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1929
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope that the holidays have been good to everybody. We spent Christmas in Belfast, Ireland, visiting my wife's family. Trust me when I...
witchhunter325
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Jan 4, 2007
2:32 am
1930
ah... OD&D... what nastalgia. i've got a Blue Book here at home, found it in a comic store used section for $4.95. the gods smiled on me that day, i was...
justin cartee
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Jan 4, 2007
4:12 am
1931
... want to be in the dead of Winter. Well, next to Siberia. ... been great! ... Ireland? A branch of my family lives in Ireland, I think in Belfast; when...
Ron
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Jan 5, 2007
4:52 pm
1932
I'm certain that there is gaming in Ireland, although the times that I have been there have all been family related, so no gaming went on. I have noticed that...
Garry Weinberger
witchhunter325
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Jan 5, 2007
5:52 pm
1933
yeah i have a friend that had the Dragon mags on cd, it included the The Stratigic Review also, it was great stuff to look on and wax nastalgic in the...
justin cartee
bregeric
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Jan 5, 2007
10:26 pm
1934
TWERPS was originally created as a sly in-gaming joke from Jeff Dee to the gaming community at large, particularly all the GURPS fans. Yet, despite this, it...
witchhunter325
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Jan 6, 2007
8:15 pm
1935
To be honest, I've never had a chance to game with TWERPS, but the Zelda supplement I wrote pretty much sums up what I'd use TWERPS for. I'm just glad I was...
Ralph Glatt
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Jan 6, 2007
10:50 pm
1937
I mix comedy with all my elements of all my rpgs. I feel TWERPS is just as good as any other game system. I believe that it dosent recieve the respect that I...
justin jackson
ssj_goemon
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Jan 7, 2007
7:01 pm
1938
I have run three long-term TWERPS campaigns for two different gaming groups so far, and all three of them were serious campaigns. They had moments of whimsy, ...
eclectic scholar
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Jan 8, 2007
7:29 am
1939
What sort of campaigns were they? Space? Fantasy? Superheroes? And how long did they run? My own TWERPS games are usually one-shot adventures that I run...
Garry Weinberger
witchhunter325
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Jan 8, 2007
12:14 pm
1940
... One was a classic Golden Age space opera involving a galaxy chockful of Earth-like planets (each named after a famous SF writer), human-shaped robots,...
eclectic scholar
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Jan 9, 2007
12:42 am
1941
... Sounds very much like my ideal setting! _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here...
Soylent Green
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Jan 9, 2007
2:08 pm
1942
hi all. I think i've covered the the entire canvas.. My group plays TWERPS in a world i converted from tsr's Star Frontiers game, as many of know. In the...
Michael Hartman
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Jan 13, 2007
12:24 pm
1943
I've run Superdudes and Space Cadets, that was a while ago. What I found is that becasue the game presents itself as a 'beer & pretzel' game, that is the...
Soylent Green
gsoylent
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Jan 13, 2007
1:05 pm
1944
Hi guys, The debate over TWERPS being a serious RPG system can go either way. For me TWERPS was a break from the rules lawyers in my gaming groups exploiting...
norm_morin2000
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Jan 13, 2007
4:52 pm
1945
Does a wookie stink? I'd like to try out your game, as would many others on this site I am sure. Doc orm_morin2000 <norm_morin2000@...> wrote: I...
Garry Weinberger
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Jan 13, 2007
6:03 pm
1946
I would be very interested in helping playtesting it. roland _____ From: howtodoeverything@yahoogroups.com [mailto:howtodoeverything@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
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rolandstone11
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Jan 13, 2007
10:46 pm
1947
For those of us that watch Smalleville, don't forget that this week will be the much anticipated Justice League episode. And I have heard some rumors that...
witchhunter325
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Jan 14, 2007
1:20 am
1948
... I've had great success with the tactic of making certain that the players all know their characters have Dramatic Immunity -- and that they know the ...
eclectic scholar
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Jan 14, 2007
1:22 am
1949
... I introduced my players to TWERPS by discussing its underlying story-focus notions and assumptions, as found in ...
eclectic scholar
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Jan 14, 2007
1:26 am
1950
I wouldent mind giving it a read either. rolandpatricia11@... wrote: I would be very interested in helping playtesting it. roland _____ ...
justin jackson
ssj_goemon
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Jan 14, 2007
2:18 am
1951
Hi Guys, The response to my request for playtesters was great, So here is what I'll ask of each of you interested: Please send me a Game playing Resume'(a...
Norm morin
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Jan 14, 2007
5:40 pm
1952
is there anything else about the game that you could tell us? I am interested but I wouldent mind knowing a bit more about it. Norm morin...
justin jackson
ssj_goemon
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Jan 14, 2007
6:02 pm
1953
It is a fantasy engine, with real simple mechanics, simplistic, but stackable skills, focused more on roleplaying than anything else. Character design is ...
Norm morin
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Jan 15, 2007
12:52 am
1954
I know i would be very interested.. For me it would be a double treat. Within my group, I am always the game master and never get to play as a player. Also, my...
Michael Hartman
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Jan 16, 2007
3:54 am
1955
Hi mike I'm looking for GM to test my RPG in their groups, so you would probbably get stuck running it as well. Though I bet your guys would love the combat ...
Norm morin
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Jan 16, 2007
4:36 am
1956
Has anyone ever created a lifepath system for twerps? I wouldent mind seeing something like this. Maybe broken down by genre....
Justin Jackson
ssj_goemon
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Jan 18, 2007
6:06 am
1957
LOL, that actually sounds very much like a 40's-50's bubblegum space opera game that I played in some years ago, only it wasn't TWERPS. My character was a...
witchhunter325
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Jan 20, 2007
2:04 am
1958
Sounds like a good idea, Justin. Go for it! I would probably make a simple d6 randomizer that would include a seperate table for homeland, childhood, and...
witchhunter325
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Jan 20, 2007
2:05 am
1959
Well, I started working on it and here is an outline. -still working on it... Homeland (may modify how character acts socially) 1: Hamlet 2: Village 3: Town 4:...
justin jackson
ssj_goemon
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Jan 20, 2007
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