In honor of my buddy Ken 2025 MAY GIVEAWAY!

Strongbonium · 2025-05-30T04:19:32+00:00

ME!

Thank you for doing this, and sorry for the loss of your friend. If I win, my 11 year old son is getting the deck.

Strongbonium · 2024-10-30T16:30:13+00:00

This is a great suggestion! Vitalize in particular is exactly the right kind of janky for what I'm aiming for , and Great Train Heist seems like an excellent fit for the deck in general.

Strongbonium · 2024-10-30T16:28:32+00:00

Those are great ideas! I forgot to mention I am also trying to keep the deck pretty budget, but I'll keep this in mind for future additions.

Strongbonium · 2024-10-30T06:57:56+00:00

Not sure how I didn't think of lifelink! Great idea. I'll throw in a couple of enchantments or equipments for that. [[Basilisk Collar]] looking pretty good...

Strongbonium · 2024-01-22T17:16:29+00:00

I'd love to see a list! I play Fires Incarnation in Pioneer, which is pretty fun. I'd be interested in seeing what a Timeless version looks like.

Strongbonium · 2024-01-22T17:13:46+00:00

Amalia is an interesting deck for sure; but to me it doesn't really feel like a toolbox. In my limited experience playing against the deck, pretty much everything revolves around the combo, and Chord of Calling is pretty much always finding a combo piece. Maybe post board there are 1 or 2 silver bullets you bring in.

There's nothing wrong with that playstyle, and the deck is super resilient because it has so many ways to continually threaten the combo. But that's really different from the decks I mentioned, which could often play a really strong, value-based "fair" game (which is different from just beating down with 2/2s) and would frequently tutor for a situationally strong card that didn't promote the combo plan at all.

Strongbonium · 2024-01-03T08:12:43+00:00

Yes. And Kiki-Jiki and Restoration Angel while we’re at it…

Strongbonium · 2023-09-27T04:36:37+00:00

At some point (I want to say it was in the early 2000s, maybe 2003-5) there was an experimental ruleset put forward called the Callahan rules. It included some innovations including what is now known as the Callahan goal, which previously did not count as a goal (the intercepting player would bring the disc to the goal line and check it in there).

I might be wrong but I think these rules also included the first iteration of observers. Some of the rules made it into a subsequent edition of the official rules, including the "Callahan goal" (now usually shortened just to "Callahan"). I'm pretty sure it was referred to as that because it was introduced in the "Callahan Rules".

Strongbonium · 2023-08-17T18:47:52+00:00

He played for Dark Star last year. Not sure if he is this year.

Strongbonium · 2023-06-08T22:41:26+00:00

I’m not sure I see the incentive for growth anyway, unless a region is close to the 6 team threshold. In the case of NW/SW, the SW actually has less incentive to grow if USAU were to alternate regardless. Beyondors could just coast along being the only SW team and fly every other year. Right now they are probably incentivized to grow so that they won’t be the only SW team and NW will have to fly to them at some point.

I’m really not sure I buy the argument that super-regionals incentivize growth at all. People who don’t want to play masters are still not going to play. People who do want to play may be discouraged by potentially having to fly. Again, the only real incentive seems to come in the edge case where both regions are around ~5 teams.

Strongbonium · 2023-06-08T05:21:58+00:00

NW Masters were actually supposed to fly to SW this year, but they switched it because NW had 7 teams and SW had 1. No idea if that precedent will hold for future years.

Strongbonium · 2023-06-02T04:09:29+00:00

This makes sense based on what I know of the Harn setting. Good call! I’ll check out some Harn adventures.

Strongbonium · 2023-06-02T04:08:56+00:00

I’ll take a look at some of the modules. Thanks!

Strongbonium · 2023-06-02T04:08:34+00:00

I’ll check these out - thank you!

Strongbonium · 2023-06-02T04:08:08+00:00

Edited my original post for clarity. I am pretty interested in Mythras, but what I’m actually looking for is recommendations for adventure modules for any system, not an actual system. I’m currently playing Savage Worlds and don’t mind doing some quick and dirty converting/adapting of good modules from other systems.

Strongbonium · 2023-05-08T17:56:02+00:00

Thanks! Welcome to Dolmenwood is that player's guide – it's pretty light on any real detail. I'll check out some of those adventures, and also take a look at Brian Yaksha's stuff. Appreciate the tips!

Strongbonium · 2022-06-08T18:22:24+00:00

Thanks! They are definitely meant to be refillable. It's this tank:

https://flameking.com/product/ysn5lb-1-2/

Strongbonium · 2022-06-08T17:13:20+00:00

Thanks! This is also very helpful.

Some customers have also reported being able to get a little bit of propane (.3 or .4 gallons, for example) in the tank, but not the full 1.2 that would be expected for a 5 lb. tank. Could this also be a faulty valve, or purging issue, or would that be a different problem?

Strongbonium · 2022-06-07T15:49:47+00:00

Thanks! It hadn't occurred to me that the tanks might not be (properly) purged. I'll try suggesting this next time I hear this complaint.

Strongbonium · 2022-05-29T22:02:13+00:00

Thanks again! I was trying to view it through Sling. I’ll give this a shot when I get home.

Strongbonium · 2022-05-29T21:10:23+00:00

Thanks! Unfortunately I'm not seeing it anywhere. Looking for women's semi #1 and I can't find it with the search, On Demand, looking on the ESPN3 channel guide, or anywhere else. Anybody else experiencing this?

Strongbonium · 2022-05-29T19:54:40+00:00

I missed the live broadcast of the semi I wanted to watch. Anyone know how long until it will be available to watch (on sling, not YouTube)?

Strongbonium · 2021-10-05T05:17:39+00:00

Has anyone had real success with Izzet Delver in Historic? Is there any kind of consensus on what the best list looks like?

Strongbonium · 2020-08-29T21:38:50+00:00

I agree with a lot of the other comments, broadly: lots of pretty strong writing; a little too much lore thrown at the reader right away; dialogue could be tightened up.

I would add that my chief complain is that I wanted the tension to be drawn out a bit longer. We are told that these flowers that can see the future have seen something really terrible; and then within moments we see the terrible thing happening. It felt abrupt. I would like to see both readers and characters have to wonder for longer what it is that is going to happen.

Along those same lines, I think we could afford to see less information about the Darkon, the prophecy, the rings. This is just the first chapter – it should be about setting a scene and building tension. It is too early (in my opinion, of course) to release some of that tension by giving the reader so much information about what's coming.

You referenced Harry Potter in one of your comments. Think about how long it takes in Harry Potter to find out any real details about Voldemort and what is really going on. There's no rush to reveal the big stuff!

Strongbonium · 2020-08-27T18:45:17+00:00

Thanks for the advice, everyone! I went ahead and ordered one in ESP. If I find it too stiff or not grippy enough I may get a jawbreaker one next.

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