FIFA + 1930s fascist Italy have to at least be in the running, but it’s close

Elijah Baley.

Depending on how medieval the setting is, hops were not the common bittering in many beers, it was a mix of herbs called gruit. If this mix’s ingredients are secret (or regulated), it would be easy to monopolize and drive the price up.

The price may be going up due to the cost of some profane adulterants being added in ever greater quantities…

Sorry for the long reply

Running Amber DRPG as a diplomacy focused story is certainly an option, especially if you’re doing a throne war campaign. There are certainly other setups beyond this (we started immediately following book 5 as grandchildren of Oberon). While every PC and NPC certainly has their own motivations and schemes, there is no requirements as to how political you need to be (Gerard notoriously hated the petty scheming of his siblings; Benedict doesn’t care as long as Amber remains stable).

As for advancement (which I think is what you’re alluding to with ranking change): if you’re following the book’s rules as written, the #1 in each rank for each generation cannot change (Benedict will always lead in warfare). Advancement is also blind, so you will no longer know your stats.

As for why it has run a long time: thankfully, I have a great GM that has crafted a compelling story and wonderful players that agree on the tone of the game and are reliable. It also helps that we started as 100pt characters, so there has been room for growth and development.

In my mind, it very quickly went from something implausible (how would that system work well) to one of my favorites after playing. Still lucky enough to be in a long Amber campaign with an awesome group.

Either Pac-Man or Galaga at the arcade. Man those cabinets seemed thirsty for quarters as a kid.

They might be referring to the Warner Brothers disc rot issue announced earlier this year (affecting some mid 2000s dvds). Ideally, things are made well and last a long time when stored properly.

Of course they should. Where else would I get my snilk from?

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Hell, R was being used in colleges in 2000. Unfortunately, whether it was SPSS for the soft sciences or forcing stats work in Matlab for the engineers, professors always seemed bad at promoting the right tool for the job.

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This looks awesome! Which TUI framework are you using (if any)?

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Questionable loan words, highly technical terms, and Scots all appear to be in the dictionary. Happy hunting

Flounders are born symmetrical; eye migration happens as they transition to the juvenile stage of growth.

That looks to be some type of velvet worm.

I’m so glad my favorite moth, the rosy maple moth (the pink and yellow one with a mullet) was in this picture.

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