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Running Gag II
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Running Gag II
@Running_Gag_2
Forever GM and internet wag. Currently fixated on pirates, and running 2014/5.0 D&D.
Virginia Katılım Ocak 2026
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@IGADON2 I haven’t played since 4(?) edition, but this is a Rat Marine army. Made with multi-part plastic Skaven and Marine parts, and played with a Salamander list. My full display page is here: noserf.com/?page_id=188
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@kyo_nya13 If you're playing with inventive players (who will think of choices beyond the author's), a written scenario will challenge you with its boundaries. It's one of the reasons I don't run them as a GM: as a player, I hated stalling a game because I out-thought the author.
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@SandyofCthulhu There are parts of the country where it's hard to get because the people in the supply chain save the cut for themselves ...
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It's hanger steak. We have it plenty.
おかざき登@色々準備中@RaccoonBlack
そういや日本人はハラミ（牛の横隔膜）が大好きだったりするんだけど、アメリカの人たちはこの部位を食べるのかね？
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@yashinoki369 @Maguro_Maznaga I wouldn't be surprised. While I'm taller than average, I'm not THAT tall. Depending on the last, I wear anywhere from US size 10 to 11. If the conversion chart I found is correct, that's Japanese 28 to 29.
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@Running_Gag_2 @Maguro_Maznaga i bet my foot is bigger than yours 🤭😉😏
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I think I've mentioned this before, but 5 people is the break point for scheduling, and it's been known since at least WW2. There was a booklet that the OSS produced on how to non-violently screw up the German war effort, and one of the ways was to invite everybody you could to a meeting, and the magic number for screwing that up was 5. So the basic problem with standard D&D is that 4 players + 1 GM blunders into that. It's one of the reasons why Gygax talks about running 1:1 - he knew HE could show up, and he'd run with anybody who was there, which required a certain style of game. (I'm able to get around it in one of my games by having two married couples involved.)
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Why is scheduling the hardest part of Dungeons & Dragons?
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@BAGJohno @Maguro_Maznaga Altuves were a popular unit in baseball for a while.
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@Maguro_Maznaga yards and pounds is the least of the problem. if you interact with americans more, you'll start hearing measurements like football fields, or fists, or car lengths. Anything can be a unit of measurement.
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The new Japanese-American X exchanges have explained to me why I can't recommend it unreservedly to my US friends. The GM section is heavily scenario-driven, while US TTRPGers expect more tools to allow you to build your own adventures. That said, the mechanics are great; they capture the flair of FFXIV, and can be described as, "4e D&D, only good."
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週末は東京上野のTRPGプレイスペース・モノドラコさん @monodraco で
新発売の『FF14TTRPGアドバンスドルールブック紅蓮のリベレーター』掲載シナリオをＧＭで遊んできましたΞ(*ﾟ▽ﾟ)ﾉ
新しい追加ジョブ侍と赤魔道士は既存ジョブと一味違う独特の動きをしていて楽しそうでした(＞▽＜)b #FF14のTRPG
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@AgrivarDragon @ChubbyFunsterGC Hopefully you kept your 2014 books. Nobody's shifted to 5.5 in this neck of the woods.
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@ChubbyFunsterGC I’m returning to the hobby. Where can I find news of what’s happened to D&D over the last five years? I hear it’s in ruins. Trying to understand.
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90% of RPG products are just not USEFUL to me. I can’t use them. They might read well, but they just have no practical value.
This is why I don’t care about the Luke Gygax thing. At all. I have no faith that WotC will produce USEFUL stuff. Ever again.
I only care about utility
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@romanhelmetguy I might put the breakpoint at Wilson instead of Roosevelt, but can see the argument for either.
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First American Republic: 1789-1861
Second American Republic: 1861-1933
Third American Republic: 1933-2029
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@ReGO_Kazami It was the best carry gun before the Glock came along. Steel frame, so it was soft-shooting for a subcompact, but it was also HEAVY. It weighed more empty than a P365 fully loaded.
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@Running_Gag_2 Down to 4? That’s still an impressive collection! 🎯 And a boat anchor, lol! I guess that weight just means it’s built like a tank. 😂
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@AngryTrapMidget @kawahara_kikuko Now you have to explain.
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とうとうアメリカにガルパンおじさんが自然発生した。x.com/CynicalPublius…
Cynical Publius@CynicalPublius
OK, since it appears that today is the day to discuss weird cultural differences between Japan and the USA, may I strongly recommend to all of my military history nerd followers that you watch “Girls und Panzer”? It’s anime from Japan. You can find it on Amazon Prime. Bear with me while I explain the insane premise. It’s about Japanese all-girls schools that engage in the sport of “tankery.” These schoolgirls ride around in historically accurate, WWII-era armored fighting vehicles and engage in active combat that appears to include actual HEAT and sabot rounds, except when there is a hit nobody gets hurt and a little white flag pops out of the dead tank. So there is this big tankery tournament. But here’s where it gets even weirder: each school has the vehicles, resources, tactics and uniforms of a WWII combatant. So the US-style school has wayyyyy more logistics than anybody else, the Soviet school goes roaring across the steppes (see the video one comment post below) and the German school has the best tanks that break down a lot. Also the British school takes war breaks to drink tea. Why would I recommend such a silly concept? Because whoever did it went to a fanatical level of detail on the vehicles themselves and the associated tactics and employment, as well as very accurate propaganda themes from the era. It’s so incongruous—highly accurate military history and Japanese schoolgirl anime. And I love incongruity in entertainment. It’s so silly, but in a weirdly addictive way. And I don't even watch anime.
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If my country had ninjas, I would do everything in my power to convince other people that we didn’t have ninjas. Food for thought.
松永マグロ@Maguro_Maznaga
アメリカ人、やはりニンジャを信じている
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@MapEffects @pureMetatron Ba’al Hamon is out there, definitely.
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@pureMetatron Spend some time around people in the occult. You’ll have no doubt.
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I believe in demons. Unapologetically.
Jen@JenResistedAGN
Imagine being an adult in 2026 and believing in demons. Holy shit.
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@GrampsToolshed There was this Templar watchtower for sale in France …
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Ok I'm interested.......
Tell me more.......
Frothy Friar Publishing@FrothyFriar
Who wants to start a D&D gaming compound?
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What if I need to hire a ninja for … something? Are there brokers? Or an app?
自衛隊医官だった人@ハイライトも見てってよ@AiPinfu2003
親愛なるアメリカ人達へ 日本で忍者を探しても見つかりません。 忍者を見かけるときはあなたが死ぬときだけです。 日本で忍者を見つけなくて良かったですね。 よい旅を！！
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@AzzurraS4 This can’t be real…there’s so much wrong aesthetically with this image.
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This is awful...look at the clothes and Snape🤢🤢🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣
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@coatl303 D&D 5.0: at least one of your human fighters (Aragorn) takes the Healer feat. Keep him stocked with Healer’s kits, and you’ll be fine.
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