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chgowiz

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Hi! I'm Michael, aka Chgowiz. (Chicago-Wiz).

Parent, grandparent, veteran of US Air Force, IT/programming guy. D&D nerd, NERD!

DIY/hobbyist at things.

Claims to fame/infamy?
Dungeon Masters's Handbook podcast - Co-author of One Page Dungeon template - author of "Three Hex Campaign Starters"

Find me on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@chgowiz

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Nice to see that Marc's kept this up there for free. It's a great version if folks don't have the originals and/or want to play a great game!

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I don't know much about the show or controversy. Considering conservation laws and such, I'm thinking the hunter would have to have a valid permit to hunt, and possibly have to obey local laws regarding tagging their harvest. No matter if someone's using firearms or primitive weapons, they've got to be within local laws or risk meeting the local conservation officers...

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For the US, every state has their own rules, as well as individual sites on what you can do, how you can do it. If you're on a Federal site, usually it's a mix of state rules and Federal rules.

Part of the responsibility is to know those rules and follow them. Yea, it can get confusing and hard, but that's part of the deal, so gotta be done. Much better to pick up the phone and call or shoot an email and ask questions, than to not and get a visit...

In the US, conservation officers don't mess around. They definitely can be on the unpleasant end of FAFO.

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The reverse is probably going to be true, unfortunately. The F16s weaponry is still based on 70s/80s engagement envelopes, more modern Russian a/c use missiles/radar that have much further range. The F16s will be most effective where UKR has additional anti-air assets to keep the more modern a/c away.

A very good breakdown of this by someone who's studied military aircraft for a living...

https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/its-the-range-stupid-part-1
https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/its-the-range-stupid-part-2
https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/q-and-a-regarding-f-16s-for-ukraine
https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/q-and-a-regarding-f-16s-for-ukraine-51d
https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/q-and-a-regarding-f-16-for-ukraine

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You had said "Allegedly they can shoot down Russian planes, because their targeting systems have longer range."

My post was to share information to indicate that is not so - F16 does not have longer range.

The rest, you and Tom are in agreement.

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Far Northwest IL: Scales Mound Gun Club (members only, but only $25/yr to join)
Address: 1293 E Schapville Rd, Elizabeth, IL 61028
Phone: (815) 541-0450
Website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057085615582&sk=about
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Squirrel of a lifetime. (lemmy.world)

Sixteen hunts over three weeks to take her. She was so wiley. Grey squirrel, eyes are dark red with white around edges. She stayed in heavy briars and would run out of trees without lingering. Taken freehand at 35 yards with scope at 7x, .22lr, through a hole in Trifoliate Orange briars. Public land....

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No, most western folks don't know what it takes to put food on the grocery shelves or into the freezer section. They've no clue to the work involved on the backs of labor and exploitation, and unsanitary conditions/processes all in the name of cheaper labor and higher stock dividends.

Never seen an albino squirrel before. Thanks for sharing!

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Deer, waterfowl, squirrels, turkeys - that's whats here in the Midwest. Hell, if those "super hawgs" come far enough, I'll hunt those as well. At my age of 50+, I'm just now really getting into the "learning" of hunting that I should have done earlier in age.

Good luck to you both on your farm.

You're not the only lefty redneck around. ;)

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Some experience seems to help with that slowness and deliberate silence. My eyes pick up more sign now, recognizing things that I had passed over a couple of years ago. Clues and bits start to click together, but it all happens when I get out there.

I love all the encounters, whether I can take a shot or not, or whether it's a deer or the chipmunk that came within a third of a meter or so, to figure out what the heck this thing in all the scrub was...

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    I don't know much about DC100, but, to me, open world means there are multiple choices and multiple things going on. Hooking them from B2 to DC100, that feels like a single funnel? From point A, go to Point B, although that path might have 3 diff variants, they all end up in the same place?

    I try to give players in a new campaign 3 different things to do. 3 hooks/paths. 3 factions. 3 locations to explore (whether a dungeon, outdoor setpiece, another town) and a homebase.

    You can make each of those 3 things another module. So DC100 for 1 hex/location after B2, and two other modules for two other locations.

    Then put them in their home base (a village or perhaps even the Keep from B2) and dangle those hooks to each of the locations - rumors, someone actively recruiting, a physical object pointing in a direction, etc...

    That's just how I would do it and have done it.

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    Firefly (and it's movie, Serenity). I just didn't enjoy them, just didn't click with me.

