I have been thinking about how much I would like to try out everway for other genres of game, and the chief obstacle that deters me is that of cards. Not so...
Hi! I will run a Riverworld campaign in autumn using the fortune deck. (The Riverworld Saga was reviewed at http://www.sfsite.com/12a/riv46.htm) For the...
On Thu, 08 Aug 2002 16:21:43 +0200 Ralf Achenbach ... --Thanks for that. I can see how well Everway as published fits many settings. In fact it is testament I...
... From: "Jon Freeman" <j.p.freeman@...> To: <Everway-L@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 2:29 PM Subject: [Everway-L] Otherways, deck...
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On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 22:45:37 +0200 "Fra. Pompoesus 08/15" ... --I would certainly like to see a HK deck. I always thought that Everway as sold, with no...
I'd be very careful about using the fortune deck for certain genres. I am reminded of the lesson learned from dice-based games, that new players expected each...
On Fri, 09 Aug 2002 11:38:39 +0100 Philip Broughton-Mills ... Well I'm not sure that I entirely agree. I do agree that the "mystic" intuitive nature of the...
... keep them ... I would agree with you if the intent is to do a nitty-gritty, tactics and hardware based adventure (whether modern or hard sci-fi). On the ...
... I've built and used decks for both a four-color supers game and Star Wars (very specific to that game universe--I can provide details to anyone ...
... It depends on the sort of SF you are doing. For the more mystical end of SF (e.g. _Neverness_ and _Dune_) Everway would be fine. For heavy duty space...
Thanks for your thoughts on this... ... game and Star Wars<BR> (very specific to that game universe--I can provide details to anyone<BR> interested). The...
Hi, ... Well, okay, I admit it: Playing HK movie style, we don't need a deck for every different genre we're in, because my players' characters are actors ...
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Hi Philip, ... fairly ... I disagree. The original Fortune Deck is very unspecific and open to interpretation. The incidents you mention for a modern setting...
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I have been thinking about pulp genre fortune decks so more. I didn't follow the good advice of finding images first, not because it isn't a good suggestion in...
On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 08:58:37 -0500 Jack and Melissa Holcomb ... --Sorry I haven't replied to that sooner, I would be interested to see or read your deck, and...
... In my last session, the party in my campaign encountered a chimera and battle ensued. In accordance with my general practice of resolving fights, I had...
... You're right, I've confused past vs future with magic vs technology. ... The items you mention are technology too, so you're right that substituting them...
Philip Broughton-Mills writes: "I suppose I think of magic as a variable, and technology as a constant. If my gun has three bullets remaining, I don't need a...
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One thought and a request. --I have been continuing to work on ideas for my pulp-era fortune deck. I have a long list of archetypes and images that may be...
... Seems to me that you might want to use the IMAGES you put on the cards to re-conflate some of these themes--for instance, maybe you could put an airship, a...
Greetings everyone! LTLFTP (Long time lurker, first time poster - sounds like its spelled :p) here. I've been thinking about running Everway using "The Pool"...
Hey-- ... I can't answer that, but I can say that the spam that's recently been popping up isn't unique to this group--I'm seeing it on other Yahoo! Groups to...
Well, If I was moderating (hint to my friends as Gaslight), I'd make the list so you had to get approval before being allowed to leave messages. S' what I do...
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 19:51:31 -0700 John Poole ... --Hi all, well it is true that spam is very annoying, (and strange how prophetic Monty Python was all those...
Hi there, and welcome from lurkdom, I hadn't seen the Pool until I saw your post and followed the white rabbit. It looks good, and interesting, and neat. I...
... I did see a Sun & Scale module (the first, I think?) at the FLGS the other day. So Gaslight IS producing stuff. I didn't look at it to see if it was good...
... I followed this up, too, and I agree--some interesting stuff going on there. I had also just heard about the author's Questing Beast game (fuzzy ...
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 09:54:20 -0500 Jack and Melissa Holcomb ... ...snipped... --Actually another thing I liked about the pool is that the players have to...