Not directly Fly From Evil related, but of tangential interest to those who like crime gaming: Mean Streets has been released today! This is the URL you want:...
I was just doing some mailing list maintenance, and realized that I posted the URL for my Mean Streets review to my general Cumberland Games mailing list...
GRAB A BLANK TAPE ... Turner Classic Movies is showing some fun stuff tonight. After the Thin man is in the home stretch, now (an obvious favorite, with both a...
This week, I've had a lot of Fly From Evil correspondence, including one _really_ long exchange that ended up reading like a half-written Fly From Evil FAQ ......
Key Largo starts on TCM in a few minutes, and it's been a good day since the break of dawn (both Angels with Dirty Faces and The Petrified Forest have aired). ...
Just saw this mentioned over on the Daily Illuminator... http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historic_us_cities.html And thought I'd pass it along to here....
... Amusingly (perhaps), that's the library (the PCL) where I do 75% of the Fly From Evil research, anyway (at the physical archive, not the website), and, in...
One of the local playtesters pointed this out today; its good news! http://www.svgames.com/downloads-wotc-gangbusters.html Gangbusters and the three adventures...
Just joined the list and thought I'd put a few questions forward: 1. As I'm a huge fan of Raymond Chandler, how much material are you devoting to other major...
Good morning :) ... The genre/period sourcebook will include a whirlwind tour of other American cities of the time; major ones like Los Angeles get a couple of...
Greetings everyone. I recently joined this list and wanted say hello. I've been a fan of hard-boiled detective stories for sometime now (I'd say Chandler in my...
... I think you missed some classic RPGs ;) The most serious omission is the one and only GANGBUSTERS by Mark Acres (TSR). Years later, it's [first edition]...
Not from me, mind you. I don't have anything to add, except that I did finally read Poodle Springs on your recommendation (S. John) and quite enjoyed it. So...
... This past week I've been doing expanded material on life in the FBI, including some fresh details I've dug out of some memoirs. I've also been doing lots...
If anyone's hovering near a keyboard, I'm in the #BlueRoom channel on magicstar.net -- you can get there with any IRC client. I'll be there for the next hour...
... Great! Well, it's a vague question :) The weekly campaign chugs along ... I'm actually a _player_ in it right now, which is cool. One of the die-hard...
I was just working my way through Sue Grafton's Q is for Quarry (just came out in paperback) when I remembered a question that I had for you. The PI business...
... Fly From Evil goes in from the ground up with the assumption that the ideal private eye RPG campaign is a 2-player or 3-player campaign, and all of the ...
Considering all of the projects you have going on, I understand that you are a busy man. However, those of us eagerly awaiting Fly From Evil (ok, maybe it's...
... Sure, no harm in being vague and infuriating :) Basically, the only thing holding up Fly From Evil from what I assume will be the final blindtest round is...
... Oh wow! I want every single adventure you've run as an adventure seed in the final book! I mean it. Thanks for the update, I just can't await it! Andre...
Hi, I just wondered if it was possible to add an appendix that is a hand-out to introduce players to the genre. I think I've succeeded in making my players...
... In one form or another, nearly all of them will squeak in ... the adventure-design material will be pretty extensive. SOME of them, though ... Well, as in...
... The viewing list, really, will be the most useful tool in that regard. Just sit the group down with some munchies and a copy of one of the key genre films...
http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/ffe-faq.htm I've done a few relatively minor spiffs to the FAQ page, adding a line here and there and clarifying one or two...
A correspondent wrote this morning asking me what boiled down to: "The FAQ says FFE won't be much for doing the Shadow, but what about the early Batman?" I...
Somebody on RPGnet asked about RPGs where non-lethal attacks are as effective as lethal attacks, and of course that put me in mind of Fly From Evil, so I...
... damage about ... if ... moved ... Which means a ... without ... I loved the "blind hit points" mechanics in other games (like UA) because they added...
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