Quote from: Greentongue;933817chirine ba kal,
You realize your book could be a photo album too?
Like a graphic novel but with photos instead of drawn pictures. :eek:
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Agreed; in a lot of respects, the miniatures have been a very important part of the story for decades. I used to do miniatures 'to order' to suit events in Phil's campaign, and on more then one occasion a figure or figures that I'd done 'on spec' became part of our adventures.

I had planned, from the beginning of the thing, to illustrate the action in the book with photos of the miniatures, especially as that way people would see what we saw on Phil's game table - I still have all those original figures, so you can see Captain Harchar the way Dave Arneson saw and played him.

On the other hand, the 'push-back' I've gotten over the years about my use of miniatures in RPGs hasn't been very encouraging no matter how I try to look at it.

We'll see, I guess.

Quote from: chirine ba kal;933823On the other hand, the 'push-back' I've gotten over the years about my use of miniatures in RPGs hasn't been very encouraging no matter how I try to look at it.

We'll see, I guess.

"Life is too short to dance with ugly women and pay attention to the wailing of the stupid".

Quote from: AsenRG;933830"Life is too short to dance with ugly women and pay attention to the wailing of the stupid".

"Most people are booger-eating morons who are unable to shit unassisted."

But Chirine is less of a professional curmudgeon than I am.  I've been in training since I was about 10.

Quote from: AsenRG;933830"Life is too short to dance with ugly women and pay attention to the wailing of the stupid".

I appreciate the sentiment, and agree with the latter part of it, however...

I married the "ugly woman", as she was described to me by more than a few of the people who know us, and we're still married after 25 years. As for the "wailing of the stupid", that's the reason why this is my only forum presence and why I don't participate in both the larger Internet and the vast majority gaming events that I'm told I must attend in order to be a real gamer.

And an observation, if I may be somewhat crude, but in the 'old curmudgeon' spirit I find myself in these days: I have found, in my now sixty years of life - tomorrow is my birthday, by the way - that 'ugly' and 'plain' women are usually better in the sack then 'pretty' ones. The former, in my experience, appreciate the opportunity to excel, and the latter spend all their time worrying about mussing their hair.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;933837"Most people are booger-eating morons who are unable to shit unassisted."

But Chirine is less of a professional curmudgeon than I am.  I've been in training since I was about 10.

Agreed. I really hadn't started becoming an old curmudgeon until I started interacting with gamers again in the early 2005 - 2006 time frame; but under the influence of so many of them I really think I've completed the transformation from 'nice guy chump' to 'cranky old curmudgeon' over the past decade. There have been so many transformative moments in that time period, and they really have had a wonderful effect - I spend so little on gaming, these days, down from $250 to $500 a month to the current $10 to $25. So, I'd say that it's been very beneficial. The FLGS might have a different viewpoint, of course, but so it goes...

Quote from: chirine ba kal;933968I really think I've completed the transformation from 'nice guy chump' to 'cranky old curmudgeon' over the past decade.

"Trained you well, I have."  

Viz gaming... I have come to really really miss what we had at the University of Minnesota for those 15 years or so.  An open venue at no cost with a crowd of up to 40 people to recruit from... I think most people would gleefully commit bloody-handed mayhem for a chance like that.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;933974"Trained you well, I have."  

Viz gaming... I have come to really really miss what we had at the University of Minnesota for those 15 years or so.  An open venue at no cost with a crowd of up to 40 people to recruit from... I think most people would gleefully commit bloody-handed mayhem for a chance like that.

Agreed. It was a very different time and place. These days, you can get sort of the same feel at Gary Con, with the emphasis on RPGs of course.

Quote from: chirine ba kal;933823On the other hand, the 'push-back' I've gotten over the years about my use of miniatures in RPGs hasn't been very encouraging no matter how I try to look at it.

We'll see, I guess.

If you enjoy them and you enjoy setting up the scenes, why would you let what other people think or say stop you?
Who's book/story is it anyway?

I could see if you had paid for market research and they said don't, maybe it would matter but, as far as I understand it, the book is a labor of love.
Do what you love and let others deal with it as suits them.
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Quote from: chirine ba kal;933967in my now sixty years of life - tomorrow is my birthday

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a good one!



btw, how do you celebrate birthdays on Tekumel?

Quote from: Big Andy;934005Happy Birthday! Hope you have a good one!



btw, how do you celebrate birthdays on Tekumel?

 Otulengba!!! HappyHappyBirthday!!! Curmudgeon!!! Many More!!!

Celebrate with a party depending on your status and station in life!!! And kaitars available to you...Enjoy!!!

H;0)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Chirine! I hope you have a great one.

Shemek.

Yes, have a joyous sitting among friends!

Happy "Only Two Years Until Social Security Kicks In."

All anyone needs to know about MY life is that Social Security will be a substantial income increase, even at age 62.

115 days, but who's counting.

Quote from: Greentongue;933976If you enjoy them and you enjoy setting up the scenes, why would you let what other people think or say stop you?
Who's book/story is it anyway?

I could see if you had paid for market research and they said don't, maybe it would matter but, as far as I understand it, the book is a labor of love.
Do what you love and let others deal with it as suits them.
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Because I'm tired of being insulted to my own face in my own home about my own hobbies. It's my book, about our adventures, but you'd be amazed at the number of people who have demanded to be included in the book - despite their not playing with us - as they are entitled to be included as they are Very Important People In Gaming.

It is indeed; I am doing the book simply for the fun of it, but the screaming and shouting and reeling and writhing and fainting in coils from various locals and on-lone people has been both bizarre and incredible. You'd think I had some sort of plan for world domination.