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This is great, Tom McGrenery ! Originally shared by Tom McGrenery Hey Stay Frosty fans, here's a Google Sheets character keeper you can use for online games, with drop-down lists for rank and MOS. Frostiness also updates with Tension. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mfXN-wxB3rhVRQ08svsprer_MsV4Xo2Ox4lR50ORmK4/edit?usp=sharing Casey G.

There's a new Room game. My favorite puzzle games.

I’m impressed with this writer’s dedication to this subject. Glad there’s someone out there thinking hard about dinosaurs in space. Originally shared by Jennifer Ouellette A Brief History of Dinosaurs in Space. "Alien dinosaurs, while seemingly frivolous on the surface, are often potent projections of human fears and hopes about our place in space and time." https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nek7ed/dinosaurs-in-space-history-fiction https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nek7ed/dinosaurs-in-space-history-fiction

Solo was pretty great.

There can be only one.

Played the second scenario of TMNT Shadows of the Past last night with one of my little cousins. Turtles won again, fairly handily defeating Old Hob and his gang.

Building a pallet fence around my parent's garden. I don't remember signing up for this...

It’s been a few years since I watched The Incredibles. Years where I’ve had many disputes with insurance companies. I’m now convinced Mr. Incredible did more good as an insurance adjuster than he ever did as a superhero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R8GtrKtrZ4

I wrote a (less than) 200 word RPG, but realized there was a typo after I submitted it and also it’s sort of joke, but also playable, so here it is, corrected. I guess it's sort of a solo game? But it says there's a GM. Whatever. Games are a conversation. About ninjas and booze.

"This is a great robot, dude. I love it." "Did Mom tell you why it's red?" "Noooo..." "Because the robot went savage and decided to kill humans and it smeared the humans' blood all over it."

TMNT Shadows of the Past is pretty freaking fun. The team dice mechanic is great, giving variety and some need for strategy. Coop was the turtles and won the first scenario, but it was close. I had two gang members about to escape and he only rolled a couple dice for movement for all the turtles. But Raphael ran up and threw some ninja stars and killed KO'd the last gang member they needed to take out.

TIL Oryx were introduced into New Mexico as a game species in 60's. Also the Ibex and Barbary Sheep. https://www.nps.gov/whsa/learn/nature/african-oryx.htm

Americans invented/imported/stole 1,100 new baby names in 2017 according to this article. I made a random name generator out of the top 120 (minus Game of Thrones and Twilight names (Benjen is a stupid name in the book let alone real life, and Renessmae is unpronouncable, what’s wrong with people?)) https://qz.com/1285427/american-parents-invented-1100-new-baby-names-last-year/ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HwKocqm_MAtM8ftffuFAbIVmYt_Hwqx3/view?usp=sharing

Ticket for the 70mm re-release of 2001 acquired.

Have you ever seen this, Thor? There was a Japanese version of Battletech that used all original art since in Japan the Unseen mechs were already part of Robotech and Macross and maybe they thought all the rest of the designs sucked (which they mostly did)! So there’s an alternate Battletech universe out there where everything looks like it’s from an anime. http://www.gearsonline.net/series/battletech/ http://www.gearsonline.net/series/battletech/

Originally shared by Paul C Hey guys, this program rules. Seriously check it out, it allows you to make custom cut scene or game over screens with an awesome selection of games. http://deathgenerator.com/#pq2

These new 40K kids books look pretty great.

Never heard of this Australian encounter before. https://wearethemutants.com/2018/05/21/talk-to-no-one-the-continuing-mystery-of-the-westall-ufo/

Played some Stars Without Number, mowed the lawn, took the kids to the park, and now I'm going to relax with a beer.

Gameable because they chose the names randomly. Originally shared by Joseph Teller Republican Scammers Scamming Republicans with Pacs... so not surprised, and somewhat entertaining.. https://www.npr.org/2018/05/18/612339379/arizona-brothers-charged-with-scamming-conservative-political-donors

Finally got a Hunchback. Tough as hell. Took on two Thunderbolts at point blank range and lost a leg, but that was after absorbing a ton of hits, a punch, a DFA(!), and a stomp when he fell down. After all of that didn't even get a complete Thunderbolt out of the deal. Which sucks. I need another heavy.

Season 2 is really good. Doesn't have the local impact the Jacob Wetterling case did for me, but still great. https://www.apmreports.org/in-the-dark/season-two

Encounters with the Holy are deadly for sinners.

