From: owner-the-edge-digest@ (The Edge Digested) To: the-edge-digest@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Subject: The Edge Digested V1 #55 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, May 12 1998 Volume 01 : Number 055 Today's subjects from The Edge: Re: [The Edge] OnTE giveaway through Gamer Magazine; general note about magazines Re: [The Edge] CPC Handbook RE: [The Edge] CPC Handbook RE: [The Edge] CPC Handbook Re: [The Edge] OnTE giveaway through Gamer Magazine; general note about magazines [The Edge] OtE articles (was: OnTE giveaway...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 01:46:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Kinney Subject: Re: [The Edge] OnTE giveaway through Gamer Magazine; general note about magazines On Sun, 10 May 1998, David Ebrey wrote: > Anyone who takes a full year's subscription to Gamer will not only get > a starter deck of Atlas' Games underappreciated On The Edge CCG, but 15 > booster packs of each of the major supplements. In other words, you get the > deck and 60 booster packs, total. Both groups value this at $125 worth of > merchandise for a $14.95 year-long subscription. > Huh... I just may do this. I'd been planning on trying to pick a burger box in the near future, anyway, and still might even with this. :-) Then I make decks and force my player to try it... > Speaking of good magazines (and their relation to OTE), Shadis has had two > OTE articles in the last seven issues (Nekromancy by Nephew in 41 and > Escape! by Tidball in 44. The last issue I have got was 47). > And I have an OTE article with them awaiting publication, but I don't know when it'll show up, if it'll show up (who knows; I'm a pessimist) or even if anyone will like it... (It seemed like such a great idea at the time, and they seemed to like it... we'll see). Shadis is also offering OTE second edition in their free game with subscription deal, which is neat. alberich@iglou.com | Mark Kinney | http://www.iglou.com/nations "The decision will come from God, from the God of battles, when He lets fall from His hand the iron dice of destiny." -- Otto Von Bismarck [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: Mon, 11 May 1998 07:16:04 -0600 From: Keith Baker Subject: Re: [The Edge] CPC Handbook At 12:26 PM 5/9/98 EDT, you wrote: >Hey folks. In my Copious Free Time(TM), I'm back to doing some writing on my >"CPC Handbook" project... > >The Administrator's File is for the GM(s)...there may be more than one if >"troupe-style play" is employed. Some sections I see it having include: >* Allies & Enemies -- Some info on other forces that may cooperate with or >hinder the CPC >* Plots -- big plots, and smaller adventure seeds; maybe even an introductory >CPC scenario. >* Important GMCs of the CPC (top administrators, etc.) What would personally interest me (and may be what you intended between plots and Allies and Enemies) would be a breakdown of forces that may be manipulating the CPC, and to what end. Are the Vornites using it to track psychic phenomena or to cover their own tracks (They certainly are in MY campaign...)? Have the Neutralizers infiltrated the organization, or do they just monitor its phone lines? As David was noting, I'm not sure I'd want something that just flat out said "Yes, the Pharoahs are in control"-- especially in a book that has both player and GM sections, since there will always be those players who will read more than they should (or, as in my case, alternating GMs who take turns running campaigns). But I always like having suggestions and story hooks explored (...if the Vornites were in control, they might be trying to do X...). Another possibility, since the players are "experienced investigators of the supernatural" is that they are actually aware of these manipulators, or actively working for them. Perhaps there are clear power blocs within the CPC, and players must choose who they align with: the Vornites, Hermetics, Earthlings, Nuetralizers, etc, each of which has their own agenda... sort of like Secret Societies in Paranoia. Of course, this sort of political infighting may not be the direction you want to go with the suppliment... but it's probably what I'd do if I was running a campaign with it. On the other hand, maybe that should wait for the DBI Handbook... ;) - -Keith [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: Mon, 11 May 1998 18:09:09 +0200 From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_Uldry?=" Subject: RE: [The Edge] CPC Handbook > One possibility is to give adventures (or adventure outlines) based on > material available in the players section. So you give the players > information in the bestiary or just in a section of reports/newspapers, > etc. and then you give adventure ideas off that. This is a similar format > to the Earthdawn "Legend of Earthdawn" books which have stories in the > front and then related adventures in the back. I really love this idea. It would give us a "mature" book for mature and experienced gamemasters and players. Even better would be to remove all references to game info from the whole book. Everything from an in-game POV... Wow, I'd buy that one, even if I've lost touch with the rpgs. l8r, Fu. Editor of a big and nasty homepage at: http://homepages.iprolink.ch/~avi/ Take a look and... [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: Mon, 11 May 1998 18:09:50 +0200 From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_Uldry?=" Subject: RE: [The Edge] CPC Handbook Sorry guys, my mailing program started to abehave oddly yesterday evening... l8r, Fu. Editor of a big and nasty homepage at: http://homepages.iprolink.ch/~avi/ Take a look and... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-the-edge@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us > [mailto:owner-the-edge@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us]On Behalf Of François > Uldry > Sent: dimanche, 10. mai 1998 18:45 > To: the-edge@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us > Subject: RE: [The Edge] CPC Handbook [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: Mon, 11 May 1998 12:46:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Clay Colwell Subject: Re: [The Edge] OnTE giveaway through Gamer Magazine; general note about magazines On Sun, 10 May 1998, David Ebrey wrote: > > Steve Fritz mentioned in his "Action Packed Strategies" column on Pyramid > Online (http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid) the following: > > "Tuff Stuff's Gamer Magazine has come up with a subscription deal that's > sure to garner a lot of interest from card game fans. > > Anyone who takes a full year's subscription to Gamer will not only get > a starter deck of Atlas' Games underappreciated On The Edge CCG, but 15 > booster packs of each of the major supplements. In other words, you get the > deck and 60 booster packs, total. Both groups value this at $125 worth of > merchandise for a $14.95 year-long subscription. > > Even though Atlas hasn't produced an Edge card set in two years, it's > still one of my personal favorite card games. If you want to find out why, > here's a heck of a way to find out for yourself. > > For more info, call Tuff Stuff at (800) 334-7165." FWIW, I just called the number given above, and the woman I spoke to had no knowledge of this subscription hook. She's going to talk with "Chris" (who I assume manages the magazine) and get more info on this. I have my fingers crossed. ****** Clay Colwell (aka StealthSmurf) ********** eris@bga.com ****** * "In the future, we will recognize software crashes as technologically * * mandated ergonomic rest breaks - and we will pay extra for them." * * -- Crazy Uncle Joe Hannibal * [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: Tue, 12 May 1998 15:25:15 -0400 (EDT) From: anna.p@innocent.com Subject: [The Edge] OtE articles (was: OnTE giveaway...) >Speaking of good magazines (and their relation to >OTE), Shadis has had two >OTE articles in the last seven issues (Nekromancy by >Nephew in 41 and >Escape! by Tidball in 44.  The last issue I have got >was 47). I'm looking for other OtE articles and reviews in magazines. Do you have (or know) information about magazine, article, author, etc, please mail me or this list! 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