Jyhad: What's your Edge?

In article <338qc6$pie@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> lartigue@prairienet.org (Dave A. Lartigue) writes: >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >counter in Jyhad? While I was in the glass store buying red "globs" (blood counters at a much better price), I picked up a few larger ones, including one large faceted red teardrop. At Origins they were using little ankhs (presumably Vampire: The Masquerade paraphenalia). In our first game, we used a handy D20, since no one had brought anything else. Another item I have handy is a small disposable razor blade in a red plastic holder (an Olfa Touch-Knife, for those who hit the art stores), with a very nice "edge". It would probably not be a good idea to use an ornate fantasy dagger or unloaded handgun, though, just in case a rules discussion got out of hand... So how about alternate suggestions for blood counters, too? We shouldn't *all* play with boring red globs. I suggest dropping by your local gun shop and picking up some clean, unprimed brass in your favorite caliber, giving it a thin gloss lacquer coat to keep it from tarnishing, and using a dummy round in a rifle caliber for the Edge. No live ammo, please. Those who don't want to spend money on glass counters can easily acquire flat plastic counters in any number of colors, or go with poker chips (too big, imho). Computer nerds may opt for thin-net terminators. When in doubt, there's always pennies; they have the virtue of being both cheap and available in unlimited quantities. If you insist your counters must be red, buy a small can of spray-paint, and make those pennies bleed. The obvious choice for the Edge is a quarter. -- J Greely (jgreely@synopsys.com)

So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE counter in Jyhad? We use a Koosh Ball. Dave -- ============================================================================= Dave A. Lartigue, Cog in the Great Machine || Flames Cheerfully Ignored! =============================================================================

In article <338qc6$pie@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, Dave A. Lartigue <lartigue@prairienet.org> wrote: > >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >counter in Jyhad? > >We use a Koosh Ball. One game, we used a floppy hat. Another game, we used a nuclear bomb. Actually, it was just a sculpture someone made to look like a small nuclear device (bought it at an art show at a con), but still. -- Doug DeJulio ddj@zardoz.elbows.org

I use my Black Lotus...*giggle* --

In article <338qc6$pie@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, Dave A. Lartigue <lartigue@prairienet.org> wrote: > >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >counter in Jyhad? > >We use a Koosh Ball. The game I was just in recently, we used a Woodstock 94 wristband. It was an orange lot wristband. Five player game; took 7 hours. -- solsbury@cais.com*Splunge*Alan Salisbury*Sys Admin/PA/MusicLover*Unix/Informix/ Aerosmith/Beatles/Boston/Clapton/Eagles/ELO/Enya/Fleetwood Mac/Peter Gabriel Heart/Jethro Tull/Elton John/Billy Joel/Journey/Led Zeppelin/Moody Blues Van Morrison/Tom Petty/Pink Floyd/Queen/Steely Dan/Stevie Ray Vaugn/ZZ Top Woodstock 94: saw Cypress Hill, James, Allman Bros, Traffic, NIN, Primus, mud

In article <338qc6$pie@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, Dave A. Lartigue <lartigue@prairienet.org> wrote: > >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >counter in Jyhad? In our game, we used a telephone debit card I got in Germany. Tony mordru@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca

Dave A. Lartigue (lartigue@prairienet.org) wrote: : So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE : counter in Jyhad? If I had enough pairs to go around, I would use plastic halloween vampire teeth. (I dont want to be sippin on other people's saliva, well, if the saliva was from a female, it wouldnt be so bad)

Before I could do anything to stop it, Chris Gross wrote: > If I had enough pairs to go around, I would use plastic halloween vampire > teeth. (I dont want to be sippin on other people's saliva, well, if the > saliva was from a female, it wouldnt be so bad) Well, once it's cold and sitting in the bottom of a set of plastic vampire fangs it's - well, not the same... -- There be that can pack the cards and yet cannot play | a-Henh! well; so there are some that are good in canvasses and | Brian Wilson factions, that are otherwise weak men. | Francis Bacon |

