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| | : [http://www.atlas-games.com/fengshui/index.php Feng Shui] | | : [http://www.atlas-games.com/fengshui/index.php Feng Shui] |
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| − | <p>[Close-up shot of a small puddle on pavement at night, rain drops
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| − | <p>Announcer: "In a city that believes itself safe...</p>
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| − | <p>[Panning out a bit from the puddle. One darker blood drop falls in,
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| − | <p>Announcer: "... A brutal killer stalks..."</p>
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| − | <p>[Shot of a couple of police cars parked haphazardly near a dock crane
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| − | along a pier. Gray morning light, dark roiling cloud masses, wet
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| − | <p>Cop #1, calling out: "Ah shit! I got a hand here! "</p>
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| − | <p>Cop #2, muttering in his to-go coffee cup: "Fuck, I don't get paid near
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| − | <p>Cop #3, to Detective Romero: "That's most of the body, then. I think
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| − | <p>Romero, eyes narrowed: "Uh-huh..."</p>
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| − | <p>Announcer: "... In his wake he brings war..."</p>
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| − | <p>[Shot of two very expensively dressed businessmen, smoking in the
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| − | back, and smokes a cigarette; both wear shiny Rolex watches and gold
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| − | <p>Sergei, with strong Russian accent: "Are you sure about this?"</p>
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| − | <p>Dmitri, quietly, with much lighter accent: "Yes, sir."</p>
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| − | <p>Sergei throws cigar stub to the wet ground and stomps angrily on it.
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| − | "Is that ''piska'' coming to kill me? ''Ni khuja''!"</p>
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| − | <p>Announcer: "... Cop against criminal..."</p>
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| − | <p>[Shot of Romero aiming at a fleeing suspect. Music picks up a
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| − | <p>Romero: "Freeze, asshole!"</p>
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| − | <p>Annoucer: "... Have against have-nots..."</p>
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| − | <p>[Shot of Jaydee, a large black man, swinging a pipe length against
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| − | <p>Jaydee: "You motherfucker, you gonna pay for what you did to Buzz!"</p>
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| − | <p>Announcer: "... Yakuza against Mafiya..."</p>
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| − | <p>[Shot of Takamura Kane doing an impossibly nimble sidestep as two men
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| − | <p>Takamura: "Can't we be reasonable about this?"</p>
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| − | <p>Announcer: "... Old against young..."</p>
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| − | <p>[Shot of 12-year old Terry Yin deftly avoiding a backslap from aging
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| − | <p>Terry: "But grampa! You can't just let them take your shop!"</p>
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| − | <p>Announcer: "...Brother against sister..."</p>
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| − | <p>[Shot of Tatjana and Sergei facing off, leveling pistols at one
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| − | <p>Sergei: "You're either with me or dead, ''shalava''!!"</p>
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| − | <p>Announcer: "... and master against puppet."</p>
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| − | <p>[Shot from a high-rise window looking down upon the city at twilight;
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| − | the skyline is recognizable as Seattle's. A large red fire is glowing
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| − | artound its perimeter.]</p>
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| − | <p>Low voice from off-camera, not clearly recognizable as male or female:
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| − | "And you say you have this under control."</p>
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| − | <p>Female voice from off-camera: "Yes. All the loose ends will be tied."</p>
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| − | <p>[Return to the puddle shot. As the camera pans out, the circular
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| − | <p>Announcer: "... As wheels move within wheels, conspiracies within
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| − | <p>[Quick shot of Takamura wheeling around to see half a dozen thugs behind
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| − | <p>Announcer: "...This Christmas..."</p>
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| − | <p>[Shot of Terry pursued by a thug snatching the bell from a Salvation
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| − | <p>Announcer: "...Seattle is definitely sleepless."</p>
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| − | <p>[Shot of the Pike Place Market, with Jaydee sending a shop counter and
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| − | <p>[Pounding, X-treme music]</p>
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| − | <p>[Quick action shot of Terry throwing a large soda in a thug's face]<br>
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| − | [Quick action shot of Romero running, jumping on a car, running over its
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| − | [Quick action shot of Tatjana doing a mad side-jump to avoid a hail of
