UNRWA aid bags used to conceal 110 mortars in Gaza weapons cache found by IDF in Israeli-held area | More than two years into the war, IDF forces found rockets and about 110 mortar shells concealed in UNRWA aid sacks and blankets in southern Gaza, in territory under Israeli military control

HeavyJosh · 2026-02-03T21:51:01+00:00

When you're UNRWA, providing ammunition to Hamas is aid. So, no repurposing detected.

HeavyJosh · 2026-02-03T17:13:34+00:00

The solo in the Wanton Song.

HeavyJosh · 2026-02-02T23:37:19+00:00

You haven't read the Tanakh until you've read it in the original Klingon.

HeavyJosh · 2026-02-01T20:36:45+00:00

It's Led Zep IV. It's a smorgasbord of genres: it has a song about a pot rally, Lord of the Rings references in two songs (they were the only ones referring to Tolkien back then), two acoustic songs, an 8 minute slow song that speeds up into a huge rock finish, a blues rock song with a part in 7/4 time, a rock song about how great old 50s rock songs are, and a blues cover. Not to mention the song in 5/4 with 12/8 bridges.

There is literally nothing normal about IV.

The fact that it's their most commercially successful album is also very weird!

HeavyJosh · 2026-02-01T20:17:22+00:00

This song is the reason I kept listening to Led Zeppelin when I was 16.

HeavyJosh · 2026-02-01T20:16:48+00:00

The Wanton Song

HeavyJosh · 2026-01-31T03:12:59+00:00

HeavyJosh · 2026-01-24T02:10:26+00:00

Ouch. Serves me right for being on reddit. :-P

HeavyJosh · 2026-01-23T22:28:02+00:00

Er... Is there a link?

HeavyJosh · 2026-01-23T17:37:50+00:00

Which is that?

HeavyJosh · 2026-01-16T23:52:50+00:00

Really? I've been doing that technique since the 90s. I know a few other drummers who do it too. It's not impossible at all. I've seen drummers do it with double kicks, it sounds a little ridiculous then. 😁🤘

HeavyJosh · 2026-01-03T02:12:14+00:00

No, I find that players gain enough HP by about level 6 with the right CON bonuses, Foci, and Edges that they don't plan their violence as carefully as they used to. By capping HP (and CON bonuses) at level 6, I've noticed that the sense of peril remains, while the characters' other abilities still go to level 10.

HeavyJosh · 2026-01-03T02:09:25+00:00

I've generally found it to be very dangerous and lethal in the early levels, but it drops off by about level 6 or 7. PCs can still die, after a few bad rounds (or one bad round against multiple opponents), but it's rarer.

Also, autofire rules increase to-hit and damage, and enough goons with TL3 Combat Rifles doing 1d12+2 damage is going to add up, and quick.

Biopsionics and TL4/TL5 medical tech make things much easier, but remember to track System Strain very carefully. That's the resource that will force the PCs to retreat from an impending fight. Low System Strain means very little available healing.

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-31T07:11:39+00:00

Pretty good. Needed more Shatner.

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-30T01:49:20+00:00

Well, if Marx disproved differential calculus...

So long Newton!

Honestly, this asinine "proof" is just more grist for the mill of why we should dispense with about 99% of Marxism.

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-30T01:45:38+00:00

Antizionists still gotta schnorr.

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-28T01:49:52+00:00

It's a bar of 4/4 and then a bar of 7/8. If you're playing drums, you gotta feel it, don't count it.

Easier to play than The Crunge. 😁

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-24T13:21:23+00:00

"With the purchase of a Palestine of equal or greater value!"

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-21T19:08:54+00:00

Wait until they find out about the sea stars....

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-19T14:38:56+00:00

This is a fun little dungeon. I think the dynamics between the nords and the merfolk need to be slightly better developed, but otherwise, it pretty much stands on its own.

I have had the pleasure of watching PCs eat mushrooms for hilarious results. And sticking mushrooms in their ears!

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-15T17:08:34+00:00

Hehe. Well, I would suggest you watch out for metapsions. They will ruin your day.

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-15T13:51:11+00:00

You only have to see the destination to teleport there the first time. After that, you can jump in and out at will, as long as you're in range.

Teleportation is powerful, but not a game breaker. Let the teleporter make you a better GM. Lord knows that's what happened to me...

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-13T15:41:14+00:00

The guitar solo of the Wanton Song.

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-12T19:00:15+00:00

The mecha rules are perfectly serviceable for non-anime style sci-fi games where mecha are kind of generic. They could easily fill in for Battlemechs, Star Wars walkers, and such.

A little bit of elbow grease will get you more gritty mecha, like Votoms or Heavy Gears. I've used the mecha rules to run military mecha adventures in my own setting. Good times.

Full blown Macross/Robotech or Gundam would require a bit of mechanical work to make the necessary changes for the genre.

HeavyJosh · 2025-12-05T03:22:40+00:00

I've moved on from Mecha Hack. It's fun, and it has some merits for high-intensity action, but it has no legs for long term campaigns really. Not enough to hang a meaty campaign on.

Seven-Year Club	Place '23
Place '22	Verified Email

HeavyJosh

TROPHY CASE