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OOC Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:24 pm
by Mephistophilis
The place for out-of-character discussion and other chat that doesn't belong anywhere else.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:46 pm
by Philulhu
Greetings, all
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:00 pm
by BoyBlunder78
Hi everybody
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:00 am
by Mr. Handy
Hi, everyone!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:24 am
by Snapper
And g'day all!
I read those "Mad Scientists Club" books as a kid, oh so many years ago (and they weren't new when I read them!). That seems an entirely appropriate inspiration for this type of caper!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:39 pm
by Mephistophilis
We are go!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:55 pm
by BoyBlunder78
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:25 pm
by Mephistophilis
He also has a piece of cheese....because...who doesn't love cheese?
A boy's gotta eat.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:29 pm
by BoyBlunder78
Damn right. Gotta have something to nibble?
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:41 pm
by Mephistophilis
When you say 'Wendy' do you mean 'Shirley'?
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:49 pm
by BoyBlunder78
Yes.....of.course...cough....π«£
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:10 pm
by Snapper
Meph, if you have no objection, I'm just going to add a compass to Max's list of possessions. Seems like something he would have.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:36 pm
by Mephistophilis
No problem.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 12:18 am
by Mephistophilis
Mr Handy, I'm impressed by your close attention to period timelines. I was just thinking TNG, 1987 is a bit early but no, been on TV for a couple of months now.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:13 pm
by CrackheadC.
Play with Matches 60%: 1d100
Failure
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:06 am
by Mr. Handy
Mephistophilis wrote: βThu Oct 26, 2023 12:18 am
Mr Handy, I'm impressed by your close attention to period timelines. I was just thinking TNG, 1987 is a bit early but no, been on TV for a couple of months now.
Thank you! I know the history because I lived through it, and anything I don't remember, I can look up online.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:27 am
by Philulhu
I took my kids (now all grown up) to the Imperial War Museum in London a number of years ago, and there was an exhibition about events that happened in the UK. This included the 1980
Iranian Embassy Siege which Iβd watched live on TV as the SAS stormed the building.
Seeing it now portrayed as history some 30 years later made me stop and think. It can be a sobering moment when you realise what is considered history for some people actually occurred in your lifetime!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 10:57 am
by Snapper
I work with a very buff older guy who was a Royal Marines Commando in the Falklands War. Later migrated, needless to say.
He pointed out that when he was a young marine, in the pubs around the RMC base would be these fit, tough, 60-something year old retirees, downing the pints. Those guys were the RMC WWII veterans!
And the gap between WWII and the Falklands is the same as the gap between the Falklands and now.
That is still making me ponder.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:41 pm
by Mephistophilis
Mr. Handy wrote: βTue Oct 31, 2023 4:06 am
Thank you! I know the history because I lived through it, and anything I don't remember, I can look up online.
Me too but it seemed early. Just checking it seems TNG didn't air in the UK until 1990 which probably explains the discrepancy, I'd always thought of it as very early 1990s. Might also explain the frankly dodgy sexual politics.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:46 pm
by Mephistophilis
Philulhu wrote: βTue Oct 31, 2023 9:27 am
Seeing it now portrayed as history some 30 years later made me stop and think. It can be a sobering moment when you realise what is considered history for some people actually occurred in your lifetime!
Even worse when you get told what happened in some event you distinctly recall or might even have been involved in and it completely differs from your recollection. It's funny how an official version of history can be constructed after the fact.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 5:18 am
by Mr. Handy
Mephistophilis wrote: βTue Oct 31, 2023 8:46 pm
Philulhu wrote: βTue Oct 31, 2023 9:27 am
Seeing it now portrayed as history some 30 years later made me stop and think. It can be a sobering moment when you realise what is considered history for some people actually occurred in your lifetime!
Even worse when you get told what happened in some event you distinctly recall or might even have been involved in and it completely differs from your recollection. It's funny how an official version of history can be constructed after the fact.
Yeah. "History is written by the victors."
Mephistophilis wrote: βTue Oct 31, 2023 8:41 pm
Mr. Handy wrote: βTue Oct 31, 2023 4:06 am
Thank you! I know the history because I lived through it, and anything I don't remember, I can look up online.
Me too but it seemed early. Just checking it seems TNG didn't air in the UK until 1990 which probably explains the discrepancy, I'd always thought of it as very early 1990s. Might also explain the frankly dodgy sexual politics.