In article <338qc6$pie@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> lartigue@prairienet.org (Dave A. Lartigue) writes: > So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE > counter in Jyhad? We use a replica of an Egyptian cat statue (Bastet) that I got at the British Museum . Pretentious, ennit? :-) ******************************************* Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth. -George Orwell 1984 Seoman nmbiba@students.wisc.edu

Ketchup packets from McDonald's would make good blood points. Maybe Sweet and Sour sauce packs for MTG life points. :)

Has anyone gotten any response from questions@wizards.com or custserv@wizards.com recently? Just wondering since my email bounced from questions and custserv offered no reply. Did EVERYONE at the company go to GenCon or something? Sheesh! Hmm... time to use the hotline, I guess. Funny thing was that when I tried to finger the accounts it said questions hadn't logged on since June 10(this can't be right, can it?) and custserv had never logged on. Whatever.

We use a fluffy seal as our seal and have to bleed it every turn that you gain that extra blood. Gary. --------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Lt.Cmdr Data | Quote - "In every way, of course. USS Enterprise (NCC 1701-D) | I am programmed in multiple techniques. Galaxy Class Starship | A broad variety of pleasuring." StarFleet Communique | Status - "Fully functional." --------------------------------+----------------------------------------

Call me a 'Real Roleplayer' or whatnot, but I'm going searching tomorrow for a black taper candle to put in a silver candlestick holder to use as our Edge. :) It was either that or a black silk glove. --Red +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------+ | Looking for Creature Bonds and Earthbinds!!! | redadept@cris.com | | If you'd like to contribute, send me E-mail! +---------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------+ Hail Eris! Fnord! | | Ferrets: Eris' gift to mankind, everyone should be owned by one! | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

usagi@netcom.com (Miyamoto Usagi) writes: >Has anyone gotten any response from questions@wizards.com or >custserv@wizards.com recently? Just wondering since my email bounced >from questions and custserv offered no reply. Did EVERYONE at the company >go to GenCon or something? Sheesh! Hmm... time to use the hotline, I guess. >Funny thing was that when I tried to finger the accounts it said questions >hadn't logged on since June 10(this can't be right, can it?) and custserv >had never logged on. Whatever. At the San Diego Comic Con, WotC said that they would have >100 people at GenCon. So perhaps they've gone on a "family vacation" or something of that sort... Hopefully they'll return. JMcD caribou@cco.caltech.edu

I use a Onyx stone Necklace with silver Skeleton cands holding it...looks kinda cool, but I plan on using the welder at work today to make up a couple of Inverted cross-type pieces to pass around to people in my play group that are playing Jyhad.

In planning for my upcoming game, I wanna buy one of those baseball caps that holds a beer on each side. Either that or Mickey Mouse ears. Jack Dracula Malkavian

Dave A. Lartigue (lartigue@prairienet.org) wrote: : So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE : counter in Jyhad? A 7" tall solid copper Ankh. --Gary (mage@dfci.harvard.edu)

A gold ring whose origin is unknown. Thought it was my brother's but he doesn't remember it at all. -- Roberto Ullfig - ullfig@fnrobo.fnal.gov

>Dave A. Lartigue (lartigue@prairienet.org) wrote: >: So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >: counter in Jyhad? We use a four foot tall, seven hundred pound eunuch. They're fun to have around but hell on the furniture. -- ****** Bill Schuttler wschuttl@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu **** ***** ***** **** Don't make me do it without my fez on. -D.Fagen ****** ____________________________________________________________________________

In article <338qc6$pie@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, Dave A. Lartigue <lartigue@prairienet.org> wrote: >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >counter in Jyhad? Heh. I've got ya all beat. We use a can of Edge shaving cream/gel. :) Jay (= -- John W. "Jay" Elmore Jr. | "I've been ionized... johnel@calvin.linfield.edu | but I'm OK now." or jelmore@netcom.com | --Dr. E. Banzai

The people I play with at OU use... a can of Edge.

