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Post by oakesspalding on Oct 18, 2014 22:45:39 GMT -6
I didn't think you guys had lives.  (Sorry, Mike. Didn't see yours.) |
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Post by Merctime on Oct 18, 2014 23:05:36 GMT -6
Heh... Well, I'm all caught up in my PbP games here, myself... Uh, Geoffrey asked Gronan a great question (that was fun to read the answer too, also,) and, Oh, hey! Look... Some fellow who has a "Save vs All Wands" blog has a new post, I'll be right back!  |
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Post by waysoftheearth on Oct 19, 2014 3:43:27 GMT -6
For your entertainment oakesspalding, I'll post the first half of an essay I've been sitting on for a while. Maybe this will encourage me to finish the second half... or not? |
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Post by Finarvyn on Oct 19, 2014 5:56:59 GMT -6
Yeah, I guess sometimes I get busy and don't get back here as often as I'd like.  Eight hours does seem like a long time, though.... |
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Post by dizzysaxophone on Oct 19, 2014 6:26:22 GMT -6
I was too busy playing OD&D to be posting about it  But that is the truth! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2014 6:40:06 GMT -6
Well, my games are running. No burning questions right now, except for... Why are Blackmoor and Midkemia so much alike, raaaah?!
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Post by Merctime on Oct 19, 2014 8:41:46 GMT -6
My burning question is.... "What... Is the average air speed velocity of an unladden swallow???  |
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Post by capitalbill on Oct 19, 2014 8:45:24 GMT -6
What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
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Post by Merctime on Oct 19, 2014 8:46:48 GMT -6
I don't know.... AAAAAAaaaaaaaggggghhhhh!
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Post by oakesspalding on Oct 19, 2014 9:17:58 GMT -6
Thanks waysoftheearth. Will read after Mass. I just saw you included Warriors and EPT in there. Great idea. |
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Post by Merctime on Oct 19, 2014 9:19:58 GMT -6
I just read that essay myself, and, I daresay oakesspalding, you will love it. |
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Post by Falconer on Oct 19, 2014 13:02:23 GMT -6
Well, my games are running. No burning questions right now, except for... Why are Blackmoor and Midkemia so much alike, raaaah?! How so? |
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Post by sepulchre on Oct 19, 2014 13:30:20 GMT -6
Ha! Indeed a beautiful day out here in MD, but I hear you Oakesspalding. I suspect there are plenty of existing threads that might require some creative redress/thread necromancy, or redirection where the same question had been previously addressed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2014 0:01:45 GMT -6
Well, my games are running. No burning questions right now, except for... Why are Blackmoor and Midkemia so much alike, raaaah?! How so? The narrative base is very similar - you have a proto-Arthurian swords & planets EDO setting with the same narrative pillars (extraterrestrial invasion, barbarian invasion, proto-Asians/Tekumel around the corner), and the same narrative conventions (immortal magical elitism, lingering conflict with the Elder/Elven kingdom, dark age steampunk, etc.) in use. - I wonder how close the exchange between Feist and Arneson really was, especially given that Midkemia of the 80s, and Midkemia from the late 90s until today are two fairly different animals. Might be just coincidence, might be my reader's bias, but when I read Midkemia books, I feel like I read Blackmoor novels. |
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