The original series' sexual politics were even dodgier.
Snapper wrote: βTue Oct 31, 2023 10:57 am
I work with a very buff older guy who was a Royal Marines Commando in the Falklands War. Later migrated, needless to say.
He pointed out that when he was a young marine, in the pubs around the RMC base would be these fit, tough, 60-something year old retirees, downing the pints. Those guys were the RMC WWII veterans!
And the gap between WWII and the Falklands is the same as the gap between the Falklands and now.
That is still making me ponder.
It's sad how there are so few WWII vets left today. Few people are around that actually remember, and we'll probably end up making the same mistakes from those days again rather than learn from them.
Philulhu wrote: βTue Oct 31, 2023 9:27 am
I took my kids (now all grown up) to the Imperial War Museum in London a number of years ago, and there was an exhibition about events that happened in the UK. This included the 1980
Iranian Embassy Siege which Iβd watched live on TV as the SAS stormed the building.
Seeing it now portrayed as history some 30 years later made me stop and think. It can be a sobering moment when you realise what is considered history for some people actually occurred in your lifetime!
I visited the Imperial War Museum a few times during trips to London, and it was always worth seeing. I was around during the Iranian Revolution and the hostage crisis, but I didn't hear about the details at the time, as I was too little. I do vaguely recall the ensuing oil embargo, with gas lines and odd days and even days (this sort of thing is coming back soon). We were very close to World War Three in 1983, and while I didn't hear about the precipitating events at the time, I could feel the fear of it in the air then. We're so much closer to it now.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 1:04 pm
by Philulhu
My mum remembers the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 (she was 21 at the time). She said she went to bed and not knowing whether she would be waking up in the morning
And yeah, it does feel closer again, with Ukraine and everything else going on. That caused me a few sleepless nights!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:49 pm
by Mephistophilis
Philulhu wrote: βWed Nov 01, 2023 1:04 pm
And yeah, it does feel closer again, with Ukraine and everything else going on. That caused me a few sleepless nights!
I was running the new Twilight 2000 rules from Free League but using material from the 1st and 2nd editions when the war erupted in Ukraine. It was very odd playing what was essentially an 80s nostalgia game riffing on the Cold War suddenly coming slap bang into contemporary relevance.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:42 am
by Mr. Handy
I've known the war was coming since early 1999, and I'm surprised it hasn't (officially) started yet. I've had plenty of time to adjust to it, but it's quite something to see it actually happening now. It could get very hot as early as Friday. Still, I have a feeling of peace.
Here is a World War Three scenario I came up with in 2011. The timeline is broken by now of course, but it seems like similar things could easily happen.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:50 am
by Philulhu
When will you be running that?
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:54 am
by Snapper
Twilight 2000! I still find articles for it when I'm reading old White Dwarf mags (in digital format).
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:57 am
by Philulhu
We played T2K many years ago and I remember it being a lot of fun. One of our party had an unfortunate incident with a prostitute, some gaffa tape, a grenade and his testiclesβ¦
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:35 pm
by BoyBlunder78
Philulhu wrote: βThu Nov 02, 2023 8:57 am
We played T2K many years ago and I remember it being a lot of fun. One of our party had an unfortunate incident with a prostitute, some gaffa tape, a grenade and his testiclesβ¦
Colour me intrigued
.....
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:35 pm
by Mephistophilis
Our game fizzled out but I had much amusement when they stole a truck which was actually a tactical nuclear missile launcher. They were remarkably uninterested in what was inside the truck and completely baffled at the amount of radiation damage they were taking. I was trying to point them towards the Black Madonna scenario but they wouldn't pick up the bait so they ended up in Silesia and all the fun down there.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:14 am
by CrackheadC.
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Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:58 am
by Philulhu
BoyBlunder78 wrote: βThu Nov 02, 2023 8:35 pm
Philulhu wrote: βThu Nov 02, 2023 8:57 am
We played T2K many years ago and I remember it being a lot of fun. One of our party had an unfortunate incident with a prostitute, some gaffa tape, a grenade and his testiclesβ¦
Colour me intrigued
.....
Itβs not exactly PC (different times!) so Iβll PM you!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 4:29 am
by Mr. Handy
I've never had the pleasure of playing Twilight 2000, but I've heard of it, and it sounds awesome.
Philulhu wrote: βThu Nov 02, 2023 8:50 am
When will you be running that?
