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Quote: True. But its usually the fellows who have the largest grants, ie the historans who are the most 'known', who have the most to lose either financially or reputation wise when someone comes along with a theory which overturns convention. Again, this does not represent the historical professio...

<t>About Holy Blood, Holy Grail. This book is utter fantasy. There is a difference between arguing from evidence and insinuations. HBHG does the latter.<br/> <br/> As a professional historian (that is, an academic one), I can state that 99% of historians do not get 'big grants', let alone 'grants' o...

<t>My main gripe about KoH is the basic premise: blacksmith becomes lord, wins heart of queen, they both give up the noble life to live simply as peasants.<br/> <br/> This is, of course, the classic American story (see Horatio Alger, et al.). The little guy can make it by perseverance and hard work;...

<t>mission accomplished! Epistemological chaos on the TLG boards ....! <br/> <br/> much Love,<br/> <br/> Dispater<br/> <br/> Seriously, it's interesting to hear all the different perspectives people have. I'm not sure my own opinions have changed much, but that's the usual way of it on message board...

Quote: I thought it was interesting how the moral qualities of the characters (at least from a Spartan point of view, which is the viewpoint of the film) are exhibited by the physical qualities of the characters. The Spartans are beautiful and powerful because they are just and morally straight, wh...

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I liked Kingdom of Heaven better though. ^_^

Aw, now you're just being provocative, Peter!

<t>ah, Peter, but you're talking about political manipulation. That's not what I'm getting at ... I'm talking about popular entertainment. It is "only" entertainment, but as you know perfectly well, sometimes the only history people get is through popular entertainment. So, since there is no cui bon...

<t>I'm with you Catweazle. I find the glorification of Sparta to be an interesting phenomenon of the present, especially in the US. While it is true that an early democracy grew up in Greece (in certain areas), Sparta was not a major contributor to that (except maybe as part of an agon). Remember, S...

ah, I probably deserve it! it was sort of a long rant!

I'm not certain of the difference between style and substance, but I voted for 'style'. For me, C&C evokes the old 1st edition style, albeit with improved mechanics.

<t>at the risk of opening myself up to the disdain of all my good C&C colleagues here, I'll say that I really hated the Dark Ages program on the HIstory Channel.<br/> <br/> As Steve (I think) hinted, the basic premise of "Dark" vs. "Light" is a hackneyed bit of teleology that serves only to make...

thankee to you too, Serleran! Lots of good advice on these boards, especially for we barely-computer-literate types.

Geleg

thanks, Guys. I figured it was something simple.

Geleg

<r>a technical question for those who know such things ...<br/> <br/> how can I view spoilers in a message? [in particular I'm thinking of this thread <URL url="http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1253&start=15&mforum=trolllordgames"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/v...

I'll chime in with a question ... anyone know anything about Burning Wheel? I saw a bit about it elsewhere, and it sounds interesting. But I'd like to hear from some of the regulars before I open the wallet.

anyone? anyone?

Geleg

I'm sorry for your loss, Rhuvein.

pretty funny, for an advertisement.

<t>I'll sneak it by Mrs Geleg one of these days. Probably package it in with some work stuff. He he. <br/> <br/> Gotta get it soon, since the lure is in me hard - I just read Haunted Highlands and loved it!<br/> <br/> [BTW, kudos to Bowbe for Jhedophar as well. I'm digging it a lot, even though I'm ...

I think my favorite is Caverns of Thracia, although lots of those mentioned on these boards would be near the top.

Geleg

Best of luck to you and your mom, Rhuvein. I'll be thinking of you.

Geleg

<t>man, those folks at rpgshop pissed me off. I made a spontaneous and irrational decision to buy a bunch o' modules (and two cool dice), including two NG things on sale. Ten days later (yup) I get a package with half of the modules and only one of the dice. The shipping form obliquely reveals that ...

<t>I'm with Rigon. I think this Super Bowl will be a good game.<br/> <br/> As upset as I am about the Patriots' loss (I was looking forward to a rematch of 1985), it's kinda nice to see the Colts make the big show. They're pretty classy (ack - I hear the rest of Patriot Nation drumming me out ....)<...

<r>I posted about this over on the NG site, but rpgshop is having a clearance sale - half off on a lot of stuff, including some old NG material (nothing from TLG, I'm afraid). Among the tempting items is NG's Wilderlands, for $34.99. I am considering buying a second copy, just because ....<br/> <br/...

Word on the WOTC Greyhawk. As we all said in the other thread, I gotta look. Can't have enough epic dungeons.

G

just ordered this mod from rpgshop.com. Also stocked up on some other goodies by our friend Casey - Haunted Highlands and Tower of Jhedophar.

Looking forward to them all!

G

I'm looking forward to all Tree's listed items and a few more, to boot. Namely the revival of JG:

First up, Thieves of Badabaskor - due any week now, AFAIK.

Hopefully James Mishler's stuff will start appearing, too.

G

<t>The bears looked good today ... at times. Congrats to them.<br/> <br/> But I am shocked that my pats came through! Brady looked pretty poor until late in the 4th. And then .... Pats magic, er, okay, luck. Next up, the Colts!<br/> <br/> on thread, now, the Bears-Saints game will be a doozy. Man, I...

too right, Angelius. The standard for gaming is pretty high now. I guess it's only me who thinks my system isn't a dinosaur. When I bought it (what, can it be 4 years ago?!), it seemed like a screamer. Alas.

G

<t>I echo all the above posts. A good player can make even the most generic fighter interesting. It's all about role-playing. This is why I loved the Ars Magica virtues/flaws system (although it is an obvious progenitor to the Feats of 3e). You could choose some really interesting things which had A...

Word 'dat, Danger Dwarf. This is EXACTLY why I'm starting to look at console systems ...

Geleg