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| − | worth of retaliation]<br>
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| − | [Quick action shot of Grampa doing a Flying Windmill Kick and sending a
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| − | [Quick action shot of Takamura back-handing an athletic-looking woman
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| − | with a blow that looks like it should break her neck.]</p>
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| − | <p>[Music and action stop.]</p>
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| − | <p>[Low shot of a man in his thirties with close-cropped beard, looking
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| − | <p>Man: "Are you ready to help us?"</p>
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| − | <p>[Screen blackout.]</p>
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| − | <p>"FENG SHUI: RAIN OF BULLETS"<br>
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| − | COMING CHRISTMAS 2004</p>
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| − | <p>Announcer: "This film has not yet been rated."</p>
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| | : Sophie Lagacé | | : Sophie Lagacé |
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| − | : Detective Danny Romero, Maverick Cop
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| − | : Takamura Kane, Transformed Fox (Jason Kalivas)
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| − | : Tatjana Krucenko, Ex-Special Forces
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| − | : Yin Dao-zi, Old Master
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| − | : December 13, 2004
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| − | =Murder on the Orient Express, Part II=
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| − | : [http://www.talsorian.com/CastleFalkenstein.php Castle Falkenstein]
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| − | : The adventure continues from last time. Our heros have survived the train engine's explosion and now are trapped in the middle of nowhere near the border to Russia. How will they get out of this predicament?
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| − | : Laura Mortensen
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| − | : Lady Cecelia Wentworth, Adventuress (Sophie)
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| − | : "Sir" Richard Upton, Gentleman Thief (Edmund Metheny)
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| − | : Sir Basil Rathingspoke, Big Game Hunter
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| − | : December 6, 2004
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| − | : [[SGA_2004_Archive#Murder_on_the_Orient_Express|On-going series]]
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| − | =Scarlet Wake=
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| − | : (See recap.)
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| − | : November 8 & 15, 2004
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| − | : '''Laura:''' We had a lot of fun last night. Lukas called this game the RPG version of "Kill Bill" and that was fairly accurate. There's not gm just protagonists and antagonists. All the players take turns with scences where you are the protagonist. Most of us got through two scenes last night since there was a large group there.
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| − | : My chracter was White Lilly, a Kung Fu Student from Hong Kong, who's school had been destroyed. I faced off with Iron Dog, a traitor who burned down the school, for both of my scences. He beat me up both times. The first scene was really embarassing because it was the white belts and yellow belts that beat me up.
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| − | : I definetly want to play again and see if I can finally defeat Iron Dog!
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| − | : '''Ed Freeman:''' We found a pretty good system break. If you take all the Kick and use it for pumping up the boss, the 1st boss becomes pretty much unbeatable.
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| − | : '''zuvembi:''' Thank goodness. I don't think I could take the psychic damage of being brutally psychonanalyzed again by Doctor Phillip von Stutz the color-blind psychiatrist. Much more of that and I'll be in therapy for years. Much less if he gives me another bill like the last one...
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| − | : [http://www.laughingpan.com/deliria.html Deliria]
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| − | : Ed Freeman
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| − | : (See recap.)
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| − | : October 28, 2004
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| − | : '''Laura:''' I was a graphic designer working for a local computer game company and Linda was my faithful terrier with farie blood, Fergus. This fellow named Moredecai hired the company to make a game about going to the Farie Lands and killing King Oberon and as it turns out it would have really annoyed Oberon. Soon strange people were showing up asking me why I wanted to kill the Faerie King. This woman put a mark on me in the Starbucks and after that technology broke down whenever I got near it. To make a long story short we got a ride to the Faerie lands and talked the King into taking the curse off so that I could go back and make Mordecai and additional character in the game.
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| − | : '''Laura:''' If Ed runs this game again, I'd really reccomend it :)
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| − | : I had originally prepped a happy disney-oid story about the family pets rescuing a daughter back from the Fey Lands, but I had spent all day in meetings contemplating if it would be worth losing by job to slap the person talking too much. I came out in no mood to run happy-disney, so I pretty much improved the adventure on the spot. I had a bunch of "Once apon a Time ..." cards and wheneve I needed inspiration I pulled one out.
