fiery machine

Immigrant, polemologist, and co-parent to one dog and two humans. Mundus senescit; they/he.

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

@Waltimedes Baby steps? Wuxia two-shot with just two players could be a hell of a lot of fun for a fraction of the anxiety, and then if the thing has momentum....

[Adolfo Arranz @adolfux]

Today marks ten years since this infographic back page about the Kowloon Walled City was published by South China Morning Post. I explained in a few lectures the ins and outs of this project, and now I will do it here. Long 🧵

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

@aic_armor How does it work? Anyone have pics of it unfolded?

[Nigel Thompson @TravelEdNigel]

Inside the Barbados National Armoury, near Bridgetown - home to an incredibly rare Oliver Cromwell era English naval cannon from 1652, stamped with the Commonwealth flag

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

@PSHistory @MadameGilflurt @HistoryHit This was a great listen - thanks to @k8_lister for hosting and to @zebrowskaka for creating the video that played on loop in my head while I listened: https://t.co/BoBFNA5EBI

[Catherine Fletcher @cath_fletcher]

Pondering whether one might run a university as a workers' co-operative.

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

@RPDeshaies This looks great - I'm intrigued by the card mechanic. Happily purchased!

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

@mechamelissa Ugh, that sucks. Usually I start with the smallest and easiest tasks, knock out as many as I can to trick myself as if I'm feeling like I'm on a roll, and then use that for momentum to get the bigger (first) and then harder (last) stuff done.

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

@BaytAlFann @Wayard_Dragon "Murder is definitely very divisive, with some people committing it repeatedly and others very opposed to it." Why bother responding if you're just going to say meaningless equivocation like this?

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@theNatalieAsh @GoblinMixtape I dunno about the "mere" thing. I see my players as guests and myself as the host. Their needs are more important than mine in that formulation.

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

@GoblinMixtape Interesting. If we said, "I'm hosting dinner for 6", would we include our self in that 6? I suppose it could go either way.

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@Scarvis @GoblinMixtape I'm with you on this. 3 is an incredible sweet spot, but I've found that inviting 4-5 is the only way to guarantee 3 on any given night.

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

@TotherChris Well, the former is in part a fetishization of the other: and fetishes leave stuff out. Hence the gap between most peoples' personal fantasies and the systemic realities that living in a world where those fantasies were realized.

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

@yourewrongabout @nikostratis Y'all know that Manowar was a band, right?

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@mechamelissa These are so compelling.

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@ImogenRobinso14 I am David?

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@gonzohistory Beat to Quarters or Duty and Honor for that Hornblower/Sharpe vibe.

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@spookshow71 Oooh, give us a link?

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

Fun little procedural hexcrawl for a "find place X somewhere in region Y" season: I generated a stack of ~40 tiles, and then they party took turns (as HP allowed) rolling to be the guide. The better the roll, the more player control. Last tile in the pile was the destination.

[fiery machine @pyrautomata]

@KeepPowder Don't have to tell me twice! Can't wait.