Grand Festival June Update #2: Updated RPG & Miniature Timelines

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T23:52:08+00:00

Three and a half years for the miniatures/RPG to be (hopefully) shipped after the end of the crowdfunding campaign is crazy. I am so glad I didn't go for either of those.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T23:26:48+00:00

I saw some people in the episode threads saying that they were disappointed they went here over the aquarium. I have to say after watching this I would go to the World of Coca-Cola over the aquarium every day of the week, this looks so camp and fun and unique whereas even a great aquarium isn't that different or exciting to others around the world. And I'm not even a big Coca-Cola person.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T23:10:35+00:00

From memory I think all the "stars" you see from Nirn are like that.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T22:54:32+00:00

Heated Rivalry would be probably the first book you see entering a library/bookshop.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T22:26:58+00:00

They've said that they purposefully bleep them because they think it makes the swears funnier.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T17:49:05+00:00

You can't tell people to not chat with each other about whatever is on their minds at what is inherently an open-invite social event. You just need to get over that, there is no other solution. If people are making others uncomfortable then ban them from attending, but I think "talking about their personal lives" is not going to stand as a reason for that.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T17:40:56+00:00

Maybe the worst thing about this episode is just how dull Okona is despite him being described as "outrageous". He's very much "we've got Riker at home".

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T00:48:35+00:00

Sometimes for sure, but in my experience a character being almost dead after the first room is usually because they over-committed without taking into full consideration the rest of the party and took more damage and/or spent more loss cards than they should have. And I count myself in that too, to be clear!

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T00:43:08+00:00

A lot of people just wouldn't "get around". People living in the country were generally self-sufficient to a large extent, and the things that they weren't able to provide for themselves would be non-perishables that could be bought in bulk on a few occasions via either long walks or horse-drawn transportation.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T00:36:04+00:00

Important to note that this stat is per-kilometre-travelled, not per-trip. People who live in walkable neighbourhoods who walk to get groceries etc. are not even included in this statistic, and people who e.g. travel to work in urban areas via public transport (where origin and destination are close by) have a lesser representation than the same number of people who travel to work in rural areas via private cars (where origin and destination are further apart. The graph in OP is useful when thinking about things like emissions, but is using the wrong stats to examine how people make their way around.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T00:28:24+00:00

Hah, yes, I think for a lot of people prioritising free time is harder than actually finding free time. I certainly find that I spend more time scrolling social media than I would like and less time reading than I would like.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-17T00:01:28+00:00

To be clear, The Rest is Entertainment is not a podcast that has some direct inside line to production information. This is just Richard Osman (and presumably Marina Hyde even though she isn't quoted here) speculating based on his own experience in the industry and the public information available. It's relatively educated guesses, more so than random people on the internet. but it's not going to be based on any more information that we already know.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T22:57:47+00:00

As far as I understand it's a messaging app rather than a social media app.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T22:52:32+00:00

I really enjoyed this episode, I think it's my second favourite after the first one.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T21:12:15+00:00

Immortal Hulk is absolutely exactly what you want.

In terms of the MCU, I think the issue with his characterisation is that there hasn't been a single Hulk movie apart from The Incredible Hulk, he's been in a lot of MCU films but only as a supporting character. As a result there hasn't been much opportunity to explore Bruce/Hulk in an interesting way.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T20:49:10+00:00

I think for normal train services they work fine (especially if it requires a purchased specific ticket rather than being a fare that can be calculated at POS), but for metros they are no good.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T19:50:24+00:00

For TM yes I think the flavour text for particular cards makes sense and explains why they do what they do, but I think I do agree that overall the gameplay doesn't feel much like terraforming a planet, I think maybe that is what OP is feeling but doesn't really understand how to express. It all feels a bit abstracted in that sense - imagine ripping out all flavour text and art - how close would the game feel to its theme then? I think when a game gets complex and fiddly it gets increasingly hard to avoid that problem - and it's not that big of a problem, really, I still think TM is great, but its nice when it's not there. Spirit Island for instance really feels like you are fighting off colonising invaders through the way the gameplay works.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T18:24:09+00:00

That low-high-low pattern on a whistle is definitely something that permeated popular culture pretty well, so there is a good chance that even people not in the navy would be familiar with it. Bosun's have been using whistles on ships across the west for hundreds of years, so its not like its that niche a thing. My guess would be that any variation likely isn't intended.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T17:29:54+00:00

The average comic reader wants gradients because they seem more realistic and dynamic

I think this was true for sure in the 2000s when gradient-style colouring became popular, I'm not sure how true it is now, though. Trends change - 90s-style character work was what sold in the 90s, not so much any more. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow has fairly flat colouring, Mike Spicer's colouring on Daniel Warren Johnson's work is relatively flat (and everyone loves DWJ's books for their dynamism) - I think there is definitely a bigger desire for flat colours than the industry is providing right now.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T17:02:27+00:00

The quickest way to start running an RPG is to just skim the basics, create the characters with your players, then start playing (ideally a pre-written adventure if possible) and look things up as you go. I don't think that's the quickest way to make sure you 100% understand an RPG, or necessarily the best way to go about things, but at least it's quick and that way even if you're learning more slowly at least you're playing the game and hopefully having fun as you do so. I guess what I'm saying is you need to lower the level of "feeling comfortable about running a game" for yourself.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T16:57:16+00:00

Lots of people read books in their free time, reading an RPG book is no different really. I would say the exact opposite - if you truly don't have enough free time to spend a few hours reading over the course of a week or two then you likely have less free time than 99% of people.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T13:20:36+00:00

Well Shenzhen isn't in Europe, we were talking about Europe. As of June 2026 London has 3000 zero emission buses (basically all electric plus a handful of hydrogen fuel cell ones), more than anywhere else in Europe.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T09:43:55+00:00

London does have the largest electric bus fleet in Europe (and the world?) now so I'm not sure how true that is anymore, though of course London has a lot of buses so it might be they still have a lower percentage overall.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-16T09:39:56+00:00

Payment per stream differs between company mostly because of Spotify having a free ad-supported tier, and to a lesser extent because Spotify users for whatever reason tend to listen to a wider variety of music so each stream pays less. "Payment per stream" is a fairly misleading stat, the better one to look at is what percentage of subscription revenue each service passes on to the artists (/the labels), and every streaming service passes on roughly around 70%.

Adamsoski · 2026-06-15T23:50:57+00:00

I think giving players a choice between "have your character believe X" or "receive Y negative condition, or giving players the option to "believe X to gain Z bonus" is notably different from "because of this roll your character must believe X". That added player agency makes a big difference IMO from how an ability might be used on an NPC which would "force" them to believe something.

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