet!
In Site Discussion
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ben Morgan, Clinton R. Nixon, Christopher Kubasik, Gordon C. Landis, Ring Kichard.

3/16/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Interesting "review" of two game stores at RPG.net
http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_5985.html Many of the reviewer's concerns have been echoed by many Forgers. Shrink-wrapping. "Oh, that's not out yet." and the accurs'd problem making special orders. I put this in the…
In Publishing
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

3/6/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Fonts, fonts, fonts...who's got the fonts?
For your game logo needs, a great site: http://www.1001fonts.com/ Lots of stuff here...best thing is you can type in a word and see an instant preview of that word spelled…
In Publishing
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, unodiablo, Matt Snyder, J B Bell, Bailey, Ben Morgan, Matt, Wolfen.

3/4/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: "Why is there a watermelon there?"
Okay, finally I'm on track with a project (for once). The rules for octaNe and Blood & Steel are D-O-N-E. Now I'm re-writing the default octaNe setting. Just to give…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir.

3/1/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe: PbEM
So I was reading Alex's post o'er on the Sorcerer forum and I had an idea: A Play-by-Email game of octaNe, 'cept done in the style of some truckers yakking…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, Ferry Bazelmans.

2/2/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Sorcerer, Schism reviewed in this month's SciFi magazine!
Just got my gratis copies from the editor! In the "Games" section, there's a review of Schism. Aside from getting a really nice review ("...a love letter to David Cronenberg..."…
In Adept Press
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, joshua neff.

1/25/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Sorcerer & Sword review
http://www.gamersrealm.com/store1/outofthebox.php Ken pretty much nails it (and sounds as though it nailed him right back...ONE INCH PUNCH!). Cool. Kudos, Ron. Between this and the SciFi magazine review of Schism, it…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, jburneko, Zak Arntson.

1/22/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Time, what is Time?
Okay, the obligatory heavy metal reference is outta the way. How does time factor into RPG design and play? Not like in a Puppetland kinda way...but more of a "what…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, AndyGuest, Joe Murphy (Broin), Zak Arntson.

1/21/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Character Creation placement
Just a revelation I had while driving home from Maine today. Much of the discussion about placement in RPGs seems to revolve around the whole "setting, then rules" or "rules,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Logan, Jack Spencer Jr, Le Joueur, Adam, Jason L Blair, Joe Murphy (Broin), Ron Edwards, RobMuadib, Epoch, JSDiamond, Mario.

1/16/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Page Layout
Okay, Adobe Acrobat is mine. But what program (if any) should I get for layout? I'm thinking of just doing it in HTML first ('cause I know it and I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Logan, Adam, Chris Passeno, mahoux, Matt Snyder, Nathan, Marco, Gordon C. Landis, Tim Gray, efindel.

1/16/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Danger Patrol
http://www.dangerpatrol.com/dangerpatrol/files/dp_player_brief_150.pdf The website (http://www.dangerpatrol.com) looks cool. Sparse right now, but nice art-deco design. Character creation looks interesting (the pick two words part) and I like the Danger Meter. That chart…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Joe Murphy (Broin).

1/14/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: More superheroes stuff that I nearly forgot to post!
Right before beddy-byes last night I had an idea and I told myself "don't forget this!" Of course I forgot it for a few hours but it's back in my…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

1/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Scattershot and naming games
Fang! Why is your game called Scattershot, anyway? - J, who always thinks of to-the-death, Rollerball-esque hockey when he hears that name...
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur, James V. West, Ron Edwards, Mithras, Jack Spencer Jr.

1/14/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: GenCon 2002 sign-up
Pre-registration is a month away...then, the long wait. Riddles in the dark... So if you're going to the Con, go here and sign up! http://www.evite.com/jared@memento-mori.com/gencon2002
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

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4/12/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Raping the public...
Ever since finishing InSpectres, I've had a bunch of sales...which is great! :) I've also taken some hit in the criticism department. The standard mantra seems to be "It's too…
In Publishing
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Balbinus, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Nathan, Mike Holmes, Eugene Zee, Laurel, unodiablo, Sidhain, Blake Hutchins, Tim C Koppang, Clay, Wolfen, Dav, hardcoremoose, Alex Gray, Bob McNamee, Jason L Blair.

4/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Mmmm...parsley.
http://memento-mori.com/games/parsley.html It's like Zork or Adventure, except as a face-to-face role-playing game.
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Tim Denee, Jürgen Mayer, Seth L. Blumberg.

4/16/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: PDF Publishing and Printing Problems
Hey, all. I'm trying to InSpectres ready for a "Kinko's special" print-run but I'm having problems with the whole resolution/image size thing. I have created an alternate (300 dpi) cover…
In Publishing
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder.