>jonesg@cs.man.ac.uk (Data) writes: >>We use a fluffy seal as our seal and have to bleed it every turn that >>you gain that extra blood. >Heh! That's great! A little light and airy though, don't you think? I use a Black Uggle with a blood red mane... His name is Erik... And he's very vicious... Iskander...

>>>Dave A. Lartigue (lartigue@prairienet.org) wrote: >> >>>: So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >>>: counter in Jyhad? >> >> We use a four foot tall, seven hundred pound eunuch. They're fun >>to have around but hell on the furniture. >That's very strange, Bill. Could always use a photo of that guy from U2... Whats his name? :) Iskander...

Miyamoto Usagi <usagi@netcom.com> wrote: >Has anyone gotten any response from questions@wizards.com or >custserv@wizards.com recently? Just wondering since my email bounced >from questions and custserv offered no reply. Did EVERYONE at the company >go to GenCon or something? Sheesh! Hmm... time to use the hotline, I guess. >Funny thing was that when I tried to finger the accounts it said questions >hadn't logged on since June 10(this can't be right, can it?) and custserv >had never logged on. Whatever. If mail was bouncing, then there was some kind of a system error which would have taken a while to fix since yes, most of WotC was at GenCon ;) Because most of WotC was there, calling the hotline wouldn't have done much more good. The finger information on the WotC machine has yet to be accurate since I started logging on there (or at least, the information about the logon history has yet to be). Tom Wylie rec.games.deckmaster Network Representative for aahz@hal.com Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

: So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE : counter in Jyhad? Well, tonight we used the top of a Tropicana Grapefruit Juice bottle. -- ########################################################################## ## Bobby Warren comedy@primenet.com ## ## Glendale, Arizona 8872@ef.gc.maricopa.edu ## ## (Television) is a medium of entertainment which permits millions ## ## of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet ## ## remain lonesome. ## ## --T. S. Eliot ## ##########################################################################

Played my first game of it tonight. We used the crystal stopper of a decanter for the Edge. -- Tom Doehne doehne@cse.ogi.edu

When my friends come back to school and I have someone to play with, I intend to use my d30 (if i had a zocchihedron d100) I would use that instead. Carl

In article <hfalb.132.2E5ADB88@efs.mq.edu.au> hfalb@efs.mq.edu.au (Henk Falb) writes: >>jonesg@cs.man.ac.uk (Data) writes: > >>>We use a fluffy seal as our seal and have to bleed it every turn that >>>you gain that extra blood. > >>Heh! That's great! A little light and airy though, don't you think? > >I use a Black Uggle with a blood red mane... His name is Erik... And he's very >vicious... > >Iskander... We use an "On The Edge" card from one of the numerous new trading card games that were introduced at GenCON. It's got a cool back that says "On The Edge". Works nicely! Cheers, Dan

In the first game I played we used one of those nerf arrow shhooters, not only is it easy to hold, but its fun to shoo tat the other players when they take to long deciding what to do.:

Red Adept (Redadept@cris.com) wrote: : Call me a 'Real Roleplayer' or whatnot, but I'm going searching tomorrow for : a black taper candle to put in a silver candlestick holder to use as our : Edge. :) : It was either that or a black silk glove. My personal favorite so far was a shiny meat cleaver--but make sure you are playing with REALLY good friends who have a sense of humor. :) --Jason "Skippy" Giardino

My personal favorite to date was to use the television remote control as the edge. It's very devious to bleed your opponent and then change the channel to CNN from ST:TNG, and watch your prey (and usually your predator) squirm as they are forced to watch congress battle it out on tv! -- Christian Stone (wolfgang@wam.umd.edu)

Daniel Stephans (stephadj@cda.mrs.umn.edu) wrote: : In article <hfalb.132.2E5ADB88@efs.mq.edu.au> hfalb@efs.mq.edu.au (Henk Falb) writes: : >>jonesg@cs.man.ac.uk (Data) writes: : >I use a Black Uggle with a blood red mane... His name is Erik... And he's very : >vicious... What's an uggle? I typically use my cat, Peppers. It seemed natural because it always sits in someone lap, and doesn't mind being passed around. Of course, we have had the problem once where the Edge decided it was hungry and ran away before we could finish a vote. -- Dennis Stalnaker | The worst thing that could ever happen to a person is solomon@usa.net | for that person to be comfortable, because once you Colorado Springs | are comfortable, you stop trying for somthing better.

