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Tonight was the premier of one of Coop's monsters in my Perdition game. You may recall he thought my monster making skills were weak. https://photos.app.goo.gl/MbstdILutRDDPu942 So the little girl showed her teddy to Sheriff Lobo, but Lobo made his save vs. "Will you be my friend?" otherwise he would've been paralyzed and had his face eaten.

He actually said "hashtag."

Perdition tonight. The party is planning to steal a Maguffin in transit. I look forward to the planning phase and chuckling to myself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrZB5n0tNAI

Sometimes I google “Liz Lemon wisdom” to cheer myself up.

Someone do a D&D book with all William Blake art. Originally shared by The Public Domain Review Print of the Day: "Behemoth and Leviathan", by birthday boy William Blake, ca. 1805. The work is from a series of 22 engraved prints he did illustrating the biblical Book of Job: https://buff.ly/2zN0gx1 (And see also an uncoloured version here: https://buff.ly/2zLMUkI )

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One last Tabletop Simulator picture. I got a couple rounds into a game, here's an action shot. Blue E1 used a command point to get a missile lock on Red B1 and both B1 and B2 fired back. Blue had a really good roll, but did not double or triple Red's roll of 13, so B1's shield is down, but no damage. Blue took two hits, one knocked down its shield, then damaged its engines, lowering its movement.

Tabletop Simulator learning curve Can't use a grid with a board, just the table itself. Custom table has set dimensions, so I had to cut my starfield down and turn off the hexes and use the in-game grid. My little Star Wars ship tokens were cool, but had no identifiers. You can add info to each token, but you have to hover over to see. Didn't want to do that. Also decided I have old eyes, and made some high contrast tokens with game-icons.net . Also made the condition tokens stackable, like poker chips, so they don't fly all over (as much).

I will be out celebrating my birthday this Saturday, but Twin Cities peeps should go to the Source and play WEG Star Wars and Stay Frosty. Matt Towle and Patrick Schifano GMing. http://saturdaynightspaceopera.blogspot.com/2017/11/dec-snso-hoth-for-holidays-and-kylos.html

Family went to Coco last night. Pretty great, teared up once, par for the Pixar course. But that Frozen “short” before the movie started was fucking terrible . After a few minutes Abby and I were just discussing if we were sorcerous monarchs whether we’d use our powers for good or rule with an icy fist. Turns out we should not be trusted with power.

I've had Tabletop Simulator installed for 20 minutes and I've got enough components to play a game.

One more hit by the howitzers would have done in the Luminous Czar. But it missed, the OGRE got in range with its last main battery, and that was it. The OGRE could limp up and destroy the command post.

Trying the Mk. V scenario.

More solo gaming. The OGRE is about to unleash hell.

Lazy morning at the in-laws, so I'm trying out TAC with Mustangs vs. Messerschmitts.

Originally shared by The Onion PETA spokesperson Jasper Dornhoff added that the grotesque creatures were covered in infected sores from biting one another and that many appeared to be wallowing in their own garlicky waste all the way up to their haunches. https://trib.al/FvbeJcd

Random wilderness encounter. Reaction roll: Friendly

Traditional Thanksgiving viewing. https://youtu.be/tJE3KDxTbWI

Setting sun illuminating the bottom of the clouds. Crazy.

Holiday family arguments have begun.

I saw a B/X character sheet that used the border from the D&D Coloring Book, but I wanted one a little different, so I made my own. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1szYYWNIEs_lGA-fFS-6WamvnWlHGbMxz/view?usp=sharing

It's time to share this classic again. Originally shared by Rafael “Francisco” Chandler SHE IS MY FAVORITE First, you HAVE to read this:  http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2009/11/26/awkward-family-story-the-thanksgiving-letter Then you HAVE to watch this: The Thanksgiving Letter: Marney Speaks I WANT TO EAT TURKEY WITH THIS WOMAN

FYI, game-icons.net now lets you add text and individually move and recolor elements of the icon.

I like stupid things! Casey Garske 2417 Unity Ave N Golden Valley, MN 55422

Moved from Aubrey & Maturin audiobooks to the Culture series. I’ve read Consider Phlebas , but now I’m listening to it. The narrator sounds kind of like David Tennant. The crew of the Clear Air Turbulence are such an adventuring party. I can practically hear the GM rolling the dice and the players' howls of indignation.

Speculation on dinosaur horn shape. Look at this funky knobby-backed, quill-tailed, curly-horned triceratops. http://markwitton-com.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/can-we-predict-horn-shapes-of-fossil.html?m=1

Song of Blades & Heroes with the Coop and the cousins. Each had a warband, and they explored a dungeon, fighting the undead that guarded it. Each room had a possible trap or treasure. Coop won, gathering three treasures.

Glarr the Starbarian is ready for adventure.

Today I get playtest Jay Exonauts new game, and later see the nerdiest bluegrass band and drink toasts to Malcolm Young. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTZWl6fPN-E

Obviously need to watch this later. Originally shared by Ancient Origins Exclusive interview of David Icke to April Holloway of Ancient Origins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMwl1OgqRNg&feature=autoshare

Dinos for 5e featured on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs blog. Nice, but turns out to be a bit plagiarizing. http://www.dmsguild.com/product/220783/Terrible-Lizards-A-Dinosaur-Bestiary?filters=0_0_0_45531_0_0_0_0

Today's mood.

Never, ever go on WebMD. https://imgur.com/gallery/fFgFAqf

Laughing out loud at these passages while listening to The Letter of Marque.

