[NOTE TO THE POTENTIALLY OFFENDED:  this is a rant about game design.  It isn't a rant about anything else]

mechanteanemone  has begun running a "Firefly" campaign using the mini-six system, and one of the design features of the system has me vaguely pissed off.


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Here's my latest attempt at banana bread ( Read more... )

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Dear readers, the Glorantha bug has not quite passed me by yet.

Since last I posted on the matter, my interest in Glorantha has diminished from an obsession to a hobby level interest, and has broadened out into more thinking about the Heroquest system (in various incarnations, but primarily in the most recent one).


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Here are the final results of the "Build a Heortling Clan' poll.

First - about the poll.  Each answer to each question was a vote for one of the particular characteristics of the clan - Wealth, Diplomacy, Morale, Military, and Magic.  Because I didn't want people to figure out the system, I mixed up the answers somewhat, and because I didn't want ( Read more... )

1 1/2 cups flour ( Read more... )

The experiment continues -

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups flour
2 T. soy flour
1 T. whole milk powder
1 T. wheat germ
1/4 cup sugar
6 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
2 t. ground cinnamon
1/4 t. ground cloves
1/4 t ground cayenne pepper
2 eggs
1 c. buttermilk
1 ripe banana (the riper the better)
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup coarsely ( Read more... )

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Cleaning up the office I finally decided to go through the big pile of 3-ring binders that had been lying around awaiting attention since the box they were in got soaked when the washer overflowed.  And I struck treasure!

• My old "Werewolf:  the Apocalypse" GM's binder
• The photocopied Mutants and Masterminds "Mastermind's Manual" that we got for KP's ( Read more... )