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I'm a die-hard Macross fan and I think Risus would be a fun and crazy way to role play in that universe. Adding my small part to the Macross 30th Anniversary...
2 Apr 8, 2012
9:08 pm

S. John Ross
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjohnross/risus-free-adventure-project-2012/posts/200239 'Til next time :) And, of course, 'til those adventures start...
1 Apr 2, 2012
5:34 am

S. John Ross
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We're just a few strides away from hitting the FIVE adventure mark. Five. Ho-ly. If it helps, watch this: http://youtu.be/sM1Ahn0Osjo Odds are it won't help....
1 Apr 1, 2012
9:12 pm

S. John Ross
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According to the Kickstarter&#39;s main page, we're now at the 24-hour mark. And honestly I thought today would be a slow, winding-down,...
1 Apr 1, 2012
3:23 am

S. John Ross
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Holy cats. We are across the three-adventures threshold with the Kickstarter, and at the final couple of days (it all wraps up Sunday night). To celebrate this...
1 Mar 29, 2012
3:07 am

S. John Ross
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No, not THAT Next Edition. Ours :) Since I've mentioned the forthcoming 20th Anniversary (2nd) Edition of Risus, and an accompanying 2nd Edition Risus...
3 Mar 28, 2012
10:12 pm

S. John Ross
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1 Mar 27, 2012
2:19 am

S. John Ross
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Some sad news this evening ... One of the project's major backers had to pull back his support. :( This is entirely understandable, of course; it was a fair...
1 Mar 27, 2012
12:27 am

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Tonight, we're seven days from the end of this Kickstarter campaign, which means, in a week, I'll stop yammering at you about it. Sorry about that, but some...
1 Mar 26, 2012
5:27 am

S. John Ross
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I've added a spiffy new $50 reward (a super-limited-edition signed-and-numbered softcover compilation thing) to the Kickstarter. COMPLETE WITH TYPO. BECAUSE...
1 Mar 22, 2012
8:14 am

S. John Ross
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Okay, I'm announcing this _only_ here on the Risus Mailing List! I've added a unique, physical reward to the Kickstarter project (at the $150 mark): ...
1 Mar 19, 2012
6:50 am

S. John Ross
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1134441668/risus-free-adventure-project-2012/posts It's a lot of reading material! There are probably also a lot of typos,...
1 Mar 13, 2012
7:32 pm

S. John Ross
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1134441668/risus-free-adventure-project-2012 There is a 2nd Update of possible interest....
1 Mar 9, 2012
7:16 pm

S. John Ross
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1134441668/risus-free-adventure-project-2012 To make it plain that a $1 contribution is seriously plenty and seriously...
2 Mar 8, 2012
12:11 am

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I launched the project at 10:31 PM, local time, last night, before heading to bed. Well. There was some Skyrim in there, too. But mostly before heading to bed....
1 Mar 7, 2012
8:05 pm

S. John Ross
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And, we have liftoff: ...
1 Mar 7, 2012
5:33 am

S. John Ross
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Okay, I've got the ball rolling at Kickstarter to Do This Thing. At this point I need to let them get my bank set up through Amazon and all that jazz, but I've...
1 Mar 1, 2012
9:11 pm

S. John Ross
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I had an email asking me for some more detail on the possible Risus-module kickstarter(s), specifically the likely target amount. I had _another_ email...
1 Feb 20, 2012
7:13 pm

S. John Ross
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This past weekend I dropped in for a day on Genghis Con, a local gaming event (had a fine time, and a hearty high-five to the Savage Worlds community there; SW...
1 Feb 20, 2012
4:33 pm

S. John Ross
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This year I'm likely to dip my toe into the Kickstarter pond. All the other gaming toes are there; I feel like I should bring an extra bag of Cheetos for being...
1 Feb 14, 2012
8:24 pm

S. John Ross
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I'll be at Genghis Con this coming Saturday (through Sunday morning) ... not as a guest or even a Game Master on the schedule, just decided to go hang out as a...
1 Feb 12, 2012
8:10 am

S. John Ross
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Potions, and in fact any sort of alchemy, are pretty much unknown in my Arcadomai setting. Alchemy is an ancient art, and texts that survive are usually hard...
1 Jan 27, 2012
11:51 pm

Dan Suptic
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Andrey Makarov has gone and translated Risus into Russian :) New on the Risus homepage, natch: http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/risus.htm...
1 Jan 21, 2012
12:10 am

S. John Ross
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Okay, the saga of my recent re-obsession with Ring of Thieves comes to a happy close, as I've finally updated the webpage so it looks a lot less 1990s ... ...
1 Dec 13, 2011
7:44 am

S. John Ross
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This round's for the homemade-booklet gaming crowd ('cause you know I love ya). http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/thieves.htm I've updated the Ring of Thieves...
2 Dec 12, 2011
3:48 am

chris creel
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Okay, so in the realm of the completely unnecessary (but I really wanted to do it), there are now (obviously) Lulu POD standalone books of Ring of Thieves....
1 Dec 7, 2011
2:44 pm

S. John Ross
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The submissions guidelines for freelance Risus-work have been updated. This is a non-critical update, so if you're in the middle of preparing a proposal,...
1 Nov 30, 2011
11:56 pm

S. John Ross
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Here in the U.S., Thanksgiving is winding down, and the Christmas season officially begins, which means it's time to GM "A Kringle in Time" for your unwary...
1 Nov 25, 2011
6:23 am

S. John Ross
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Got the new Tilly's catalogue in the mail, and sure enough, right on the cover and sprinkled throughout the pages are three images derived/modded/redrawn from...
2 Nov 17, 2011
3:22 am

Dan Suptic
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/200671291466?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1156 An amusing slice of way-back Risus....
1 Nov 5, 2011
3:55 am

S. John Ross
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