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We are in the presence of greatness...

Started by chirine ba kal, January 20, 2017, 07:16:00 PM

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crkrueger

#30
January 25, 2017, 05:20:07 PM Last Edit: January 25, 2017, 05:49:32 PM by CRKrueger
On the other hand, you'd make Kickstarter history if you just told everyone to Tongue your Peehole.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

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chirine ba kal

#31
January 25, 2017, 05:47:33 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;942466I owe Tavis Allston of Autarch Games BIG TIME for that advice.

The truth is, for the last year or 18 months I just haven't been in the mood to work on it, for a variety of reasons.  Fortunately, I don't owe anybody anything; if I never DO get in the mood to finish it, it's no skin off anybody's nose.

Thank Crom there isn't a mob of people who paid me money wondering where the Hell their book is.

Where the hell's my book!

Oh. Wait a minute. I'm still writing the thing. Let me rephrase it.

Where the hell's your damn book?

Seriously, good advice, and good to hold off; if you try to force it, it's going to wind up a disaster. I learned that the hard way with mine, and after I sat back and let it ferment for a while, version 2.0 turned out to be one heck of a better book then version 1.0 ever was.

Take your time; write when your passion moves you, my General!

Spinachcat

#32
January 25, 2017, 06:22:11 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;942405After the manuscript is finished.  Best advice I ever got.

Absolutely. Its cool to include the backers in the final edit process (free editors!) and their input is good for finding out bits the crowd may enjoy hearing more about. A key value of KS is the interaction with backers FAR beyond the concept of pre-order customers.


Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;942466The truth is, for the last year or 18 months I just haven't been in the mood to work on it, for a variety of reasons.  

That's the lack of Blue Moon!!

It's your essential beer vitamin!


Quote from: CRKrueger;942576On the other hand, you'd make Kickstarter history if you just told everyone to Tongue your Peehole.

THAT has to be a Backer Tier.

Gronan of Simmerya

#33
January 25, 2017, 10:30:20 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;942576On the other hand, you'd make Kickstarter history if you just told everyone to Tongue your Peehole.

Now, now, I only tell somebody to tongue my pee hole if they are stupid, annoying, AND insulting.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

Settembrini

#34
January 27, 2017, 11:38:42 AM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;942208...no?  :confused:

Sorry, I just thought:

Mor-nard
Less-nard
Buck-nard

If I missed something, then I am terribly sorry, no disrespect.

Thanks so much for sharing.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Gronan of Simmerya

#35
January 27, 2017, 10:14:19 PM
Quote from: Settembrini;942820Sorry, I just thought:

Mor-nard
Less-nard
Buck-nard

If I missed something, then I am terribly sorry, no disrespect.

Thanks so much for sharing.

Didn't think any disrespect was involved, no worries.

I sort of ignored everything produced after 1977 or so, so if I had ever heard of Bucknard I had forgotten, that's all.  Hence my confusion.

For all I know Gary may have based it off my name, I have no idea.  No info from me, sorry.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

Spinachcat

#36
January 28, 2017, 01:34:46 AM
Quote from: Settembrini;942820Mor-nard
Less-nard
Buck-nard

Grog-nard! :D

Settembrini

#37
January 28, 2017, 03:30:39 AM Last Edit: January 28, 2017, 03:36:45 AM by Settembrini
Quote from: Spinachcat;942929Grog-nard! :D

Merde!
Napoleonics people all over the globe just felt a disturbance in the francophonie..

Seriously.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Gronan of Simmerya

#38
January 28, 2017, 04:55:35 AM
"GronYAR" -- French veteran soldier of the Napoleonic period.
"GROGnard" -- Middle aged or older cranky flatulent wargamer.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

chirine ba kal

#39
January 28, 2017, 06:48:26 AM
Ah, the francophone! Usually played by Cacaphonix, as I recall...

I really regret not getting the Metal Magic "Asterix" line...

Sigh...

Gronan of Simmerya

#40
January 28, 2017, 02:18:36 PM
A new Asterix adventure is coming out soon...
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

arminius

#41
January 28, 2017, 08:38:20 PM
Nice, interview. Yes, you sound like a nice, even normal person, last quote notwithstanding.

I enjoyed hearing her say "nerd" in her BBC accent.

Settembrini

#42
January 29, 2017, 03:50:28 AM Last Edit: January 29, 2017, 03:55:07 AM by Settembrini
While we are talking names, family and pronounciation:

I was perusing the DMG, and found some of the Artifacts sound like they came out of family life with small children. The recorder of Ye'Cind most obviously. Then, Queen Ahlissa's Marvelous Nightingale, created by some Xagy and the goddess Joramy had me think: Why on earth is Greyhawk the only game I know that has a goddess of Volcanoes and eruptive Anger that is Neutral Good? And why would she cooperate with one of Gary's anagrams to create an expensive and annoying soundmaking toy for one of Gary's kids?

It struck me:

Joramy, that must then be Gary's wife!
And lo and behold: His first wife's name is Mary Jo Gygax.

And if we further look up Joramy's portfolio, the marriage must have been under pressure then already.

Anyone any insight on that?
It does not show up in the regualar "keys" to Greyhawk anagrams and puns, like grodogs. Sorry if everyone was in on the joke since 77. If so, nothing to see here.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Gronan of Simmerya

#43
January 29, 2017, 07:15:10 PM
The text in the "portfolio" is much later than 1977.  The DMG is 1981 or so, for one thing, and even then that material does not appear.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.
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