From: owner-the-edge-digest@ (The Edge Digested) To: the-edge-digest@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Subject: The Edge Digested V1 #78 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 Wednesday, July 8 1998 Volume 01 : Number 078 Today's subjects from The Edge: Re: [The Edge] Please ignore the Betelgeusan... Re: [The Edge] Please ignore the Betelgeusan... [The Edge] Strange Characters found off Topic Re: [The Edge] Great Fix, part 2 Re: [The Edge] Strange Characters found off Topic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 17:08:13 -0400 From: David Freier Subject: Re: [The Edge] Please ignore the Betelgeusan... I would love to get a copy of the disguised Betelgeusen pic. Thanks; David Freier Keith Baker wrote: > At 11:12 AM 7/1/98 -0400, you wrote: > >Keith Baker wrote: > > > >>On a random note, my friend Lee Moyer (who has done artwork for OnTE and > >>OTE, among other things) drew a highly entertaining picture of a disguised > >>Betelguesan, wearing a trench coat, enormous hat, and a Groucho Marx > >disguise... > > > >Oh, yes! Is there any chance of letting us other folk get a look at the > >picture? > > Assuming I can dig it up and Lee has no objections (I'd be surprised if he > would, but you never know), I'd be happy to send copies to anyone who wants > one, either xeroxed or scanned. Just let me know off the list. > > [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: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 22:19:03 -0400 From: Lee Saborio Subject: Re: [The Edge] Please ignore the Betelgeusan... please send me copy of disguised Betelguesen brother, er, please disregard that... 'sanks, Lee. [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: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 13:41:40 -0700 From: Florian Merx Subject: [The Edge] Strange Characters found off Topic I don't know about you, but to me this sounds like there a Cut-Up Agent. Andalusian Goat, anyone? PLAYING THE GOAT Miss Adele Brown and her mother, of St. Anne's Bay, Jamaica, met a talking goat while they were out collecting fruit during an election campaign in 1992. The goat prophecied that unless the Green Party of Jamaica came to power very soon the destruction of the planet would accelerate. They asked the goat what they should do and it said: "There are no limits to creativity and no limits to subversion. Vote for any candidate opposed to the Year 2000 Party." Then it wandered off into the trees. Source: Fortean Times website: Strange Days [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: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 14:54:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Eric Jome Subject: Re: [The Edge] Great Fix, part 2 On Sat, 4 Jul 1998, robin wrote: > I agree completely. My experience has shown that only the Pharaoh and > Tulpa Secrets are in need of a fix. Not caring to fix the latter, Grey > Room has played Pharaoh's Secret as if it provided 4 pull for quite > some time. of course, playing with whatever house rules you like is the best of all worlds. the Great Fix is actually an attempt to create a very large scale set of changes to the game (as house rules, of course) which would make the game (in my opinion) more interesting. this is part of the motivation behind the "crank to call any" change. also, it is an attempt at practicality; a simple conversion of phrase which is easy to remember. a good fix or house rule shouldnt be so complex or long as to make it hard to apply or difficult to remember. > My overall impression is that very few cards require fixing in On the > Edge and that most of the imbalances that do exist are reasonable to > deal with and add rather than diminish from game play. i would agree with the sentiment here, but my ample play experience suggests its a little too easy to win, esp. in multiplayer. the Great Fix is meant to make it very difficult to win. once the Great Fix is complete, it will be followed by the Lesser Fix. this attempts to address only 10 or so cards which are particular problems... instead of a change of rules (Great Fix) its more of an errata sheet. things that are addressed in the Lesser Fix are; Copper Dagger and Charm Bracelet, New Blood, Tulpa's Secret, Deadly Inspiration, Pharaoh's Secret, and a few others. basically, the Lesser Fix means to remove blatant risk free influence... :) eric [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: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 23:01:48 -0400 From: Lee Saborio Subject: Re: [The Edge] Strange Characters found off Topic Anybody out there in the SE Michigan area playing On the Edge? 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