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Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD OCT 2: What are some of the most evocative titles of books you haven't read?
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:49:17
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:49:17
One that's on my list of books to look for is "Brother Assassin" sci fi by Fred Saberhagen. The 2nd in his Berserker series. Liked the 1st book in the series and "Brother Assassin" also has a very cool cover. Another is "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis. Sci fi but you'd think it would be humor.
New comment on Item for GeekList "Microbadge Request & Design Feedback GeekList 7th Edition"
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:47:33
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:47:33
by Sphere
Related Item: Mark Herman
As for my choice of designer Mark Herman, Rusty already explained it, but I’ll confirm it. Mark was Judd’s favorite designer by a country mile, and if Judd were still able to weigh in, I have zero doubt that he’d approve the choice.
Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD OCT 2: What are some of the most evocative titles of books you haven't read?
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:41:52
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
I’ve never read it but I like the whole vibe it instills.
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:41:52
by pestigor
I stumbled across this title in the sci-fi section of my local library:A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
I’ve never read it but I like the whole vibe it instills.
New comment on Item for GeekList "Microbadge Request & Design Feedback GeekList 7th Edition"
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:38:30
We're talking about Judd Vance, not Mark Herman! This would be the Mark Herman Fan Fan microbadge.
Personally, i would rather it be a picture of him, zoomed way in so that you have a chance of recognizing him. Some candidates to crop from:
[...]
And so, why using the Mark Hammond page and image? It is causing confusion. In this cases exist the entry Outside the Scope of BGG or something like that.
The answer to that is actually kind of funny; it had me going round in circles last evening.
This isn’t a simple GeekList. If you go through the BGG help system to find out how to request the creation of a microbage, you get directed to a massive construct, manned by the current Grand Poobah of the MicroBadgers. It’s got everything you’d ever want to know about MicroBadging, with Mustard.
There are multiple lists in that realm, and lists within lists. I was highly motivated, and 15 minutes or so of reading got me to the proper list. The instructions tell you to add your request as a new list item. They’ve even provided a handy button for the purpose. I pushed the button, thinking Bingo!
That takes you to another page of instructions along with a dropdown list, with all the allowable item types. It looks at first glance like the advanced search list for BGG, because it has games, publishers, designers, etc. But it doesn’t have users! It has a lot of other things - I scrolled up and down it multiple times, hoping ‘users’ was misplaced, not missing, but no such luck.
To make it even more maddening, there’s a note saying you can choose from the list or paste in your own. I spent another several minutes employing all my cut-and-paste fu trying to do so, but how or where you’re supposed to paste it is beyond my pay grade.
Eventually I gave up and enlisted the aid of [user=indigopotter], who had created microbadges for me in the past for Pete Belli and Jim O’Neill. She said she was too busy working on stuff for Thanksgiving, but I could easily request one for myself. Yes, you guessed it, she sent me a link to the place I’d started. Return to Go and Do Not Collect $200.
After several back and forth gms, with me whining and her patiently answering, with a very kind version of “just pick anything from the list and then tell them what you want, dummy”.
So it was a case of me taking the instructions too literally. And much like this explanation, it took too damned long to accomplish. 🫡
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:38:30
by Sphere
Related Item: Mark Herman
BlackSheeper wrote:
kuhrusty wrote:
BlackSheeper wrote:
I'm sorry to hear that and I'm happy to have uploaded his last photo in action
We're talking about Judd Vance, not Mark Herman! This would be the Mark Herman Fan Fan microbadge.
Personally, i would rather it be a picture of him, zoomed way in so that you have a chance of recognizing him. Some candidates to crop from:
[...]
And so, why using the Mark Hammond page and image? It is causing confusion. In this cases exist the entry Outside the Scope of BGG or something like that.
The answer to that is actually kind of funny; it had me going round in circles last evening.
This isn’t a simple GeekList. If you go through the BGG help system to find out how to request the creation of a microbage, you get directed to a massive construct, manned by the current Grand Poobah of the MicroBadgers. It’s got everything you’d ever want to know about MicroBadging, with Mustard.
There are multiple lists in that realm, and lists within lists. I was highly motivated, and 15 minutes or so of reading got me to the proper list. The instructions tell you to add your request as a new list item. They’ve even provided a handy button for the purpose. I pushed the button, thinking Bingo!
That takes you to another page of instructions along with a dropdown list, with all the allowable item types. It looks at first glance like the advanced search list for BGG, because it has games, publishers, designers, etc. But it doesn’t have users! It has a lot of other things - I scrolled up and down it multiple times, hoping ‘users’ was misplaced, not missing, but no such luck.
To make it even more maddening, there’s a note saying you can choose from the list or paste in your own. I spent another several minutes employing all my cut-and-paste fu trying to do so, but how or where you’re supposed to paste it is beyond my pay grade.
Eventually I gave up and enlisted the aid of [user=indigopotter], who had created microbadges for me in the past for Pete Belli and Jim O’Neill. She said she was too busy working on stuff for Thanksgiving, but I could easily request one for myself. Yes, you guessed it, she sent me a link to the place I’d started. Return to Go and Do Not Collect $200.
After several back and forth gms, with me whining and her patiently answering, with a very kind version of “just pick anything from the list and then tell them what you want, dummy”.
So it was a case of me taking the instructions too literally. And much like this explanation, it took too damned long to accomplish. 🫡
New comment on Item for GeekList "Microbadge Request & Design Feedback GeekList 7th Edition"
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:26:33
Reverse ninja?
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:26:33
by lgoldberg
Related Item: Mark Herman
I somehow missed Kuhrusty's post saying the same thing.Reverse ninja?
Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD OCT 2: What are some of the most evocative titles of books you haven't read?
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:01:07
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 16:01:07
One of my favourite names for the island of Great Britain is Perfidious Albion. I've just discovered that there is a book with the same name. I know absolutely nothing about the book so I'll use that as my answer to this question.
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList " 2026 Annual Geek Session Report Challenge "
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Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 15:28:33
by Serpentine_C
An item RPG Item: Report 22:01:08 has been added to the geeklist 2026 Annual Geek Session Report Challenge
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "2026 RPGG Challenge: Play Five RPGs You Have Never Played Before (Each At Least Once)"
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 15:26:00
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 15:26:00
by Serpentine_C
An item RPG Item: Mythic Bastionland has been added to the geeklist 2026 RPGG Challenge: Play Five RPGs You Have Never Played Before (Each At Least Once)
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "Investigators - Masks of Nyarlathotep (PS)"
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 15:18:06
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 15:18:06
by puckhead
An item RPG Item: Masks of Nyarlathotep (5th edition) has been added to the geeklist Investigators - Masks of Nyarlathotep (PS)