>My personal favorite so far was a shiny meat cleaver--but make sure you >are playing with REALLY good friends who have a sense of humor. :) >--Jason "Skippy" Giardino One Edge I just thought of during lunch is a small vial of Speed with a small snorting spoon... Then when you gain the Edge you could take a waft... Highly illegal and expensive, but in my opinion it would give you that buzz that a vampire would have after sucking neck... :) Last person still alive wins everyones cards... :) Iskander... ** I would like to state that this message was not intended to be taken ** seriously or attempted at home kiddies... ** At least not without adult supervision... :) **************************************************************

I found a really nice silver pyramid at Pier One. It's about three inches tall and looks just mystical enough. Still can't find nice red glass globs at a reasonable price, but the Old America Store had amber glass globs. I guess we are just using plasma... ______________________________________________________________________________ Kevin Price The beatings will continue price@indirect.com until morale improves.

In article <338qc6$pie@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> lartigue@prairienet.org (Dave A. Lartigue) writes: > >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >counter in Jyhad? > >We use a Koosh Ball. > >Dave > We use the little clear red glass drops for blood counters and I donated a glass goblet to store them in which we use for the edge. It looks cool and it makes the person with the edge play banker. ;) -- ~ Silverfoot come silenty... ~ ~ The Gypsy Elf- Kansas State University ~ ~ sylvan@ksu.ksu.edu ~

Whenever we play, I offer one of my throwing knives. Someone else offered one of the preview cards from "On the Edge" but everyone liked my idea more. ...Brett

In article <Cv3ML1.Dst@news.cis.umn.edu> brett@morayeel.micro.umn.edu (Brett de Jesus) writes: > Whenever we play, I offer one of my throwing knives. > Someone else offered one of the preview cards from "On the Edge" but everyone > liked my idea more. Here's one I'm surprised nobody thought of yet--a straight razor. If somebody asked me what I thought an "Edge" was, that's what I'd give as an answer. Apply all warnings about playing with stable gamers, of course. ;-) ******************************************* Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth. -George Orwell 1984 Seoman nmbiba@students.wisc.edu

Call us dark, but we used a Hellraiser Puzzlebox with the skull of a small mammal set on top. As the Edge passed around the table we kept waiting for the lights to dim and the chains to fly! jon

During our last game we used a three foot high blue teddybear for the edge. If you had it you also had the most comfortable cushin in the room. It was also quite fun to throw it at your predator when he managed to bleed you.

Us? We've used... 1) Small, unloaded .22 hold-out pistol (UNLOADED!). 2) A Pog (the Snoop-Dogg Pog) 3) A Rubick's Cube (remember those?) As far as blood goes, being avid Shadowrun players, we've been using 8-12mm six-sided dice. It's actually worked amazingly well; we've ditched plans to go buy the necessary stones... --the holy Entombed-- rasputin@wam.umd.edu

My claddaugh [sic?] ring. Never mind the symbolism ... ;) Best, -CS

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We use a severed hand i bought a few halloweens back from a costume shop. It makes an awesome edge and really fits in with the genre of Jyhad. It looks almost like the severed hand on the Game of Malkav card. Blake Thurston

We use my copper bracelet: certainly unique -- it's four intertwined wavy bands. So now it's been dubbed "the Edge" in general ... too much spare time. -- "Some people are unable to experience even the slightest of life's pleasures without being thrown into frenzies of analysis." -- P.J. O'Rourke ****************************************************************************** Nancy Smallwood Wolfe --- nwolfe@amber.ucs.indiana.edu

