Vormaerin
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Well, they both have humans in them, so that's an overlap right there. And it probably explains 90% of the rest of the overlap, too.
It's the same as saying love and hate have more in common than either have with indifference. It's true for certain purposes. But not usefully so.
It's the same as saying love and hate have more in common than either have with indifference. It's true for certain purposes. But not usefully so.
February 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Well, they both have humans in them, so that's an overlap right there. And it probably explains 90% of the rest of the overlap, too.
It's the same as saying love and hate have more in common than either have with indifference. It's true for certain purposes. But not usefully so.
It's the same as saying love and hate have more in common than either have with indifference. It's true for certain purposes. But not usefully so.
See, that depends on what you think the cause is. I suspect that the specific cause (protect neighbors & abolish ICE) that motivates the majority of protestors (who, therefore, want publicity and non violence) is not the same cause those wanting secrecy and violence.
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
See, that depends on what you think the cause is. I suspect that the specific cause (protect neighbors & abolish ICE) that motivates the majority of protestors (who, therefore, want publicity and non violence) is not the same cause those wanting secrecy and violence.
My question is: how does voting for 2nd rate war criminals instead of first rate war criminals actually help get the US out of the war crimes business?
"Most Americans are evil so you should be too" is not a valid position to accept.
"Most Americans are evil so you should be too" is not a valid position to accept.
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
My question is: how does voting for 2nd rate war criminals instead of first rate war criminals actually help get the US out of the war crimes business?
"Most Americans are evil so you should be too" is not a valid position to accept.
"Most Americans are evil so you should be too" is not a valid position to accept.
And if the left voters aren't needed enough to actually draw candidate attention, then just admit you don't need or want them and stop the schrodinger's leftist BS.
February 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
And if the left voters aren't needed enough to actually draw candidate attention, then just admit you don't need or want them and stop the schrodinger's leftist BS.
Third, if the primary voters pick someone they know is antithetical to voters they feel that they need to win, the voters are violating your (admittedly bogus) theory of who to vote for. They should be voting for someone who isn't loathed by needed constituencies.
February 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Third, if the primary voters pick someone they know is antithetical to voters they feel that they need to win, the voters are violating your (admittedly bogus) theory of who to vote for. They should be voting for someone who isn't loathed by needed constituencies.
Second, voting for a non Republican is not supporting a Republican. Voters should vote for the candidate that the support, not guess what candidate other people will support. That results in no one getting what they want.
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Second, voting for a non Republican is not supporting a Republican. Voters should vote for the candidate that the support, not guess what candidate other people will support. That results in no one getting what they want.
Nope. First, it's only a coalition if you just rule out that certain people get what they want out of it. The center has spent the last 40+ years telling the left that they have to vote center despite the center saying the left is poison.
February 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Nope. First, it's only a coalition if you just rule out that certain people get what they want out of it. The center has spent the last 40+ years telling the left that they have to vote center despite the center saying the left is poison.
And here I was thinking they probably meant leftists when they said liberals, not mainstream democrats. But you might be more right :D
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 AM
And here I was thinking they probably meant leftists when they said liberals, not mainstream democrats. But you might be more right :D
Amusingly, that "wyvern" rule comes from Rennaissance English Heraldry and has never applied to folklore or any other area where big winged lizards have been involved.
January 20, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Amusingly, that "wyvern" rule comes from Rennaissance English Heraldry and has never applied to folklore or any other area where big winged lizards have been involved.
Yeah, the fact that it was a stupid idea was not exactly an obscure opinion back in the day.
January 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Yeah, the fact that it was a stupid idea was not exactly an obscure opinion back in the day.
mostly because that bed costs money that they don't get by staying in it. (at least, not in PG campaigns)
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 AM
mostly because that bed costs money that they don't get by staying in it. (at least, not in PG campaigns)
My top 10 games I want to play/run are:
1) Night's Black Agents
2) The Dark Crystal Adventure Game
3) Mothership
4) Runequest
5) Polaris (the elf one, not the water one)
6) Nahual
7) Jiangshi
8) Heart
9) Longwinter
10) Band of Blades
Seven Part Pact will go on there when it's released.
1) Night's Black Agents
2) The Dark Crystal Adventure Game
3) Mothership
4) Runequest
5) Polaris (the elf one, not the water one)
6) Nahual
7) Jiangshi
8) Heart
9) Longwinter
10) Band of Blades
Seven Part Pact will go on there when it's released.
December 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My top 10 games I want to play/run are:
1) Night's Black Agents
2) The Dark Crystal Adventure Game
3) Mothership
4) Runequest
5) Polaris (the elf one, not the water one)
6) Nahual
7) Jiangshi
8) Heart
9) Longwinter
10) Band of Blades
Seven Part Pact will go on there when it's released.