Probably no time soon, unfortunately. The scenario isn't actually written. The only parts I wrote down are in the linked thread along with the background narrative of the war, and any other parts only exist in my head. We never actually made much progress in drafting those scenarios. One idea I remember was that I was going to name the section header detailing the Russian submarine and its crew "Mikhail's Navy" (Mikhail being the first name of the sub's skipper). Before I have time to rewrite it (and that timeline needs complete reworking) let alone run it, I'll want to get Zombie Apocalypse moving again. And revive Space Oddity. And run my published scenarios here (I did get to run The Thirteenth Bak'tun in person last December, and it went great).
There are some aspects of the TV show The Last Ship that look very similar to the events in the war.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:57 pm
by Philulhu
Too many scenarios, too little time!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2023 12:53 am
by Mephistophilis
How many of our kids would have seen Evil Dead 2 do we think?
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:03 am
by BoyBlunder78
Darren may have seen it at Louis's on a pirate vhs.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:11 am
by Philulhu
Pretty sure Charlieβs seen it!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:11 am
by Mr. Handy
Harry might have seen it with Darren and Louis, though he prefers science fiction.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 12:51 am
by Snapper
This scenario is making me constantly ask:
What would the Goonies do?
WWTGD?
Β Unexpectedly discover a fully functional 200+ year old pirate sailing ship in an underground lake in Unland... Β |
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:25 am
by BoyBlunder78
"GOONIES NEVER SAY DIE!!!"
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:34 am
by Philulhu
Itβs definitely got that vibe!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 4:03 pm
by Mephistophilis
Snapper wrote: βSat Nov 11, 2023 12:51 am
This scenario is making me constantly ask:
What would the Goonies do?
WWTGD?
Β Unexpectedly discover a fully functional 200+ year old pirate sailing ship in an underground lake in Unland... Β |
Well, there is a lake.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:41 pm
by Mr. Handy
Two of them, even. But they're not underground.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:49 pm
by Mephistophilis
Mr. Handy wrote: βSat Nov 11, 2023 11:41 pm
Two of them, even. But they're not underground.
Not the
surface bit, sure...
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 4:35 am
by Snapper
Not that this is the most decisive factor, but Google Maps tells me the only ocean-like thing Indiana touches is Lake Michigan, and Northfield appears to be a long way from that even.
Which might argue against the likelihood of finding relic pirate ships in Northfield. On the other hand, those pirates were tricky...
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:50 am
by Mephistophilis
Snapper wrote: βSun Nov 12, 2023 4:35 am
Not that this is the most decisive factor, but Google Maps tells me the only ocean-like thing Indiana touches is Lake Michigan, and Northfield appears to be a long way from that even.
Which
might argue against the likelihood of finding relic pirate ships in Northfield. On the other hand, those pirates were tricky...
Pah, always with the "facts", don't you know this is a post-truth era?
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 3:00 am
by Snapper
And those "alternative facts"!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:24 pm
by CrackheadC.
Kudos on the creepy poster message. Wasn't sure what I was expecting when I took it down ha.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:30 am
by Mephistophilis
CrackheadC. wrote: βThu Nov 16, 2023 9:24 pm
Kudos on the creepy poster message. Wasn't sure what I was expecting when I took it down ha.
Sometimes you've just gotta go where the player goes!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:06 pm
by Snapper
Sorry Team, I think I misunderstood (or Max did anyway) the description of the tracks.
I believe the GM is saying that heading back out of the fun park, back the way our heroes came in, now appears to be obstructed by the roller coaster superstructure.
Put simply, we can't backtrack. Although that may have been an optical illusion created by the fog.
My bad. Perhaps we can assume that is the message Max was trying to explain, he just didn't explain it very well.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:28 pm
by Mephistophilis
I would say it currently looks like the struts of the rollercoaster are blocking the path back. But obviously that's impossible. So he must have got confused, maybe turned about a bit in the fog. Certainly worth exploring if he wants.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:37 pm
by Mephistophilis
Glitch in the matrix today. Got a letter from someone in the US. Their address? Northfield, Indiana.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:08 am
by Snapper
LAUGH
That's excellent!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:16 pm
by BoyBlunder78
Oh dear.........
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 12:46 am
by CrackheadC.
Sorry that I haven't responded yet fellas. Had been following along, but between the Thanksgiving holiday and deer season starting (I am a butcher), I got a bit caught up.