>: >I use a Black Uggle with a blood red mane... His name is Erik... And he's very >: >vicious... >What's an uggle? he's a stuffed toy from the Lost Forest chain of shops... You might know Puggles?! Well an Uggle is it's meaner cousin that grew up in swamps and rubbish dumps etc... Whbat does one look like?! Well bit like a wombat with a pointier snout... And he's got big nasty claws... And I'm sure that if he had a choise he'd be a vampire... :) >I typically use my cat, Peppers. It seemed natural because it always sits >in someone lap, and doesn't mind being passed around. Of course, we have >had the problem once where the Edge decided it was hungry and ran away >before we could finish a vote. You should just keep feeding him/her whilst on someones lap... Fill it up with chips and junk food... that should stop it from going anywhere... Except maybe the litter tray... :) Iskander...

We played our first games of Jyhad this weekend. We used a Fozzie Bear Pez dispenser for our Edge.

I use a guitar pick, but I love the remote control idea! -- _______________________________________________________________________________ "My opinion is just a point of view Rob Wall and your position is the other side..." Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Fates Warning ________________________________________________________________________________

Robert (stone@phoenix.cs.uga.edu) wrote: : From lartigue@prairienet.org (Dave A. Lartigue) regarding "Jyhad: What's : your Edge?" We use: a) a stuffed pink pig. When sombody aquires the edge, they must squeeze the pig. This produces oinking sounds from the pig. b) Things that are far too strange to discuss here... :)

I have you all beat...here in Providence I use a sample-size little black bottle of shaving lotion... "Edge" brand, of course. Very cool marker, available for only 79c at your favorite local pharmacy...:) -jg -- /* Jeremy Gaffney -- jg@cs.brown.edu - jmg@ebt.com */

I've been using a "Monster in my pocket" Vampire figure. -- /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Tom Lotze jxhma1@pitt.edu Not named as my account, but it is so. | | "With great power comes great responsibility."-Peter Parker | | "The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all."-Piers Anthony| \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/

In article <338qc6$pie@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, lartigue@prairienet.org (Dave A. Lartigue) wrote: > > So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE > counter in Jyhad? > > We use a Koosh Ball. We use a little plastic Ernie. -- Bob Hearn hearn@claris.com

Well, when we're not using the Edge shaving cream, I dug out my cool Codex coin from an old Ultima game. It's neat... kind of a hexagram pattern with three circles in the middle.. looks nice and semi-mystical. Jay (= -- John W. "Jay" Elmore Jr. | "I've been ionized... johnel@calvin.linfield.edu | but I'm OK now." or jelmore@netcom.com | --Dr. E. Banzai

Joan Harvey (jxhma1@vms.cis.pitt.edu) wrote: : I've been using a "Monster in my pocket" Vampire figure. I've got a little green marble monolithic rock that I got at a cheezy import shop with my green blood stones. It's a cube. 12 edges, 8 corners, 6 sides. heh. -- felixech@teleport.com Chancellor 1 IMFLP. Duke of Progress, Count of Lents Junction. Wicked Underfiend of International Op's. Zap666SirusWisdom13Vamp386ScribeIMFLP

Jay Elmore (jelmore@netcom.com) wrote: : In article <338qc6$pie@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, : Dave A. Lartigue <lartigue@prairienet.org> wrote: : >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE : >counter in Jyhad? : Heh. I've got ya all beat. : We use a can of Edge shaving cream/gel. :) Hey, thats what me and me friends use ! I guess great minds really do think alike ! -- ********************************************************** *BlackAdder * ..Thats the biz sweetheart * *blakader@csos.orst.edu * Remo Williams, The Destroyer* **********************************************************

A far side mug with a joke about depression (also useful in storing blood counters). Scott storm@tamsun.tamu.edu

A packed bong. Adds a whole new element to the untap phase, and makes for quite a bit more aggressively oriented games. Of course, nobody seems to trade the thing in for votes... -jesse

