From: owner-the-edge-digest@ (The Edge Digested) To: the-edge-digest@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Subject: The Edge Digested V1 #29 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 Saturday, February 14 1998 Volume 01 : Number 029 Today's subjects from The Edge: [The Edge] Cloaks Update [The Edge] Re: The Edge Digested V1 #28 [The Edge] sample cards [The Edge] sample cards -Reply Re: [The Edge] Cloaks Update Re: [The Edge] Cloaks Update Re: [The Edge] Cloaks Update [The Edge] TotalCon 2/19-22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 15:43:20 EST From: AtlasGames@AOL.COM Subject: [The Edge] Cloaks Update Hey folks...as I may have mentioned, CLOAKS is at the printer. It is scheduled to ship from the printer on March 2nd. Allowing for transit time from the printer to us, and from us to the distributors, and on to the retailers, you should be seeing it in stores starting the week of March 9th, if you're in the USA. Overseas folks may have to wait a while, or might see it just as soon...it all depends on who supplies your store, how timely they are placing orders with us, whether they use air or sea freight, etc. Take care, all! - -John Nephew President, Atlas Games [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 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:02:33 -0500 From: "Ross Winn" Subject: [The Edge] Re: The Edge Digested V1 #28 > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - --MS_Mac_OE_2970234154_14515423_MIME_Part Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Joe Wrote: >> Have any of you ever considered using the city of Bellona (from >> Samuel Delaney's Dhalgren) as an alternate setting? >No, never even heard of it, but you have piqued my interest. Mind giving >a quick description? I apologize for there is no quick description. Dhalgren (it has been said by those more with it than me) is the single most complex novel ever written (or at least the most difficult one I have read). The city of Bellona is a character in the story, and it seems to be a living thing in a very real sense. I guess you could call it the fruition of the sixties counterculture meeting what would someday become cyberpunk in a very real sense. Hope I intrigued you enough to read it... Peace, Spyke! - --MS_Mac_OE_2970234154_14515423_MIME_Part Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: The Edge Digested V1 #28 Joe Wrote:
>> Have any of you ever considered using the city of Bellona (from >> Samuel Delaney's Dhalgren) as an alternate setting?
>No, never even heard of it, but you have piqued my interest. Mind givi= ng
>a quick description?


I apologize for there is no quick description. Dhalgren (it has been said b= y those more with it than me) is the single most complex novel ever written = (or at least the most difficult one I have read). The city of Bellona is a c= haracter in the story, and it seems to be a living thing in a very re= al sense.

I guess you could call it the fruition of the sixties counterculture meetin= g what would someday become cyberpunk in a very real sense.

Hope I intrigued you enough to read it...

