tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post8769685783425269606..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Reinventing the WheelJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-565561610457695772007-09-26T07:57:00.000-05:002007-09-26T07:57:00.000-05:00Well, yeah, I've always wanted to go to many of th...Well, yeah, I've always wanted to go to many of these reinactors and say, "you'd have been tied to the land." I can at least say that my ancestors (because of my father's name) would have been permitted to have carried a sword (many of them were probably hired out as mercenaries) and had the right to hunt for meat. But then, even the Civil War guys, more of them would have succumbed to disease than battle. People tend to forget those things, like the influenza epidemic of 1917-1919.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-66052363707624743182007-09-26T00:35:00.000-05:002007-09-26T00:35:00.000-05:00I appreciate the suggestions, if only for the gigg...I appreciate the suggestions, if only for the giggling fit that it induced. However, I think those definitely belong in the "excessive" category of fun. ;)MWThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446603415730525882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-85938768465663467902007-09-25T22:17:00.000-05:002007-09-25T22:17:00.000-05:00Rats with fleas! Go, Black Death!Rats with fleas! Go, Black Death!You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-90643174117803463092007-09-25T20:16:00.000-05:002007-09-25T20:16:00.000-05:00MWT, make it more realistic, give them all a case ...MWT, make it more realistic, give them all a case of amoebic dysentery, or the Black Plague (depending on what you have handy), have them pull out a couple teeth to simulate the lack of medieval dental hygiene, don't let anybody shower for a month prior to the game. During play, make everybody go out back to the privy instead of using 21st century plumbing. Oh, and you're going to need a big box of rats...Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-86772721694717636242007-09-25T19:07:00.000-05:002007-09-25T19:07:00.000-05:00Hmmm. Coincidentally I run a roleplaying game set ...Hmmm. Coincidentally I run a roleplaying game set in the Dark Ages, and horrible diseases isn't on my list of things to play through. I suspect my players are thankful for that - they're much more for running around fighting off bad guys. ;)MWThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446603415730525882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-52263443543665448632007-09-25T18:17:00.000-05:002007-09-25T18:17:00.000-05:00Janiece, yeah I don't get it. Men, maybe I can un...Janiece, yeah I don't get it. Men, maybe I can understand, you know, that good ole days when men were men and women were livestock bit. But women? Besides no clean hair, think no feminine hygiene products, no birth control, you're property of a guy that has never seen a dentist or a bottle of Listerine. I really, truly don't understand these people.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-75954612169312930792007-09-25T16:34:00.000-05:002007-09-25T16:34:00.000-05:00Hm, yes. Childbed fever. There's a fabulous bonu...Hm, yes. Childbed fever. <EM>There's</EM> a fabulous bonus! Hand-in-hand with high infant mortality rates! Yay Dark Ages!<BR/><BR/>Or yay modern medicine and indoor plumbing. Yay clean hair!You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-17863843944566325882007-09-25T16:07:00.000-05:002007-09-25T16:07:00.000-05:00Why is it when people play "The Dark Ages," it nev...<I>Why is it when people play "The Dark Ages," it never includes an episode of "Dying a Horrible Death From Amoebic Dysentery?"</I> Yeah, or chronic boils. I especially can't believe when <I>women</I> talk wishfully of Medieval times, WTF?! <BR/><BR/>Steve, well I was thinking more like <I>After HD</I>, but Anno Homminus Digital sounds way cooler, so yeah, let's go with that.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-75947987583273945082007-09-25T15:17:00.000-05:002007-09-25T15:17:00.000-05:00AHD, Anno Hominus Digital? :)AHD, <I>Anno Hominus Digital</I>? :)Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-46452382740544471122007-09-25T13:40:00.000-05:002007-09-25T13:40:00.000-05:00I hear, ya', brother.Why is it when people play "T...I hear, ya', brother.<BR/><BR/>Why is it when people play "The Dark Ages," it never includes an episode of "Dying a Horrible Death From Amoebic Dysentery?" I guess I'm just not very romantic, but I'm all, all, <EM>all</EM> about shaving my legs and washing my hair on a daily basis without suffering from hypothermia. <BR/><BR/>And TiVo? The best invention EVER!You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.com