I was unaware until recently that there was a crackpot theory that not only was the old theory about sauropods living in water to support their bulk correct, but that ALL dinosaurs were aquatic. They waded in shoulder deep water all the time. T-Rex, triceratops, stegosaurus, all of them, for millions of years wading around in bathwater warm swamps. This idea comes from a British dude who seems to make his living appearing on science based TV shows and also wrote a paper on spontaneous human combustion. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230703694_Solving_the_mystery_of_spontaneous_human_combustion Anyway, this recap of the "controversy" includes a humorous proof that giraffes are aquatic because there's no way they could actually live on land with those skinny legs. https://chasmosaurs.com/2018/05/16/ford-versus-naish/

I just bought tickets for Liz Phair at 1st Ave in September. 😍😍😍 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM60GAPIXTY

Writing complete on the new Stay Frosty thing.

Sharing this here because Burian. Originally shared by Al Tlön Zdenek Burian , 20 000 Lieues Sous Les Mers (Jules Verne) Via http://bibeim.tumblr.com/post/58252488176/zdenek-burian-20-000-lieues-sous-les-mers-jules

Stayed up way too late playing Battletech so I could take my first Heavy for a spin. A 65 ton Jagermech refitted with two AC10's.

Failed save vs. new game when TMNT Shadows of the Past was on clearance at Target.

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Stupid movies are so much more entertaining when you take kids to them. The teenager instantly falls in love with John Boyega's actual accent while the first-grader shadow-boxes kaiju in the aisle. This NPR review sums it up: (THE FILM CRITIC steps to the podium.) CRITIC: Good evening. Thank you all for coming. I'll read a brief statement, and then I'll be happy to take your questions. (He removes a piece of paper from his jacket pocket, unfolds it, and begins to read.) "Pacific Rim Uprising is a movie in which giant robots fight giant monsters. It is the sequel to 2013's Pacific Rim, a movie in which giant robots fight giant monsters. Pacific Rim Uprising is slightly different than Pacific Rim, in that in Pacific Rim Uprising, the giant robots first fight other giant robots and then they fight giant monsters. Thank you." (He folds the paper before him, and sticks it back in his jacket pocket.) I'll take your questions now. Yes, in the front? REPORTER #1: ...

Gameable. http://www.poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/told-you/

Loser has to clean the house by themselves.

I’ve heard of this guy before, but I’ve never seen transcriptions of the tablets. Instead of throwing them out, this dude kept a room full of complaint letters about himself written on clay tablets. And somehow his specific house ended up being preserved so archaeologists could dig it up. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/05/11/meet-the-worst-businessman-of-the-18th-century/#3ae537b32d5d

Design Rambling There are fine lines between: elegant and boring & detailed and confusing Seems like the proper balance between these adjectives is what I’m always looking at when reading a set of rules, RPG or wargame. I read a review of Horizon Wars that’s main complaint was that it was too generic. I can see coming from a game like Battletech and flipping through the book wondering where the lists of weapons and equipment was. Instead Horizon Wars has a single stat for Firepower and it makes zero difference what weapons give it that number. http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Weapons_and_Equipment_Lists#Inner_Sphere_Weapons_and_Equipment

My name is Casey and I save my game before every Death From Above and I'm not ashamed.

Running in a 5K on Saturday and my only goal is to leave my daughter in the dust and then brag about it all day. She can have her revenge when she sends me to the cheapest elder-care facility she can find.

Games with Grandma.

As much as I love Cap, I'd vote for Buzz. Originally shared by Buzz Aldrin That time Buzz and I visited @marvel offices in NY and he insisted that HE was Captain America. Well, I suppose he is. 🇺🇸 http://content.whosay.com/l/bzycgrT

Nice little house-rule doc. I like the point-man. Originally shared by Ben Ojanen I wrote a thing for Casey G.'s cool RPG: Stay Frosty ( http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/206742/Stay-Frosty )

Discovered the remains of a decades-old squatch attack on the Gunflint Trail.

Devil's Kettle was raging with the spring melt. Couldn't even tell where the kettle was until we looked it up. Need to write an adventure where you go into it.

Good afternoon.

Good morning from the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Cheapo sci-fi minis! All from the Game Crafter website. Plastic mechs - $2.40 per sprue of five. Plastic tanks - $0.32 a piece Tiny Risk mechs (power armor) - $0.16 a piece

Besides an orphaned character sheet, I found this gem at Half Price Books.

Shawn left his character sheet in a book he sold to Half Price Books. Now it's sitting on the shelf.

I should probably finish Snubfighter so disgruntled X-Wing fans buy it! h/t Karlen Kendrick https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/5/1/x-wing-second-edition/