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If you've ever wondered how big the various star ships from your favorite Science Fiction movies and TV shows are, relative to each other, than this web site is for you. It's awesome!

http://www.merzo.net/

Be sure to click the various tabs across the top (10x, 1000x, etc) for different ships at different scales.

I'm not much of a blogger, but I read an article today that I think deserves some attention. It talks about the (many!) flaws of our current electoral system, and highlights some possible improvements. There are even citation links for those of you who want to read more.

What I found most amusing was the teaser:
"The best way to make American elections fair, according to a new book, is to use a voting method known for ranking drunk sorority girls (Hot or Not)."

Hey Chris,

I'm an old gaming friend (from Ren's Saturday Campaign circa 1985)...I'm also technically your ex-step brother (but please don't hold my Dad's flaws against me)

It's me, "little" Tim, back in '85 you brought me along to the Studio for my introduction to 1st Ed. AD&D Group RPGaming.

I always thought of you as a great "big bro", and I was hoping to make contact again.

There has been a rise in recent years of so-called Euro Games that have some defining characteristics:

- They're short to play -- usually less than two hours.
- No one is eliminated from the game.
- Play tends to be friendlier. While there is competition for resources, there is usually very little direct conflict between players.

Some examples include: Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, and Puerto Rico.

This was my first ever Council, and I was looking forward to it. Really, the only problems that I had was that I didn't get a chance to see much beyond the basement and the Muddy Cup.

Such is the life of an RPGA judge where there's a full track of RPGA/Living Greyhawk events.

I have a growing list of games I want to play.

RPGs:
D&D 3.5/Living Greyhawk- Damn it. With 4th Edition they're ending the campagin and I want to get as much play time in as possible before it closes. I want to have my druid/abolisher and my paladin/hellreaver before it's done.
D&D 4.0/Living Forgotten Realms- Ok, I do want to see what they do with this. And see if I can help beat up anyone trying to play Drizzt-like characters because players need to have a *little* originality. Although two-sword ranger wood-elves make sense.

Thought I'd mention that there was a good amount of gaming going on at ZP last Friday night. Mostly Magic, but a few board games too.

I played Combat Commander: Europe and Twilight Struggle with Josh Campbell.

Hello gamers and fellow rpg enthusiasts Im a gamer new to the schenectady area and want to know what types of games people like out there? I havw a few ideas and will submit a few for Oct council and hope for the best. I like indeapt roleplay rpgs ,the rpga, and the occasional crazy high level game-tournement. You name the system I either played or ran it. I have exp with 1st sec and 3.5 editions of Dnd and this is what we hope to search for in other players delights.

Last week I went to the World Boardgaming Championships along with a couple of other SWAers. It was great!
http://www.boardgamers.org/#wbc

I played 12 different games a total of 21 times (some more than once). Could have played many more, but most of the games I picked were long ones.

I played:
Pax Romana
Twilight Struggle
Combat Commander
Here I Stand
Sword of Rome
Titan (5 games)
Wellington
Samurai
1960: The Making if the President
El Grande
Ace of Aces
Memoir 44.