I’ve been in several of Jeffro’s Gamma World sessions [http://www.castaliahouse.com/creating-a-first-edition-gamma-world-campaign/] at this point, and it’s been a blast. It hadn’t occurred to me that GW though is sortof like Traveller. > Each of these six campaign map locations constitute full fledged factions in their own right. They have their own strengths and weaknesses, their own goals, their own relationships with each of the other surrounding groups. And note that they could each serve a…
You can likely skip the majority of it because after the first 40 minutes it it gets int a predictable rut. No, it’s not Stefan’s fault. At first it almost sounds reasonable. Russell points out quite fairly that our understanding of truth, of the nature of the cosmos, of the laws of physics, of what is a “car” is determined at any time by a common – and imprecise, and context-sensitive, and common-understanding of the cosmos and meanings sensitive – understanding of what words mean, and the nat…
A Twitter commenter named Thomas Wictor, apparently a reporter from back in the day, has written a book on flamethrowers [http://www.thomaswictor.com/books/german-flamethrower-pioneers/], two [http://www.thomaswictor.com/books/flamethrower-troops/], actually, and how they were used. For a taste of his research on the topic [http://www.thomaswictor.com/flamethrowers-for-ellie/]: > In 1901 German mechanical engineer Richard Fiedler patented the first modern flamethrower. He was trying to desi…
It’s my Monday post but going up a bit early. So, one of the arguments that went around and around the other week was whether or not Rebel was appropriate. Certainly, some people weighted in and said “no.” Some went further and accused Vox of just being in it for the money and the short term gain, not having a clue, etc. I’m not going to rehash all that. Instead, I’m simply going to deal with “why Rebel and not the stripes” – say, a la Patriotika. Let’s call our hypothetical heroine just that…
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