Thursday, October 30, 2025
Moving Halloween
We gotta get this occasion under a full moon, fellas. This gibbous business isn't helping anyone, except people with heart conditions of course.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Addendum
Obviously, "to crosssanction" means to encourage something while in public condemning it. Whether you upsanction or downsanction crosssanctioning is up to you, but it's too useful to give up regardless of public opinion.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Resolving the Sanction Problem
Proposal:
- "to upsanction" means to approve, condone
- "to downsanction" means to censure
Typically we would stick a hyphen in there for an indeterminate time, but we can forgo that, can we not?
- "to upsanction" means to approve, condone
- "to downsanction" means to censure
Typically we would stick a hyphen in there for an indeterminate time, but we can forgo that, can we not?
Monday, October 27, 2025
The Font of Elevation
One day, the Horrelfot Geyser sprayed gold instead of water. The margrave, thinking of the costs of his current and contemplated entanglements, sent men to dig there, whether for gold or more likely some item strange in its properties.
A few yards of pit later, the men unearthed the cause of it, which was a gnome holding a mass gold. He explained that he realized recently he had neglected to wash his bedding for a few hundred years and nothing less powerful than the geyser would do. The bundle, unrolled, proved to be thick sheets far too heavy for any one of the helpful diggers to lift even when they agreed to assist with the washing.
One among them, not content to suppress his curiosity even when dealing with creatures from whom no sense could be expected, asked the gnome if he would not prefer softer sheets, linen perhaps. The conversation revealed the ignorance gnomes have of comforts. A trade was arranged so that the gnome went away with the softest sheets in the county which were the margrave's own, and his bed too, and his pillows.
The margrave prospered after that, nor did he forget to bestow upon his able servant lands and honors. The new vassal's emblem became a golden sheet in commemoration of that incident, and not because "nobody could think of anything meaningful for that undistinguished family," as you alleged in your scandalous publication. Now that this court has instructed you better, an apology is expected and will reduce the fine from devastating to instructive.
Finis
A few yards of pit later, the men unearthed the cause of it, which was a gnome holding a mass gold. He explained that he realized recently he had neglected to wash his bedding for a few hundred years and nothing less powerful than the geyser would do. The bundle, unrolled, proved to be thick sheets far too heavy for any one of the helpful diggers to lift even when they agreed to assist with the washing.
One among them, not content to suppress his curiosity even when dealing with creatures from whom no sense could be expected, asked the gnome if he would not prefer softer sheets, linen perhaps. The conversation revealed the ignorance gnomes have of comforts. A trade was arranged so that the gnome went away with the softest sheets in the county which were the margrave's own, and his bed too, and his pillows.
The margrave prospered after that, nor did he forget to bestow upon his able servant lands and honors. The new vassal's emblem became a golden sheet in commemoration of that incident, and not because "nobody could think of anything meaningful for that undistinguished family," as you alleged in your scandalous publication. Now that this court has instructed you better, an apology is expected and will reduce the fine from devastating to instructive.
Finis
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Halloween Sustainability
The wonks have noticed, but most people are unaware that we have simply run out of mummies. The Egyptians, impressive as the accomplishments of their alien buddies were, produced only so many. For that reason, support the upcoming initiatives to entomb everyone who has ever held national elected office using ancient techniques which inexplicably confer magical powers a few thousand years later that later generations might enjoy what our own cannot.
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Approaching Science Fiction Scale
First question: Is a space knight a fighter pilot, a ship officer, a ship captain, a squadron captain, or a fleet captain? Mechs are of course fighters, but as for the equivalency for space dragons or other space monsters, that's the second question.
Friday, October 24, 2025
Addendum
It doesn't have to be top vs. bottom, either. Try some diagonals. Some curves, too. A single mixed field.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
On Digital Card Games
Fellas! The cards don't have to look like little cards! Explore the aesthetic space! They can unfold like newspapers, open like pamphlets, just be the monster which ordinarily would be depicted and when you click on it a cartoon speech bubble pops out from it with the rules text, and more.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Arguments for Giving Your Science Fiction Setting One Moon
If most of the galaxy was destroyed in an interstellar war, what do you expect? The remaining one probably has all the wizards on it.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Arguments for Giving Your Fantasy Setting One Moon
1) Nobody cares about the moon unless the story goes there at some point, and going to multiple moons is something accommodated by only a few stories.
2) Plus you gotta name 'em and junk.
2) Plus you gotta name 'em and junk.
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