I once ate live octopus tentacles in downtown Seoul (for beers naturally)
Nasty.....

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I've had it with both at one time or another! And I love sushi ! ?

I've had octopus sushi, but no beer!

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HUMOUR: The Ziplocs You REALLY Need for Gaming!

Hi Guys,

I saw this post over at BoardGameGeek and enjoyed it enough to share here:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekfor....d=81476

Subject: Ziploc responds to market - Bags for Storing Gamers!

Jon Power: Finally Ziploc has produced a bag to keep your gamers fresh. If you have to store gamers around the house or garage between sessions, without having them go off, spreading germs or annoying normal people, now you can seal your gamers away safe and secure. And the gamers love it too, with that extra "Protection from moisture, dust, and pests".

http://www.ziploc.com/big-bags/

Ziploc, serving gamers' every need.

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Alan Kaiser: Anyone else feel the urge to get some of these and put a single sandwich in one, pack it into a luchbox and take it to work! I'd love to see peoples reactions!

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Lance Bailey: And then when you're done eating, you blow it up and pop it.

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Alfred Das: LOL

Make sure to include at least 1 solitaire game in the bag before storing. Keeps 'em fresh and alert.

HUMOUR: The Mensa Invitational...

Hi Guys,

Ralph (Legion-4) posted this and I thought it was worth sharing:

Some of these are great!
- Abba.

The Mensa Invitational once again asked members to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supplying a new definition.

Here are this year's {2005} winners:

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating.

4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter ?when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the litter:

18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an #######.

Hi!

Hehe, good stuff!

Primarch

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Yes, I thought it was very amusing !  Thanks for posting it !   I'll have to ask her if she served in the '56 Suez Operations, next time I see her at the gym ?      

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Quote (primarch @ Oct. 02 2005,00:46)

Hi! Hehe, good stuff! Primarch

Agreed, very good stuff!    

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I may have to share those at work.  It's a good thing most bubbleheads are fairly intelligent (albeit typically lacking in common sense), so they'll actually get the jokes!

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WARGAMING: Two Successful Playtests of Maksim's Sci-fi Game!

Hi Everyone,

I would, first of all, like to thank everyone who made suggestions for the name of my new sci-fi game. There were some incredibly clever, humorous and dramatic name suggestions. I've put them together into a document and will post it at a later time for everyone's enjoyment.

For those of you who have no idea who I am or what I'm talking about, I'm a gamer, somewhat well-known in the community for my actions helping to restore the 6mm_miniatures E-group, my participation at the TMP site and for other things.

I'm a big fan of miniature wargames and love games like Dirtside II, and Striker II, which have unfortunately not seen sequels for a long time. I tried to get involved with these companies at different times to be a part of seeing newer better versions of these classic games come out and nothing seemed to get done. Fans organized projects and wrote great house rules, but I wanted to see a new version of the game come out, not the old game juryrigged with house rules. So...

I decided to design my own game for sci-fi minis. I wanted a system with the greatness of Traveller and Striker II, the ease of play inherent to Dirtside II, the fun factors I associate with GW's Epic series and the versatility of GURPs. I wanted a game not tied down to any cannon or specific background. I wanted a game that had sophisticated but not overly complicated game mechanics for leaders, command and control, morale, unit experience, suppression, combat engineering, air support, armor, force fields and many other things. So... I made it!

My game is currently in playtest and I've already found three manufacturers who have expressed an interest in publishing it. Several other game retaillers have expressed an interest in stocking and selling it.

The basic game is designed as a game engine, sort of like GURPS, that can be adapted to any sci-fi canon or background a player desires. Want to recreate modern units who have gone back in time? Want to have WWII armies face "War Of the Worlds" invaders? Want to see if Star Wars can give Star Trek a black eye? My game system is designed to do just those things. It can pit armies of various technological sophistication against each other.

I plan to sell the main book for $15.00 USD, which will come with a game module that has the engine adapted to one science-fiction background. Further game modules will be available for different science fiction backgrounds. The modules will cost $10.00 USD each.

And thanks to the dozens of suggestions from fans, I now have a name for the game:

"PLANETFALL: The Generic Universal Science Fiction Miniatures Wargame Engine!"

I plan to start an E-group for those interested soon and already have an E-mail mailing list for those interested. If you would like to be on the E-mail mailing list to receive news of the game, when it goes on sale or possibly become a playtester for the game, please send me your E-mail. I am selective with my playtesters though so it is possible that you may not be chosen to be a playtester although I plan to enroll as many playtesters as possible..

