Deep thought Friday

Deep thought Friday

Resolving line of sight through areas like forest is a challenge in tabletop gaming. Trees? Or wood?Heard of mycorrhizas? Turns out most plants are bonded at their root with a fungus, symbiotically. The fungus sends minerals up from the earth; the leaves send sugars...
Choose-your-own-annihilation and cheese with peas

Choose-your-own-annihilation and cheese with peas

Pegboard left an interesting comment at Faeit 212 yesterday. Here's the essential part:Tzeentch book has a table on every page. You start by rolling a d6 per page number and comparing it to the table. Your army then takes that many hits. Your opponent gets that many...
The Nature of Gothic: Grotesqueness

The Nature of Gothic: Grotesqueness

This is the fourth, most brief key argument from "The Nature of Gothic" by John Ruskin, first printed 160 years ago and arguably more relevant than ever. I'd recommend the first, second and third too, for fans of M31-41, as well as everyone creating or thinking...
New sisters, heavy power armour and fantasy beasts

New sisters, heavy power armour and fantasy beasts

Still waiting for new releases for the sisters of battle? How many years has it been now?Wave 6 from Onslaught may be the next best thing - the Themis Squad, Virtus Squad, Hecate Squad, Minerva Squad, Nemesis Bike, Athena Battle Squad, Athena Assault Squad, Athena...
Ban tabletop gaming..?

Ban tabletop gaming..?

Following that post on banning Warhammer from last week, look what's just turned up at Slashdot.A request for details of the web filter that may be introduced in the UK reveals it could also block "esoteric material". What does esoteric mean..?Choose your dictionary....