Marc Miller is a genius. Now, I'm not saying that T5, as incarnated, is going to be everyone's cup of tea, but going deeper into the wealth of tables available, the most relaxing thing about them is not that they are there when you need a quick and dirty lookup for something you didn't plan ahead of time, but that you can safely ignore them unless there is something going on that requires scientific/universe/random knowledge that doesn't naturally flow from the current state of the game world.…
I mentioned in my last post on how far back this advocacy of pedo acceptance went in the so-called intellectual class [https://thelastredoubt.com/not-cute/], but since writing that was reminded by someone - I no longer remember where - of a couple of older Aydin Paladin videos on the leftist history of pedo advocacy. I'll link them at the bottom. Both have valuable insights, but if you only have time to watch/listen to one, listen to the second one - because it traces the roots of pedophile advo…
As I slid back into playing in an AD&D campaign as well as running a twice-a-month Dimmermount-based campaign, I poked my nose back into Traveller. Namely - I had a few years back purchased the Classic Traveller CD-ROM from FFE which included the complete LBB's of the original edition as well as the consolidated "Traveller Book" edition, and all of the expansion books: High Guard for more advanced ship design and naval character skills, as well as expansions for scouts, ground forces, merchants,…
First, a couple notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the wake of RBGs death, Razor has an excellent video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHm5w8egcs8] where he delves once again into why he thinks the supreme court should have some form of greater oversight/term limits, as needed to restrain their power. Also, Peter Grant is underscoring why we have to walk into any and all situations expecting the justice system to be weaponized agains…
The title is not original, but inspire by Walker's post [https://bradfordcwalker.blogspot.com/2020/09/history-we-remember-in-september-when.html] . Since I don't hang out on Twitter anymore, he pointed me to this post by ACKs creator Alexander Macris [https://twitter.com/archon/status/1304477747654414337] : > On the 11th of September, 1683, an army of 150,000 Ottoman Muslims under Kara Mustafa attacked Vienna, defended by only 11,000 Christian soldiers. The defenders held out until King John…