1. A strange, mutant gaming stone (life counter) which was in the middle of twinning. Looks like a figure 8. 2. Sunglasses. You had to wear them, so you didn't forget to gain your pool. -- Michael Schmahl (Black-Robe Mage) WWIVnet: 1@10405 (Oblivion) Internet: fxmgs @acad3.alaska.edu, or @camelot.acf-lab.alaska.edu

Joshua Freeman Frankel (frankel@uclink.berkeley.edu) wrote: : We played our first games of Jyhad this weekend. We used a Fozzie Bear : Pez dispenser for our Edge. This gets my vote as the most truly Malkavian Edge to date... Which leads to the inevitable questions of, what would each of the clans use as their Edge symbol? This should NOT be the same as their Clan symbol, so don't EVEN suggest it! AND...... What would the Edge be for Real Men, Real Roleplayers, Real Loonies, and Muchkins? Randy

Randall P. (randallp@rain.org) wrote: : Joshua Freeman Frankel (frankel@uclink.berkeley.edu) wrote: : : We played our first games of Jyhad this weekend. We used a Fozzie Bear : : Pez dispenser for our Edge. : This gets my vote as the most truly Malkavian Edge to date... : Which leads to the inevitable questions of, what would each of the : clans use as their Edge symbol? This should NOT be the same as their Clan : symbol, so don't EVEN suggest it! AND...... What would the Edge be for : Real Men, Real Roleplayers, Real Loonies, and Muchkins? : Randy Edge Counter: Real Men use a very sharp, long sword that they call a knife. Real Roleplayers use a wine glass with Black Cherry Kool-aid. Real Loonies use a spoon, since they're not allowed near anything sharp. Munchkins use the counters from the blood bank and slip themselves a few extra when no one's looking. Cheers, Chris. cat@wintermute.ucr.edu

OK, I'll bite. The edge for: Real Men - a 5 pound chunk of beef. Real Roleplayers - full vampire costume (with pale face makeup) Real Loonies - a glass of water without the glass (just cup your hands) Real Munchkins - a complete set of vampire cards

Hi. Our's is a large metal Wyvernn that my friend had painted for our game. It just seem like the perfect thing for us; concidering that Wyvernns are also called "Worms of the Earth, and Dracula was called "The Wyrm of the earth". "Fly into DANGER"

In article <@#$@@@#%> jg@cs.brown.edu (Jeremy Gaffney) writes: > I have you all beat...here in Providence I use a sample-size > little black bottle of shaving lotion... > > "Edge" brand, of course. Very cool marker, available for only > 79c at your favorite local pharmacy...:) How about a U2 CD? I've also got the videotape to _Rattle and Hum_. (For those who don't get it, the guitarist is named "The Edge". I wonder if there's a Bono counter anywhere?) z_coolidgejs@titan.sfasu.edu Jon Coolidge / "Zigon Marovich" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Augra: "Where is your master now?" Jen: "He's dead." Augra: "Could be anywhere then." --The Dark Crystal

I'm waiting to use my Cat-In-The-Hat hat.

In article <Cv1uEp.CzJ@cda.mrs.umn.edu>, stephadj@cda.mrs.umn.edu (Daniel Stephans) wrote: > - some more stuff about edges - > We use an "On The Edge" card from one of the numerous new trading card > games that were introduced at GenCON. It's got a cool back that says > "On The Edge". Works nicely! > > Cheers, > > Dan Well I've got a small piece of a tile from Castle in Romania where Vlad Tepes lived. (Hint, his father was in the Draconian Guard, and was known as Drakul, and an a was usually put on the end of a father's name for the son!) TTFN -- * ***************************************************************** * *Michael Mitchell *"All I know about babies is that you * *User Support * are not supposed to put them into * *Molecular Biology Software * washing machines. Makes the colours * *Imperial Cancer Research Fund* run, presumably." * *+44 (0)71 269 3115 * Tom Holt - Here Comes The Sun - 1994* * ***************************************************************** *

My three favorites so far : A spring loaded stiletto. An unloaded .32 revolver (a real "Saturday Night Special"). A Glock-17 magazine loaded up with nice nasty hydroshock ammo. Alec -- Alec Habig, Indiana University High Energy Astrophysics ahabig@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu http://astrowww.astro.indiana.edu/personnel/ahabig/ Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my guns.

