http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/ Historical East-Asian Roleplaying Games Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:34:57 GMT Francis Tiffany http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1490 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1490 Dear All, Well the material I wrote for 'T'ien-hsia?All Under Heaven' had a huge amount of social interaction... it's one of the chief strengths of the Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:15:34 GMT Matthew http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1489 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1489 ... I didn't find your tone confrontational at all -- and I hope mine does not come off that way either.  Unfortunately, internet discussions often seem to Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:05:39 GMT Matthew Miller http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1488 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1488 ... I didn't find your tone confrontational at all -- and I hope mine does not come off that way either.  Unfortunately, internet discussions often seem to Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:23:09 GMT Eric Yin http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1487 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1487 ... The saying has little to do with the accessibility of the emperor. It's a commonly used phrase that people use when they want to do something that skirts Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:11:18 GMT Matthew http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1486 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1486 ... It's true that the emperor himself was inaccessible to the people, hence the saying. But another common Chinese saying is "the net of the law is vast; it Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:09:08 GMT giannieanna http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1485 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1485 Hi Francis ... That's interesting... Alephtar Games are publishing two Chinese-flavoured this year. If they are successful, they could spark more interest in Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:32:42 GMT Francis Tiffany http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1484 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1484 Dear All, Yes. Francis ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:57:57 GMT Eric Yin http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1483 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1483 Hi Gianni, I looked through a bit of the pdf and it looks great even though my French is non-existant. If I may make a suggestion - under professions, change Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:41:21 GMT Eric Yin http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1482 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1482 For a RPG based on China, I doubt that there is much difference to gaming if there is a strong centralized government or not. A common Chinese saying is that Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:39:35 GMT giannieanna http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1481 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1481 Hi Paul ... Thank you. I am really flattered that you should be interested by my work -- after all, it was after reading Imazine and the Outlaws of the Water Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:30:28 GMT Matthew http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1480 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1480 Sounds great, Gianni. I'm looking forward to it! On the BRP thread, Gianni wrote:> the book's emphasis is on those periods of Chinese history ... This is an Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:29:36 GMT giannieanna http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1479 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1479 ... This is really a pity. Do you still have your work in electronic format? cheers Gianni Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:16:27 GMT lev@... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1478 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1478 ... Hello to you as well Gianni :) ... Puis-je vous aider avec la traduction en anglais? ... All the best, Lev Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:44:27 GMT Francis Tiffany http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1477 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1477 Greetings to All, I wrote a similar setting for the early Ming ('T'ien-hsia?All Under Heaven') and half of another to cover the Shang dynasty... 250,000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:20:28 GMT panurge@... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1476 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DragonsOfTheEast/message/1476 On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:54:48 +0900, "giannieanna" gianni@... giannieanna wrote: Dajia hao! Xinnian kuaile! I am the author of the free French rolegame