A signal sounded in the comms room of the Pugnus Fraterculus, a strike cruiser of the Scarlet Fists also known as “Fist Bump”. The distress call from one of Dupret III’s moons, a highly industrialized satellite with an artificial atmosphere called Assyrtiko. The alert hailed from the auto-systems in the Garcia Winery, an specialized grower […]
Sometimes you’ve gotta buy stuff. Stuff is not groceries, tires, or a 2×4 to prop up the sagging roof of a shed. But stuff also shouldn’t be works of art, a car — no matter how cool — or appliances, even if RGB-lit gaming computers occasionally masquerade as stuff. Stuff sits somewhere in the middle […]
Setup The Charcoal Crusaders are still active in the Verg-Eire system, now in the outskirts of the Moon City “Acclimation 1”. During a low atmospheric scan, searching for enemy radio talk, they intercepted more communications from the 66th Bellum Debitum Combined Arms, a Penal Legion active in the area. A Lieutenant and his indentured troops, […]
“Ha ha ha, FRESH MEAT!” Diablo 1 is burned in my brain like my own name or my mum’s phone number. Considering the amount of views videos about it garner on Youtube, I don’t seem to be alone in this. Even in a game with so many memorable moments, the first encounter with “The Butcher” […]
In the movie “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” (Bhutan, 2019), the protagonist must travel to a remote village, on a 6-day uphill hike, to begrudgingly fulfill his duties as a government appointed teacher. Almost at the end of his journey, his guides stops at mist covered pass to honour the spirits and ask for […]
Recently, I watched the movie Black Narcissus (1947), which tells the story of a group of nuns who are gifted a palace in the Himalayas to build a new convent. The movie is known for its superb use of color and painted backdrops to emulate the landscape. The backdrops are actually black-and-white photographs, enlarged and painted with […]
Battle Report – Game 1 The Charcoal Crusaders continue in their action along the Spatia Rosanna sub-sector, visiting systems and making sure they’re following latest Combat-Litanies in their rites of purgation. Upon reaching the Verg-Eire system, the Perennial Cavalier proceeded to refuel at Moon City “Acclimation 1,” a source of excellent lightspeed-stable fish cakes, ultra-resistant […]
I tinkered with these missions after posting them on Reddit and receiving feedback from some friends. 1. Steal the Flag Deployment Players deploy along the short table edges, up to 12” from their table edge (or as per standard deployment rules). First Turn is determined as normal. Objectives One Central Flag Objective placed at the […]
This is an oldschool blog, so I’m blogging like it’s 1999. This means I’m posting completely unqualified opinions on subjects that only I care about. I watched a lot less TV this year, due to various reasons, but I managed to squeeze some pretty good stuff. Best Picture – Drive My Car (Doraibu Mai Kā […]
The setting: While the Scarlet Fist brothers scoured the Dupret Sector, fighting against the horrible corruption of plague that desired those worlds, their cousins fought in the neighbouring sector: Spatia Rosanna sub-sector, where the traitor and the alien waged war against the forces of the Battle Brothers. But who are these cousins, you ask??? They’re […]
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