Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Dungeon

Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Dungeon

I'd mentioned before that I'm running an ACKs campaign. For those not familiar, ACKs - Adventurer, Conqueror, King system - by Alexander Macris was an answer to the question "what if we took Basic, Moldvay-style D&D/OSR, and gave it a slightly more coherent set of rules, incorporated economics that make sense without requiring a ton of math, and used that to expand the rules all the way to "domain play" - kingdoms, armies, and so forth. While we're at it, we're neither running in the default…

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Things Don't Work Like They Used To

Things Don't Work Like They Used To

Two dead and 20 injured after an in-construction collapse of a hotel in New Orleans [https://news.yahoo.com/1-dead-19-injured-hard-095956818.html?guccounter=1]. You can read up if you like, but the upshot is that this is the second time in several years a major construction project literally came apart before it was even completed [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/collapsed-florida-walkway-was-built-using-new-accelerated-bridge-technology-n857166] . I understand "shit happens", but due to…

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A Razor Cuts Deep

A Razor Cuts Deep

A few bits of Razorfist, who's been on a roll lately. First, on the impeachment kerfluffle. Then, on Beto's slip of the mask... And a bit more on guns, including why militias matter, and a reminder that the orgasms the left has over the very prospect of a "right wing" terrorist goes back a looong way. Aside from the ones mentioned here, Ruby Ridge, Waco, etc., there's also the Atlanta Olympic bombing. Do not forget the salivating glee when the media still thought the DC sniper might be an…

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