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According to one source who prefers to be anonymous the software fix was supposed to happen after GenCon; another anonymous source is claiming it won't be up until after a server upgrade is pushed forward. Your mileage may vary. EDIT: apparently, the first source is more correct; ISRP Chat was...

The Meeting Place the site of another shooting July 27 2035 NY, NY The popular local club The Meeting Place in midtown Manhattan erupted in gunfire Saturday morning, leaving one patron dead and two others hospitalized. Police are not releasing the names of the victims until their families have...

I ended up with MapTools for the battle mat, and using AutoRealm for the map drawings to drop into the whole mess. I'll have to look at Ventrilo to see if it's the VoIP solution, but damn. This stuff just works. Thanks all!

Our gaming group of 12 years has scattered hither and yon, making getting together for pen-and-paper gaming an exercise in logistics as people would be coming from 100 miles around, literally. So, I'm thinking of setting up a server that will allow us to continue to game together. Any...

International Child Slavery Ring Broken [CLOSE-UP OF REPORTER, BACKGROUND IF WHITE HOUSE PRESS ROOM] <f/x background chatter, subdued> "The FBI is at the White House Press Room to make an announcement, however officials are being tight-lipped over the actual content of the briefing - going so...

Methamphetamine ring broken June 20, 2032 New York City, NY (AP) FBI officials confirmed a multiple-agency operation in Commodore John Barry Park in the pre-dawn hours successfully took down a local gang and their distribution network with only one fatality among the gang members. As one...

Character cross-reference I actually have a character cross-reference already built. While it's not the secret societies you're looking for, I'm not adverse to posting it up with the main players' permission, of course. So, Wes's player, Laura's player, Gina's player, Brooke's player, and...

House fire leaves one injured May 09, 2032 Police were called on the scene to a house fire on 107th street early this morning. According to arson investigators at the scene, it appears that the victim had been checking the stove. A pack of opened cigarettes and a box of matches in the...

March's train service disruption ruled terrorism May 05, 2032 New York City, NY (AP) The under-harbor train service disruption that fouled commuting between Manhattan and New Jersey for three weeks in March and April has been ruled by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to be a...

as seen in the Edmonton Globe and Mail (02.05.2032) Edmonton emergency crews were called to the Fukiyamo Restaurant today for a reported explosion and fire only to discover the bodies of seventeen people in the building. According to a source inside the police department speaking under the...

From the White House Press Room "The FBI is here at the White House Press Room to make an announcement over the arrests of several Chinese nationals off the coast of San Francisco earlier this week. Let's go straight to the briefing now." cuts to White House Press Room as a tallish man walks...

Train service disrupted between NYC and NJ March 24, 2032 New York City, NY (AP) Train service between Manhattan and New Jersey under New York harbor is in disarray after a power outage this morning. The New York Port Authority, which is responsible for the rail service under the harbor...

Please email me at notavalid@hotmail.com - I have some scenarios to run over with you. Thanks! Laura's player

Playing and playing I tend to run in both the CRT and TMP settings, obviously with different characters. While CRT is relatively unbounded - wounds can be healed in seconds, people can shoot lightning bolts from their eyes and so on - TMP is not. You see a lot fewer devastating combats in TMP...

New York State Prison Riot Ends in Disaster The hostage standoff at New York State prison ended with a series of explosions that leveled most of the complex late yesterday afternoon. With several dozen prisoners and one member of the Hostage Rescue Team still unaccounted for, the death toll...