Monthly Archives: November 2021

The Birrin Megastructures A bigger earth. More critters from the imagination of men. And, perhaps, from various Solomani laboratories. There are plenty of low-gravity, habitable worlds within the Imperium.

I’m glad the artist changed his mind, and is posing again. And yes, there are a few Solomani (and Solomani-culture) Nobles who like the Egyptian theme. Note that, due to the huge changes in culture, technology, religion, and history — … Continue reading →

Three of the eight – and four of the ten – most popular RPG books on sale at DriveThruRPG were originally published by Games Designer’s Workshop, for the day of November 28, 2021. Not bad at all, for a company … Continue reading →

Something for the Vilani bureaucratic class, corporate and government, to chew on. If not exactly enjoy. From Is Your Employer Schizophrenic? [paywall] by Gary North —<Quote begins>— Senior management has an agenda. It is defunct. […] I gave a speech … Continue reading →

Yep, it’s a rerun of an old show. PCs with enough decades under their belt are going to start revisiting old battlefields and flash points, again and again and again. Extra points for the long-lived/slow-aging Vilani. Old friends and old … Continue reading →

Ad copy of Butterfly on the Wheel reprinted below. —<Quote begins>— Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel?Who breaks a butterfly upon  a wheel?-Alexander Pope, Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot I belong to the king. Not just because he bought me, … Continue reading →

oriolopocholoThanks for the disclaimer specifying that HAI does not support ancient totalitarian feudal systems. Really put everybody at ease …and six light years away, orbiting a world in the Barnard’s Star system, a sad, wistful, and surprisingly human sigh was … Continue reading →

Mongoose has just published The Third Imperium on DriveThruRPG. At $29.99, I think it’s worth it. If only to see how you can reshape the concepts to better suit your game. Interesting… GDW did create the Imperial Encyclopedia, and even … Continue reading →

From the comments: Kevin WilsonThe ‘war’ boiled down to Michigan and Ohio sending out troops to wander through the woods and swamps only once encountering each other when a handful of the militias happened to meat in a saloon, so … Continue reading →