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Hi! This is the hopefully not-too-annoying monthly mailer for the Risustalk mailing list, where we prattle on about Risus: the Anything RPG, by S. John Ross (a...
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Feb 1, 2004
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I've just read John S. Ross' RPGs as Beverages: http://www.telisphere.com/~davidl/gaming/humor/beverage.htm What beverage would Risus be? It's got to be better...
Yragael
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Feb 4, 2004
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Hello All, First off, I'd like to say "Hi" to the list and thank S.John for his excellent Risus Companion. I've always loved Risus in theory, but I never...
Tim Ballew
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Feb 4, 2004
2:54 pm
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I'd have to vote Moonshine - free, potent, easy to obtain (well, in the country anyways), and makes you laugh your ... off for hours on end ;) -- Lord Zamiel...
Zamiel Al'Shaitan
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Feb 4, 2004
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Welcome to the list, Tim. Here are my thoughts on your questions. I don't think your situations would really come up. Don't worry about the "nature" of the...
Bullock, Larry A
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Feb 4, 2004
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Larry, thanks for the response. And I love your website (specifically the magic rules). ... Ah, so this would be "Circus Combat". :) To address my "nature of...
Tim Ballew
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Feb 5, 2004
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Both of Tim's questions have to do with what happens when "the nature of combat" changes. What we really need is a basic rule about how "the nature of combat"...
Karl Paananen
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Feb 5, 2004
4:23 am
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It looks like Tim and I wrote replies at about the same time, with neither of us aware of the others post. I'm probably going to repeat some of what I ... ...
Karl Paananen
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Feb 5, 2004
4:57 pm
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In the previous "Teams & When Somebody Can't Participate" thread, Karl seems to advocate a sort of situational appropriateness... the Court Jester's defensive...
Tim Ballew
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Feb 6, 2004
7:11 pm
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I may be missing the point here, Tim, but your "suggested variants" or "minor departures" don't look like variants at all to me--it just seems to be the normal...
Karl Paananen
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Feb 7, 2004
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Feb 7, 2004
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Feb 7, 2004
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Guy Hoyle
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Feb 8, 2004
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... Not exactly. In the rules, a Barbarian and a Wizard are both appropriate cliches to use in "Fantasy Combat" (when both obviously want to fight). I'm...
Tim Ballew
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Feb 9, 2004
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Hi all... In my vain attempt to follow the Pokemon tagline (Gotta Catch Them All), I'm trying to collect all the Risus stuff/supplements that have appeared on...
Clark Rodgers
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Feb 14, 2004
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Hello, Try checking on the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/ If you know the old address, there is a chance it was archived here at some point. Hope...
BJ Hark
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Feb 15, 2004
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Thanks! That "net"ted me the Madcap setting. Unfortuanately, Risus Trek, 9th World, and Solar Seas were no shows there. Any other leads out there? Or, did some...
bizarnage2000
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Feb 15, 2004
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Now be honest with me - which one of you plays Risus in school, or better, on lessons? I just did that today :) We had lots of fun, the teacher somehow didn't...
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Feb 17, 2004
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... We had a floating AD&D game in detention at my high school. It was there that my second AD&D character ever, Lord Paladane (care to guess his class?), ...
Hollis McCray
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Feb 18, 2004
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I played RuneQuest, Snakepipe Hollow, on boat between Italy and Greece, in 1979. A 12 hour game on a 17 hour trip. We broke up when Ithaka, Odysseus' home...
Guy Hoyle
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Feb 18, 2004
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I played star wars at the back of the class during a French lesson, with the stricter of all the teacher I've ever had teaching. Great adrenalin! We had a...
Yragael
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Feb 18, 2004
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I'm trying to come up with a fantasy world for Risus that I can run when the regular game breaks down for the night, something I can dust off and run with...
Guy Hoyle
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Feb 19, 2004
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RACES Prissy Elves Limp-Wristed Elves Leafy Elves Thorny Elves DWARF MINES “No Gold Here” “Flooded Shafts” LANDFORMS The Trackless Wastes (no tracks,...
Guy Hoyle
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Feb 19, 2004
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Now be honest with me - which one of you plays Risus in school, or better, on lessons? I just did that today :) We had lots of fun, the teacher somehow didn't...
Daniel Rutherford
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Feb 19, 2004
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Hey All, I'm looking for any pointers to a risus setting called Thews & Thaumaturgy. I've looked in Archive.org and no luck there. Any help? Any at all? Biz ...
bizarnage2000
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Feb 21, 2004
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Hello, The pages appears to have moved here: http://thews.0catch.com/index.html However, it seems to use Tunnels and Trolls, not Risus. Hope this helps, BJ ......
BJ Hark
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Feb 22, 2004
2:47 pm
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Hey! Actually, using the address I was able to track down the version of Thews & Thaumaturgy that used Risus. Thank you very much! Biz ... From: BJ Hark...
bizarnage2000
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Feb 22, 2004
11:03 pm
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... Really? Can you post the link? I'd like to add it to the links section here, and I'm sure S. John over on the official Risus list would like it for his...
Guy Hoyle
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Feb 23, 2004
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I ran Risus at a con this weekend in Iowa City. Everyone had a blast, but one of my players came up with a cliche that, for the life of me, really was...
Steve Zieser
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Feb 23, 2004
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... That's great! Nothing like having a player who really gets it. Reminds me of the one game i ran that had a player with the cliches of Stretchy Guy and...
Guy Hoyle
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Feb 23, 2004
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