From: owner-the-edge-digest@ (The Edge Digested) To: the-edge-digest@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Subject: The Edge Digested V1 #5 Reply-To: the-edge@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Sender: owner-the-edge-digest@ Errors-To: owner-the-edge-digest@ Precedence: bulk The Edge Digested Tuesday, November 18 1997 Volume 01 : Number 005 Today's subjects from The Edge: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like Re: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like Re: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like [none] [none] [The Edge] The Chaos Plague Re: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like Re: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like Re: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 12:41:20 -0600 (CST) From: David Ebrey Subject: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like Hi, I finally got a hold of _Weather the Cuckoo Likes_. I love it. What I am wondering is if anyone has tried the Optional Cut-Up Rules (and what they think of it). I am also wondering what people would think of just making it the general system for (non-Cut-Ups) characters as a way of simulating the weirdness of Al Amarja. Or is it only good for Cut-Ups? What do people think, David [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge your@email.add ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 97 15:37:45 -0400 From: spax Subject: Re: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like Could someone tell me : what is Weather the Cuckoo Likes? where can I get it? Thanks, Max >Hi, > I finally got a hold of _Weather the Cuckoo Likes_. I love it. What I >am wondering is if anyone has tried the Optional Cut-Up Rules (and what they >think of it). I am also wondering what people would think of just making it >the general system for (non-Cut-Ups) characters as a way of simulating the >weirdness of Al Amarja. Or is it only good for Cut-Ups? What do people >think, > > David [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge your@email.add ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:56:02 -0600 (CST) From: David Ebrey Subject: Re: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like At 03:37 PM 11/17/97 -0400, you wrote: >Could someone tell me : > >what is Weather the Cuckoo Likes? >where can I get it? > > Thanks, > > Max It is the Cut-Ups Project Sourcebook for Over The Edge, and it is glorious. You can get it where ever fine games are sold (which is evidently not very many places, considering the trouble I went through). I would suggest looking at your local game store, but if they don't have it I suspect you can find it on the internet (but first support your local game store!) such as at discountgames.com David [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge your@email.add ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:20:51 -0500 From: David Freier Subject: [none] ANNOUNCING the Brotherhood of the Resounding Liberty Bells Fall Tournament It will be held on Saturday November 22 1997 at the Garden State Games Faire. The format will be a booster draft style, where each player recieves six packs to begin. Cards are shuffled into a single pile and a number placed face up equal to the number of participants. Players then draft singly until all cards are depleted from the stack. Decks of 30 card minimum are constructed along with the addition of six standard resources of the players choice. Boosters will either be Arcana or Arcana / Unlimited mix depending upon the overall turnout. Prizes have been generously supplied by Atlas (thanks Jeff!!). If enough Edge players attend there will most likely be an Omni style tournament as well. For more information on the Faire check out their web site at: http://members.tripod.com/~GameTrader/gsgf97.html There are directions for getting to the Faire, which takes place in Princeton NJ, just off of exit 8 on the NJ Turnpike. If you need a pre-reg booklet e-mail me and I can forward a copy to you. The On the Edge events are NOT listed in the booklet as they are a recent addition to the Faire. Other things also on Saturday and maybe Sunday that are not listed but that will be going on are Legends of the 5 Rings tournaments and Dune tournaments. If you plan on attending please contact me at either of the following addresses: freier@mail.med.upenn.edu pharmtoxdr@aol.com I hope to see some other regional Edge palyers there and plan on having a great time. David Freier Bodyguard to the Aide of Constance D'Aubainne Co-Ordinator of the Brotherhood of the Resounding Liberty Bell [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge your@email.add ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:21:51 -0500 From: David Freier Subject: [none] ANNOUNCING the Brotherhood of the Resounding Liberty Bells Fall Tournament It will be held on Saturday November 22 1997 at the Garden State Games Faire. The format will be a booster draft style, where each player recieves six packs to begin. Cards are shuffled into a single pile and a number placed face up equal to the number of participants. Players then draft singly until all cards are depleted from the stack. Decks of 30 card minimum are constructed along with the addition of six standard resources of the players choice. Boosters will either be Arcana or Arcana / Unlimited mix depending upon the overall turnout. Prizes have been generously supplied by Atlas (thanks Jeff!!). If enough Edge players attend there will most likely be an Omni style tournament as well. For more information on the Faire check out their web site at: http://members.tripod.com/~GameTrader/gsgf97.html There are directions for getting to the Faire, which takes place in Princeton NJ, at the Novotel Princeton on Route 1. If you need a pre-reg booklet e-mail me and I can forward a copy to you. The On the Edge events are NOT listed in the booklet as they are a recent addition to the Faire. Other things also on Saturday and maybe Sunday that are not listed but that will be going on are Legends of the 5 Rings tournaments and Dune tournaments. If you plan on attending please contact me at either of the following addresses: freier@mail.med.upenn.edu pharmtoxdr@aol.com I hope to see some other regional Edge palyers there and plan on having a great time. David Freier Bodyguard to the Aide of Constance D'Aubainne Co-Ordinator of the Brotherhood of the Resounding Liberty Bell [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge your@email.add ------------------------------ Date: 17 Nov 97 19:10:42 -0800 From: "cine" Subject: [The Edge] The Chaos Plague where is Chaos Plague? [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge your@email.add ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 03:58:57 GMT From: cinnamon@ONE.NET (athol-brose) Subject: Re: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like On Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:56:02 -0600 (CST), David Ebrey wrote: >It is the Cut-Ups Project Sourcebook for Over The Edge, and it is