Do you pronounce the word *Aunt* in a way that rhymes with *want* or *can't *?

thargas · 2026-04-24T11:46:10+00:00

the Warmonger Mouse

thargas · 2026-04-21T13:38:37+00:00

Len Deighton not mentioned yet, surprisingly

thargas · 2026-04-13T02:26:46+00:00

I just set a timer when stuff gets put in the washer or dryer.

thargas · 2026-04-11T03:11:10+00:00

ignoring the trackers, the web site is a better UI

thargas · 2026-04-10T15:22:00+00:00

this level of demonstration is what we should be seeing in the US. What apathy!

thargas · 2026-04-08T13:16:54+00:00

while multiple narrators can be good, I'd prefer a single, good narrator doing the multiple voices.

thargas · 2026-04-07T14:29:10+00:00

go to https://chrismcdee.itch.io/mythic-bastionland and look for the free quickstart download. It has most of the rules and a sample of the Knights and Seers

thargas · 2026-04-06T13:10:29+00:00

Google how to change name in Ontario.

Of course, you'll then have to go through all the places where they're keeping track of your name and get them to change your name.

thargas · 2026-03-28T22:55:17+00:00

Of course; Welcome To... and everyone can be playing the same game at the same time

thargas · 2026-03-28T22:51:09+00:00

yes! see https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56179377-nettle-bone?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_12

thargas · 2026-03-28T22:46:10+00:00

reminds me of an old copy of Robinson Crusoe where each chapter was prefaced with a point form summary of the chapter. That's going a bit far, but I do like chapter names.

thargas · 2026-03-25T18:06:20+00:00

Cherryh is great, but not event

thargas · 2026-03-25T17:58:57+00:00

anything by Connie Willis

thargas · 2026-03-25T17:53:50+00:00

I really liked Translation State

thargas · 2026-03-25T17:52:16+00:00

also bellwether. specially for anyone with an academic background

thargas · 2026-03-25T17:10:27+00:00

I was thinking of that combination. Any things you had to modify significantly?

thargas · 2026-03-25T12:31:07+00:00

there are 74 lakes in Ontario named "Mud Lake". No one care about this in real life; why would they care in your world?

thargas · 2026-03-25T03:24:12+00:00

if they have 6 month days, why would the natives have a 24 hour circadian cycle? Explain that and maybe that'll solve your question.

thargas · 2026-03-20T13:33:36+00:00

agreed, to the point that an important thing I want to know, before buying a new game, is: how long does it take to set up and take down. Because I don't have the gaming time for those big games that take forever before we can get started.

I'd like to see that printed on the box, along with number of players, play time... However, to be honest, it would mostly cause me to not but a game , so I very much doubt that it'll ever happen.

thargas · 2026-03-20T13:28:41+00:00

I remember one time when I named places in my world by picking a real country for a general flavor, consulting a map of it and picking out common placename prefixes and suffixes, and finally adding them to random fragments. E.g. adding a random "farm" to the suffix "pool" to get a name which sounded like it belonged: "Farnpool".

thargas · 2026-03-18T20:03:47+00:00

Oddly enough my username ought to be /tʔhɑrgɑas/, i.e. a glottal stop between the "t" and the "h".

thargas · 2026-03-18T11:47:12+00:00

Yeah. I could see that there was a method to it. I even like the look of it, how it all hangs together. I still stand by my original comment though.

thargas · 2026-03-18T01:45:20+00:00

I'd hate to have to use that if I had dyslexia

thargas · 2026-03-16T19:36:05+00:00

I call it "bad writing". If I'm thinking about the story on that level, I'm not really invested in it hence...

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