1) Night's Black Agents
2) The Dark Crystal Adventure Game
3) Mothership
4) Runequest
5) Polaris (the elf one, not the water one)
6) Nahual
7) Jiangshi
8) Heart
9) Longwinter
10) Band of Blades
Seven Part Pact will go on there when it's released.
Love Technoir and Traveller. Night's Black Agents, Mothership, and Band of Blades are on the to do list as well.
December 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Love Technoir and Traveller. Night's Black Agents, Mothership, and Band of Blades are on the to do list as well.
I started playing in 1979 and half my gaming group is older than I am. :D
Anyway, pretending that older players than you aren't relevant doesn't change your "always" comment's inaccuracy.
Anyway, pretending that older players than you aren't relevant doesn't change your "always" comment's inaccuracy.
December 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I started playing in 1979 and half my gaming group is older than I am. :D
Anyway, pretending that older players than you aren't relevant doesn't change your "always" comment's inaccuracy.
Anyway, pretending that older players than you aren't relevant doesn't change your "always" comment's inaccuracy.
nah, there was like 5 years in the 70s when it was almost all wargamers :P
December 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
nah, there was like 5 years in the 70s when it was almost all wargamers :P
My question is more like "why am I paying you if its just the stuff I can make at home?"
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
My question is more like "why am I paying you if its just the stuff I can make at home?"
Mongoose is going to make money from the license and it will sell Charted Space books (of setting material) to Traveller D&D players. And WLG will sell Charted Space books to Mongoose players. But probably neither will steal players from the other rule set.
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Mongoose is going to make money from the license and it will sell Charted Space books (of setting material) to Traveller D&D players. And WLG will sell Charted Space books to Mongoose players. But probably neither will steal players from the other rule set.
There's no internal fight. Another game company is licensing a setting from Mongoose to make a 5e derived game. Traveller has done this a lot. GURPS, HERO, D20/3.5 all had Charted Space books. People used products from all four versions of Charted Space interchangeably. Just not the mechanics.
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
There's no internal fight. Another game company is licensing a setting from Mongoose to make a 5e derived game. Traveller has done this a lot. GURPS, HERO, D20/3.5 all had Charted Space books. People used products from all four versions of Charted Space interchangeably. Just not the mechanics.
Wasn't it too short per the assignment specs? I didn't count them, but I assertions it was less than 620 words, which was listed as a "auto 0" in the assignment?
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Wasn't it too short per the assignment specs? I didn't count them, but I assertions it was less than 620 words, which was listed as a "auto 0" in the assignment?
I do think the constant confusion between Traveller (the game system) and Charted Space (the main setting) is only furthered by this kind of branding. This is like The Game System by A Different Game System. But they did the same thing with T20/GURPS/HERO. Instead of The Setting by Other Game.
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I do think the constant confusion between Traveller (the game system) and Charted Space (the main setting) is only furthered by this kind of branding. This is like The Game System by A Different Game System. But they did the same thing with T20/GURPS/HERO. Instead of The Setting by Other Game.
I feel like a lot of people think Mongoose Publishing is making this game themselves? It looks to me like World's Largest RPGs asked for a license and Mongoose sold them one? So I don't think it can hurt Mongoose or Traveller itself.
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I feel like a lot of people think Mongoose Publishing is making this game themselves? It looks to me like World's Largest RPGs asked for a license and Mongoose sold them one? So I don't think it can hurt Mongoose or Traveller itself.
If you released Rogue One as a standalone movie, it wouldn't work. It doesn't spend the time on the context of who these people are or why we should care. So, in that sense, it's a bad movie.
But it is one of the most fun to watch of the movies, imho. Because I have seen the original Star Wars.
But it is one of the most fun to watch of the movies, imho. Because I have seen the original Star Wars.
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you released Rogue One as a standalone movie, it wouldn't work. It doesn't spend the time on the context of who these people are or why we should care. So, in that sense, it's a bad movie.
But it is one of the most fun to watch of the movies, imho. Because I have seen the original Star Wars.
But it is one of the most fun to watch of the movies, imho. Because I have seen the original Star Wars.
oh, I see others already mentioned that. Oh well :D
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 AM
oh, I see others already mentioned that. Oh well :D
Isn't that Cassandra?
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Isn't that Cassandra?
I hear Mandarin, Tagalog, Chamorro, English, Hawai'ian, Spanish, and Japanese on an average day (unless I spend the day entirely at home :P). With Samoan, Korean, Russian, Ilocano, and a few others pretty regularly.
I don't see what the problem is.
I don't see what the problem is.
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I hear Mandarin, Tagalog, Chamorro, English, Hawai'ian, Spanish, and Japanese on an average day (unless I spend the day entirely at home :P). With Samoan, Korean, Russian, Ilocano, and a few others pretty regularly.
I don't see what the problem is.
I don't see what the problem is.