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killjoy32
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:18 am

Badmike wrote:
Next time I've got a little scenario I want to run....Toss Killjoy Off the Top of Greyhawk Ruins...should be a classic!!!

But seriously, I think I am also going to bring a short scenario to run....I have a couple of possibilities with Acaeum ties that I would love to put Al and company through.....maybe we can have TWO Acaeum dungeons, and I can have a chance to inflict giant furry mammals on the group.

Mike B.

well i am already planning a cool adventure, so we will be well covered either way.

things going the way they hopefully should, i should be ok for coming next time round. if i am not, i will find a way.

can't miss going again - was too much fun to miss.

i have only played once as a player in the last 20 years. was always a case that nobody else wanted to DM so i had to do it......

Al

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Blackmoor
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:04 pm

In northern Chili this week. What a beautiful country.

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killjoy32
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:08 pm

Blackmoor wrote:In northern Chili this week. What a beautiful country.

yeah mexican flavoured D&D books

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killjoy32
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:06 am

http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/thatshowiroll/female

cool t-shirt!

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Improv
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:14 pm

killjoy32 wrote:http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/thatshowiroll/female

cool t-shirt!

More my style:

http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/racquetball/female

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Deadlord
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:59 pm

Cool T-SHIRT?!?! You guys disappoint me.........

If you hit a Rowsdower, you get to keep it.

bclarkie
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:01 pm

Deadlord39 wrote:Cool T-SHIRT?!?! You guys disappoint me.........

I know seriously.

I mean, how could you guys have missed out on the superior artwork of that 20 sider.

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bclarkie
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:31 pm

Hey, did anyone ever try this online game before?

http://winterrowd.com/maze/

Its wicked.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:38 pm

bclarkie wrote:Hey, did anyone ever try this online game before?

http://winterrowd.com/maze/

Its wicked.

So you have nothing better to do on a Friday afternoon either eh Brian?

Bastard... :twisted:

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

bclarkie
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:29 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
So you have nothing better to do on a Friday afternoon either eh Brian?

Bastard...

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche

bclarkie
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:30 pm

How about this insanity:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug ... &type=lgns

Nothing like a season killer on the 1st of September. I wonder if Michigan will not recover from a loss like this. It kind of reminds me when PSU lost to Toledo several years ago and it pretty much ruined that season and the next one. Crazy.

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Ekim Toor
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:38 pm

Well, ASU is the defending AA champs. :lol:

Perfect excuse to let Carr go at the end of the season.

gyg
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:11 pm

Didn't really want to start another thread for this so I thought I'd stick it here.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DUNGEONS-AND-DRAG ... dZViewItem

The above auction has what looks like a 'deep' box, is this any rarer than usual and is it a UK specific thing?

(I won one recently and wonder if it is worth selling on
** expired/removed eBay auction **
)

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sauromatian
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:55 am

gyg wrote:The above auction has what looks like a 'deep' box, is this any rarer than usual and is it a UK specific thing?

Not sure I understand your question- I don't see what's unusual [or UK-specific] about either of these boxed sets, both are very plentiful & cheap, & neither copy is in collectible condition.

Games Workshop was putting out its own UK editions of D&D when these boxed sets were made, so if anything they are US-specific.

FormCritic
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:35 am

gyg wrote:Didn't really want to start another thread for this so I thought I'd stick it here.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

The above auction has what looks like a 'deep' box, is this any rarer than usual and is it a UK specific thing?

(I won one recently and wonder if it is worth selling on
** expired/removed eBay auction **
)

You are looking at an auction for the Holmes Basic Set.

It held the blue booklet (matching the cover), B1 In Search of the Unknown and either a set of low impact dice or chits in place of dice. Some boxes also contained the Gateway to Adventure ad packet.

(See Xaxaxe's avatar)

Note that the logos for the booklet and the box do not match. The booklet has the wizard logo and the box has the earlier lizard logo.

These boxed sets tend to sell well in the $10 to $20 or so range, depending on condition. The one for sale is not in that great of condition, but it is an early print box.

The one you have already purchased is a later boxed set...contents unknown.....although the Acaeum's notes should tell you.

Neither set is specific to the UK. Sauromatian is right...they are more specific to the US.

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

Badmike
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:37 am

Ok, time for turtle talk....

I know several people on this site have turtle knowledge...

I've had a turtle living in my backyard all summer. He seems quite happy hiding in the garden int he back yard, and sometimes swimming in the very small basin of water (he jumps in and turns around a couple of times every day or so, he can submerge himself but just barely). Anyway he seems healthy and happy.

However, he is basically confined to my (fairly large) backyard, as I "turtle proofed" it after he was inside, I didn't want him going in and out and maybe getting stuck. Should I take any special preparations for the winter? Is he going to hibernate? Will he dig a hole or what? I have a shed, but it has a lining around it at ground level to prevent critters from going underneath....should I remove it and let him hibernate there? Any suggestions?

BTW I have no idea what type of turtle he is, he doesn't look like any turtle I've looked at online so I can't identify him. However, he is friendly and lets you pick him up, never snaps at you, etc. I suspect he lived in a nearby pond and creek until the intense rains and flooding we had here in Texas caused him to seek higher ground several months ago.

Mike B.

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jasonw1239
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:43 am

Hi Badmike!

I have not had any dealings with turtles for over 20 years and our climate is much different when it comes to dealing with the critters.
It reaches -40 Fahrenheit here in the winter time.
You might want to tap into some of the online resources such as:

http://happyturtle.ms11.net/

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Deadlord
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:22 am

Send me a pic, Mike. Once I know what kind it is I can help a bit more.

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