A stainless steel German paratrooper knife -- the kind with the handle that folds inward and conceals the blade. It's dull, fortunately. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Michael Brandt Handler -- Philadelphia, PA -- <grendel@netaxs.com> \bi/ PGP v2.6 public key available -- 1984: We're Behind Schedule \/

lartigue@prairienet.org (Dave A. Lartigue) writes: >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >counter in Jyhad? >We use a Koosh Ball. I have a 6" bronze bear (Called "Da Bear" - being a Chicagoan) which we use. It is then renamed "Da Edge". It looks nice when in the middle, curled possesively arounf the blood pool. -Graham Wills -- Graham Wills Data Visualization / Software Research (11265) gwills@research.att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Indian Hill, Naperville IL

nmbiba@students.wisc.edu (Seoman) writes: >In article <338qc6$pie@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> >lartigue@prairienet.org (Dave A. Lartigue) writes: >> So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >> counter in Jyhad? >We use a replica of an Egyptian cat statue (Bastet) that I got at the >British Museum . Pretentious, ennit? :-) I have used an alabaster cat statue that I got in Cairo. Nya Nya Na Na Naaa. But I prefer Da Bear. Prententious? Moi? -Graham Wills -- Graham Wills Data Visualization / Software Research (11265) gwills@research.att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Indian Hill, Naperville IL

In article <33o19l$mh1@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> rasputin@wam.umd.edu (the holy Entombed) writes: >Path: radian!natinst.com!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!rasputin >From: rasputin@wam.umd.edu (the holy Entombed) >Newsgroups: rec.games.deckmaster >Subject: Re: Jyhad: What's your Edge? >Date: 27 Aug 1994 18:39:49 GMT >Organization: University of Maryland College Park >Lines: 16 >Message-ID: <33o19l$mh1@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> >References: <33he3b$aab@herald.indirect.com> <33lkj5INNmls@uwm.edu> <33nrb0$j9r@spool.cs.wisc.edu> >NNTP-Posting-Host: rac8.wam.umd.edu >X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] >Us? > >We've used... > >1) Small, unloaded .22 hold-out pistol (UNLOADED!). >2) A Pog (the Snoop-Dogg Pog) >3) A Rubick's Cube (remember those?) > >As far as blood goes, being avid Shadowrun players, we've been using >8-12mm six-sided dice. It's actually worked amazingly well; we've >ditched plans to go buy the necessary stones... > > >--the holy Entombed-- >rasputin@wam.umd.edu > First time we played Jyhad, we used a carrot as the Edge. My girlfriend ate it midway through the game so we had to find something else...

Some friends of mine in the SFX biz are trying to get a cast of Tom Cruise's hand from the movie Interview With The Vampire to use as the Edge.

: >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE : >counter in Jyhad? : : >We use a Koosh Ball. We use a painted miniature of an open grave. We also use Tombstones as torpor markers and we place a crypt miniature over our crypt. It adds to the atmosphere. Oh, play with dimmed lights and lots of NIN music. -- / \ ehgoetz@hubble.sheridanc.on.ca _\ /_ | When you hear the footsteps behind you, | don't look. You might not like what you find.

ehgoetz@hubble.sheridanc.on.ca (Monk) writes: >: >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE >: >counter in Jyhad? >: >: >We use a Koosh Ball. >We use a painted miniature of an open grave. We also use Tombstones as >torpor markers and we place a crypt miniature over our crypt. It adds to >the atmosphere. Oh, play with dimmed lights and lots of NIN music. We use a throwing knife (we were also thinking that anybody walking in the room, hearing people say "I'm going to bleed you", then reach for the edge...) -- Andre Kostur akostur@helix.net