glorious. >You can get it where ever fine games are sold (which is evidently not very >many places, considering the trouble I went through). I would suggest >looking at your local game store, but if they don't have it I suspect you >can find it on the internet (but first support your local game store!) such >as at discountgames.com I've said it before and I'll say it again: if your local store will not order an item from their catalog for you, it's time to find another local store. I know at least 3 distributers have "Weather" on their books -- because I was the one that looked through the catalogs to see exactly what it was I wanted when I was ordering Atlas' entire back stock. :-) I know that the local bookstore has a few OTE rulebooks in their system -- we saw them when we were looking for "Pierced Heart". And if Cincinnati has at least 4 gaming stores, ANYWHERE can. And I know the two I've been to will special order stuff for me (usually within a week), and I'm willing to bet Comic Book World will as well. - -- athol-brose -- cinnamon@one.net Who am I, that I should be vying for your touch? [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge your@email.add ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:03:03 +0100 From: "=?us-ascii?Q?Fran=E7ois_Uldry?=" Subject: Re: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like > I finally got a hold of _Weather the Cuckoo Likes_. I love it. What I >am wondering is if anyone has tried the Optional Cut-Up Rules (and what they >think of it). I am also wondering what people would think of just making it >the general system for (non-Cut-Ups) characters as a way of simulating the >weirdness of Al Amarja. Or is it only good for Cut-Ups? What do people think, I am using it. It's great. It requires a lot of work to set-up but then it's really rocking (I got a box with around a thousand different words ;) I don't use cut-ups character though ;) l8r, Fu. Editor of a big and nasty homepage at: http://www.io.com/~avi/ Take a look and... Will close down on the end of april ! [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge your@email.add ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 09:28:34 -0500 From: Simon Taylor Subject: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like David, Yeah, I've used the Cut-Ups system. I have a bin in my games room to whic= h every few weeks or so I add a load of cuttings from newspapers, magazines= , etc. After a while you get the hang of which are the interesting words to= use - don't use names! It's a great system and I have used variations on it for all kinds of games. Yes, I think it works for any kind of character but it can be fun = to make control freaks use a different system just to point out the differences. I have also used it in many other non-OTE games. I have a fairly loose an= d relaxed non-rules orientated style of refing anyway so I don't overly concern myself with niceties of penalty dice and the like. In fact, I rarely use dice at all. I use cut-ups when I am running a game that needs= to spark fresh ideas. If I want my players on their toes and firing on al= l cylinders creatively then cut-ups force the pace. If I am running a more relaxed game that concentrates on character relationships then I find it gets in the way. Oh, and be aware that chopping up papers is an incredibly tedious task! A= nd be careful not to leave them in a damp room or where they can be kicked over! Bye Simon Taylor [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge your@email.add ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:58:30 -0600 (CST) From: David Ebrey Subject: Re: [The Edge] Weather the Cuckoo Like At 09:28 AM 11/18/97 -0500, you wrote: >David, > >Yeah, I've used the Cut-Ups system. I have a bin in my games room to which >every few weeks or so I add a load of cuttings from newspapers, magazines, >etc. After a while you get the hang of which are the interesting words to >use - don't use names! So you re-use the cuttings, but you have a large enough selection that it doesn't repeat itself often? > >It's a great system and I have used variations on it for all kinds of >games. Yes, I think it works for any kind of character but it can be fun to >make control freaks use a different system just to point out the >differences. Yea, I am not quite sure how to make the transition (between normal system and cut-up system). I could say right from the beginning that things work differently for them. I also thought about having some sort of strange run-in at the airport cause the change. It is interesting to think about how the system effects character's actions: all of the sudden the characters are going to be doing things in a quite strange way. > >I have also used it in many other non-OTE games. I have a fairly loose and >relaxed non-rules orientated style of refing anyway so I don't overly >concern myself with niceties of penalty dice and the like. In fact, I >rarely use dice at all. I use cut-ups when I am running a game that needs >to spark fresh ideas. If I want my players on their toes and firing on all >cylinders creatively then cut-ups force the pace. If I am running a more >relaxed game that concentrates on character relationships then I find it >gets in the way. I think my groups generally go for higher tension games. Certainly, character development and inter-personal relations are promoted, but we also like quite challenging plots. If one doesn't know what is going to happen when they do an actions, it adds to the suspense, I think (hence we do use systems a lot, but for purposes of adding suspense, mainly. I don't think we over do it, in my own unbiased opinion). The Cut-up system certain preserves, if not heightens that randomness. In a way it adds more randomness than a normal system (in that all sorts of unexpected things could happen), but in a way it is less random (in that how well your character does is directly related to the Player's skill in putting words together). I think I would like the way that this randomness works out, but I am not sure. > >Oh, and be aware that chopping up papers is an incredibly tedious task! And >be careful not to leave them in a damp room or where they can be kicked >over! Yea, some sort of list of words would be great (you could simply print them out and cut along the dotted line). One problem is that you would want them to be fairly random -- you don't want someone's bias's to fall into the list of words. The biggest problem is that who would create such a list of words? Who in their right mind would go typing all their words into a computer to put onto their web page? Of course, if everyone would just take a hundred random words and submit them, then everyone would have lots and lots of words to choose from, and they would more or less all be random (assuming that people choose words that seemed to work, but on no merit other than that). Would enough people submit words though? Is this just silly? How many words do you need? Can anyone guess? 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