Recent content by Bob_Probst

Am I a lurker? My Schedule: Title: Puerto Rico Event Type: BGM - Board Game Event Duration (hours): 2 Event Start Date: 8/17/07 10:00 AM Title: Circus Imperium Event Type: BGM - Board Game Event Duration (hours): 4 Event Start Date: 8/17/07 12:00 PM Powergrid Qualifier at 5pm Title...

Faery's Tale apparently comes highly recommended: http://www.tlucretius.net/RPGs/kids.html

I don't have so much of a problem with the setting, I've just been largely unavailable at times when you've played. That's it. Now, would I rather be playing a boardgame? yes. But I had a great time the last time I was over and hope to play again some time. I'll add -- certainly not for the...

My pool team finished first for the spring session, second in the session playoffs and second in the division! All of this earned us a place in this weekend's Annual Playoffs. The winning team wins a trip to Las Vegas to play in the Nationals this year! The only bad part is that Nationals is...

FREE and BOOKS I've read some of Cory Doctorow's stuff on the web but didn't realize his fiction was being published free. Here's his Gutenberg listings: http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a3826 He's a science fiction writer who focuses on the near future and the philosophies that...

Just in case you're worried your kids won't be nerdy enough, programming for kids! http://scratch.mit.edu/ The site's been digg-bombed but should be back up later today, cool stuff.

I'd promised Mark some children's game offerings and thought others here might find the info of use as well: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21102 http://www.kidgameratings.com/ This game (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/198393) looks particularly cool but mostly because of the sweet...

I'd have the superpower of soundtracking. Everywhere I went, my theme song would play for everyone to hear . . . or I could adjust the music to fit the environment or action. Of course, I'd also be able to add sound effects to things and cause other sound sources to fade out; plus, if...

So Twilight Imperium it is!

Great finds! I had a feeling that the phrase had historic beginnings but I can't help but think that there was some character from more recent times that used this phrase a lot. BTW, read Olaf's Farm (2nd link). It's a great little story: I actually poked around a bit more and that story is...

Where would this phrase have originated? (the one in the title, not the one I just typed) For those of you who have the great fortune of watching '30 Rock', you've probably noticed the liberal use of it as an exclamation of surprise and now I can't stop saying it (or at least thinking it). I...

Right now I don't feel up to the drive yet again. I might change my mind though.

I agree with IM. I know you need to dedicate more time to school -- and that's a good thing -- but all work and no play . . .

linky: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/me_and_you_and_everyone_we_know/

I enjoyed the adventure but still found combat rules to be an exercise in bookkeeping. As yet, I've found no benefit to Runequest over d20. Especially if you remove many of the limits to class skills in d20.