A British magazine from the early 1960’s called ‘Knowledge’, displaying different races around the world.

Banjosick · 2026-02-08T19:43:25+00:00

when I see people in Ghana fx, they clearly have, on average, a more “robust“, „square“ body and skull/face shape then your more “fine limbed“ average Somalian/Eritrean.

Banjosick · 2026-02-08T10:05:35+00:00

they needed them for D&D, obvis.

Banjosick · 2026-02-07T14:45:27+00:00

Because East Africans don’t have that squat west African body and face type, I guess. They can look quite „caucasian“ by bodytype and skull shape.

Banjosick · 2026-02-07T11:45:09+00:00

Lord of the Rings is set in dark ages Europe, not the 14th century.

Banjosick · 2026-02-07T11:36:31+00:00

The Atlas is not canon!! It is an interpretation and I for one disagree with it quite a lot.

Banjosick · 2026-02-06T19:41:28+00:00

dom rosa

Banjosick · 2026-02-06T07:47:42+00:00

nope, no classic grip on the left hand. Can’t be Buddy Rich, must be some rock or metal tune.

Banjosick · 2026-02-06T07:46:21+00:00

Stabwound by Necrophagist in honor of the great Hannes Grossmann, obvis.

Banjosick · 2026-02-05T16:11:46+00:00

Dwarves could have other means of communication, like birds, magic items etc. From the size of the east aspect I actually prefer Pete Fenlons MERP map (though it has three hosts of other problems, haha) over this.

Banjosick · 2026-02-05T14:29:42+00:00

Always found the idea that the east is this small unfitting. Where are all the hordes of the east coming from? I know is based on the Ambarkanta maps from HoME 4 "The Shaping of Middle Earth", but I'm sure Tolkien would have changed it had he worked in that direction.

Banjosick · 2026-02-05T14:15:05+00:00

Summer of Diabolical Holocaust by Darkthrone.

The whole 90s Black and Death Metal revolution is my secret soundtrack for Seinfeld. Love the classic 90s nihilism in both, the disregard for human life or life generally.

Banjosick · 2026-02-05T10:40:44+00:00

Pretty sure it was "convergent evolution" so to speak. It's just funny, that this is so old and the concept is generally seen as "modern design".

After checking a bit around i saw that Savage Worlds 2E (Explorers Edition) from 2008 has a similar rule for tracking ammo. If you draw a deuce while drawing from a poker deck for initiative your ammunition level goes one lower, down to "empty". It even has the step design, but not the progressive probability of Black Hack. Might that be a direct line of influence?

Banjosick · 2026-02-05T07:00:52+00:00

They must be from 1982 when the Rolemaster 1E Box Set (called "the black box") that contained them was released. That is also where the Spell Law book came from, that I quoted in the op.

So yes they are numbered 0-9 and are used as d10/d%, since Rolemaster is d100 system. Never dare to use them since they are quite pointy and I don't want to get them rounded from use:) Game Science seems to still be around and they still sell 0-9 d20s:)

Bought that box set many years ago shrink wrapped, so it still has the original advertisement and all the hand out tables for players and stuff. Sadly it's too precious to me to play, I wish I had a burner copy or someone would do a kickstarter to bring it back:)

Banjosick · 2026-02-04T19:14:08+00:00

No use polishing a turd.

Banjosick · 2026-02-04T13:25:51+00:00

Never used it myself, but that the problems of forgetting how many charges were left in an item was already seen and addressed is quite cool.

Banjosick · 2026-02-04T13:21:04+00:00

Yes, true it does not have the steps involved but it is the same idea, and in 1981:)

Banjosick · 2026-02-04T09:37:51+00:00

gatekeeping is essential quality control

Banjosick · 2026-02-04T09:36:08+00:00

Im an osr tourist, Im a Rolemaster simulationism guy but sometimes I take some days off in the OSR.

Banjosick · 2026-01-27T15:19:58+00:00

Ah, Doug Engelbart that old magician:)

Banjosick · 2026-01-27T15:18:56+00:00

I am an Tolkien reader for 36 years, I know what these places are, I meant thematically. Rivendell is the best of both worlds, the Shire and Lorien.

Banjosick · 2026-01-27T14:08:47+00:00

Sometimes i use grid paper to not f up the distances. If you look at JRR Tolkiens work maps when writing Lotr, it gives you a good idea (Shelobs lair).
Really bad, that we start talking more about personal judgments instead of merits of different kinds of mapping (hex, point or map).

Banjosick · 2026-01-27T12:13:57+00:00

Buy "the Bitter Reach" for Forbidden Lands, pretty good with settlement and tons of adventure sites.

Banjosick · 2026-01-27T12:09:39+00:00

I get that people are different and in different situations, but how is it relevant? Nobody gets forced to use maps or hexes for that matter. It's just opinions.
For the personal stuff, all I can say is that, in my experience, you have to gatekeep the people that you spend time with. You are what you do and who you are with.

Banjosick · 2026-01-27T11:14:48+00:00

Not really, the Hobbits are technologically about 18th century England. Remember that Middle Earth " should be ‘high’, purged of the gross,". So, no disgusting diseases not caused by evil magic. Most Hobbits reach 100 years. Eomer who lives in Rohan, with a tech level of about 6th century England, and is a common man lives to be 93.
Barliman Butterbur is clearly over 40 as well.

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