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  1. Posted

    Story Friday December 31, 2021

    Our resident Egyptian royalty gets cookies for forecasting the reveal. Unfortunately, due to COVID and other logistical issues, said cookies will have to be self-provided.

    It looks like it has smooth skin, like a salamander, but I imagine it is supposed to be vaguely reptilian. Three eyes and three antennae, you kind of have to wonder "Why?", what advantage does the third serve. More precise notion of 3D placement in space, vs 2D distance for two eyes? Something cool and odd to draw? And why does it speak English?

    The inner body appears aligned between the two forelegs, so at least it appears to have bilateral symmetry going on. The shell split that way. Hmm, the shell looks thin to be supporting large crystals or to transfer force from them to the rest of the critter. Although, when closed it could be sturdier, like an egg shell is stronger when whole..

    Can't have been too dire in the past, they still have a comic world.

    No pizza delivery. Bummer.

  4. Posted

    NP Comic Thursday December 30, 2021

    Last NP of 2021. No characters caught COVID-19.

    I want to see Dan draw a bull carp. Maybe a bull space carp.

    Ellen is not wrong, although missing the point that general expectations are not an unreasonable thing, otherwise you don't really have a 'society'; she might be more correct saying sometimes societal expectations can be unreasonable.

    She is experienced in the sense of having Elliot's memories, but that seems to be a step removed; similarly her dream world. Of all the main characters, we have never seen her as a male.

  5. Posted

    48 minutes ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    I like the variation that starts counting the days of Christmas with the birthday of Christ and keeps going from there

    I think we are up to day 740220 which is Pink Penguins Skating

    It gets challenging to sing when you have to count down that many gifts, f'sure.

    My favorite extra verse is "13 Mimes, it goes without saying ..."

  7. Posted

    On 12/27/2021 at 9:16 PM, The Old Hack said:

    Ahhhh. I now fondly remember gamesmastering Rolemaster a quarter century ago. I let a player find a +20 sword (the equivalent of +4 in D&D) which unfortunately also had triple fumble chance. The player could have stopped using it at any point but he stuck grimly to it in spite of the constant fumbles BECAUSE IT WAS +20. It provided me with a great deal of entertainment because he kept stunning, injuring and near maiming himself with it.

    No, the sword didn't break, though it did eventually break the player. Killed the character he played, too.

    Seems like he could have made good use of that, by giving it to someone he didn't like.

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  8. Posted

    3 hours ago, ijuin said:

    That said, I think it more likely that the turtle-like being simply landed facing away from Edward, rather than it being headless.

    Six legs. No head silhouette.

     

    4 hours ago, ijuin said:

    As for needing legs despite having flight, there are no known real-life organisms that have flight as their sole means of locomotion. Generally, the effort required to lift off is not worth it for simply moving over one or two body lengths.

    Flying critter legs tend toward minimalist. Ones with stronger legs, like chickens and road runners tend not to fly so much. Also true for flying vehicles, and things that do both, like flying cars, never seem to do well in the market, guessing the compromises mean they don't do either well.

     

    1 hour ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    As for no visible head or sensory organs?  Did you not note the prominent seam down the shell?  Perhaps the entire shell opens when it suits the being?

    I saw that, noticed that the configuration of seams is not revealed, all we know is that there is one that goes about half way across. We also don't know that the 'shell' is hard. So, yeah, it could split open and reveal things from the inside. 

    I'm hoping it's a delivery vehicle, and the pizza girl gets out.

     

    2 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    And this would not make a good space turtle soup.  It is too heavily salted.

    Corporate logo projection system. She'll turn it on, any second.

  10. Posted · Edited by Darth Fluffy
    Fix date

    Story Wednesday December 29, 2021

    From panel three, I guess it has six feet? In panel five, there is a bit of a knee above the knee facing Edward.

    So, no head? Does not ingest sustenance. Flies, but needs articulated legs and feet for some reason. And Mr. Verres feels compelled to drop everything and talk to it.

    Yeah, I'm going to go with my suspension of disbelief is straining, and Edward should make space turtle soup.

