No, I Am Not 'hoarding Craft Supplies.' I Am Sourcing Materials For A Very Big Project That Will Be Revealed

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I actually think this is more interesting than "because tournaments have been running Warhammer culture since the 90s" (it has, mostly, FWIW, but there's More To It). It's a confluence of the rules in 10e, and the post-COVID 40k renaissance

The first puzzle piece is 9e terrain rules were a hot mess. Legitimately confusing and miserable to play with. If the only thing 10e had changed was terrain, it would still have been heralded as a golden new day.

The second is that the vastly simpler 10e rules work really, really well with ruins. Hills, woods, swamps, etc are all basically "ruins but worse".

Then there's the abject failure of 10e to rein in lethality. Turn one, anything you can see should probably die, regardless of what it is. If there isn't a lot of cover, melee armies cannot win. If there is, the game is fair, balanced and fun.

So, we have game that works great with busy terrain, and the default terrain in mechanics - corner ruins - is also cheap to make.

And suddenly the game gets wildly popular. Tournaments are popping up everywhere. One quote I saw this year said there were more tournaments run in 2024 than there were tournament players in 2016!

And they all need to fill 30+ boards with legal terrain, instantly creating demand for a veritable industry of corner ruin makers -mdf, 3d prints, etc.

We must destroy the plague of L-shaped ruins

Oh god, this may be why I keep persuading people to get into Good Media and then wondering why they're all three books/games/etc ahead of me suddenly...

"any time is a good time for mid, but quality deserves the perfect environment" really does explain my habits lmao

Man I love Unital Ring.

Just- the simple symbolism and themes. It's protecting the house and giving back to it that forms the basis of everything else. Kirito and Asuna never abandon their relationship, we all know that, but the addition of Alice and the question of time and damage from the Underworld make the audience wonder. Are the old wounds healed? Are the doubts from Moon Cradle addressed?

Yes. The house is damaged, but standing, and it's the help of everyone to bring it back to it's full strength. Liz and Silica believe in the strength of their friends; and Yui the love of her parents. It's the sacrifice of one of Kirito's swords that gives them the tools they need to go further, and the journey to help a friend that finishes the job as Sinon brings the last ingredients to help and the aid to protect their home. With her coming and completing the home, a cabin in the woods begins it's transformation to Rua na Rig.

We all know the old yarn. For want of a nail, the horseshoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the messenger was lost. For want of a messenger, the battle was lost. For want of a battle, the war was lost.

Here, though? Now?

For love of a wife, the bear was fought. For love of a family, the raiders were fought. For love of a friend, a wall was crossed. For love of a home, a town was born. For love of a town, the witch was fought.

The next book of Unital Ring is coming out soon. I, for one, want to see what else Reki thinks love might build.

hey ao3 can you like give the extra $38k you made from this month’s funds drive to charity

Pokémon Human Character Tournament: THE FINAL SHOWDOWN

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So my Tumblr has today been mostly arguing with idiots, and the feminism tag on twitter has been filled with a lot of garbage recently. I apologize, and I thought I’d offer something a little more positive. Something refreshing, just, something that honestly surprised me today. It was nice to...

I watched the entirety of the Hurt Locker in black-and-white because my PS3 had a dodgy connection to the monitor, and I thought it was just filmed that way.

With severance season 2 around the corner it’s time for me to share the time I accidentally watched 4 minutes of an episode on mute and thought it was a brilliant way to show the sensory deprivation experienced by the innies

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