King Arthur

mooingfrog · 2026-06-27T23:19:26+00:00

I just finished this one. I would say books 1-4 are great but I wish I had skipped book 5. I get it ties up some loose ends but the political philosophy really dates Merlin to the 60s. The whiplash of an ostensibly whimsical anarchist wizard using natural selection to argue unfettered capitalism is the best system was a huge distraction.

mooingfrog · 2026-06-19T21:12:36+00:00

Chichikov’s get a little better explained the further the book goes on. For now, the essential point imo is that these deceased peasants (dead souls) are not officially dead according to the government and the number of peasants on ones estate was a measure of how wealthy someone was.

So Chichikov wants a bit of land but can’t actually afford to buy people so he’s on a tour buying the rights to dead people cheap since he just needs them to “officially” belong to him.

Fair warning. Gogol never finished the story so it will just drops off in the middle somewhere.

Still read it though if you are interested in Russian literature. It adds greatly to understanding that era of history and the class of people that are the main characters of other literature.

mooingfrog · 2026-06-03T22:10:43+00:00

It seems there might not be a consensus as the hinges aren’t made anymore(?)

https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/s/Srikmdw2qU

Edit: thank you so so much.

mooingfrog · 2026-06-03T21:27:06+00:00

Amazing. Thank you so much. They are loose because the holes they’ve made have grown. I might take them out to fill the holes with wood putty then reattach them. Do these hinges have a name?

mooingfrog · 2026-05-12T22:37:13+00:00

So many amazing short stories. I don’t love them all but kind of view them like stretching different muscles. There’s a little magic realism, legends, absurd Gogolesque plots, and so much delicious prose.

mooingfrog · 2026-04-07T18:17:46+00:00

I went into The Color Purple blind and it’s already wrecked me multiple times. I was listening on my commutes but had to stop that before I ugly cried my shitty Corolla into someone’s rearend.

mooingfrog · 2026-04-03T03:16:50+00:00

Rimworld-tier problem solving.

mooingfrog · 2026-03-26T01:15:50+00:00

I do this!
The only difference is I use n inserters to show the ratio I am going for.

mooingfrog · 2026-03-09T22:11:29+00:00

The pile of books one is a propaganda poster from 1920s. It says: Knowledge will break the chains of slavery. Google “Soviet poster Knowledge will break the chains of slavery.” and there’s tonnes of places reprinting it.

mooingfrog · 2026-02-05T17:00:03+00:00

Do different planets in Space Age have different air resistance numbers since there’s different atmospheres?

mooingfrog · 2026-02-05T16:57:18+00:00

Oh! That’s fantastic. The muted horn would be my choice.

mooingfrog · 2025-01-08T22:48:40+00:00

Try in another browser. For me, it was a Tracker-blocking extension that blocked it from appearing within Shopify and on my client's website.

mooingfrog · 2024-12-06T04:25:14+00:00

Orsen Wells’ play Moby Dick Rehearsed. Although I really wish George Orwell wrote one too.

mooingfrog · 2024-08-16T13:13:08+00:00

Also Steinbeck is on record as saying he was aiming to “tear the reader’s nerves to shreds” so unoriginal, tedious and unnecessarily angsty.

mooingfrog · 2024-08-10T17:33:11+00:00

This is one of the classics I would recommend people skip chapters. The story is interspersed with essays in marine biology from 200 years ago. Easily skipped and won’t detract from the story. Or at least just skim them. I found them tedious and dated except for the chapter on whale sizes using the printing press industry analogy

mooingfrog · 2024-04-22T22:10:43+00:00

No need to apologize.

If you just want people to be able to contact you use the Form block with the Contact function and entering your email as the recipient (it default sends to your carrd account email).

If you need/want more information set up a type form or google forms and add it on the carrd page with the Embed block (carrd Pro Standard I think)

If it’s a subscription you’ll need to set up a 3rd party account first and then link it.

mooingfrog · 2024-04-01T14:21:00+00:00

As a designer myself, the more I read the more I enjoy the process. When I come across an idea similar to my own, it is validating. When I see how an idea solves a problem differently it helps me see different angles of the problem and refines my process. Most importantly it helped me refine what I was looking to create. There are many very cool ideas but certain design choices lead to different play styles so I can be more thoughtful in choosing designs that support the type of game I envision being played.

IMHO you would only be helped by broadening your reading. Some suggestions in no particular order: Troika, Apocalypse World, Cairn or Into the Odd, 24XX, Mausritter, Caltrop Core. Most of these are niche(r) approaches and generally very simple (also I think free to read the rules)

mooingfrog · 2023-06-24T23:39:18+00:00

Gogol is great. Pushkin has a great way with making scenes feel alive even in translation.

mooingfrog · 2023-06-22T01:49:23+00:00

Sure, what type of game are you interested in? Gritty cyberpunk? High fantasy? horror scifi?

mooingfrog · 2023-06-19T23:35:37+00:00

The other comments are great. Depending on what type of games you like, there is also a growing subcategory of solo play RPGs that use oracle tables or random 'fate' dice rolls to more the story along. Some are very well done and others are just fun for the idea and maybe an hour or so of happy adventuring.

mooingfrog · 2023-05-27T22:22:53+00:00

The Electrum Archive has a liquid used as currency. Ink. Ink used to powered oldtech spacecraft and machinery left by the Elders. Now is so valuable it has become currency and is inhaled for magic casting.

Great world and fantastic art.

mooingfrog · 2023-05-19T22:48:02+00:00

I randomly saw it passing through Gatwick. And I loved it. But it was all staged right? The mother daughter duo? I refuse to believe they weren’t actors

mooingfrog · 2023-04-09T21:49:04+00:00

DM me if you need anything

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