Peace,

Spyke! - --MS_Mac_OE_2970234154_14515423_MIME_Part-- [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 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 14:51:00 -0800 From: Identity Subject: [The Edge] sample cards does anyone have a list of where the sample cards were originally available? - -- Alex Rodriguez office 4013 rodrigue@ichips-jf.jf.intel.com 3-6701 "Either this man is dead, or my watch has stopped" -Groucho Marx [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 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:55:56 -0600 From: Kenneth Mikolaj Subject: [The Edge] sample cards -Reply Yes, someone does. >>> Identity 02/13/98 04:51pm >>> does anyone have a list of where the sample cards were originally available? - -- Alex Rodriguez office 4013 rodrigue@ichips-jf.jf.intel.com 3-6701 "Either this man is dead, or my watch has stopped" -Groucho Marx [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 [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 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:28:36 -0800 From: tgeorge@techline.com (Troy George) Subject: Re: [The Edge] Cloaks Update >Hey folks...as I may have mentioned, CLOAKS is at the printer. It is >scheduled to ship from the printer on March 2nd. Allowing for transit time >from the printer to us, and from us to the distributors, and on to the >retailers, you should be seeing it in stores starting the week of March 9th, >if you're in the USA. Overseas folks may have to wait a while, or might see >it just as soon...it all depends on who supplies your store, how timely they >are placing orders with us, whether they use air or sea freight, etc. > >Take care, all! Greetings! I am new to the list and have only been playing "Over the Edge" for a little while, hence the igorance of my next question: Is "CLOAKS" a sourcebook for "Over the Edge" or an expansion for "On the Edge?" I also have a problem. In my game, I have a character who is possessed by an alien (not a Kergillian). In my ignorance, I let him add a buttload of powers to it. He's being careful not to be too obvious with its powers, but he is using its powers to influance the balance of the game. How can I diminish its powers or do something to it without killing the character or annoying the feces out of the player? Thanks in advance for the input! Troy p.s. I love this forum. I've learned a lot about the game from here!!! Back up my hard drive? I haven't even figured out how to put it in reverse yet! [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 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 20:56:42 -0800 From: Gregory Blake Subject: Re: [The Edge] Cloaks Update At 04:28 PM 2/13/98 -0800, Troy George wrote: >Greetings! > >I am new to the list and have only been playing "Over the Edge" for a little >while, hence the igorance of my next question: Is "CLOAKS" a sourcebook for >"Over the Edge" or an expansion for "On the Edge?" > >I also have a problem. In my game, I have a character who is possessed by >an alien (not a Kergillian). In my ignorance, I let him add a buttload of >powers to it. He's being careful not to be too obvious with its powers, but >he is using its powers to influance the balance of the game. How can I >diminish its powers or do something to it without killing the character or >annoying the feces out of the player? Don't be afraid to hurt him a little. Other players might not notice, but this is the edge, nobody does too much fiddling with powers without SOMEONE noticing. Maybe have someone they run into have defenses. Make it so that his powers aren't as helpful to him. Maybe other of his species are pissed at him and come after him, etc. Find ways to use it against him. I've run into this problem a few times before. It's much more interesting if you find ways to just gently make his powers less effective. Maybe he won't rely on them too much. snooze - -- P Gregory Blake (aka snooze@deepseas,The Pause,TooMUSH,etc) P L Peace * Love * Unity * Respect L U email: snooze@crl.com | url: http://www.crl.com/~snooze U R whodp://ding.healthgate.com/snooze | ICQ# 1367921 R [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 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 23:35:39 -0600 (CST) From: David Ebrey Subject: Re: [The Edge] Cloaks Update >I am new to the list and have only been playing "Over the Edge" for a little >while, hence the igorance of my next question: Is "CLOAKS" a sourcebook for >"Over the Edge" or an expansion for "On the Edge?" It is a sourcebook for OTE. Check out the atlas games web site for other OTE trivia: http://members.aol.com/atlasgames/index.html >I also have a problem. In my game, I have a character who is possessed by >an alien (not a Kergillian). In my ignorance, I let him add a buttload of >powers to it. He's being careful not to be too obvious with its powers, but >he is using its powers to influance the balance of the game. How can I >diminish its powers or do something to it without killing the character or >annoying the feces out of the player? > >Thanks in advance for the input! > >Troy Oh no! It's his alien races' arch enemy race: known on Earth as the European Brown Squirl (or African brown squirl, if he had previously been in Europe). When the alien-character sees the first squirl he realizes that the enemy race has invaded Europe, but the squirls also recognize the alien-character (they can see into the astral realm, seeing the alien for what he truly is). Whenever the squirls are around they listen in on the alien-character's plans and generally cause him problems ("well, you are going to shoot at her, and then you feel the sharp claws of a squirl rip into your face...") ...or you could mess him up in some way regarding his possession... David - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Youth culture killed my dog -- They Might Be Giants [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 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 17:04:23 EST From: StevenA197@AOL.COM Subject: [The Edge] TotalCon 2/19-22 Hey y'all -- I'll be in Massachusetts next weekend and thinking of dropping in on the local con. Anyone here from Mass? Want to get up a game of OntE? Drop me an eMail - don't spam the list. Also Check out www.AtlasGames.com. I don't think it's the same Atlas Games -- but maybe a trademark infringement issue? What do you think? --S [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 ------------------------------ End of The Edge Digested V1 #29 ******************************* [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge-digest [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge-digest To get off digest, subscribe the-edge [O] To post a message, send it to the-edge@robin.ml.org