Found a stowaway......
2014/08/13
3600 Miles to GenCon: Packing
Farewells said to the wife and kids and I am packing my bags.
As I am going straight to Indy, I need to take my gaming stuff. I wonder if Illuminati and my 40th Anniversary Nuclear War card game will get me in trouble. I think I will carry on the nuclear war game and just flip it open as it goes through the conveyor. On second thought I think I will just leave them....
2014/08/12
3600 Miles to GenCon: Night Before
Besides my badge I think I may need a lot of this.
More in the morning.
3600 Miles to GenCon
Well, the family van blew up, just before GenCon.
Good News: Found a new vehicle.
Bad News: It's in Surprise, AZ
Good News: I should be able to get to GenCon, as I have every year since 2003, inclusive. This year, I'll have to wait to get there until late Friday, rather than the traditional Tuesday.
Bad News: I'm going to have to travel over 3600 miles to get there, despite living 72 miles away. That's a 50:1 ratio to what I normally travel.
Tomorrow, I get on a plane, and the Odyssey will begin.
This is ridiculous.
Good News: Found a new vehicle.
Bad News: It's in Surprise, AZ
Good News: I should be able to get to GenCon, as I have every year since 2003, inclusive. This year, I'll have to wait to get there until late Friday, rather than the traditional Tuesday.
Bad News: I'm going to have to travel over 3600 miles to get there, despite living 72 miles away. That's a 50:1 ratio to what I normally travel.
Tomorrow, I get on a plane, and the Odyssey will begin.
This is ridiculous.
2013/08/05
Something else to consider when funding kickstarter projects.
Third party pledge managers......
So, a kickstarter I chipped in for completed last week, and was successfully funded.
Today, I get a note saying that they have decided to use a third party pledge manager. This is like the 3rd or 4th time this has happened to me, and it's starting to piss me off.
I understand doing this sort of thing frees up the people working on the actual product to do what they do best, but why should I be expected to cough up more info to a third party, especially when there was no expectation of such a thing when I pledged in the first place?
I mean, at a minimum, I'll have to surrender my kickstarter username and associated e-mail address. If I was getting a physical product, this heretofore unknown to me entity would be getting my home address. If I wanted to add anything to my pledge, post-funding, I'm presuming I'd have to cough up some credit card info.
It's one thing to pledge for a funding drive by some guy I've never met, but who is creating something I am interested in, and let amazon.com handle the monetary transaction. Amazon.com is a company I already have a relationship with, who I have chosen to share personal information with.
But now, if I want to actually get what I pledged for, I'm basically forced into sharing some or all of this information with a new, unknown to me entity. Who the hell is this guy? Why the hell should I even have to worry about it?
So, a kickstarter I chipped in for completed last week, and was successfully funded.
Today, I get a note saying that they have decided to use a third party pledge manager. This is like the 3rd or 4th time this has happened to me, and it's starting to piss me off.
I understand doing this sort of thing frees up the people working on the actual product to do what they do best, but why should I be expected to cough up more info to a third party, especially when there was no expectation of such a thing when I pledged in the first place?
I mean, at a minimum, I'll have to surrender my kickstarter username and associated e-mail address. If I was getting a physical product, this heretofore unknown to me entity would be getting my home address. If I wanted to add anything to my pledge, post-funding, I'm presuming I'd have to cough up some credit card info.
It's one thing to pledge for a funding drive by some guy I've never met, but who is creating something I am interested in, and let amazon.com handle the monetary transaction. Amazon.com is a company I already have a relationship with, who I have chosen to share personal information with.
But now, if I want to actually get what I pledged for, I'm basically forced into sharing some or all of this information with a new, unknown to me entity. Who the hell is this guy? Why the hell should I even have to worry about it?
2013/07/31
Stupid Fishmen.
Tired of trying to say "Kuo-Toa" out loud.
Henceforth, I'm calling them "fishdudes", "deepones", or "Kay-Tees".
Henceforth, I'm calling them "fishdudes", "deepones", or "Kay-Tees".
2013/07/28
Top Ten Troll Questions for Your Game: My responses
(1). Race (Elf, Dwarf, Halfling) as a class? Yes or no?
Nope. Race as race.
(2). Do demi-humans have souls?
Nope. Just like Don "No Soul" Simmons.
(3). Ascending or descending armor class?
Descending.
(4). Demi-human level limits?
Yup. If yo don't want limits, I think it is just fine to get rid of them, as long as Humans gain a 10% XP bonus or something along those lines.
(5). Should thief be a class?
Yup.
(6). Do characters get non-weapon skills?
No delineated skills, but they can roll on the Secondary Skills Table on pg. 12 of the DMG if they so choose.
(7). Are magic-users more powerful than fighters (and, if yes, what level do they take the lead)?
Low levels (1-4): no.
Mid levels (5-9): yes.
High levels (10+): no.
By the time characters are 10th level, they should be facing opponents who are: 1) High level NPCs or 2) High-end monsters with MR. Both of these tend to nullify the effectiveness of the the magic-user, unless the DM plays them like patsies.
(8). Do you use alignment languages?
No. This is where I diverge from the book quite a bit.
(9). XP for gold, or XP for objectives (thieves disarming traps, etc...)?
Both! But the PCs gotta earn 'em.
(10). Which is the best edition; ODD, Holmes, Moldvay, Mentzer, Rules Cyclopedia, 1E ADD, 2E ADD, 3E ADD, 4E ADD, Next ?
1e AD&D.
Bonus Question: Unified XP level tables or individual XP level tables for each class?
Individual. Unified tables are for "balance" obsessed nerds and videogamers.
Nope. Race as race.
(2). Do demi-humans have souls?
Nope. Just like Don "No Soul" Simmons.
(3). Ascending or descending armor class?
Descending.
(4). Demi-human level limits?
Yup. If yo don't want limits, I think it is just fine to get rid of them, as long as Humans gain a 10% XP bonus or something along those lines.
(5). Should thief be a class?
Yup.
(6). Do characters get non-weapon skills?
No delineated skills, but they can roll on the Secondary Skills Table on pg. 12 of the DMG if they so choose.
(7). Are magic-users more powerful than fighters (and, if yes, what level do they take the lead)?
Low levels (1-4): no.
Mid levels (5-9): yes.
High levels (10+): no.
By the time characters are 10th level, they should be facing opponents who are: 1) High level NPCs or 2) High-end monsters with MR. Both of these tend to nullify the effectiveness of the the magic-user, unless the DM plays them like patsies.
(8). Do you use alignment languages?
No. This is where I diverge from the book quite a bit.
(9). XP for gold, or XP for objectives (thieves disarming traps, etc...)?
Both! But the PCs gotta earn 'em.
(10). Which is the best edition; ODD, Holmes, Moldvay, Mentzer, Rules Cyclopedia, 1E ADD, 2E ADD, 3E ADD, 4E ADD, Next ?
1e AD&D.
Bonus Question: Unified XP level tables or individual XP level tables for each class?
Individual. Unified tables are for "balance" obsessed nerds and videogamers.
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