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4/26/2006 Hans: Amount of Debt from a drive?
[quote author=Matthew Glover link=topic=19529.msg205846#msg205846 date=1146027804] I'm 99% sure that this is incorrect.  You can only stake debt from one drive, yes.  However you can stake as much from that drive…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Matthew Glover, Kai_lord, TonyLB.

4/26/2006 Hans: Capes F.A.Q.
I was sitting around a few days ago, saying to myself.."you know, Capes really needs an FAQ, why doesn't it have one."  And then it occurred to me, "The reason…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB.

4/17/2006 Hans: Non-debt generating characters...how often?
For those that have been playing a while, I have a few questions regarding non-debt generating characters (that is non-powered characters and non-person characters): * How often do they end…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, dunlaing, TonyLB, Sindyr, drnuncheon, Tuxboy, Sydney Freedberg, Ben Lehman, Zamiel.

3/30/2006 Hans: Semantics on goals...important?
From the "Critique my exemplar" thread: Goal: Prevent Jerry from doing superhero stuff.  However, this is a weak goal because while it's in play…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Matthew Glover, Vaxalon, Sindyr, Adam Biltcliffe, drnuncheon, TonyLB, Gaerik.

3/24/2006 Hans: Goals with no players
More a question about how to create good stories with Capes than a question about the rules.  Can you place a goal for a character that has no player?  Example,…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, drnuncheon, Zamiel.

3/23/2006 Hans: Two very quick questions on rolling and Alliance
Not questions about rules, per se, since I'm pretty sure the answer isn't in there.  More a question of how people play.  Both of these situations have come up in…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Matthew Glover.

3/17/2006 Hans: Capes fun; superpowers appear!
I have started a wiki here (http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Capes_in_Missassauga) to track the ongoing Capes sessions we are running here in Ontario.  In the very first session we had such diverse conflicts hit…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Kintara, TonyLB, Sindyr.

3/16/2006 Hans: {Dust Devils] Ack!! More than I can chew!
Hi all: Well, I've gone and done it.  I've signed up to run Dust Devils at Gen Con.  I hope to high heaven I can get a chance to run…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Hans, Eero Tuovinen.

2/27/2006 Hans: "Gritty, Dangerous" pseudo-Comics Code
Hello all: After my experience at Pandemonium, and looking at Tony's marvelous suggestion for a comics code for mysteries on a separate thread, I wanted to put the following comics…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Miskatonic, Tuxboy, TonyLB, Sindyr, Gaerik.

2/2/2006 Hans: The actual Comics Code as the Comics Code
I happened across this web site that includes the original Comics Code that governed the content of comics.  It could be sort of fun to base a Capes Comics Code…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB, Zamiel, Kintara, Bret Gillan.

1/17/2006 Hans: Questions on staking and splitting
Just off my third session of Capes.  My how I love this game. I read through this several times, and still feel shaky - Page 25 of the rules says:…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Kintara, TonyLB.

1/9/2006 Hans: "Issue" framing and tone randomness
Hello all: Fresh off my 2nd game of Capes.  Tony, the universal feeling here in Hamilton, Ontario is that if there were a Pulitzer for game design, you would get…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Kai_lord, TonyLB, TheCzech.

12/21/2005 Hans: "Lost World" type games...
Hello everyone: I have been toying for some time with an idea for a "lost world" type game, borrowing heavily from Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter series and other sources. …
In HeroQuest
Participants: Hans, epweissengruber, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Daredevil.

12/8/2005 Hans: Pandemonium in Toronto
Hello again: The Ontario Indie-RPG group (found at http://roleplayers.meetup.com/261/) is working on a plan to put forward a presence at the Pandemonium convention in Toronto in February (http://www.realmsquest.org/pandemonium/index.html).  The URL…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, epweissengruber, TonyLB.

11/7/2005 Hans: [Actual Play] 60's themed fun
Hello: Well, no more posting about a game I have never played asking dumbass rules questions.  I have now played once, and hope to do it again very soon. I…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans.

11/6/2005 Hans: Preventative Goals, and Resolving
Hi all: The "Not Yet" rule text says "no player may narrate how the Conflict turns out in the story until they have successfully Resolved the Conflict in the Rules." …
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB.

11/1/2005 Hans: Capes virgin question on narration limits
Hello: Ok, I'm playing my first game this weekend (come join me in Hamilton, Ontario!) and as I have been trying to describe the game to others to get them…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Vaxalon, dunlaing, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, Weebles, John Harper.

10/31/2005 Hans: Capes event in Hamilton, Ontario
Hello all: Just to let you know, my normal game group and I, looking for a breather from some pretty darn intense horror stuff recently, will be playing Capes for…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB.

9/2/2005 Hans: A day at GenCon, and a simulationist comes out of the closet
My first post.  I shiver in fear and anticipation... Here is my first day at GenCon.  I relate it, because during the course of it I finally nailed down my…
In Actual Play
Participants: Hans, cappadocius, Noon, Ron Edwards, Wolfen, Silmenume, Wade Lahoda, bcook1971.

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5/2/2006 Hans: Too much pressure! This pressure's got to stop! (Debt in ongoing Capes)
In the last session (the fourth) or our ongoing game, two of us (Liz and I) were playing our spotlight characters that had been in two of the three previous…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, drnuncheon, Gaerik, TheCzech, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg.

