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Forum: General Questions

General questions about Burning Empires go here.

  1. So...BE stuff for Burning Sands? Awesome, amirite?

    So, yeah...just occurred to me today. And of course, in the 'graphy page, Burning Sands is listed as a game reference for BE. Seems obvious then, to...

    Posted By Mencelus
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    08-19-2010 11:54 PM Go to last post
  2. Playing OMAC with less than four PCs

    Hi I'm about to GM the OMAC demo scenario in 2 weeks. However I'm almost sure that all 4 players won't make it and we'll end up playing with only 3...

    Posted By Udo Femi
    • Replies: 7
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    08-16-2010 10:05 PM Go to last post
  3. GM FoN vs.GM FoN actions

    So given the nature of Burning Empires, that the GM is bound by the rules as much as the players are, and that tests are necessary to advance...

    Posted By DarrenMantle
    • Replies: 4
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    06-14-2010 08:42 AM Go to last post
  4. What do mukhadish taste like?

    It came up in world burning that there could be a Mc mukhadish burger (100% mukhadish: cheese from mukhadish milk, buns from mukhadish bones, and of...

    Posted By Dotashi
    • Replies: 4
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    04-27-2010 01:31 PM Go to last post
  5. Interpreting Page 428

    Hm. Then have I been misinterpreting p.428? I took the bolded parts to mean that regardless of Infection manuever choice, the GM must launch...

    Posted By Odie
    • Replies: 3
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    04-23-2010 12:48 AM Go to last post
  6. First session of Omac on Skype for two players

    Hej! So finally I had a chance to run Omac for my friends. We have played over Skype and it went quite well. In fact I am very pleased. We were...

    Posted By Yarriofultramar
    • Replies: 5
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    04-10-2010 08:04 PM Go to last post
  7. Hulling PC's

    I'm running Fires Over Omac on Saturday, and this is the only little part of the game that's still tickling my brain. It's likely that it won't come...

    Posted By hansel
    • Replies: 31
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    03-31-2010 08:18 AM Go to last post
  8. Tracking down a PC

    Coming back to Luke's quote again Why would it be observation/security and not just a circles roll? I'm looking at the descriptions of...

    Posted By pseudoidiot
    • Replies: 4
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    03-30-2010 04:23 PM Go to last post
  9. Circles modifiers & previously circled NPCs

    Say I circle up an NPC and time not being a factor, my Ob is 3. Say I exceed the obstacle and get to name them. Let's say later I'm in the middle...

    Posted By pseudoidiot
    • Replies: 2
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    03-30-2010 10:36 AM Go to last post
  10. I Ran Omac today. Hoo-boy.

    It was rough. By which I mean, not bad--but rough. I felt really prepared for the game, but it did not go as smoothly as I envisioned. Three of the...

    Posted By hansel
    • Replies: 5
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    03-30-2010 02:32 AM Go to last post
  11. GM role in player scenes

    Hej! I went through most of the rulebook and I need help in understanding the whole cooperative aspect of the game. My concern is with player...

    Posted By Yarriofultramar
    • Replies: 5
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    03-24-2010 11:39 AM Go to last post
  12. Son of Grab Bag of Questions

    More grab bag! Apologies if answers to these are hiding somewhere on the forums; a cursory search did not uncover them. Let's say I roll a 7D...

    Posted By Odie
    • Replies: 5
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    03-23-2010 02:26 PM Go to last post
  13. Burning Empires PDF errata

    I have just started a BE game with 3 players. We are separated by thousand of miles, so two of them have bought the PDF from DriveThruRPG. I was...

    Posted By salvagebar
    burning, empires, errata, pdf
    • Replies: 2
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    03-22-2010 12:08 PM Go to last post
  14. two players + GM?

    Hej! I have learned about Burning Empires sometime ago, mainly from podcasts. I love the idea of this game, yet I have never played Indy games. My...

    Posted By Yarriofultramar
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 467
    03-20-2010 05:06 AM Go to last post
  15. Problem with the Fires Over Omac files?

    I'm planning on running FOO at Gamestorm (vancouver, wa) this month, but when I went to open the files I ran into some problems--certain character...

    Posted By hansel
    • Replies: 5
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    03-11-2010 11:25 PM Go to last post
  16. Anvil/Hammer Lord Traits & Circles

    An interesting thought occurred to me last night during a BE session. I'm not sure it's all that important, but it made me think. I'm playing a...

    Posted By pseudoidiot
    • Replies: 3
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    03-04-2010 10:04 AM Go to last post
  17. So now I have it and...

    ...it's the most awesome of books ever. Saw one of my players at lunch today and he already seemed interested, just from the back blurb....

    Posted By Mencelus
    • Replies: 5
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    02-28-2010 12:55 AM Go to last post
  18. GMFoN Beliefs

    G'Day, I am cool with the players knowing all the details of each others character sheets. Do the players see all the details of the GMFoNs as...

    Posted By Justin in Oz
    • Replies: 2
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    02-24-2010 08:39 PM Go to last post
  19. I'm getting BE soon - tell me of the awesome!

    My birthday is this Sunday and it looks like a certain someone got me Burning Empires and Bloodstained Stars (I was told so I could look out for...

    Posted By Mencelus
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 468
    02-21-2010 03:56 PM Go to last post
  20. "Forcing" the opposition to spend scenes?

    I'm not sure if this is a question or just something I'd like to noodle over with other BE devotees. Maybe it's a question I think I already have an...

    Posted By Odie
    • Replies: 2
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    02-21-2010 01:25 PM Go to last post

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