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« Reply #75 on: May 18, 2008, 08:42:04 PM »
Narnia!

So I saw Prince Caspian this weekend with the lady, and as the mice are doing there thing I whispered to her:  "Bunnies and Burrows meets Spycraft." 

I do rather like the character of Ripicheep.  Grin
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« Reply #76 on: May 19, 2008, 12:47:37 PM »
Watership Down gave me a similar reaction. "Hey guys, imagine an RPG where you're all RABBITS!"
They didn't like the idea too much  Sad.
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« Reply #77 on: May 19, 2008, 06:21:47 PM »
Quote from: Agent 333 on May 19, 2008, 12:47:37 PM
Watership Down gave me a similar reaction. "Hey guys, imagine an RPG where you're all RABBITS!"
They didn't like the idea too much  Sad.

I've got a couple holdout for dwarves, but most would deal quite nicely with being an animal.  For my dwarf fans, I would need to build to where they trust my judgement on them finding something fun.
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« Reply #78 on: May 19, 2008, 07:44:54 PM »
Well, there IS the beast quality in Fragile Minds.

Perfect for talking animals and magical girl tutors.
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« Reply #79 on: May 19, 2008, 09:22:50 PM »
Quote from: Agent 333 on May 19, 2008, 12:47:37 PM
Watership Down gave me a similar reaction. "Hey guys, imagine an RPG where you're all RABBITS!"
They didn't like the idea too much  Sad.
I played in a Bunnies & Burrows/Call of Cthulhu crossover game once. Things living under a house, horrible things like rats, with human faces and hands.... We died to a bunny.

My rabbit was the last to die, but then he was a tad psychotic to start with  Sort of a Satanist, and his Satan was Man. 'When you are on the road at night, and you see the headlights, and you freeze, you are staring into the eyes of God!'. I suspect he and the General would have had words to share....

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« Reply #80 on: May 19, 2008, 10:25:51 PM »
Quote from: Agent 333 on May 19, 2008, 12:47:37 PM
Watership Down gave me a similar reaction. "Hey guys, imagine an RPG where you're all RABBITS!"
They didn't like the idea too much  Sad.
Yeah. Bunnies and Burrows is the game I've always wanted to play, but can never find players for. When we're picking a new game, most of my players will start out saying "we'll play whatever you want to run..."..."Except THAT"

Grr..Plus I only have the gurps version. I'd really like to find the original. Yeah, good luck with that.
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« Reply #81 on: May 20, 2008, 10:17:53 AM »
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My rabbit was the last to die, but then he was a tad psychotic to start with  Sort of a Satanist, and his Satan was Man. 'When you are on the road at night, and you see the headlights, and you freeze, you are staring into the eyes of God!'. I suspect he and the General would have had words to share....

 Shocked That... That's like the coolest thing ever.  Shocked
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« Reply #82 on: May 20, 2008, 10:24:08 AM »
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My rabbit was the last to die, but then he was a tad psychotic to start with  Sort of a Satanist, and his Satan was Man. 'When you are on the road at night, and you see the headlights, and you freeze, you are staring into the eyes of God!'. I suspect he and the General would have had words to share....

 Shocked That... That's like the coolest thing ever.  Shocked

That is cool. Kinda reminds me of the "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh."
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« Reply #83 on: May 28, 2008, 12:11:46 AM »
From a book on shipwrecks, by Edward Rowe Snow -
A few thin Slices, wash'd in Salt-water, were brought into the Tent, and given to every one, with a good Quantity of Rockweed to supply the Place of Bread. The first Piece the Master eat, was Part of the Gristles that compose the Breast, having the Flesh scrap'd clean off, for his Stomach, as yet, abominated the Loathesome Diet, tho' his importunate Appetite had, more than once, led him to survey with a longing Eye the Extremities of his fore Fingers.... The Mate, and two other Opposers refus'd to partake of the Flesh that Night, but were the first the next Morning to beg an equal Share in the common Allowance.

The dish in question was ship's carpenter.... A fairly Lovecraftian account of cannibalism in Maine....

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« Reply #84 on: July 06, 2008, 10:31:25 PM »
Some of these shoot right past odd, and on into deranged.

StumbleUponLand can be a dark and scary place. Tongue

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« Reply #85 on: July 12, 2008, 01:14:33 AM »
I ran across this Weird Houses site via Stumble Upon.

One house I actually like, and this one -



Would make a good headquarters for either an Agency or a Mastermind.

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« Reply #86 on: July 12, 2008, 11:37:28 AM »
I see this more as a random research site...
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« Reply #87 on: July 12, 2008, 12:22:40 PM »
Quote from: LordKruelos on July 12, 2008, 11:37:28 AM
I see this more as a random research site...
That too. Tongue Random Internet Inspiration at that, at least for most. Having a link to a site and or images makes it easier.

Some is not so random - Gray's Anatomy and the Maine cannibals quote were very deliberate picks, not random at all. Just odd. I grew up listening to Edward Rowe Snow being read aloud, back when I was a young Grump, and went looking.

Right now Stumble Upon is in the lead though. I tend to take it for a spin towards the early Ack Emma, when my insomnia kicks in.

The Auld Grump, and trust me, Stumble Upon can be odd.
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« Reply #88 on: July 22, 2008, 12:40:10 AM »
It may not inspire you but I already know how I am going to use this -


The image is of a massive oak tree in South Carolina. Photo by Mark Regs (?).

The Auld Grump - Oak and ash and thorn good sir,
All on a midsummer's morn.
Surely we sing,
Of no little thing,
In oak and ash and thorn....
(Rudyard Kipling)
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« Reply #89 on: July 22, 2008, 08:28:06 AM »
Are you sure that is not a Redneck Tree?
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