5/2/2006 Hans: TSOY, Donjon in G.O.D. session at GenCon
Hi all: I am going to be running two Games on Demand (G.O.D.) session at GenCon, and would like to be prepared to run either Donjon or TSOY for people…
In CRN Games
Participants: Hans, Clinton R. Nixon.

5/18/2006 Hans: Action-Reaction a single unit
Hi all: Tony: over in story games, you said the following: Action: Use Ability to roll up a die Spend Debt to Split said die Reaction: Use Ability to roll…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans.

5/23/2006 Hans: [Actual Play] Capes in Missassauga, a forensic analysis
Hi all: Well, we have jointly decided to put our Capes game on hold here in Ontario, after 5 sessions.  That does not mean we will not play Capes in…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, jaw6, Bret Gillan, drnuncheon, TonyLB, Sydney Freedberg, nicolasfueyo.

6/2/2006 Hans: [Dust Devils] First session a riot! w/questions
Hello: My first session as Dealer of Dust Devils was a riot, and apparently a hit with the players.  Thanks a LOT to Eero for the advice he posted to…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Hans, Eero Tuovinen.

6/20/2006 Hans: Pseudo-spontaneous Capes Fest at GenCon: an Update
Hello all: I know GenCon is still a ways away, but the pre-registration is going to be over soon, so I thought this would be a good time for an…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB, Gaerik.

7/11/2006 Hans: [TSOY] Oran and Zu syllables
I thought I had posted these questions before, but now I can't find them.  Either I am losing my mind, or Mr. Nixon really HATES me asking these questions and…
In CRN Games
Participants: Hans, Clinton R. Nixon, Gaerik, Mark Woodhouse, Sydney Freedberg, Eero Tuovinen, shadowcourt, Frank T, oliof.

7/12/2006 Hans: Lost memory, a tactic that might be of some use...
Hi all: Had another session of Dust Devils on Monday night, and the game continues to fascinate.  I had a bit of brainstorm during the session though, that seemed, frankly,…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Hans, Matt Snyder.

7/15/2006 Hans: [Donjon] Selecting abilities for NPC's
This selecting abilities things seems to me like it would be easy, but as I sit here fooling around with different ideas, it turns out to be giving me more…
In CRN Games
Participants: Hans.

7/20/2006 Hans: Psychadelic Capes at GenCon
After reading over Tony's DexCon posts, and pondering the upcoming GenCon sessions, I have a question for those who are thinking of playing Capes at GenCon (either in my scheduled…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, TonyLB.

7/24/2006 Hans: Does Capes need a GM?
Does Capse need a GM?  Sindyr said elsewhere... -All games, in fact all social activities have a Social Contract. -What makes D&D not broken ultimately is…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Sindyr, Gaerik, Tuxboy, TonyLB, joshua neff, LemmingLord, Bret Gillan, xeperi.

7/24/2006 Hans: Capes online play, a possible environment?
Hey all: For your reference, the following two websites seem like a pretty darn good way to organize an online Capes game: http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage and perhaps even better http://www.vyew.com/content/ since it…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Bret Gillan, Sindyr, AaronLehmann, Lxndr, Adam Dray.

7/26/2006 Hans: Gloatable conflicts and appearances
Jason posted this little gem in another thread, and it dripped so much with coolness, I thought it worthy of separate discussion...my additions are in italics. quote author=R. Jason Boss…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Vaxalon, Gaerik, TonyLB.

7/27/2006 Hans: The Player Internationale!
[quote author=Sydney Freedberg link=topic=20597.msg214626#msg214626 date=1153960248] freeform "commie" roleplaying [/quote] Role-players of the world, unite!  You have nothing to lose but the chains the bourgeois GM's have placed on you!  Gamemastering…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, joshua neff, TonyLB, TheCzech, Bret Gillan, Gaerik, Valamir.

7/28/2006 Hans: Anvilwerks forum gone?
Any idea why I suddenly would not be able to see the Anvilwerks forum?  Did I miss a memo?
In Site Discussion
Participants: Hans.

7/31/2006 Hans: GenCon Transportation
I may not be the only one who needs to talk about this, so feel free to post your own requests here as well... My transport to return from GenCon…
In Connections
Participants: Hans.

8/15/2006 Hans: Psychadelic Capes at GenCon
The most gratifying moment in my GM'ing career?  Two women showing up for my very first time ever running a session at GenCon in COSTUME as flower children.  Oh my…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: Hans, Bret Gillan, Vaxalon, LemmingLord, TonyLB, Gaerik.

8/15/2006 Hans: Dust Devils at GenCon
Ran this twice at GenCon; thanks to all who played.  The players I had for both sessions were fantastic; the first session turned into an action packed investigation of the…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Hans, MagePro, ivan23, Matt Snyder, chris jiggy g.

8/17/2006 Hans: [The Shab-al-Hiri Roach] Disturbed at GenCon
I thought about posting this report for a while, trying to decide whether or not I should.  I'm not sure if this is an actual play post or an exercise…
In Actual Play
Participants: Hans, epweissengruber, WhiteRat, urbanpagan, oliof, jasonm, r_donato, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Bret Gillan, Blankshield, Mark Woodhouse, Joshua BishopRoby, Adam Dray, MichaelCurry.

8/17/2006 Hans: [Dust Devils] Running out of cards
Ok, have any of you ever run out of cards?  I did at GenCon, and am interested in solutions.  I am loathe to give up my 1888 Grover Cleveland presidential…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: Hans, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, Remko.

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