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Scotland has had an election which has seen a plurality to the SNP. The Socialists in the upcoming French Presidential elections have received a late boost with the leader of the far-right, Le Pen, calling for a "mass absention" and the centrist François Bayrou declaring he will not vote for the right-wing candidate, Sarkozy. Australia however retains the title of the nation with perhaps the most idiotic politicians in the OECD with Bill Heffernan declaring that Deputy Labor Leader, Julia Gillard is unfit for public office because she is "deliberately barren".
In the parallel reality in RPG.net they've had a Superheroes week; not my favourite genre but any stretch of the imagination, but nevertheless did reviews for the first Superhero RPG, Superhero 2044 (with the lowest possible rating) and DC Heroes. In a comparison of tough fantasy scenarios, have also recently reviewed AD&D's Tomb of Horrors and RQ's Snake Pipe Hollow. I would love to expand the latter into a larger setting, but the way licensing has been set up RQ3e/Glorantha is sadly as dead as the dodo.
Interrupting my normal life, has been a rather significant debate on
philosophy, where I was challenged with the new community rule kumite over Kant, causation and space-time. This has led to a follow-up post on causation in science and I have just posted on discourse ethics and 'kumite' and rephrased the questions concerning Kant, space-time and mathematics.
On May Day attended Keating! The Musical with
tabouli,
ananas2003 and
caseopaya. Quite good, great musical parodies although some of the humour was a bit amatuer. The setting, the Comedy Theatre, is full of old-world charm. In rodent news; Vagabond has declined significantly over the past few weeks, apparently suffering from what I suspect is osteoarthritis. He's ridiculously happy with all the extra affection he's getting, but his movements are slow and of very modest distances. He turned on the charm for
ser_pounce and
hathhalla who visited on Friday night for an eve of fine Indian food and the delights of Munchkin Cthulhu.
In the parallel reality in RPG.net they've had a Superheroes week; not my favourite genre but any stretch of the imagination, but nevertheless did reviews for the first Superhero RPG, Superhero 2044 (with the lowest possible rating) and DC Heroes. In a comparison of tough fantasy scenarios, have also recently reviewed AD&D's Tomb of Horrors and RQ's Snake Pipe Hollow. I would love to expand the latter into a larger setting, but the way licensing has been set up RQ3e/Glorantha is sadly as dead as the dodo.
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Date: 2007-05-05 03:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-05-05 03:41 pm (UTC)I, alas, never did see it or him when I was in Melbourn.e
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Date: 2007-05-05 03:41 pm (UTC)keating the musical is soooooooooo funny. keating the person is increasingly so too.
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Date: 2007-05-05 04:27 pm (UTC)Liked the review that you did of DC Heroes, 3rd Edition, although might have been better off reviewing the Blood of Heroes RPG instead, despite its being an overwrough piece of work. It's more current in terms of the MEGS system, but DC3 has some good stuff going for it too (other than some of the Powers and the page layout and writing).
Keep up the good work! :)
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Date: 2007-05-05 05:51 pm (UTC)You know, I initially parsed that as being a new current affairs story regarding another corporation John Howard's had corrupt dealings with.
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Date: 2007-05-06 01:04 am (UTC)Energy wasted.
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Date: 2007-05-06 02:29 am (UTC)On the other hand I see you play the woeful Munchkin, or its themed expansions. Funny ONCE, for about 5 rounds, then the joke is spent. I find it a very dull game with an uninspired system. The use of player spite as a balancing mechanic means that games tend to drag on until I cry with boredom.
Please Lev lad, there is a world of really good boardgames out there, you don't have to play Munchkin. We are in a wonderful age of boardgaming, you can do better!
Here are some games you might enjoy:
Tigris & Euphrates
Imperial
Die Macher
Arkham Horror (Revised FFG Ed.)
Yspahan
A Game of Thrones
Here I Stand
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Date: 2007-05-07 12:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-05-07 01:24 am (UTC)Sending you e-mail now about Japan Festival
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