Imaginarium

The meadow promised light and warmth, a relief from the cold enfolding darkness of the wood. But it was but a short reprieve...

Imaginarium

It was more like to a tunnel in a cave . . . but no matter, there the Coblnau dwelt and they would need his wisdom.

Imaginarium

The journey's beginning had been hard, but the last of it would prove almost impossible.

Imaginarium

The water proved refreshing and cold. Beyond lay the jumbled slope of the mountain, wreathed in snow and ice and the Vaults of Ethren.

Xmas Card from the Trolls!

Imaginarium

Imaginarium ~ Lonely Places

The Siege Engine

The Trebuchet

With an average stone weight of somewhee in the vicintiy of  200lbs, the cycle rate on this puppy was one launch every 15 seconds.

One every 15 seconds.

Heavier stones were used, of course, up to 3000lbs it is believed.

3000lbs.

That is a lot of pouundage.

The siege engine does a whole lot of work and can carry a big load. A real big load.

It was most recently seen being used in the Syrian civil war (I would post a picture but I do not believe it is appropriate).

Storytelling

Role playing games interest me in more ways than one. I enjoy playing The Game and always have. I could never really understand why, nor did I ever give it much thought until decades after I starting playing The Game.

Why role playing?

There are many papers and studies out there that point out this that and the other about the nature of the players and The Game. I have to find many that focus on what I believe to be one of the most critical and attractive aspects of role playing.

Story telling.

Role playing is one of the many guises under which story telling is realized.

Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to activate our brains, and role-playing games do this incredibly well. When we tell stories—or experience them—our brains have to process language, the cause and effect of events, and also relate it to our own pre-existing experiences. While you're playing a role-playing game, your brain is firing on all cylinders. 

Role playing, or story telling, is one the manners in which we interpret, rationalize and come to understand our world.

So tell stories. Lots of stories.

One Rule

Three million rules for the designers at the desk
Seven million for the masters at the table
Nine million for the players on the stage
One for the maker at his command
In the realm simplicity where clarity lies
One rule to usher them all, one rule to lead them
One rule to guide them all and in the confusion free them
in the land where bare knuckles lie

The Weekend is Upon You So . . .

Watch out for arrows!