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Für zehn hat es gerade nicht gereicht, ich hab für Mail Order Apocalypse eh noch einen riesen Haufen Zufallstabellen fertig zu stellen... Autovermietungen können ergiebig sein, und in neuzeitlich-phantastischen Settings sowieso: 1. Das Navi im Mietwagen ist verflucht. 2. Der freundliche Autovermieter nebenan fragt um Hilfe: Der brandneue Transporter
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Seit 1997 bin ich eigentlich fast jedes Jahr auf dem Nordcon. Da ich Mitglied eines der veranstaltenden Vereine bin, meistens auch in irgendwie aktiver Rolle - beim ersten Con hab ich spontan Tische getragen und am Infostand ausgeholfen, danach einige Jahre die Spielrunden verwaltet oder sonst irgendwie mitgeholfen. Später kam dann
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we should think about data as if it were radioactive money. Whoever controls it can use it to generate wealth with it, but if it spills, there will be long lasting unfathomable damage.
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Let's start with some context: I'm a Kickstarter backer for the Kodama Obsidian 3D printer. The thing is long overdue, as so often happens for hardware crowdfunding campaigns. The backer communication was spotty at best, but two weeks ago, CEO Michael Husmann started posting video updates
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Last year, on a whim, I backed the Rainsaber on Kickstarter: Then, while waiting through the inevitable Kickstarter Project delivery delay, we watched Mary Poppins Returns - a movie that is sort of ok, but Emily Blunt ain't Julie Andrews, sorry. Anyway, while watching the movie, we riffed around
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Yesterday, I had a lengthy discussion with a proponent of big centralised social media platforms. Not because they have a particular love for big companies, but because moderation is actually one of these issues that are hard to do right. The numbers I could find say that about 20% of
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While going through the Spreadsheet I created as a tool after writing the last blogpost here, I realized that what was completely obvious to me, isn't necessarily to others. Mostly because the whole argument about the details was mostly in my head. So, let's write it
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I do love participating in social media. It was around 1994 when MiGri introduced me to the world of BBSes, the Fido net and everything online. To be honest, I haven't regretted a single thing from that. At some point, I ran my own BBS, I joined Usenet,
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I'm sitting at home, having just returned from the regular gaming meetup in Bielefeld. While I did pack but not play Dusk City Outlaws, I did get to play two other games: The Skeletons by Jason Morningstar and Thorny Games' Dialect. Both games are very much focused
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Harald runs his bi-weekly game in a slightly unusual fashion. It is an open table where he runs for whoever shows up. That in itself isn't that unusual and the West Marshes style of running a campaign is based on a similar foundation. The difference is that
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At some point I will write a lengthy explanation why prohibiting private cars in inner cities will become an inevitability. All the green folks will rejoice over all the newfound clean air and all and will conveniently ignore that it was the dreaded fear of terror that finally brought this
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Keine Sorge, es geht jetzt nicht um Cosmopolitan-Tipps um Euer Sexleben aufzubessern, sondern um diese tolle Hobby von dem alle reden: Fantasy Rollenspiele, Erzählspiele, Pen&Paper RPGs.. err.. Moooment! Hey, JollyOrc, Dein Blog ist voll von Rollenspielbeiträgen. Warum erklärst Du das jetzt nochmal? Ganz einfach: Das hier ist