The use of magical curses in chariot racing, including by the competitors themselves, became such a problem that Theodosius I proclaimed a law against it in 389.

Starting a reaction thread on 13th Age 2E. First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1

Nov 22 in history 845 Nominoe of Brittany defeats Charles the Bald 1497 Da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope 1842 Mount St Helens erupts 1914 bombing of Ypres 1928 Ravel's Bolero premieres 1963 JFK assassinated 2025 Pope speaks into microphone

Honorable Combat Rules in 13th Age #gaming #fun #rpg

Sorry I can't come over after all I'm waiting for an Amazon page to load

Excavation reveals 5th century Mayan games room with built-in patolli board

Successfully installed my HP printer on the new desktop. It's quiet. Too quiet.

This happened a lot to magic swords with annoying personalities

Marjorie Taylor Greene is returning to her small town to rediscover the meaning of Christmas

Hi @robindlaws.bsky.social - just read a book summary in the latest Friends of Arthur Machen newsletter about Erik Satie. I knew I recognised the name and he's in the 'people' bit of the Paris Yellow King book. Thought might be of interest.

Ken and Robin talk design by subtraction, thief turned detective Eugène-Francois Vidocq, recent fantasy film essentials, and telepathic Soviet dogs.

Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey. It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.

Researchers learn how loggerhead turtles sense magnetic fields by paying them to dance

The metaphor, when reached for comment, admitted to being “a wee bit heavy-handed.”

I'm unclear on what I'm supposed to do to celebrate International Men's Day so I guess I'll find a construction site to knowingly nod at

The nonspecific bad boyfriends Florence Welch slags on her new record know who they are

13th Age's Streamlined Combat Building Explained #rpg #ttrpg #writing

“We have gained access to the ultimate weapon, Mr. Bond.” “That old dream. An EMP satellite?” “Think again, 007.” “The Solex Agitator?” “You wish.” “Those nerve glass globe things.” “No, Mr. Bond, infinitely worse than that…”

Ken and Robin Consume Media: Blue Moon, Only Murders in the Building, Bring Her Back

The real victims of the Cloudflare outage are all the people who want to be typing their ongoing meltdowns into Twitter but instead have to settle for Bluesky

See me talk Pelgrane, Feng Shui, my upcoming game Page Turners, and the three pillars of success as a writer on this installment of the Writers’ Hangout youtu.be/gUjrFJ3QPIs...

“Here, just like you asked, we’re releasing the Earhart files.” “No, not Earhart, Ep—“ “A TELEPATH SAID SHE’S STILL ALIVE!”

It seems ominous but the kids just had to leave really early to make up the time it takes to print the super long receipts

You don't see a lot of wry wit on Wikipedia so chef's kiss to "Mrs Buchan died of natural causes in 1791, disproving her claim to immortality."

but also this one

Fighting 12 Health 12 Hit Threshold 3, Armor 2 (squishy) Aberrance 10

The expression of a man hoping for the Criterion Do the Right Thing Blu Ray

Google ads keeps serving me promos for a forever-spinning top so I must be incepting in my sleep again

Because Nolan did not destroy the IMAX camera it was able to make the long trip home to put its wife’s suitors to the sword

Ken and Robin talk scene calling in Page Turners, ornamental hermits, fantasy films of the 10s and 20s, and the grue jay.

Dear Chicago Manual of Style: Is the correct plural form doofuses, or doofi? Please advise.

Just got my flu and COVID shots, or as we call it in Canada, a double-double

Anglo Saxons still causing loneliness

The Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle is live on Bundle of Holding! Collect Kenneth Hite’s acclaimed essays and expansions for Trail of Cthulhu, exploring mythos secrets, occult weirdness and monstrous inspiration. A must for horror GMs. #TTRPG #TrailofCthulhu bit.ly/3JWcLeS

No word yet on hieroglyphic murals from a geologically impossible stratum

When you turn your howler monkey into a bemused ennui monkey

I asked the Internet why I was so baffled to learn that Japanese cinema titan Tatsuya Nakadai had only now died, at age 82, and it told me that he was 51 when he did the Lear role in Ran.

You heard me. Drop crocs.

The parasitic wasp Ephedrus cerasicola, which preys on aphids, lives for the amount of time people will be debating whether to recognize Bond films as having continuity, or just do a reboot

13th Age 2E Build Idea #rpg #strategy #strategyguide #guide

Nothing says first scene of a scenario like a churchyard tomb collapse

Ken and Robin Consume Media: Del Toro’s Frankenstein, Silver Nitrate, and Ken Finds a New Mystery Writer to Binge

Fun New 13th Age 2E Features Explained #gaming #games

Roses are red Violets are blue There’s extremophile life in the caustic volcanic goo

Time for my annual joke about not knowing what’s going on here

Specializing in wholesome apple content turned out to be the monkey's paw

If you are the person somewhere in New England who has the Prince Edward Island seal, which was stolen by American privateers, please do not use it as a drinks coaster

Guess I can throw out my Windows 7 install disc

Only now found out about the new contemporary-set Inspector Maigret series where he is a razor-stubbled hunk in a leather jacket. This raises hopes for my pilot script in which Nero Wolfe is a spunky tween makeup influencer navigating laughs and love in an unnamed Midwest college town.