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    whynotboth.gif trolololol.gif ;)

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    Day After Tomorrow - the real, inverted (Hot not Cold) version.

    A question regarding the picking of a printer that fits my use case.

    Hello, I’m a total beginner in 3d printing and I want to get into 3d printing for the sake of building small engineering projects. Considering this I probably won’t need a printer with alot of fine detail like for example small sized textures (I think). So would it make sense for me to just go for the cheapest one that...

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    I tried a Creality Ender 3 a couple of years ago. Struggled a lot, for me, it required a lot of aftermarket replacements to make it work well. I sold it about 6 mo later.

    In Mar, I bought an Anycubic Kobra. Out of the box, worked like a champ and has continued to. None of the struggles I had with the Ender. Only add on was a sensor to let me know when I'm out of filament.

    You'll probably hear from folks who bought an Ender and had great success, and folks who struggled w/a Kobra, though. It's like an automobile... you're going to hear good and bad stories for each model.

    Honestly, I read a lot of articles and just found what fit my use case, expectations and budget. Your first one will definitely be a learning experience.

    Good luck!

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    If it's dimensions are suitable, it will assume a sedentary position.

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    So many good ones named, but I'm going to go with

    1. The Hammerhead from "Space: Above & Beyond"

    2. Any/all of the fighter ships from the video game series "Wing Commander"

    3. How come nobody's mentioned the fantastic Eagle Transporter System from Space-1999??????

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    Heh. Nope, 30something in the 90s. Just enjoyed good sci-fi then :D

    OSRSS: Anyone got good rss feed suggestions for osr / rpg content ?

    I’m trying to get back into blogs and rss feeds after a many year hiatus. But I’m finding it hard to find active rpg blogs, so if anyone’s got any good recommendations please share! (tbh, doesn’t even need to pure old-school, but I’d rather avoid a “WOTC awesome new dice set!” sites).

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    Try this as a starting point? https://campaignwiki.org/osr/ It's a list of a metric ton of OSR blogs.

    Have you ever switched from a more basic game to a more advanced one mid campaign? Looking for advice, suggestions, reasons why it’s a terrible idea, etc.

    I’m currently running an open table with Advanced Old School Essentials. The campaign has been ongoing for about 2 years and I like the campaign and don’t want to lose progress made by starting a new campaign. I’ve recently been playing with Hyperborea in another game and I like it more than I do OSE Advanced. My core...

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    Funny enough, I've gone in the reverse direction.

    But I think if I were to do that, I would: be up front with players, try to mask a lot of the mechanics (unless the switch was to bring crunch to the players), be patient and willing to backtrack, have some after-game-discussions on how things went.

    What have you been reading recently? (lemmy.world)

    I’m playing a campaign that’s LotFP plus slot based encumbrance house rules, and I’ve been disappointed in a lot of hexcrawling rulesets I’ve seen from the OSR. I particularly don’t like Black Hack type usage dice / the Necropraxis overloaded encounter die, and that seems to be where thought has coalesced, with Errant...

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    Mostly re-reading Classic Traveller 3 little black books from 1977. Amazing how much of a complete game is there and yet an open framework for implementing just about any sci-fi setting you can imagine. That is, if you're willing to do the work that 1977 RPGs expected from referees. Definitely not an "open and just run table procedures" type of game!

    Reddit feels like it's gone back to 100% normalcy already. Was the protest a failure? (beehaw.org)

    I was looking at reddit today, and the front-page felt like nothing happened. I scrolled and scrolled and scrolled and clicked into comments. Everything is popping off buzzing with activity. All the subreddits I was subscribed to that went dark are now back up and business as usual....

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    It's a good search target for what has happened up to 12 Jun 23... after that? I can go incognito to reddit, get what I need then come back to here and continue using this as a resource and share what I've got.

    Which obscure consoles have you played on?

    When I was a kid my family had a TI-99/4A. The 99 series was Texas Instruments’ only real foray into the PC and video game market, and it failed to be competitive with Commodore, Atari, and Amiga. Most games were booted from cartridges. My favorites were Hunt the Wumpus, a sort of early survival-horror with a turn-based grid...

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    I played "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" on the Intellivision that my g/f had at the time. Most everyone else had Atari 2600s, so it felt rare (at the time) to play on it. It had a funky controller with weird keypads and a disc that was like a joystick, but hard to play with.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons:_Cloudy_Mountain

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