Recent content by Big B

Picture #10 is my reaction after rolling a 1, I believe. Or possibly blowing a swim check -- both came up a lot at our table. :)

I had a blast (by the way, the Pond of Doom was comedy gold). It was nice meeting various ENWorlder's, putting names to faces, and the gaming was a ton of fun. As to the event as a whole, I was quite pleased overall. As mentioned, the volume was a little loud, but I think to some extent that...

Sir Elton, Technically, the helots were *Messenians*, as in people from Messenia, which is basically the area along the western coast of the Peloponnese (just northwest of Sparta). Mycenae was a bronze-age city that had ceased to exist by the time Sparta rose to power in the classical age...

I can certainly help with grunt-work, either early or late or both. Just shoot me an email and let me know the details.

For what it's worth, I've also been working on a Fallout conversion. Unfortunately, I don't think it would mesh very well with your approach -- it's sort of a SPECIAL (Fallout's system) - d20 hybrid. It doesn't have classes (all skill-based, like Fallout), and makes significant changes to the...

Big B confirmed. Will be playing in Old One's game in the morning. Wouldn't mind playing in an afternoon game if somebody wants me. (+1 at this point is a maybe)

Checking in at Old One's request: I emailed him and am signed up for his morning game. I'm looking forward to pitting my dice against his "critical fumble field". I'm also available for an afternoon session, if any DM is interested or needs players. My background is pretty much exclusively...

I'm in, possibly +1.

Well, as someone just finishing up a PhD, might as well throw in my 2 cents: 1. Your top priority should be to figure out what you want to study. "Math" is way too general. The more specific, the better, but at least try to narrow it down to a particular sub-field. Even the best departments...