     

  12. Posted

    13 minutes ago, mlooney said:

    I played it a few times, but never had a copy my self.  I did have a copy of "Dungeon" which was TSR's entry into the board game market.  

    Dungeon is still published. I believe it has been in more or less continuous publication for over four decades. It is not really the same thing, while it uses the same fantasy tropes, it is a more traditional board game, every man for himself, no cooperation involved. In that sense, it is actually more like Munchkin. Plus, no miniatures.

  13. Posted

    49 minutes ago, AFNB said:

    In 1989, Milton Bradley worked with Games Workshop to produce a fantasy adventure board game called Hero Quest. It was, I believe, the first of it's kind, a simple dungeon crawl - go in, fight the monsters, find the treasure, and make it out alive. A board provides the basic framework, and a quest map tells how each individual adventure is set up. Four heroes - a fighting barbarian, a spell-slinging wizard, an elf who does a little of both, and a dwarven warrior-rogue good at disarming traps. Several expansions came out, the last one in the mid-90s. MB eventually let their trademark lapse, but a fan following has endured, making new quests, new tiles, and new adventures.

    A year or two ago, someone at Hasbro (which has apparently bought Milton Bradley) apparently looked through the game, and discovered that Games Workshop's contribution included very little of the lore that came from Warhammer, and decided to re-release the game. It's been sized up a bit, and received a cosmetic upgrade. Cardboard furniture and brittle plastic hero/monster pieces were replaced with sturdier plastic. The result looks glorious, and I got a copy of it for Christmas - including the first two original expansions, three completely new quest books, and three new playable options for heroes.

    Does anyone else have any fond memories of this game? 

    The game was a forerunner, incorporation D&D style gaming into a bite sized ready made framework. Today there are many iterations of this play style, including Warhammer Quest, which derives from the same origin. I would be curious how it compares. Gloomhaven is one of the top rated games on Board Game Geeks right now. New Hero Quest is not showing up yet, although there is a Hero Quest card game published in 2021. Does not seem to have the features you mentioned. Is it branded Hasbro?

    Here is a write-up.  One review, another write up, and another.

  14. Posted

    I have my doubts about the conclusion. Not that girls aren't confusing, the comic is not wrong, but IMHO that has to do with 'girl' being a subset of 'human'.

    Everyone has an agenda, and for the most part, we hold our cards close until we have a reason to show them. In the most positive sense, I'd call it 'earned trust'.

    I'll grant that girls are confusing somewhat differently than dudes are. But for the most part, no one talks straight up about what's on their mind, even to themselves. Hell, even figuring yourself out usually takes massive assistance.

    Nanase gets points for some self awareness and admitting her gut reaction is off.

     

  15. Posted

    "So far, it's three partridges in three pear trees, four turtle doves, and three French hens. Where the #@%& am I supposed to keep all these birds? I guess we can get the grill out; invite the neighbors. You got any more surprises coming up, dearest?"

  19. Posted

    On 12/24/2021 at 2:02 PM, mlooney said:

    Because cooking in my nieces apartment is really sorta hard, my brother asked me to find out what restaurants in town would be open on Christmas day.  Turns out that only 2 (that I would go to) are open.  Applebees and "Happy Family" the local Pho place.  I suspect we will be doing Happy Family vs boring middle Generic American food.  Plus we don't have the problem of making some one work on Christmas day that would normally be on holiday. (edited)
    NEW

    I went out to get coffee at Sheetz on Christmas day, cruised around a little locally. Nothing was open (other than Sheetz, which is 24/7 and is nominally a gas station). I'm sure I could have found something if I really needed to, but not close by. I'm glad for the various workers that they had off.

  24. Posted

    4 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    On Isaac Newton's 379th Birthday, NASA and the ESA launched the James Webb Space Telescope.

    If it ever comes up, no one needs to launch anything for my birthday.  But lunch would be nice...

    Yes! From the ESA site in French Guiana! ... although, I had not heard they finally launched. Per the clock, it was supposed to be several hours ago.