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| − | : [http://home.blarg.net/~efreeman/Games/GAME_02.pdf G.A.M.E.]
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| − | : Calit the Pilot, Cardo the pilot, Legod the Sys Admin, and Firchung the Wookie
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| − | : Calit the Pilot, Cardo the pilot, Legod the Sys Admin, and Firchung the obligatory Wookie were taking lunch at Poiled Bob's Sporg House when ...
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| − | : ... TIE fighters overhead, troopships landing, suspiciously close to TPT the shipping / smuggling outfit they work at. Storm troopers burst into the shop shouting "There they are!" and blasting away. Cue Star Wars music.
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| − | : ... when the Sysadmin gets the roll of the night. They hack root on the Star Destroyer. They shut down life support in the ship, get everybody off the ship, and get their friends up on it.
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| − | : '''Lukas:''' I enjoyed the game quite a bit, and I think you've developed a very good system. While I feel it's best suited to grittier games where the players have a semi-even chance of failing in achieving their goals, rather than a highly cinematic sort of game, it works really well. It think it would be perfect for an espionage sort of game, for some reason. I like the idea of being able to chain together skills to help yourself and others accomplish things, though it seems like it would require the GM to be very mindful to keep it from being abused.
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| − | : '''Jason:''' The skill chains is the coolest aspect of the system. The system takes an active hand in encouraging role playing, which is a good thing. The mechanics are also solid - diminishing returns keep people from getting ridiculous.
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| − | : The system works well overall; the system was able to handle what we tried to do with it. That said, it's a little too crunchy for me. On-the-spot math combined with the success level table all but did me in. That's probably just a matter of personal taste, though.
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| − | : We tested my pet system Monday night. ([http://home.blarg.net/~efreeman/Games/GAME_02.pdf]) | + | : --> |
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| − | : Three players, including a newcomer Jason, as well as myself. We were playing in a Star Wars universe, set a few years before 'A New Hope'. In other words, the galaxy is a real mess and nobody's in charge really. I think the players were David and Michael -- let me know if I got the names wrong, I'm really pathetic with them.
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| − | : The players got the system right away which made me happy. I was worried that it was too crunchy, but the crunch bits went fine. There is some computations involved, but they are all or the same type of thing so it goes fast.
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| − | : The system is easy to learn and manage. The resolution system is a little wild. I want some wildness in the system but I think there is a little too much. Maybe? It might be a feature, not a bug. The players can never be certain of a plan, but they can always have a shot even in bad odds.
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| − | =Harlequinade: Something Wicked This Way Comes= | |
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| | : [http://www.pigames.net/store/default.php?cPath=21 Active Exploits-Diceless Role-playing] | | : [http://www.pigames.net/store/default.php?cPath=21 Active Exploits-Diceless Role-playing] |
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| | : September 20, 2004 | | : September 20, 2004 |
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| | : Arkham, MA, 2004 - The recent disappearance of the young couple, Ken and Mary Derby has been the subject of investigation for the Arkham police since they vanished mysteriously from their home in early October. The police had suspected Ken's elderly father, Matthew Derby, who had been living with the two for some years. Now, nearly a month after the disappearances, Matthew Derby has taken his own life by a gunshot to the head. Police officials are looking to interpret this as Matthew's confession of guilt, but what was he guilty of? No bodies have been found and no motive has been established... Was Matthew the culprit? | | : Arkham, MA, 2004 - The recent disappearance of the young couple, Ken and Mary Derby has been the subject of investigation for the Arkham police since they vanished mysteriously from their home in early October. The police had suspected Ken's elderly father, Matthew Derby, who had been living with the two for some years. Now, nearly a month after the disappearances, Matthew Derby has taken his own life by a gunshot to the head. Police officials are looking to interpret this as Matthew's confession of guilt, but what was he guilty of? No bodies have been found and no motive has been established... Was Matthew the culprit? |
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| − | = Rune Soldier: Child's Play= | + | =BESM= |
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| | : Big Eyes, Small Mouth | | : Big Eyes, Small Mouth |
