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I'm still in shock over Zidane's insanity. WHAT happened to him? Of all people, of all games... What a terrible way to end a great career. Barthes proves again that putting him in net was maybe not the best move ever. Italy was spectacular. Even when they were unable to get any offence going...

Good summary, Semlak. I'll say this: for Italy to win, they have to UP their game. I think they can do that, but I think they have to rise even above the heights they reached for Germany. For France to win, they have to MAINTAIN their game. If they play like they did against Brazil, I don't see...

Jennifer Connelly gets to be in any movie Jennifer Connelly wants to be in. That's my rule, and I'm sticking to it.

Hate? Me, hating Fred? I got nothing but love for Winifred. I'm a Fred Fan. Fred's my favourite character on Angel, easily. But I'd have more love for her if she put on twenty pounds. I just worry about her, is all. Hate Fred. The idea.

Glad SOMEBODY gave up the love for Citybook before me. I love all those books. Grimtooth's Traps are fun, but Citybook really had an effect on the way I thought about NPCs and about what made a fun adventure -- you didn't have to save the kingdom and kill the dragon -- you could just rescue the...

Gee, that wasn't planned AT ALL. No sir. ;)

Yeah, I figured that the usefulness would change -- but I find that balance issues aren't, uh, issues, for the most part. As some cards become more useful, others become less, and anyone, it isn't a big deal -- when one card returns a character to FULL health after any amount of damage, you...

Oh, and some comments on previous posts: This is the scariest post ever. I was going to start a club for procrastinators but I... you know. Me, too. I'm ALWAYS thinking something about giant monkeys armed with ray guns. Somewhere or other (possibly in my Wild Stewardess Action story hour)...

Not many, I shouldn't think, but I'm not very familiar with either of those systems. I'd be interested to hear what changes are necessary.

And never forget there are measures of worth besides traditional literary values. Ever read Calvino's "Memos For The Next Millenium"? One of the literary qualities he praises is "Lightness" -- the quick movement by the writer from one episode/topic/whatever to the next. I'd say Burroughs has...

I thought there'd be more software developers. Huh. My English degree has stood me in good stead in my job as Software Development Manager for one of the fastest-growing high tech companies in Vancouver. Seriously, we've gone from 80 people in late 2004 to FOUR HUNDRED people today. Crazy...

Fee, Fie, Fo, Fun, I smell the blood of an English fan... ;)

The Joss knoweth TV in all its mysterious workings. Yea, verily.

RTFM. Instructions comprise the first page of the PDF. :D I would say that not only is it possible, but that you have in fact already suggested them. I have no plans at this time to make MORE cards. Of course anyone who wants to can produce their own -- and thanks to the joy that is the...

Okay, I'll go with that: I'm just currently defining "servicable" as "crap". "Not-crap" is the stuff that you DON'T forget. Everything else was a waste of your time.

Feel free to dispute. The problem is that Sturgeon's Revelation doesn't scale very well. That 90% of fantasy is crap is okay when there's only X amount of fantasy being produced, where X is some amount that you can easily keep track of. When the amount of fantasy being produced increases to X +...

"Wreak further havoc" is generally a good term to describe the impact of these cards. But in my mind that's a good thing. They have a couple of consistent effects that I've observed with varying different groups, different campaign styles and different rules: The players look for...

I like Steven Brust's books. And Steven Erikson's, too. Robert E. Howard writes a kickin' story. So does Fritz Leiber. J.R.R.Tolkien is a friggin' genius. But the rest of them... meh. There's a few I've left out, but let's face it, most fantasy is CRAP. It's piss-poor writing, weak ideas...

Really? I was more like, "For heaven's sake, SOMEBODY make Fred eat a sandwich or something!" Seriously. That girl is a STICK.

Hey folks. In the distant past we discussed and created (yay us!) a great set of Swashbuckling Cards: fun printable card sets that you hand out to your players and they use to gain a little advantage here and there (or, possibly, turn your campaign inside out). Having been using these cards for...