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...
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ReplyDeleteI loved it lots.
ReplyDeleteIt's like they made it just for you, Khairul.
ReplyDeleteIt was the fun. Total SWd6 session as if run by Jez Gordon , and I've never played at his d6 table.
ReplyDeleteThe heist on Kessel had the planning and execution of a PC party, that’s for sure. The GM saying, “You do what?” a lot.
ReplyDeleteEvery time one of these movies come out, I spend a day or two wondering if I'd be happier if I immediately unfollowed anyone who had nice things to say about it.
ReplyDeleteThen fukkin' you and Jarrett like it, and then I can't. >:(
If this was an Edge of the Empire session, then the Obligations on all the characters are through the roof. And some PCs' Obligations are other PCs.
ReplyDeletemy favorite bit was (spoilers!)
ReplyDelete...Woody's death scene. Han guns him down in cold blood (well, warm blood, I guess, since Woody's hand was on his gun) and then cradles his head while he dies.
And then he watches his girlfriend fly away forever.
so manfeel!
John Aegard HAN SHOT FIRST
ReplyDeleteNo, HAN SHOT
ReplyDeletePaul Vermeren RISKS.
ReplyDeleteNo spoilers but I am totally confused by the ending. When does this take place? Who is the guy at the end? Who does Danerys become? What was that THING?
ReplyDeleteThe Kessel run was straight out of Star Trek!
That was Darth Maul, former apprentice to Darth Sidious. Obi-Wan cut him in half during The Phantom Menace (episode 1) but he survived and was taken by his brother, Savage Oppress, to their home world of Dathomir and fitted with new legs. He ran a crime syndicate and hunted Obi-Wan for years, even killing Obi's gf. Most of this takes place during The Clone Wars cartoons. Obi-Wan eventually kills Maul after Maul had followed him to Tattooine. This took place during Rebels cartoon, so he dies shortly before Star Wars: A New Hope. Timeline wise I would put this about 10 years before ANH/Rogue One.
ReplyDeleteOK I totally missed that being halved is a recoverable injury. I’ve only seen bits and pieces of the Clone Wars toons.
ReplyDeleteThe only untreatable medical condition in Star Wars is childbirth.
ReplyDeleteOh, as the kids say, snap.
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