Martin Ferris

28mm Mongols vs Teutons in a messy garage

28mm Mongols vs Teutons in a messy garage

Lovely time hosting some friends for our SAGA-lite game of the Northern Crusades this weekend. Life has made it hard to get a game in at my place for quite a while, but felt good to break these figures out again and roll some dice (please excuse the garage mess).

In a few weeks, TSS (Triangle, NC) will be hosting their annual historical miniatures con, Southern Front.
www.trianglesimsociety.org?page_id=546

Would love to see people who are in the hobby come game with us. If you're in the triangle and just curious, pop in and introduce yourselves to us too!

HW can be described in ~20 minutes. It's an incredibly useful null that should be used to pique ppl's interest in something nique happening. Teach to ppl early as a way to spark curiosity!

Someone else commented, but FB marketplace is big. There's also a lot of local neighborhood groups that use it for easy, specific communication. Lastly, there's a TON of hobbying interest groups that share files, ideas, etc (I just joined one for HeroQuest with dozens of homemade scenarios).

We might be facing very serious changes to federal funding/academic research. But we will never lose the culture of reply-all debacles.

"Changes". Cool milquetoast headline. At least you had the courage to be clear in the article.

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People tend to forget to add alt text. To help with this Bluesky has a setting. Go to Settings > Accessibility, and turn on "Require alt text before posting." And you will never forget to add alt text again. 5/7

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Looking forward to reading this! Congrats Davide!

A bar chart showing the number of projects each NIH institute manages, from the NIH Reporter site

This is a failing of the NIH/SciCom, but you can see funded grants out of NIH via reporter (reporter.nih.gov/advanced-sea...). You can see how many grants, which institute funded them, etc.

Nto be brief now, but happy to answer more. System is obtuse, but it's actually pretty transparent.

OD has historically funded resources that span the institutes. It's not just their office building...

I love the Jackson LotR movies, but they certainly skewed color palettes in a major way. Once I'm back with my paints, I need to recapture this vibe.

I've been burned many, many times by collaborators who had different versions of endnote, open source things deprecating, etc. I use zotero currently, but i keep a backup so I can print out a grant, highlight, and put in references from a .txt I keep if needed.

Mark, you're missing the point. Most of the faculty in the SOM are fixed term (all soft money). Most promotion guidelines are focused on getting funding. UNC can make policy changes to buffer these folx during this time that have nothing to do with federal policy. Would be nice to see something.

Yes, will be devastating. Waiting for Institutions to stand up on this. Unsurprisingly, not happening.

Congrats, looking forward to checking this one out!

Nice! Hundred Years War?

Didn't know it started at the Forge. I remember seeing a copy of Hero Wars at the local game store when I was a broke grad student, and wanting it because I'd read reviews on RPGnet. Recently picked up a copy 2nd hand, and was very happy. Such a cool system, thanks mate!

Great paintjob. What company are these...mantic?

YouTube video by On Patrol Podcast Episode 22: Wargaming Clubs in North America: Successes & lessons learned.

I was invited to be a part of a roundtable with the On Patrol podcast to share a little about wargaming clubs and the hobby as it exists in the US. It was a fun conversation hearing how people go about growing and maintaining this hobby.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYII...

Hodag's sword or science big game scholarship Ends 3/1/25 Send 500 word or less pitch to hodagmag at Gmail dot com 2 winners will be chosen. Half packages are the offer Please share far And wide

Know someone looking for B/W interior art for their game by an ENNIE AWARD WINNING ARTIST?

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Please share far and wide! I'll select from all pitches on 3/1/25. :)

And if you're aprehenisive, I am personally inviting you, yes, you, to pitch! 🫵

Great idea, there's so much that DOGE is "discovering" that is literally available on legally mandated and publicly funded federal sites it's infuriating.

Curious as to what I missed about Mearls? I've seen him hocking his patreon a lot recently, but wasn't aware there was something more controvertial.

Looks great!

Congrats! Wonderful engine and excited to see it out for new gamers.

Had an absolutely delightful visit to the @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social today. What a wonderful collection of artifacts, and a dedicated focus on the origin, evolution , and role of the UK's armed forces, and their members. Highly recommend it!

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HAhahahahaahh shots fired!

Cool! If you can find it, there was a great set of Rules by The Perfect Captain (A crown of paper/A coat of steel) that were bespoke for WotR. They made battles seem like less of a 'gunline' you'd see in DBX/Knight Hack. We quite enjoyed them for both single battles and campaigns.

Awesome! Are you aiming for a particular battle, or just the breadth of the war?