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Since sanctions are the order of the day, and this war is about whether Eastern European nations may choose to join NATO ... NATO members could Lend-Lease (rather than sell) equipment to Ukraine, and help upgrading the railroads to get that equipment there. Some of the first load of equipment...

Baba Yaga is Russian not Ukrainian but still Slavic. If the hut did not have to be so insulated against cold, it could be made of cloth or even woven grasses. The latter could blend in with the background scenery. Gonna hafta dig into my Public Library: the area we call Ukraine is the western...

Tangent to thread subject: Musk is a breath of fresh air pushing his way into a stuffy room. I do not have a Twitter account, so I'm just going to sit back with popcorn and watch the fireworks.

It may still be possible to dig up some of the Living Forgotten Realms adventure modules. Most were designed with a 4-hour convention session in mind. Quality of course cannot be predicted in advance - but the best of them were truly memorable. And you never know what seemingly minor...

+1 for Primal Power. Finally a barbarian who is not just a caricature: Incredible Hulk Grab Axe. Other primal-based societies were brought out of the wilderness or the edge of the map to gain 'where my character comes from' levels of description. The two Dark Sun books did a good job...

Mr. Garrett of the B&O (Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad? If not, there were a few other strong-willed high-ego people running railroads in the late 1800s, to choose from.

The companies might be "looking into NFTs" in the sense that they want to know how to armor up their product against being used in one, and/or who to beware of should they receive an unsolicited business proposal.

"But this time it's different !" The 5 Most Expensive Words on Wall Street (heard often in conversation when discussing tech companies in 1998-1999, and about exotic mortgage-backed securities in 2006-2007)

Troglodyte stench in a cave mouth. We were trying to evade pursuit by hiding in the back.

One aspect of the prairie / steppe is distance. Some creatures can cast Mass Slow or inflict a speed penalty, so it takes you longer to get where you are going than it looks like it ought to. Prairie dogs. Some are aggressive. A rare few can "garden" their favorite grasses - they rip out...

I have not heard responsibility assigned to any particular unit (yet). It could have been a non-Army (but Russian Government) unit - think the S.S. or Gestapo units in WWII - whose job is to implement Party policy, distinct from State policy. It could have been one of the 'mercenary' units...

President Johnson trapped himself inside a box of Can'ts that crippled his policy and strategy options. Any proposal that would break the ongoing stalemate got the reaction "We can't do that". Subsequent Presidents have learned from LBJ's experience and mistakes.

Based on her list of credits, she spent a good deal of time with Nickelodeon and Disney Channel programs. A lot of children and teens will recognize her characters even though they don't remember her name or face.

The US Armed Forces learned the hard way that "racking up the body count" does not equal "winning the war". My favorite post-Vietnam analysis quote: "Attrition is not a strategy. In fact, attrition is irrefutable proof of the absence of a strategy."

3e supplement Sandstorm has a 'priest of river god' class and rules for just slogging across the desert - heat, sand, rocks, exotic / semi-magical terrain. Lamias at an oasis The Ten Commandments (the movie, not the tablets) Prince of Egypt - kid-friendly cartoon version of the above Lawrence...

A few months of blackouts and brownouts, and even the most determined environmentalist can start thinking that nuclear power might be one of those 'bridge technologies' ... and offer permit / construction oversight methods that do not involve "get a Court involved" -scale delays.

I also like the Saltmarsh-style 'middle ground' of thematically linked adventures, presented in Level-advancement order. Big campaigns should be released when rules modules that support the main theme are ready. The naval combat and boat rules from Saltmarsh would have been ideal (but...

One side of the map has "impassable wall of mountains" which despite the name a small but steady trickle of traders, mystics, explorers, adventurers and such still get through. On another side of the map are normal mountains from which, a few generations ago, a volkerwanderung entered the...

Borrowed trap: For beginner players. The dungeon has a few long hallways with archer snipers or tripwired bow-and-arrow traps at the far end. Later on the party meets a giant. Then they encounter another long hallway and can find the tripwire to an XXXL crossbow that fires a telephone pole...

Weather rules for the Monsoon season (and the rest of the year). More than "Make a DC 15 Survival check to build a rain-resistant roof. "