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25757
The one I had was just a Generic D6. Had short sections describing how to do each genre, but didn't go into specifics. I had heard they'd redone them and did...
Loren
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Nov 1, 2009
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25758
That's West End's D6 system for Star Wars, and there was a simple (even primitive) generic release, and a much later more developed set of D6 books for...
Tim O'Brien
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Nov 1, 2009
5:17 pm
25759
And, in fact, has more to do with Fluff. A pure fluff system would be all about choosing your own character design, with no charts to guide you, only game...
Howard
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Nov 1, 2009
8:10 pm
25760
I'm starting to come around to that PoV. ShadowRun uses the point system also and it plays fairly fast in my experience. ... From: Brett Slocum...
Alva Hardison
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Nov 3, 2009
12:47 am
25761
Don't know Earthdawn but ShadowRun is, at least what we are going to use is, D6 and we're about 75% complete with the first test coming later this month. ... ...
Alva Hardison
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Nov 3, 2009
12:49 am
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You need to find that balance for sure. ... From: Howard <kokigami@...> Subject: [tekumel] Re: crunch and fluff To: tekumel@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday,...
Alva Hardison
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Nov 3, 2009
12:53 am
25763
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the tekumel group. File : /2009 Birthday...
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Nov 3, 2009
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25764
Unless I'm very much mistaken, today is the anniversary of the birth of MAR Barker, creator of the world of Tekumel. Happy birthday, Professor! Malcolm Heath...
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Nov 3, 2009
5:51 pm
25765
Happy Birthday Phil!   Krista ... From: malcolmpdx <malcolmpdx@...> Subject: [tekumel] The emperor's birthday To: tekumel@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday,...
Krista Donnelly
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Nov 3, 2009
6:38 pm
25766
I to wpuld like to give a Very Happy Birthday to the professor! Gerard Gillespie ________________________________ From: Krista Donnelly <kldonnelly@...> ...
Gerard Gillespie
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Nov 3, 2009
7:13 pm
25767
And many, many more years of life and creativity. And thank you for everything. Martin Heidemann ... Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:38:04 +0100 Subject: Re:...
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Nov 3, 2009
10:42 pm
25768
Happy Birthday, Phil! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Joseph M. Saul
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Nov 4, 2009
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25769
Happy Birthday indeed, and many more.   Bruce Hubbell ... From: Joseph M. Saul <jmsaul@...> Subject: Re: [tekumel] The emperor's birthday To:...
Bruce Hubbell
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Nov 4, 2009
2:37 am
25770
Yes, Happy Birthday Professor! Mark A. Siefert...
Mark A. Siefert
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Nov 4, 2009
3:16 am
25771
Happy Birthday Professor! And many thanks for the Empire of the Petal Throne. -- Don...
the hugh
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Nov 4, 2009
3:20 am
25772
Chello! Happy Birthday, Professor! And thank you! Anthony N. Emmel...
Anthony Emmel
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Nov 4, 2009
4:58 am
25773
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Karin Karejanrakoi
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Nov 4, 2009
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25774
I'll add my salutations, from across the pond. Happy Birthday, Professor. Newt...
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Nov 4, 2009
10:13 am
25775
My players like point based as well - and I personally try to avoid crunch. Our system is very simple, most all situations resolved with a one die roll using...
Kenneth Oswald
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Nov 4, 2009
5:39 pm
25776
Happy birthday, Professor. You are awesome. -Jeff Dee UNIgames...
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Nov 5, 2009
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25777
Happy birthday! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Peter Huston
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Nov 5, 2009
3:59 am
25778
Happy Birthday, Professor Barker. And thanks for the great game! Regards, JK _________________________________________________________________________ ...
Joe Kovar
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Nov 5, 2009
9:37 pm
25779
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:54:35 -0000, George Hammond <geestar3@...> ... Fluff is a pejorative term coined by certain types of power gamers to emphasise...
Thomas Worthington
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Nov 6, 2009
3:01 pm
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Absolutely! On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Thomas Worthington < ... -- Continually hopeful there's an elegant line between egotism and cynicism... [Non-text...
Kenneth Oswald
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Nov 6, 2009
5:13 pm
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The best thing I think T:EPT did was give the cultural overviews that were lacking in other rule systems. How the different classes relate to one another and...
Alva Hardison
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Nov 7, 2009
3:55 pm
25782
... Huh. I clearly have a higher opinion of game mechanics than you do, but I never saw the term "fluff" as pejorative. To me, "fluff" has always meant the...
uni_games
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Nov 7, 2009
4:01 pm
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Yes, indeed! Whatever floats your boat is fine with me I just reserve the right not to play it. ... From: uni_games <unigames@...> Subject: [tekumel] Re:...
Alva Hardison
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Nov 7, 2009
4:05 pm
25784
HAHAHAHA, oh my - I'm going to apologize to Jeff for all this crunch bashing! Mechanics are a labor of true love for designers and its a blow when someone...
Kenneth Oswald
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2:15 am
25785
Whoa! Who's ranting? I merely expressed a preference for simpler rules and my opinion that the rules of previous Tekumel-related games (with the exception of...
Mark A. Siefert
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3:54 am
25786
I was just sympathizing, Mark - I'm actually all for simplicity, my own system has very few rules at all. And Jeff Dee is, after all, the creator of TWERPS...
Kenneth Oswald
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