Gaming Guilds Classes And Unions
And it's not a diatribe!Advanced Dungeons and Dragons rules made party creation simpler. The class abilities were complimentary and exclusive. Magic Users sucked at melee, but fighters couldn't cast...
View ArticleWhy Can't I Hit Consistently
It's a common refrain.Sometimes it's you.Sometimes it's because something that should be tight is loose.Sometimes it's because we were an egg and didn't know what we were doing.Yeah, you were...
View ArticleNon Player Character
Agent J in MiB3 is an NPC.If he were a PC he'd have taken the Arknet device, fired up his time machine, gone back to December 6, 1968 and placed it during CSM-107's integrated systems testing at North...
View ArticleRuggedness
What is a "real world condition" for Joe Civilian...? You mean like if it starts raining on the range or something? In an Arfcom discussion about which rifle "won". Robinson XCR, Bushmaster ACR or FN...
View ArticleCreating Crime
There's a trend in law enforcement.They create the situation where someone can break the law, then arrest the person for breaking that law.The DEA will make a situation where someone will offer to buy...
View ArticleA Terr'ble Rift
Tam pointed out the non-humans in several role playing games were the living embodiment of the planet of hats trope.Ayup.It's been a problem in my gaming before. The hats are comfortable for the...
View ArticleRIP Mr Allston
Aaron Allston has shuffled off this mortal coil.I own several of the games and supplements listed in his biography.Autoduel Champions is one we played and enjoyed immensely.Damn.
View ArticlePrice To Pay
Putin will, indeed, pay a price for an invasion of The Ukraine.He will have to buy fuel, ammunition, spares, food and pay his troops.That stuff is not free; he will have to pay for it.I am not sure why...
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Woo Hoo
Of late I've been culling the parts bin of AR stuff I'm never going to use.It actually feels pretty darn good!Black Rifle Disease is something of an addiction and Retro-BRD is worse.By selling the...
View ArticleThe AR 15 One $100 A Month
The Lovely Harvey has come to a decision about the configuration of The Purple AR.We're also going to follow along as she builds (well as she picks and I assemble).What we have on hand:Cav Arms purple...
View ArticleHilarious
Sean just renewed his Utah non-resident carry permit.Looking at the list, I think I might just get me one too.Washington and Minnesota, where I have friends and family, are off limits with my Florida...
View ArticleAdding It Up
The Purple AR is tentatively Princess Twilight.The Boy is a Brony!Going through The Lovely Harvey's build list and accounting for the values of parts already bought...$663 $698 total. Update: I should...
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Fire
Fired up the fire pit.All of the wood we'd had stacked behind the shed from pruning and deadfall is gone.It was fun sitting in the back yard with The Lovely Harvey and Marv chit-chattin' and looking at...
View ArticleInflationary Index
Charlotte is an early R604 (again).Tabitha will soon be a late R603.I keep track of my parts sources and prices.In 2009 it was possible to make an R604 for about $750.Today to replicate that feat is...
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Philosophical Differences
What to use to defend yourself? It's not a simple question.We carry handguns about in public because most of us are forced by law or social convention to hide them from view. Even the staunch open...
View ArticleValue
I have been chided on occasion for spending more than I need to on things.It's a lesson I learned way back when I was a starving mooch. I was in physical therapy for my leg and unemployable. I needed...
View ArticleIdiosyncrasies
Been reading Hilton Yam skewering the 1911 lately.He definitely knows them intimately.Something that's lost, again, in these "1911 has been rendered obsolete" discussions is the needs of a department...
View ArticleA Little Fed Up
I stand here, covered in piss from a pissing contest after forgetting that, even if I win, all I get is covered in piss.Mission accomplished!Gods but I hate the fucking internet.Done pissing.Someone is...
View ArticleSHTF Masturbation
Prepping and talking about prepping has jumped the shark.I get preparedness. I live in a hurricane state.I also notice that most everyone is prepping to survive until civilization returns. Like we do...
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