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#70: Strategic Coda: The Web Connection by Shannon Appelcline, 06jun03
#69: Strategic Coda: The RPG Connection by Shannon Appelcline, 23may03
#68: Strategic Insights: Card Games by Shannon Appelcline, 09may03
#67: Strategic Insights: Trading Games by Shannon Appelcline, 25apr03
#66: Designing Strategy: A Conclusion by Shannon Appelcline, 11apr03
Designing Strategy: Hidden Information by Shannon Appelcline, 21mar03
#64: Designing Strategy: Victory & Balance by Shannon Appelcline, 07mar03
#63: Designing Strategy: Activity & Timing by Shannon Appelcline, 28feb03
#62: Anatomy of a Game: The Settlers of Catan by Shannon Appelcline, 21feb03
#61: Designing Strategy: The Random Factor by Shannon Appelcline, 14feb03
#60: Designing Strategy: Decision Sets by Shannon Appelcline, 07feb03
#59: Strategic Introductions: Web Games by Shannon Appelcline, 31jan03
#58: Designing Strategy: The Gameplay by Shannon Appelcline, 24jan03
#57: Designing Strategy: The Components by Shannon Appelcline, 17jan03
#56: Strategic Introductions: Tabletop Games by Shannon Appelcline, 10jan03
#55: Five Things I Love About You: Fixing Engineering Problems by Shannon Appelcline, May 13, 2002
#54: Finite Games, Finite Characters (Two Alternative Views to The Dynamic Dilemma) by Sam Witt, May 6, 2002
#53: The Dynamic Dilemma, Part Three by Shannon Appelcline, April 29, 2002
#52: The Dynamic Dilemma, Part Two by Shannon Appelcline, April 22, 2002
#51: The Dynamic Dilemma, Part One by Shannon Appelcline, April 15, 2002
#50: If I Ran the Zoo: An Interlude by Shannon Appelcline, April 1, 2002
#49: Dirty Words: Balance (An Alternative View to The Balance Bother) by Travis S. Casey, March 25, 2002
#48: The Myth of Balance (An Alternative View to The Balance Bother) by Sam Witt, March 18, 2002
#47: The Digital Ceiling (An Alternative View to The Competition Conundrum) by Sam Witt, March 11, 2002
#46: The Balance Bother March 4, 2002
#45: Dirty Words: Of PK and Grief Players (An Alternative View to The Competition Conundrum) by Travis S. Casey, February 25, 2002
#44: That Darned PvP Stuff Again (An Alternative View to The Competition Conundrum) by Jessica Mulligan, February 18, 2002
#43: Dirty Words: PK, Part One (An Alternative View to The Competition Conundrum) by Travis S. Casey, February 11, 2002
#42: Measuring Hate (Two Alternative Views to The Competition Conundrum) by Sam Witt, February 4, 2002
#41: The Competition Conundrum, January 28, 2002
#40: Consistent Lines (Two Alternative Views to The Realism Rathole) by Sam Witt, January 21, 2002
#39: Dirty Words: Keepin' It Real (An Alternative View to The Realism Rathole) by Travis S. Casey, January 14, 2002
#38: The Realism Rathole, January 7, 2002
#37: The Case for Art (an Alternative View to the Fun Factor, by Jessica Mulligan), December 24, 2001
#36: What's Entertainment? (an Alternative View to the Fun Factor, by Travis S. Casey), December 17, 2001
#35: Just Give Me a Game, Please (an Alternative View to the Fun Factor, by Jessica Mulligan), December 10, 2001
#34: The Psychology of Rewards (or, the Fun Factor, part 2), December 3, 2001
#33: The Fun Factor , November 26, 2001
#32: Five Things I Hate About You: Engineering Problems , November 19, 2001
#31: Engineering MCRPGs: An Introduction , November 12, 2001
#30: Revising Stories, Deriding Plots: Closing Notes , October 29, 2001
#29: Changing Stories, Changing Plot , October 22, 2001
#28: Many Users, Many Plots , October 15, 2001
#27: Episodic Plots, part Four: MCRPGs, October 1, 2001
#26: Episodic Plots, part Three: RPGs, September 24, 2001
#25: Episodic Plots, part Two: Comic Books, September 17, 2001
#24: Episodic Plots, part One: Television, September 10, 2001
#23: Movies: A Structure for Plot, Part Three, August 27, 2001
#22: Movies: A Structure for Plot, Part Two August 20, 2001
#21: Movies: A Structure for Plot, Part One August 13, 2001
#20: From Design to Development: An Epilogue August 6, 2001
#19: Mass Hysteria July 30, 2001
#18: The Game is what the Game is July 23, 2001
#17: The Thing in Itself, Part Two June 18, 2001
#16: The Thing in Itself, Part One June 11, 2001
#15: The State of the Art June 4, 2001
#14: Thirty-One Flavors? May 28, 2001
#13: Cliché Patterns May 21, 2001
#12: Development May 14, 2001
#11: Ideas May 7, 2001
#10: DEaD Again: A Statement of Purpose April 30, 2001
#9: StoryTelling in RPGs, Part Two April 23, 2001
#8: StoryTelling in RPGs, Part One April 16, 2001
#7: Imagining Backstory April 9, 2001
#6: Plot Strategies April 2, 2001
#5: Writing Dynamic Settings March 26, 2001
#4: Creating Vivid Characters March 20, 2001
#3: The Elements of Good Storytelling March 12, 2001
#2: Coca-Cola or Pepsi? March 5, 2001
#1: Twenty-First Century Roleplaying: An Introduction February 26, 2001

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