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3/19/2006 Sindyr: A way to win when you want to?
If I recall correctly, when creating the Scene you can bring in one character for free, and extra characters for one story token each. Or, you can bring in character's…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, jburneko, TonyLB, Glendower.

3/19/2006 Sindyr: Many on one?
Looking at the comics, many of them are teams - the X-men, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, etc.  And while they do go up against villain teams, its common for…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, jburneko, Hans, Ben Lehman, TheCzech, Sydney Freedberg, Tuxboy.

3/12/2006 Sindyr: Been reading my new pdf, have quesions...
Just purchased the Capes and am about 1/2 through my first reading of the system, thought I would pop in and ask a few questions and check in on a…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Vaxalon, TonyLB, Zamiel, Tuxboy, Glendower, Hans, Valamir, drnuncheon, humis.

3/7/2006 Sindyr: With Great Power? Why? Also, shippinng options.
Question: When I go to order Capes on the Muse of Fire website, why does the page also recommend that I order With Great Power?  The two systems have nothing…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, inthisstyle.

3/6/2006 Sindyr: What comics codes and house rules do you always use?
Do any of you have any standard house rules or comic codes that you use in the majority of the Capes games you play or run?  Ones that you would…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, drnuncheon, Tuxboy, Hans.

3/6/2006 Sindyr: Thoughts and reactions, plus could use some help and advice
Some thoughts re: Capes Let me introduce myself: I am a GM of 25+ years, I own several hundred rpg books filling many shelves, I have designed (but never published)…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Vaxalon, jburneko, Gaerik, Andrew Morris, Zamiel, TonyLB, Valamir, Hans.

1/31/2004 Sindyr: Looking for rpg design irc channel...
Looking for rpg design irc channel to idle in and from time to time engage in rpg design discussion as the occassion warrants and permits... Is there a frequented irc…
In Connections
Participants: Sindyr, Trevis Martin.

1/31/2004 Sindyr: Looking for rpg design irc channel...
Looking for rpg design irc channel to idle in and from time to time engage in rpg design discussion as the occassion warrants and permits... Is there a frequented irc…
In Connections
Participants: Sindyr, Shreyas Sampat.

12/16/2003 Sindyr: oops
bad post
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sindyr.

12/16/2003 Sindyr: Has this way of doing initiative been thought of before?
I present this as in idea for people to comment on, tweak, use in whole or in part, etc - with the understanding that I retain any and all rights…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sindyr, Zathreyel, Andrew Martin, qxjit, Darcy Burgess.

4/27/2003 Sindyr: Best way to make 4d6 open-ended?
I have been working on my game for some time, and the hardest thing for me was to come up with a task resolution system that met many of my…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sindyr, Brian Leybourne, Shreyas Sampat, Andrew Martin, Zoetrope10, Mike Holmes, SwordofLux.

4/26/2003 Sindyr: HELP! I can't remember which RPG this is...
I am not sure if I have posted this in the right forum(s), but I am trying to remember where I came across an interesting game, and thought this would…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sindyr, Wolfen, Chris.

4/26/2003 Sindyr: HELP! I can't remember which RPG this is...
I am not sure if I have posted this in the right forum(s), but I am trying to remember where I came across an interesting game, and thought this would…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Sindyr, Thomas Tamblyn.

4/22/2003 Sindyr: Questions abour Master Components...
So lets say I want to create a Master Component, Soldier. Would it work like this: Soldier - 1 Coin Combat Training x 2 - 2 Coins Disciplined - 1…
In Universalis
Participants: Sindyr, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

4/16/2003 Sindyr: More questions on challenging and other things...
Can you challenge someone later? IE, Al adds the Trait "unattractive" to the heroine, and you miss it at the time... later you realize he did this and want to…
In Universalis
Participants: Sindyr, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Bob McNamee.

4/15/2003 Sindyr: Questions on challenging...
Do you have to have a reason, or just not like what is being proposed? For example, if Al says: "Justine is a cat-burglar", can you challenge him simply because…
In Universalis
Participants: Sindyr, Valamir.

4/15/2003 Sindyr: Questions on Interrupting...
When *can't* you Interrupt? During a Challenge? Durring a Fine? During a Complication? What if I am creating a role like: "Barbara is a beautiful and sexy scientist who recently…
In Universalis
Participants: Sindyr, Bob McNamee, Mike Holmes, Valamir, hix.

4/12/2003 Sindyr: Looking for examples of play with Coin by Coin tracking...
So I found some examples of play on the website, but they do not include a Coin by Coin explanantion of mechanically *how* the story was made... There *are* some…
In Universalis
Participants: Sindyr, Bob McNamee, Paganini, Buddha Nature.

4/10/2003 Sindyr: Gamist Universalis?
So, what would this be? I ask because I think I may be gamist-leaning, and I just received my copy of Universalis. I love it! It's brilliant! However, as I…
In Universalis
Participants: Sindyr, Mike Holmes, Paganini, Bob McNamee, Valamir, Michael S. Miller, C. Edwards.

4/2/2003 Sindyr: Is the "Great Impossible Thing" truly impossible?
I have a question about a phrase I have recently been exposed to. Let me repeat the phrase in context: "All of these games are based on The Great Impossible…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Sindyr, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, Jonathan Walton, DaGreatJL, Paganini, M. J. Young, simon_hibbs, Ron Edwards, Bruce Baugh, Marco, John Kim, bladamson.

