This Is Why We Get Terms Like Rape-Rape
Shia LeBeouf's rape...I know what murder is.I know what robbery is.I am losing what rape means.I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that unless there's express written consent, sex is rape. Andrea...
View ArticleOne Shot Stops
...And GURPS.Common self defense ammo... Let's go from small to big..25 ACP. The smallest unless we count .22 LR, but there's not near so many actual concealable guns for the rimfire as .25..25 ACP...
View ArticleYou Weren't There Man
Reading this post...I am reminded of a day at the Union where Mikhail and I were playing GURPS and getting a little too much into character. It was a mercenary campaign and we were playing out the...
View ArticleTime Delay
Because of the time delays involved, space traffic control (STC) for Starport types A and B cannot give direct commands most of the time; but there needs to be a means to get everyone on the same page...
View ArticleExpanding On It A Bit
Adding in some other rounds for comparison, like .357 Magnum from a full length barrel...SUMMARYRound - Dmg - Ball, min - avg - max; HP, min - avg - max..25 ACP - 1d pi-; 0, 1, 3...
View ArticleQuest For The Holy Grail
Willard is now in possession of BOTH boxes of .300 Savage.He as also stated he is not honoring the tradition of firing one round and passing the box on to the next .300 Savage owner.
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Been Said Before
The most popular rifle in the US is the AR or some variation thereof.But it's not new that military style rifles being popular among the general populace is a new thing.Bolt action rifles weren't...
View Article.50 Cal Bottle Opener
The Lovely Harvey bought me a bottle opener made out of a .50 BMG round.Marv expressed enough interest in it that she bought him one too.Except... The vendor she bought mine from was out. So I found...
View ArticleArmee Universal Gewher
I kind of have a soft spot for bullpup rifles, even if I don't think they're all that great.The Steyr AUG was swoopy and cool when I was playing Twilight 2000. I've several character sheets with an...
View Article.40 Anomaly
Should you find yourself playing in one of my worlds in GURPS want to use a .40 S&W pistol...Take the published Damage, reduce it by 2 and increase the Rcl by 1.Thus 2d+2 pi+ becomes 2d pi+ and...
View ArticleRoutine
Tam notices that these launches were supposed to be as routine as backing out the family car...They sure could have been.Just in case anyone doesn't know.The space program was in direct competition...
View ArticleBeanstalk On Mars!
Wanderers - a short film by Erik Wernquist from Erik Wernquist on Vimeo.Thanks APOD!
View ArticleThings That Don't Work
Attempting to hold up my end of the conversation with Willard after just an hour of sleep and half a pot of coffee.Also, the thin skim of a nation's history you need to make to have a gaming world hold...
View ArticlePoking Around
In a vain hope of finding The Lovely Harvey's stolen gun, Willard and I canvassed the local gun and pawn shops.What I have discovered is the used market is awash in M&P40's. So many that you save...
View ArticleThag Remember
I do recall when a certain someone blogged about taking a class on the disassembly and repair of the item in question.It's so amusing watching them deal with helpful suggestions.Related, I learned that...
View ArticlePulsing Beams
I've been reading my Little Black Books again.In Book 2 there's no combat difference between the beam and pulse lasers. Despite descriptions that imply that beam weapons are more likely to score a hit...
View ArticleCivilized
It's very depressing when you read a line , "The last enemy we fought that even paid lip service to these rulebooks was Nazi Germany, a lifetime ago," and realize that despite the holocaust the FUCKING...
View ArticleFor Once Ahead Of The Curve
I notice lots of folks talking about sitemeter today.Welcome to January under the desk.Nuking sitemeter also dropped hits from spam collectors too.I am astonished that I figured this out on my own...
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