An article about weirdo dinosaur-bird skeptics who, like climate change deniers and flat-earthers, seem to like to think of themselves as some sort of iconoclastic rebel. Also, look at this beautiful Emily Willoughby painting. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/the-birds-are-not-dinosaurs-movement/

Snubfighter Had to try out the new map, so I playtested a new mechanic. To add a little uncertainty and versatility, I've added Command Points. Each side gets 3, maybe variable with more testing. A command point lets you raise your attack or defense, add movement at an opportune time, increase the range of a weapon, or get a missile lock. Two points increases your die for initiative. Used most command points for moving out of the firing line (prompting the other side to spend points to react) and initiative. I did use a few to increase firing range (better in the opening rounds than later) and to increase an attack roll.

Oh my god, it's full of stars. It's perfect.

But will it have Big Daddies and Little Sisters? https://news.vice.com/story/libertarian-billionaires-want-to-make-waterworld-a-reality?utm_source=vicenewsfb

Any hopes of playing video games or playing Minecraft today are pretty much shot. Instead, the only Sunday entertainment is the Ericksons’ weird pastor giving a 45-minute sermon on Bible stuff. http://www.clickhole.com/article/heads-would-have-been-nice-family-kind-goes-church-6921#1,

If everything works right, I should have this image on a 3'x4' vinyl banner in a few days.

By This Axe What carnage! Played without the order cards to make it simpler for Coop, but he got bored fast anyway and I finished the game. The Black Falcon was losing until the She-Wolf got a lucky hit. Sensing advantage, the Falcon challenged the King, and got another lucky hit after several rounds of combat. High armor heroes are really hard nuts to crack.

Chicken can't handle how awesome my gold-helmeted minecraft dude is with a shield. Coop taught me how to make and use shields.

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Onto The Reverse of the Medal . This is one of the most interesting Aubrey/Maturin books because of how much of it takes place on land and you get a lot of details about London and English law. Also thieftakers, Bow Street Runners, spies, and cricket. This is one of my favorite passages. Stephen has become rich by inheritance, and his spymaster asks him if wealth has changed him.

“Once Commander In Chief hits the market, it’s gonna blow up just like Terra Mystica did, but right now funding is the biggest issue,” said Obama, sitting at his dining room table and showing off a prototype that included a 4-by-4 foot game board, stacks of handwritten index cards labeled “event” and “item,” and a set of polyhedral dice. “I drained our bank account to pay this specialty manufacturer to make the game components, and I’m hoping the Kickstarter money will cover the cost of renting warehouse space to store the finished product.” Originally shared by The Onion "Once people see how fun it is to craft and deliver their very own 90-minute State of the Union address covering every major issue in politics, they’re going to want to buy this." https://trib.al/dsLLJYJ

Originally shared by Science Museum of Minnesota Wow. We've sold 18,000+ items online since our Brontosaurus apparel launched Tuesday. This has grossed approximately $600,000 in proceeds to support our educational outreach programs. Thanks! https://www.smm.org/strangerthings

Gaming goal for this weekend is to try out a couple of lighter miniatures rulesets. Top of the list is Chris Kutalik's By This Axe . I made these two army lists for my Lego castle dudes. Chris, is it legit for a unit to have a leader who is just always embedded in the unit without being a character? Basically there to hold up morale? Or are leaders supposed to be characters?

In honor of Notary Public Day, please accept this 1970's era comedy featuring a Notary Public. (There's very little notary public-centric humor outside of Herbert Cornfeld from the Onion). https://youtu.be/nVVhO9d7-9w?t=31m11s

Day 7 Seven days of black and white photos. One photo per day, no people, no explanation.

http://www.poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/among-us/

Not the Onion. http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/finance-economy/358967-papa-johns-tells-racists-not-to-buy-its-pizza

Death cultists. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/11/06/christian-pastor-god-answered-the-prayers-of-those-murdered-in-a-tx-church/

I’ve been avoiding posting about Stranger Things 2 until we finish it, but we watched ep. 6 last night, and I thoroughly enjoyed it for obvious reasons. I’m still not sure how they do these homages without descending to winking at the camera. They just play it totally straight and it works.

Day 6 Seven days of black and white photos. One photo per day, no people, no explanation.

Navies never change, Richard G. The “Fat Leonard” corruption investigation has expanded to include more than 60 admirals and hundreds of other U.S. Navy officers under scrutiny for their contacts with a defense contractor in Asia who systematically bribed sailors with sex, liquor and other temptations, according to the Navy. Most of the admirals are suspected of attending extravagant feasts at Asia’s best restaurants paid for by Leonard Glenn Francis, a Singapore-based maritime tycoon who made an illicit fortune supplying Navy vessels in ports from Vladivostok, Russia to Brisbane, Australia. Francis also was renowned for hosting alcohol-soaked, after-dinner parties, which often featured imported prostitutes and sometimes lasted for days, according to federal court records. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/fat-leonard-scandal-expands-to-ensnare-more-than-60-admirals/2017/11/05/f6a12678-be5d-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.f7fc087d61da

A tiny bit of modding, a bit o' primer, and ready to game. Not bad looking now. These are the robots. 144 (minus a bunch of miscasts) for about $5.00: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YZF23Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Today's probably pointless gaming activity was gluing extra tank barrels to the arms these el-cheapo plastic robots and basing them.

https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1820163660 Originally shared by Casey G. http://www.theonion.com/article/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-36131 http://www.theonion.com/article/no-way-prevent-says-only-nation-where-regularly-ha-51443 http://www.theonion.com/article/no-way-prevent-says-only-nation-where-regularly-ha-51444 http://www.theonion.com/article/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-36131

Day 5 Seven days of black and white photos. One photo per day, no people, no explanation.

Game night. Go Extinct Flashpoint Pirate's Cove

Day 4 Seven days of black and white photos. One photo per day, no people, no explanation.

Pretty excited for Thor later tonight.