Ian Mackinder

Ancient very massive burial mound found by accident in an unexpected place. Hmmm, nothing to worry about here..

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Could be much much worse. Good friend of mine, on more than one occasion, tried to (quietly) set things up so the group's ship was registered as the '6ULDV8'. If anybody doesn't get that, try saying '6ULDV8' out loud a few times.

Re: Zeppelins Thought Washington DC already had more than enough gasbags.

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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Well, the MU does need major house-cleaning - and it is difficult to see how Vitus could actually make things worse.

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Re: Golden Age Resources: Superweapons of WW II Considering the state Japanese forces were in by the time the first two I-400s became operational (AND the problems they had building and manning just about anything at that stage), I seriously doubt that they could have mustered the force for an undertaking like this. Let alone get it all the way to Panama - which was, let's be very clear, a heckuva long way from Japanese waters even at the height of their expansion. Which is NOT saying, mind you, that higher-ups in Japan wouldn't have had a thought or two in this direction. As the war progressed, 'wishful thinking' seemed to play a greatly increased role in their operational planning.

Re: Golden Age Resources: Superweapons of WW II Looks a LOT shopped to me. The upperworks almost exactly look like the Surcouf. But the aft section seems disproportionately short for a submarine, and the stern itself looks squared-off rather than the taper that pretty much all subs have even now. My guess is that this originally was a pic of a surface vessel, with elements of the Surcouf later photo-shopped in. Developing something like the Surcouf was probably within the IJN's capabilities. They had a number of subs that could carry observation planes or minisubs - the latter were used to launch the minisub raids against Pearl Harbour and (later) Sydney. Then there were the I-400s, which could carry multiple attack aircraft.

Re: Under the Agony Star: a sword and planet campaign Hmmm, pretty sicko idea that last, but fits the genre. The inevitable PC questions for that particular concept being: What's its fuel mileage? Does it only work with human blood? If its energy conversion system is THAT efficient, then why not simply vacuum up whatever (organic) matter is available? (Possible answer/justification for that last - it could use anything, but either simply likes blood or sees this as a psychological schtick to keep the slaves properly terrorized) Maybe, instead of being an actual fuel as such, the slaves' blood is needed for a critical component (of whatever blend of mysticism and super-science keeps it running). Maybe the slaves are kept on a peculiar diet and/or other strange restrictions for just that purpose. Just a couple of thoughts.

Re: What "Pulp" have you read lately ? Just finished re-reading a couple of favourites - 'Doc Sidhe' and the sequel 'Sidhe Devil'. Written by one Aaron Allston, whom some here may have previously heard of. Definitely Pulp-ish, with a Fantasy overlay. Well worth reading.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... It is a powerful indicator, of just how badly the party has ####ed up, when the return of McGinty can be seen as a GOOD thing. As usual, I would rep you if I could, Drhoz. This stuff is awesome.

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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Well, e-x-c-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-s-e me!

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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Being a D&D4 player, I wouldn't.