4/22/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: InSpectres (omigod, Jared's posting in Actual Play...!)
Yup. I played three games this weekend at a Maine game con (well, three RPG's and a few games of tag-team Superior, rockin'). The games were Unknown Armies, Deadlands: Hell…
In Actual Play
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Bob McNamee.

4/22/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Werewolf (the card game)
Heard about it this weekend...just found out that it is a published game. It sounds like a blast. http://www.wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Werewolf/About.html
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Buddha Nature, Galfraxas, reptile2k1, morien, Henry Fitch.

4/24/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Sneak peak at InSpectres, the first draft
Wow, found this while looking through my hard drive. Hop into the ol' way-back machine with me folks...we're going back in time to September, 27 2000! ----------------- InSpectres! Fighting the…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

4/25/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Red / White / Blue
While driving home to and from work (about an hour each way), I like to listed to heavy metal CD's...especially the super-cool but kinda-cheesy epic metal albums from bands like…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Zak Arntson, Henry Fitch, Valamir, Paul Czege.

5/4/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Kapow! Zam! Flonk!
Points of Articulation: the action figure RPG http://www.memento-mori.com/games/poa.pdf
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, jburneko.

5/7/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe: pings and knocks
Okay, the good news is that octaNe is pretty much rarin' to go. The system is done, the text is written and its all very cool. Blood & Steel is…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Gordon C. Landis, unodiablo, Rich Forest, Joe Murphy (Broin), xiombarg, reptile2k1, Henry Fitch, J B Bell, Ben Morgan, Bailey, Galfraxas, Matt, Ace.

5/13/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Pieces of Eight
No, this isn't a collection of snippets from my doomed fantasy RPG. *sigh* On the way home, I had an idea for some funky die mechanic. Usually, die mechanics bore…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, xiombarg, Paul Czege, Bankuei.

5/17/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Have a little class, people.
Okay, trying to get the ball rolling from a comment made by Herr Edwards in the colorfully named Erm...Hello. Character classes. There's been some talk on RPG.net lately about…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur, Zak Arntson, Andrew Martin, Wolfen, Gordon C. Landis, Jack Spencer Jr, wyrdlyng, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Walt Freitag, :: Declare ::, leomknight, unodiablo, xiombarg, Valamir, Seth L. Blumberg.

5/21/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Basics.
Engineers have math problems. Artists have still lifes and figure drawing. Musicians have scales. What do you guys see as the "basics" of game design? What tools, methods or exercises…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Paganini, Laurel, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Bailey, Matt Snyder, Bankuei, Zak Arntson.

5/23/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: (second)idoru
from my LiveJournal: - - - - - there are 99 paper swans that swim along the cool, blue skin of the pond. they dip their beaks into the water,…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Walt Freitag, erithromycin.

5/26/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Rashomon
No idea where to put this, so it goes here. Thinking about (hypothetically) running a game where once the game is done (like, a single 4-hour session or so), the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Jack Spencer Jr, Kenway, Bankuei, Matt, Paul Czege.

6/8/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Shadow Boxers
I woke up with the word "shadow boxers" in my head. Only instead of being what a boxer does when training, it turned into a sect of martial-artists who fight…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt, Jürgen Mayer.

6/14/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: New InSpectres ID badges from Ben Morgan!
Individual graphic http://www.ad1066.com/images/misc/badge.gif Full sheet http://www.ad1066.com/download/pdf/sheets/inspectresbadge.pdf
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen.

6/14/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Tooth & Claw: Extinct?
The Chronicle is an even better source for InSpectres. As for Age of Reptiles, yep. I have both books (they're fantastic). T&C (which has permanently shelved) was going to be…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Tim Denee, Valamir, xiombarg, Zak Arntson, Seth L. Blumberg, Ron Edwards.

6/18/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: Whither the Art?
The subject of RPGs-without-art* reared its head in the post A .PDF Query and I wanted to focus more on this subject. First of all, I think one assumption…
In Publishing
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Snyder, Christopher Kubasik, Ferry Bazelmans, Zak Arntson, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, hive, Dav, Michael Hopcroft, Valamir, Eugene Zee, Bankuei, Jason L Blair, Misguided Games.

6/23/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe is frickin' done
Yikes! 53 pages, before edits and layout. But the game is "done" enough to start proofreading. Anyone have any questions or other stuff?
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Bailywolf, Galfraxas, Gordon C. Landis, Valamir.

7/9/2002 Jared A. Sorensen: octaNe, GenCon and the future of MMT
Wow, sounds dark and dire, eh? octaNe is really close to being done. I just sent out the (possible) final draft for editing. It's 55 pages of balls-out rockin'. :)…
In Memento-Mori Theatricks
Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, TSL.

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