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3/21/2006 Sindyr: Boundaries and the meta-game - and Capes
This doesn't just apply to Capes, but it has come up in relation to Capes, so here are some thoughts of mine... When playing an rpg, each player has boundaries,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, Valamir, Tuxboy, Sydney Freedberg, Gaerik, Garg, Matthew Glover, drnuncheon.

3/22/2006 Sindyr: Short lived Goals?
Question: A goal gets resolved when someone has claimed a side and ends the page in control, right? That is, if one side is higher than another, and that side…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, dunlaing, drnuncheon, Tuxboy, TonyLB, Hans, Vaxalon.

3/24/2006 Sindyr: Backordered?
How can I get my hands on a physical copy of this game, as the website says it is backordered? Thanks.
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Sindyr, Matt Wilson.

3/25/2006 Sindyr: 444 and 345 only options?
When creating Capes characters by hand, are the only legal options in terms of the three columns to have a 3-4-5 style distribution or a 4-4-4 style distribution? (powers/style/attitudes) What…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Kintara, Matthew Glover, Hans, TonyLB, dunlaing, drnuncheon, Gaerik, Adam Biltcliffe.

3/25/2006 Sindyr: Please critique my first Capes character
Having found someone who is willing to play Capes, I know only have to find one or two more.  Since that should be doable, I am getting ready. Here is…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Eero Tuovinen, Matthew Glover, Tuxboy, ubergeek2012, Glendower, TonyLB, Gaerik.

3/26/2006 Sindyr: Linked Conflicts?
If you have two conflicts that are semantically linked, must one be resolved before the other? For example, Alice, Brad, and Chad are playing capes. Alice is playing Supergirl and…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Tuxboy, Matthew Glover, TheCzech, Zamiel, drnuncheon, Hans, dunlaing, TonyLB.

3/30/2006 Sindyr: Capes game scheduled!!
I have been able to beseech and cajole 2 other folks into giving it a shot, Saturday the 8th at noon at a local gaming store! Looking forward to it!…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, Tuxboy, Sydney Freedberg, Gaerik, Adam Biltcliffe, Glendower, drnuncheon, Matthew Glover, Animation, TheCzech, Hans.

3/31/2006 Sindyr: Freeform characters and Styles
From another thread, broken out into its own: Are there any rules about how many and which Styles must be powered when generating a character by hand?  Can I have…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, drnuncheon, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

4/1/2006 Sindyr: Are abilities *always* available for use?
Are there any circumstances where, for example, the player has a character with a level 5 power that he has not yet used that page but for some reason he…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Vaxalon, TonyLB, Gaerik, Hans, Matthew Glover, Glendower, drnuncheon, Tuxboy.

4/2/2006 Sindyr: Quick Variant Idea: Inspiration combining
Would this be a bad(tm) idea, to have some way to combine smaller inspirations to make bigger ones? Perhaps using the following method - combining two inspirations yields one higher…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, dunlaing, Matthew Glover, Zamiel, TheCzech.

4/4/2006 Sindyr: Four-color rules?
Was thinking of ways to add house rules and mods to encourage four color play; especially that heroes generally triumph over villains, and thought of this: Villains have some kind…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, Glendower, Tuxboy, ubergeek2012, Matthew Glover, drnuncheon, TheCzech, humis, Kintara, Hans.

4/8/2006 Sindyr: Further game aids
Now that I am about to run my first Capes game, I am realizing that I could (or could have) use the following: An exhaustive list of everything you can…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Glendower, Vaxalon, Miskatonic, Adam Biltcliffe.

4/13/2006 Sindyr: Authentic TV season possible? How?
I have just read through the PDF, and have just received my hardcopy.  I need to read it at least another 3 to 5 times. That being said, one of…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Sindyr, jburneko, John Harper, joshua neff, Matt Wilson, spikexander.

4/14/2006 Sindyr: Capes session #2 this Sunday!
We have an upcoming (Sunday) Capes session #2 with 4 of the 5 people (I think) who were in the first one. This is how I may introduce the session.…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Matthew Glover, drnuncheon, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

4/16/2006 Sindyr: More questions coming from actual play...
1) In what order are conflicts resolved?  Say there are 4 conflicts on the table, and at the end of the page, 3 can be resolved.  How do you determine…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, Hans.

4/22/2006 Sindyr: Even more questions...
Which of the following goals are not legal according to the Capes rules? Goal: Fred opens the door   where Fred is an NPC (ie, can you make goals with…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Ben Lehman, TonyLB, Hans, drnuncheon.

4/25/2006 Sindyr: Capes play and judgementalism in general
OK, I think I have found a clearer, more analytical way to express the problem here. There are several questions one could ask vis-à-vis Capes, such as: 1. What are…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, Tuxboy, greyorm, TonyLB, drnuncheon, Gaerik, joshua neff, dunlaing, TheCzech.

4/25/2006 Sindyr: Splitting question
Will reply to the brouhaha one the other stuff later... (only so much time for explaining things, after all, I am not getting paid to do this...) but for now,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Sindyr, TonyLB, Zamiel.

4/30/2006 Sindyr: Question: Brining in a character
First of all, I was going to open the PTA pdf, and copy the relevant section of text, and paste it here. The PTA pdf is aparently locked, and won't…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Sindyr, Matt Wilson.

4/30/2006 Sindyr: Nitpick error?
In the appendice on page 101 it says that Alan/Alice has four cards. On page 102 it says that Josh spends a point of fan mail to bring her to…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: Sindyr, Matt Wilson, Alan.

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