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sundancer 4 years, 7 months ago.
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“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go, rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, and dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy’ or charms can make us sleep as well and better than thy stroke; why swell’st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally, and death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.”(John Donne)
Ladles and Jellyspoons, I present myself! I have returned from the grave…[clanking of chains] Not really, but I had to spend a few days with my friends in hospital. The first three days were a bit rough, but after that it was quite nice. Lovely room with windows that open out into the grounds. There were heaps of Rabbits on the loose and a couple of Owls screetching about at night. I should have asked my dad to bring a bow and we could have had some good tucker.
I did miss you lot too. They would let me do this from my room last week – I asked several times!
The only bad thing was that I was forced to watch stuff that made my piss boil. I wished for the arms of Morphius, but alas, they never came. (‘I couldn’t sleep’ for the less educated) I did meet a very interesting Nurse call Karen. She is a ‘strange’ Christian, but one of the ones that follow the teachings of Peter. Another first for me. The inverted Crucifix gave it away – she didn’t look like a Satanist.
Anyhoo, on with the show. Read all of this waffle really carefully so as to not fall foul of me later. If you are easily offended or hard of thinking than please go any play somewhere else. I am too tired to argue with idiots…go play with yourself. Everyone else is free to join the gang (not Cult) and have a great time. If you have never taken the plunge before then why not? This is where it is at. Here you will learn the things that will change your life. However, you have to jump first…
Upon hitting the water, compose yourself, then make your “Pledge”. It can be anything gaming related: build, paint or play. Do them all if you are up to it, but whatever you decide have fun doing it. You don’t have to finish it to any timescale. No, in here ‘happiness is the road’. Post some pictures. I like pictures.
There are some questions for you to have a go at. Nothing heavy just to loosen the lips. This gets things started and then we all get to know each other a bit better. We try to keep it conversational. No text talk or using the word “basically” either.
1. Terrain and terrain set-up. Do you just fling it together or does it have to look correct?
2. I watched a video where they were showing off a starter-set. Are you a straight from the box kind of girl or do you buy a rulebook, a few minis, some other bits, then get going? What do you think about “starter-sets”?
3. Did some reading to pass the time. Books to movies tend to not work very well, but is there any you like/love?
4. Comedy sucks. Not all, but most. Your favourite double-act(s)?
It is expected that you accompany your endevours with only the best musical choices. No wuss rock. Write us a playlist so that we can take the piss or maybe discover some new choons. While you are here you can boast, plead, rant, tell a story of love and woe, make a joke, show a picture, or anything that might tickle us. You can ride as close to the wind as you like, but imagine you are having afternoon tea with my grandmother, and my Aunt Freda, and everything will be fine. I would have included my Aunt Stella, but she used to curse a blue streak…it was like being at a boiler stokers reunion when she was just cursing by herself.
Glasgow pub rules: NO RELIGION & NO POLITICS! If you need to make a better point then it is allowed, but don’t take the piss. I see everything…I am omniverous.
The sign explains it all. We are totally inclusive here. Everyone is equally worthless until proved otherwise. How fair is that?
There is only one real rule. This cannot be broken or transmuted. NO DICKS. Firms.
Are we ready clocks? Go to it.
I will try my best to stay upright this weekend, but I might need a few breaks to recharge the batteries. Now it is time for toast and pate. My first job is to disconnect my amplifier…it went ‘pop’.
This is what got me thinking about question 1. I looked and the first thing in my head was “Oriskany”.
Ok, I’m back — after a test debacle. Don’t you just hate it when university tests have nothing to do with the material that was taught? I’m guessing I failed, but it’s Friday and I don’t care.
Pledge: finish up, and I do mean ‘finish up’ my battle boards. I just need to clean up the ‘cladding’, for lack of a better term, on the sides. I put the plasticard edge on with a glue gun and smoothed it out with a putty knife, but I think I can do better. I pissed around with an iron and managed to melt the glue again on one edge and get it even flatter, so will do the rest the same way so they butt together more seamlessly.
A few pics. I do believe this will answer Question 1.
That’s not even half the scatter terrain; I can pack the table with it if needs be. I just took a few quick pics of what will likely be the setup for our baptismal Battlesystem throw down. I wanted it more open so we could have a big ruck in the middle, probably by turn 2. None of the players I’ve recruited as PC’s seem to have the patience for manoeuvre, so I didn’t want to complicate things.
There are four more boards (two river ones I’ve already shown, and two more flat boards). The plan when I was commissioned for this was to be able to create two 4′ by 6′ game surfaces.
2. Starter Sets? I only buy starter sets if I can justify the price for the mini’s I want within the set, or if I can trade one faction for more of the other…. i.e. the GW dwarf/goblin box Battle for Skull Pass. I traded the goblins for more dwarfs.
3. A book that translated well into a movie? Blade Runner comes to mind… but there aren’t many. At the other end of the spectrum, Hollywood murdered Robert Heinlein’s classic, Starship Troopers. I liked LOTR, but not because it stayed true to the trilogy. The Hobbit was a bust.
4. Comedy duo’s? Abbot and Costello are up there for me, especially the movies where they were terrorized by almost every Hollywood monster of the day.
Also fond of Cato (Burt Kwouk) and Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) in the Pink Panther movies… before they got lame that is.
I’m at work, so at the mercy of the Classic Rock radio station.
Back to university learnin’.
Some stuff…
(I signed up)
I also found some unusual minis, but I can’t find the pictures. Worth the wait when you see them.
See, I told you…
I did see this on Ebay:
I’ll pass on the Nobsound.
I also had to start a new game on Astroneer.
not both at once … that’d be silly.
No play the same scenario/map twice, but once as an attacker and once as a defender.
As for my trike
It’s got a few upgrades since that picture was taken :
– triple derailer (or ‘derailleur’ ) at the front, which gaves me 27 gears total
– e-bike upgrade (hub motor at the rear wheel)
It’s been worth every penny (if you need to ask how much you certainly can’t afford one ;-))
I only now noticed I’ve had it for 10 years now …
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