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I picked up a book recently that was published in Germany. They mentioned a possible sequel "sub conditione Jacobi." Now I can do the Latin, but it still doesn't make sense. Can anyone throw some light on what this expression means or where it came from? A search on Google didn't turn up...

End credits' scene? You mean I left too early?!?! Nuts.

Are you guys bringing Claudio to Gencon again? It was a pleasure to meet the man behind these cool counters.

Not just any mice; Piratemice!

Car Wars rocks! I can still remember the first time I saw it in a store. I have just a ton of stuff for it still; just something very appealing about cars with guns. About two years ago I tracked down a store selling Car Wars stuff and picked up the few things I was still missing. The most...

If the fantasy world models the real one, then along side common is going to be any number of pidgins and creoles, mixtures of different languages intended for basic communication, although in the case of creoles they approach being a new language entirely. And just knowing the languages...

Good comments, FraserRonald. Don't forget Aramaic in its day (for many centuries the lingua franca of the ancient near east) and Greek, after Alexander the Great spread his empire to Egypt and India. For alternate rules on speaking other languages, check out Dungeon #97, the V for Victory...

Anyone here read Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain? I have not picked it up, but it sounds like a "warts and all" description of kitchen life.

This does look like a really sweet book. Thanks for the preview.

Thread...growing...too...fast...to...keep...up... barsoomcore, Some good points, but we need clarification as Mercule was hinting at. There are differences between vulgarity vs. profanity vs. cursing vs. swearing vs. just plain rude language. People will talk about "curse words" to cover all...

Henry: Very well put. I've tried elsewhere to express that idea, but did not do as well as you; maybe I just need more :) :) :) :) Mercule: Again, some great points. Thank you. I agree with you on the difference of blasphemy vs. vulgarity, and why each is undesirable. Combining the topic...

First a general statement on words If my actions reveal who I am (a nice person, etc) how come my words do not? The words I use do reveal something about me. And "just words" have destroyed families and marriages because they are means to convey what we feel and think. From Rugger What...

Although still new to the game (can't really count the dabbling done in grade school) I also fall into the category of "always a DM, never a player" I'm sure I could find a game to play in, but I know that I'd be picky about game/players. So I just fill the void here and with lots of d20 books...

I don't know; it'll take something pretty special to get me to stop scoffing at wainwrights...

Don't make me bat my eyes to get attention, because no one is going to like that. Anyone got a suggestion, or am I looking for, as the Germans would call it, an Unding Thanks for any help.

Wow, this stuff is just cool. Everybody, come and look!

Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, which is just excellent, and Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky.

KnowTheToe, I'd be scared if THAT came after me, so I think you have succeeded.:)

I'm still working my way through my first homebrew, so bear with the newbie.:) I like languages, so I have dozens of phrasebooks, dictionaries, etc. on something north of 60 different languages. Using one particular language (say, Latvian) as inspiration for a region gives a nice consistent...

Lidda, especially because of Claudio's picture of her.