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First Age — Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:12 pm

Author: First Age

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:12 pm

Guvnor wrote:

Well, I would say that socially they are left of centre, economically they have been right of centre or even just right wing, and on civil liberties they are very given to centralisation and illiberal approachs (following the Thatcherite trend I feel).

Is centralism and nannyism frequent bed fellows of politically actualized socialism? I always thought so.

It's a tempting step from nanny to dominatrix.

Where did THAT come from...

Battlestar Galactica: The Boardgame, a short review.

First Age — Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:08 pm

Author: First Age

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:08 pm

I enjoyed playing Baltar very much, I think I nailed him. I found myself trying to get alternative skill cards to have collateral to vote against anyone taking the presidency from the Cylon Admiral.

Making the Cylon Admiral president was my one stroke of inspiration in the game. With so much power in the hands of one of us we quickly crushed them.

"What could possibly go wrong?"

Quite a lot...

Conception 2009 - Anyone thinking of going?

ElaineM — Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:30 pm

Author: ElaineM

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:30 pm

Train booked, cattery booked for the Terrible Tortie, offer of room gratefully accepted, leave booked from work - now just got to get the games I'm running sorted out!

[Silly]So Who will you pick for Dr Who?

Darran — Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:34 pm

Author: Darran

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:34 pm

Wolverine wrote:

Now it's the turn of the companion, as the BBC try to pick a suitable sidekick for Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor.

CLICK

Lily Allen!

It looks like they are aiming for the High School Musical audience!

G.I. Joe "Live-Action" movie

dpmcalister — Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:03 pm

Author: dpmcalister

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:03 pm

Wolverine wrote:

...Christopher Eccleston...

I thought he'd given up on Hollywood after Gone in 60 Seconds (which he hated). He got the best line in the film though: "Do I look like an arsehole?"

Game Plan 2009

Herbert West — Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:29 pm

Author: Herbert West

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:29 pm

Con-wise for me it's a definite on

Furnace
Yog Sothoth

and if a Dragonmeet Midlands comes into existance, I would like to attend that as well.

Games-wise : Continuing my Savage Worlds Fallout campaign with the local group, probably resting to revisit my Rolemaster campaign later in the year. All interrupted by the odd game of Call of Cthulhu, and Cthulhu Rising. Plus I am determined to try out running modern day Call of Cthulhu (or Cthulhu Rising even ) via Skype, as long as I can get enough people interested.

Doctor Who

Gallowglass — Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:27 am

Author: Gallowglass

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:27 am

Dom wrote:

Interesting Choice. It might work. Especially without RTD.

Smith has the chops - but an even younger Doctor seems a pretty clear declaration of "more of the same, but with more heart throb appeal" from the producers, which is not a direction I have any enthusiasm for. We shall see how it all works out come spring 2010.

Nick

[Silly]So Who will you pick for Dr Who?

Kultist — Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:56 pm

Author: Kultist

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:56 pm

ElaineM wrote:

Kultist wrote:

I do not want to see a 26 year old in the role and NOTHING is going to change that.

Pff, age is just a number and should be no factor in his ability to perform in the role. He's an adult, an actor with experience in television and theatre, and was tipped as one to watch in 2008.

I think that it is a bit na�ve to think that the age of a Charater portrayed as an authority figure will not affect how others react to them.

I also feel that such a youthful Doctor puts us right back into the position of having him been chased around the TARDIS by his damp-panted female assistants - something I very much hoped we had put behind us.

Loz wrote:

I think a young Doctor raises some very interesting questions and possibilities that you wouldn't tackle if the Doctor stayed around the 30/40 mark (which is, ultimately, boring and predictable).

Its a brave move, and I'll be interested to see if it pays off.

The trouble is I have no desire to see Time Lord Babies!

To find or create a new gaming group, 2009

Dr Moose — Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:28 pm

Author: Dr Moose

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:28 pm

Hmm. Obviously my info is out of date. Nevertheless at this rate there might be enough for a quarterly or occasional "Northampcon" - ala TomCon, maybe.

First, as in next week, I need to pick up the various loose threads of possibilities that have already presented themselves, both here and elsewhere.

Darran's Birthday HeroQuest: Serenity game

Dr Moose — Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:49 pm

Author: Dr Moose

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:49 pm

The Doctor (not John Smith, let the reader understand) will be in the (public) house!

Have d20s, will travel!

Singularities - a Science Fiction Setting for Wordplay

Dom — Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:41 pm

Author: Dom

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:41 pm

I've changed the thread name to reflect the name I've given the theme:

Singularities.

So named after the AI Singularity and Wormhole technology in the game.

Happy New Year

Wolverine — Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:24 pm

Author: Wolverine

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:24 pm

Happy New Year!

Windows XP

NeilFord — Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:11 pm

Author: NeilFord

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:11 pm

To be honest that are much of a muchness. I've used both and settled on Fusion version 2, but then I've always been a fan of VMWare's products.

Parallels has just reached version 4 which I haven't taken a look at. Might be worth picking up a cheap copy of an earlier version of either and looking at the upgrade offers that are available.

For the task you're looking to use it for, either will be fine.

- Neil.