FormCritic wrote:IF Rob were to use OD&D rules, how would he explain his particular version of the rules to his convention open play players?What supplements would he use or not use?Since OD&D has been in a deep freeze for 30 years, how would anyone know what to do or where to look?
Guido-the-Gypsy wrote:Sorry to interupt happy thoughts. The Highway 35W bridge that crosses the Mississippi River, here in Minneapolis, MN collapsed (about 1/2 mile from my home). There were up to 300 cars on the bridge at the time of collapse. Can't reach two of my gaming buddies that we coming over to game tonight. They use that bridge to get here and should have been here right at the time the bridge collapsed. Please think of us here in Minneapolis tonight. Thanks all.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty said inspections of the 40-year-old bridge in 2005 and 2006 found no structural defects, but a 2001 study conducted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation found "several fatigue problems" in the bridge's approach spans and "poor fatigue details" on the main truss.The study suggested that the design of bridge's main truss could cause a collapse if one of two support planes were to become cracked, although it allowed that a collapse might not occur in that event. But, the study concluded, "fatigue cracking of the deck truss is not likely" and "replacement of the bridge ... may be deferred."
Guido-the-Gypsy wrote:Good news. Everyone is accounted for. Whew!!! Scary. They were caught in traffic and could not make any calls out because cell phone networks were bogged down with all the activity.Six confirmed dead now. I suspect that it will only get worse.
bclarkie wrote:Hey Paul, good tyo hear that your freinds are okay. It also seems this is turning out to be not as bad as originally feared:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_ ... e_collapseIt really is a miracle that this didn't turn out to as bad as it could have and thank God for that. Watching the footage of the actual collapse is both scary and crazy. How exactly does the whole bridge just freaking giove out :http://www.break.com/index/security-tap ... lapse.htmlSeriously, some people need to spend some years in jail over this kind of irresponsible BS that led up to this. This kind stuff should not be happening in any country in the west.