BNakagawa

Might have something to do with the messaging that their PM was putting out about trying to gain herd immunity for GB up until he got hopitalized with Coronavirus... https://fortune.com/2020/04/06/uk-boris-johnson-coronavirus-icu-herd-immunity/

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Exclusive-Captain-of-aircraft-carrier-with-15167883.php So, apparently the Navy is looking to remove this captain from command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which had to evacuate sailors in Guam following an outbreak of Covid19. Which was detected after he approved shore leave in Vietnam in March. And probably elsewhere in April. This is probably going to get complicated.

they have been hard at work disabling and dismantling the mechanism of the government for years.

Nazis are making a comeback, so maybe they're not as old hat as you might think. Also, they're still top tier for guilt-free agent smashing.

His moral compass is a wind sock.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/22/819840467/sen-rand-paul-has-tested-positive-for-the-coronavirus karma.

Presuming that China's reported numbers are accurate...

Or perhaps they have collectively come to the conclusion that the oldest generation (which owns the vast preponderance of wealth in this country) dying off sooner rather than later plays to their advantage... I doubt that they've thought it through that far in advance because, callow youth, and all that, but you never know...

it's already started. The rise of populism is a by product of a coordinated assault on democracies around the world.

So Adam Savage is now the head of the once Silicon Valley Comic Con, now Silicon. Everybody knows what to bring, right?

This month's grand Sumo Basho in Osaka is being held in an empty stadium. It's surreal. Especially because the closeness of the spectators to the action is one of the things that makes sumo unique.

I just heard that a vendor that was at a convention I was at just came down with some sort of illness which is, thankfully, NOT Coronavirus.

No matter what genre, the WORST agents to face are the friendly ones. Mobs of fanboys/fangirls jamming the room, trying to get a selfie, trying to get an autograph, tugging on your costume and maybe trying to snag a souvenir. Not something you can just blast your way out of, either.

I like the somewhat recent (by Hero Games standards) development of the mook mechanics, where popcorn opponents function on different mechanics than significant or named opponents to allow for some moments of epic posturing and dramatic entrances. Some extension of this treatment to the mechanics of Champions would actually benefit the game IMO. Rather than needing stat and power inflation to define truly powerful endgame villains, simply establishing that the mook rules, which PCs gleefully used to thrash his minions all the way from the front door to the throne room, suddenly apply to THEM vs this guy, is all the dramatic reveal that is necessary to get them to sit up straight and take notice.

it's a way to learn how the combat system works. Not much more than that, though.

One of the staffers is actively campaigning to get people to run Champions at DDC45. I want every game to feature a Foxbat cameo where he shows up and steals everybody's XP. And I want Bruce Harlick to play the role of Foxbat in each game. Then schedule a Monday game where all the PCs robbed during the weekend gather to corner Foxbat and string him up by the ankles and shake him until all the stolen XP fall out, like a villainous pinata. And as a bonus, all the XP that he conned people out of during the AC days are released as well.

I managed to forget to pack the one character sheet I needed to bring to DunDraCon. Fortunately, it was a PC that I have memorized pretty well. Now I get to add an important detail to the sheet, the first significant change in several years.

A further observation: The way I see it, labels applied by outsiders is pretty much irrelevant. At least to lifer supers, it will probably be viewed as nothing but armchair quarterbacking. For the most part, game recognizes game. If you are part of the elite strata of supers that gets called whenever there is an extinction-level event threatening the earth, then you probably have all of the other usual suspects on speed dial. At that point, labels aren't really relevant or necessary.

(if you're playing teen Champions) Hero-in-training Rookie Hero Hero Veteran Hero ( for long-running campaigns) Retired Hero

The Dodgers have gone from "complaining to MLB that the Astros and BoSox should have their recent championships stripped and awarded to them" to trading for Mookie Betts. If you can't beat em, trade for em? Getting mixed signals here.