: >Us? : > : >We've used... : > : >1) Small, unloaded .22 hold-out pistol (UNLOADED!). : >2) A Pog (the Snoop-Dogg Pog) : >3) A Rubick's Cube (remember those?) : > : >As far as blood goes, being avid Shadowrun players, we've been using : >8-12mm six-sided dice. It's actually worked amazingly well; we've : >ditched plans to go buy the necessary stones... : > : > : >--the holy Entombed-- : >rasputin@wam.umd.edu : > : First time we played Jyhad, we used a carrot as the Edge. My girlfriend : ate it midway through the game so we had to find something else... My group generally uses a can of Gillette's (sp?) the Edge shaving gel. It was made for the game. Bryan

In article <35ab1d$n4b@bigfoot.wustl.edu>, bmwalker@artsci.wustl.edu (Bryan Munroe Walker) writes: > : >Us? > : > > : >We've used... > : > > : >1) Small, unloaded .22 hold-out pistol (UNLOADED!). > : >2) A Pog (the Snoop-Dogg Pog) > : >3) A Rubick's Cube (remember those?) > : > > : >As far as blood goes, being avid Shadowrun players, we've been using > : >8-12mm six-sided dice. It's actually worked amazingly well; we've > : >ditched plans to go buy the necessary stones... > : > > : > > : >--the holy Entombed-- > : >rasputin@wam.umd.edu > : > > : First time we played Jyhad, we used a carrot as the Edge. My girlfriend > : ate it midway through the game so we had to find something else... > > My group generally uses a can of Gillette's (sp?) the Edge shaving > gel. It was made for the game. > > Bryan I favor a Coca-Cola bottle. It really gives the Edge when it's early morning... Christian.

Bryan Munroe Walker (bmwalker@artsci.wustl.edu) wrote: : : First time we played Jyhad, we used a carrot as the Edge. My girlfriend : : ate it midway through the game so we had to find something else... : My group generally uses a can of Gillette's (sp?) the Edge shaving : gel. It was made for the game. We use this large plastic bat I have lying around. When it's not the edge, it's a minature in an RPG where one of the characters has a giant bat as a pet (which is why it was on the gaming table when we started Jyhad). The first time we played we used beans as blood counters. One guy was eating them whenever he lost points. He got really sick. : Bryan -- Nez@thepoint.com First master of the backwards philosophy. Hail Eris and Praise the Huddab!

Monk (ehgoetz@hubble.sheridanc.on.ca) wrote: : : >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE : : >counter in Jyhad? : : : : >We use a Koosh Ball. : We use a painted miniature of an open grave. We also use Tombstones as : torpor markers and we place a crypt miniature over our crypt. It adds to : the atmosphere. Oh, play with dimmed lights and lots of NIN music. : -- : : / \ ehgoetz@hubble.sheridanc.on.ca : _\ /_ : | When you hear the footsteps behind you, : | don't look. You might not like what you find. Well we use a small stuffed monkey named chester:) ...maybe we aint taking this game as serious as some:) Mark -- Command, n.: Statement presented by a human and accepted by a computer in such a manner as to make the human feel as if he is in control.

> Monk (ehgoetz@hubble.sheridanc.on.ca) wrote: > : : >So, just to be the first to start polling, what do YOU use for your EDGE > : : >counter in Jyhad? > : : > : : >We use a Koosh Ball. > > : We use a painted miniature of an open grave. We also use Tombstones as > : torpor markers and we place a crypt miniature over our crypt. It adds to > : the atmosphere. Oh, play with dimmed lights and lots of NIN music. > > Well we use a small stuffed monkey named chester:) > > ...maybe we aint taking this game as serious as some:) We use a flat silver triangle from Ultima 7. It has nasty points on it. ;) Donald ------------------------------------------------------- Donald Wong | wongdo@cpsc.ucalgary.ca University of Calgary | wongdl@acs.ucalgary.ca -------------------------------------------------------