I have been playtesting the game myself, but am formulating a simple version of the rules to give to playtesters soon. I playtested a final form of the game this past Thursday and again today on Saturday (8 October 2005). Both playtests went smoothly and rules performed very well. Thursday's playtest was with an adult and I ran two playtest games today both with a combination of young children (8-10 years old) and adults. The game was easy enough to learn that one of the children taught his friend how to play in about ten to fifteen minutes and enrolled him on his side (...to help the Empire defeat the Rebel scum!).

The sci-fi background I've used in recent playtests has been "Star Wars: The Battle of Hoth," but I don't think I could ever afford to buy a license for that franchise so when the game gets published, I will offer those rules for free on the game's web site. We had a great time playing "Planetfall" and I can't wait to try out other adaptions of the game I've created for other sci-fi books, movies and television series. Of course, I can't publish any of those without a license (...I've made inquiries with a number of my favorite sci-fi license holders...) so I'll offer any game modules for backgrounds I can't afford to buy a license from... for free.

Thanks for your time!

Shabbat Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

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Maksim,

Congratulations on finding publishers and retailers with an interest. It sounds like a good game and seems reasonably priced. My favorite hobby store might be interested as well.

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Hi!

Very promising and cool!

Always nice to see good games crop up.

Primarch

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Hey M/S... ?

LMK about which H/S books (compendium - stories or Handbooks - rules & Fluff !) you may want me to order? ?

I'll help if I can! ?

And of course, LMK when you get my pack to you! ? ?

Between you, Doug and Tas... we keep the worlds P.O.s busy!

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Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

Sounds great Maksim! Could I get a signed copy of the rulebook for the same price?  

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WARGAMING: Playtesting "Planetfall"

Hi Guys,

Everyone at Epicomms (regular members) is invited to playtest "Planetfall" and be a part of improving the game before the first edition is published.

Some of you, I've already contacted and others I should have contacted, but haven't done so due to negligence, forgetfullness or time constraints.

I'd like to offer all of you free copies or even discount copies, but unfortunately, I want to try to beak even or even make a little money on this venture so I need to charge the same amount for everyone. Maybe when I'm a little richer I can afford to give more away, but for the time being, I need to try to make this a solvent "small" business and gaming venture.

I will, of course, sign copies for anyone who wants my vainglorious signature! ?

I don't think it will increase their value any, but it will be a novelty among friends!

The first four signed copies are already reserved (Sister, girlfriend, Iain Cybershadow and Dafrca) and I've already had close to twenty people offering pre-orders.

I won't be taking any money until I have a printed product and can ship to potential customers/gamers. I want to, above all, be honest and well reputable with the business aspects of this venture. That's why I am pursuing licenses for sci-fi backgrounds rahter than using "generic replacement names" to simulate backgrounds. I want to do right by everyone as much as possible. I want to show respect for the creative endeavors of others.

Of course, I'm still at least a few months from publishing (Planned for end of 2005 or beginning of 2006 pending adequate playtesting), so the actual game won't be out for a bit. I do have a very good working draft and am extremely pleased with the game. I'm proud of the game mechanisms I've come up that are completely innovative and untried with a sci-fi minis game of this sort. They work and they're good.

I will be starting an interest Yahoo E-group for "Planetfall" and the link will be posted here and everyone is invited to join.

I will also start a second "invitation-only" group for "Planetfall" playtesters. All my friends here will be invited to be playtesters as well. I trust all of you and think all of you would be great as playtesters.

The reason I am being so selective with playtesters is because I have seen so many small companies offer their rules in playtest and get burned. Some gamers used this as a way to get a free rule set and others were game designers who stole the game mechanics. I want to use a select group of playtesters that I trust while at the same time getting as large a group of playtesters as possible.

Any advice that any of you might have for me would be most welcome.

I'm mainly doing this because I want a game with more stability than E-A and I'm tired of DS-II, Striker II and others not putting out sequels for their games. Rather than pester those companies, I will strike out on my own because think I can do better.

This game has been a project of some twenty years of scribbled notes, compiled house rules and lots of effort and thought. It is a way for me to try to give back to the wargaming community that I have enjoyed so much and, at the same time, add something by creating a superior game.

I wish everyone the best.

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

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Quote (Legion 4 @ Oct. 10 2005,15:33)

Hey M/S... ? LMK about which H/S books (compendium - stories or Handbooks - rules & Fluff !) you may want me to order? ? I'll help if I can! ? And of course, LMK when you get my pack to you! ? ? Between you, Doug and Tas... we keep the worlds P.O.s busy!

Hi Ralph,

I'm looking for the HS game rule book and the compnedium when it comes out.

I have all of the paperbacks and have enjoyed reading them all.

Remind me how much I owe you for the last trade. I'll send it out today. I seem to recall that it was $35.00 USD?

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

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