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I had a dream about playing Polaris with my mother, or showing her the system. But it wasn't quite the same. You had these cards, that you bid in challenges. The clever thing, I think, was that the hidden hand of cards would influence the way you made statements, simply because you knew whether or not you could back them up.

I think the card-game played like Fist of the Assassin.

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Okay, second try.

The Fire

• We didn't start it
  
  
  • Did not light it, either
  
  
• Was always burning
  
  
  • Since world's been turning
  
  
• We tried to fight it

List of Historical Personages, Events, and Institutions

• abridged

GNS / Big Model Open House

Hi.

I know that a fair share of RPG theory interested folks read this blog.

I'd like to test my own understanding of GNS / Big Model.

So:

I will answer any questions about the Big Model or GNS that you have, if you ask them in response to this post or in a private e-mail to me.

It would help if you would first read the essays here and here. These other ones won't hurt. Just the top part of the last two is fine.

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