From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
The guy at the UPS store was like, "This is really cool. You ever play Warhammer 40K?"
ReplyDeleteHe was all embarrassed to say he played Space Marines. It was adorable.
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ReplyDeleteI used to get that reaction when I emailed my PDFs to one of the grads in my team to print off and bind..
Industrial work printers are awesome!!!
Also having the use of one of our Board rooms to game in , is awesome!!
Awesome is awesome!
I totally would've done this if I hadn't picked up one of the Mongoose prints a while back, before Sine Nomine got the print rights back.
ReplyDeleteYou've talked me into it getting this pdf. Good work Casey Garske . When does your game start? Hopefully I won't have to drive 4-5 hours north to play it in person.
ReplyDeleteI think you're running it after you've got 4e out of your system.
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