Reply To: Hobby Weekender 17/08/18

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(1) What is your opinion on cloning technology? If it was better would it be good for the world? What are the downsides?

I think the last thing the world needs is more of me … and there’s a few people we definitely need less of instead of more.
So *eh* I’m not too sure if cloning is a good idea even if we were to perfect it.
There already is tech that allows scientists to print meat, so we might not need it to create replacement parts for our biological parts.

The RPG Eclipse Phase adds another possible cloning option : forking
A literal digital clone of your brain in a different physical body.
Think of creepy the options that gives … the traditional insult “go *beep* yourself” suddenly gets a sick new meaning.

(2) Do you think we are the remains of a once more advanced society that suffered a calamity and since have had to rebuild our way back up since Ye Olde Caveman times?
@oriskany already covered this one.
The old civilizations already had plenty of knowledge that was lost.
Heck, even modern society is losing some of the skills that were considered ‘normal’ due to advances in computing.

(3) What is a game you have wanted to get into but have not yet done so? Board game, RPG, miniature game, computer game, all of the above and more. Tell us, go into detail.

*eh* looks at stack of games and models still unbuilt or unpainted  … and then there’s the various kickstarters that I have yet to receive … I think my list is endless.
I can’t seem to stick to just one era/theme/game. There’s too much stuff that speaks to me.

And then there’s the stuff that I might want to look into, but probably won’t ever get to due to lack of info.
Example would be the Dutch army vs Indonesian rebellion post WW2. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersiap )
It’s a dark episode in our history with practically zero info due to the nature of the conflict and the aftermath. The Indonesian rebellion is a little less heroic when you consider the attrocities committed by the ‘rebels’. It doesn’t make the actions of (some of) our own soldiers during the ‘police actions’ any less despicable though. It is in more ways than one our Vietnam …

I also kind of want to know if a hostage situation like the infamous ‘De Punt’ train hijack can be simulated as a ‘game’.
(source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Dutch_train_hijacking ). Technically that day two hostage crisis happened. One at a school and the other one at the train.

More realistic is a scenario near a bridge at Son that happened during Market Garden. The Bolt Action campaign book ‘Market Garden’ has that one. So if and when I got space it is on my list of ‘stuff to play’. I think it could make for a cool bolt action demo game for use at local conventions too, but that’s me dreaming the impossible at the moment.

Pledge wise ?
I had a brilliant idea for an Imperial Guard list based on Dirty Dozen movies.
Need to read the rules to see if it is viable.

Cheap killteam options for those interested :

I saw this announcement :

Rogue Trader kill team …  yay … and *eh* I still haven’t even begun building the core set. LOL
I think I hear my wallet screaming again.

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@biggabum : great Batman story.
Will there be more in the future ?
Does Harley get to rescue her puddin’ ? Or will Batman foil her evil plot ?
Same bat time ? Same bat channel ?