Will have a full reply to the thread tomorrow after I finish deer processing.
Dirk was for trying to follow the tracks under the coaster for what it is worth.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 1:38 am
by Snapper
Also, wow! Take that, Rudolph. Geez, I get squeamish moving dead possums that have climbed across the wrong power lines. Dressing deer...
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:30 am
by CrackheadC.
You get used to cutting meat in a non-kitchen environment, but I agree it is weird at first. Deer processing is definitely blood money, it is profitable but you feel it in your body when you do it. We did 60 today and my wrist and back are killing me.
Funny you say that, I'd be much more squeamish about trying to knock an animal off a powerline. At least with deer processing I'm unlikely to accidentally kill myself! (Just unlikely)
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:22 am
by Snapper
*LAUGH*
Fair enough!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:03 pm
by CrackheadC.
Sorry for being late. Deer season just finished up (well the initial rifle season that I work). I'll have a post up when I get home from work.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 1:37 am
by Snapper
Merry Xmas!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2023 7:45 pm
by BoyBlunder78
Happy yuletide
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:12 pm
by Mephistophilis
Happy Christmas all. What with work and the kids I've been a bit distracted but back on track with posting now.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:25 am
by Philulhu
Happy Christmas to you too
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:53 am
by BoyBlunder78
Merry Christmas
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:00 pm
by CrackheadC.
Merry Christmas and apologies for being gone so long. My niece caught RSV and Covid as well as getting scarletina, so I have been helping my brother take care of her. She's about a year and a half, but in spite of the cough and lack of appetite she's as energetic as always so that is good.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:00 pm
by Philulhu
Itβs never good when young kids are ill but hopefully sheβll be well again soon.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:33 am
by Snapper
Wow, that's really bad luck, hope she's better soon. Take your time!
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:18 am
by BoyBlunder78
No worries, its good to see that she's on the mend, that's the main thing.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:00 pm
by CrackheadC.
Yup, came over today to run roughshod over my kitchen and take out all my pots and pans
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:18 pm
by Snapper
HNY from early on the date line!
Also, *LAUGH*, that sounds nice and healthy and normal.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:38 am
by BoyBlunder78
Happy New year Year Folks!
Yep, definitely sounds like she's on the mend
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:53 am
by Mephistophilis
Happy New Year to all. Hope we're enjoying our visit to Funland. Let me know any issues/things that could be improved with the game.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:19 pm
by Mephistophilis
I'll be away next week so posting will be sporadic/non-existent.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:11 am
by BoyBlunder78
After the last posts.....be good to.get our breathes.......
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:55 pm
by Snapper
Mephistophilis wrote: βFri Jan 26, 2024 11:19 pm
I'll be away next week so posting will be sporadic/non-existent.
No worries, hopefully going somewhere fun.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:25 pm
by Mephistophilis
Snapper wrote: βSat Jan 27, 2024 2:55 pm
No worries, hopefully going somewhere fun.
Learning to ski. Been
interesting so far.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:50 am
by Snapper
Awesome!
I learnt some years ago in Japan as a then young(ish) adult. My home state in Australia doesn't get snow so had never even seen it before. And most Japanese people are proficient skiers by age 10! So I was falling a lot and surrounded by polite 7 year old experts, themselves on snow boards.
It's good fun once realise falling generally doesn't hurt and my latent acrophobia kind of kicked in when skiing down a slope feels a bit like falling down a slippery cliff...
My good fortune was my then boss in Japan had come with and was from the US State of Minnesota. Apparently, all Minnesotans are born with instructor grade skiing skills...
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:52 pm
by Mephistophilis
Heights are not my thing. I'd skied nearly 20yrs ago for a few days and it was okay but I didn't like the narrow runs. Now I'm feeling my age, don't mind a blue slope if it's wide but the narrow ones I feel out of control if I can't slow down! That it's all ice rather than powder doesn't help. Ah well, progressing slowly but getting a bit better.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:34 pm
by BoyBlunder78
Fuuuuuuuuuuccckkkkkkk
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:12 am
by Snapper
Keep meaning to put this somewhere easier to find.
Re: OOC Discussion
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:32 pm
by BoyBlunder78
Hi everyone, I'm currently in holiday and this is probaly the last Internet I can get for a week......soooo if I go missing for a while feel free to play as me....hopefully I'll be a able to ste...borrows someone's Internet....