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    Please Get Your Goddamn Shot

    in Alastor's Skull Inn

    Posted · Edited by Bill the barbarian

    21 minutes ago, svensson said:

    Firstly, while there were railroads and so on in India, food distribution was FAR more medieval in nature in the subcontinent than in more developed countries. British colonialism treated India as a resource, not an asset, and much of the transportation system was set up to remove resources from India rather than to distribute resources to Indians.

     

    As I said, racism

     

    21 minutes ago, svensson said:

    Secondly, India provided the Empire with over 30% of her fighting troops, especially infantry. When those troops came home, they brought the disease with them. This made India a locus for infection far outweighing just the colonial [white] presence.

     

    Interestingly, as you say the flu did not affect the English overlords as badly as their loyal servants. I have heard a program on CBC radio called Ideas (well respected for almost as many decades as I have been around) that mention the resources and wherewithal was available to help the occupied population but was not made available to them. This next thought is partially conjecture on my part as I do not remember how the program put it, I think it was not considered a good idea or a good use of resources to assist the rabble.

    Side note

    Ghandi got so sick during this period he almost died and when he came back from the brink, he forsook his previous racist beliefs and adopted ones we know him for today.

    Addendum to the note: It is not believed he had the flu.

    21 minutes ago, svensson said:

    Lastly

    Alas, your penultimate paragraph is not a rabbit hole I wish to visit. Not because I can not or do not have adequate material at my disposal, but I will simply note I strongly disagree with much here but, will leave it for a good place elsewhere (sites that I must admit, I do not frequent). Not saying I am a supporter of a New Liberal agenda... but I do avow beliefs I have seen you disparage. We will have to glower at each other from across the aisles on these points. 

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    Please Get Your Goddamn Shot

    in Alastor's Skull Inn

    Posted · Edited by Bill the barbarian

    10 minutes ago, svensson said:

    The overwhelming historical evidence tells us that the Spanish Flu had almost no effect in Africa, South America, and Asia.

    Have never seen this evidence, overwhelming or not... here are a few figures from Wikipedia that sound more like what I have seen since I first read (and since) of the spanish flu in the 60s...
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

    A 2009 study in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses based on data from fourteen European countries estimated a total of 2.64 million excess deaths in Europe attributable to the Spanish flu during the major 1918–1919 phase of the pandemic, in line with the three prior studies from 1991, 2002, and 2006 that calculated a European death toll of between 2 million and 2.3 million. This represents a mortality rate of about 1.1% of the European population (c. 250 million in 1918), considerably higher than the mortality rate in the US, which the authors hypothesize is likely due to the severe effects of the war in Europe.[132] The excess mortality rate in the UK has been estimated at 0.28%–0.4%, far below this European average.[4]

    Some 12–17 million people died in India, about 5% of the population.[191] The death toll in India's British-ruled districts was 13.88 million.[192] Another estimate gives at least 12 million dead.[193] The decade between 1911 and 1921 was the only census period in which India's population fell, mostly due to devastation of the Spanish flu pandemic.[194][195] While India is generally described as the country most severely affected by the Spanish flu, at least one study argues that other factors may partially account for the very high excess mortality rates observed in 1918, citing unusually high 1917 mortality and wide regional variation (ranging from 0.47% to 6.66%).[4] A 2006 study in The Lancet also noted that Indian provinces had excess mortality rates ranging from 2.1% to 7.8%, stating: "Commentators at the time attributed this huge variation to differences in nutritional status and diurnal fluctuations in temperature."[196]

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    Augmenting Your Eyeballs With The Runequest Starter Set!

    in RuneQuest

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    2 minutes ago, Beoferret said:

    One possible compromise would be to offer an abbreviated character creation system that was just for Sartar as a downloadable file. Have it include a very abbreviated history (how did you survive the Great Winter, etc.) and maybe a table of minor events that a PC dealt with as a kid. But that a) might still be too long, and b) cut too much into what the regular rulebook does.

    Of course, this could be a free or charityware JC product.

    Please Get Your Goddamn Shot

    in Alastor's Skull Inn

    Posted · Edited by Bill the barbarian

    3 hours ago, PhilHibbs said:

    When the problem is so clearly and unarguably being made worse by and capitalised on financially by one of the two major US political parties, then any "no politics please" rules should be enthusiastically broken at every opportunity. And I didn't think Alastor's Skull forum had a no politics rule anyway did it?

    I think we have to be nice but I am okay with that

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    Women in Glorantha

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    25 minutes ago, HeartQuintessence said:

    we hardly hear of Fire, Water, or Darkness or Sky women..  of a female girl being born in Glorantha and lacking the sterotypical Earth rune, but perhaps a fire rune with fertility still strongly present. That should produce some interesting characters.

    I might mention, The Red Goddess would hit some of those notes... Lune Rune replacing Fire.

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    New Game, Who Dis - The Glass Cannon plays RuneQuest

    in RuneQuest

    Posted · Edited by Bill the barbarian

    1 hour ago, AndreJarosch said:

    Sometimes you DON´T Use all your Rune Points or even all your Magic Points for Spirit Magic. 

    I would suggest that if one was saving RPs and MPs, heals and heal wounds would be your friends here. Escape spells (and this can be spells you would never consider escape spells) are great reasons to save RPs and MPs. 

    Tell me more about Queen Leika

    in Glorantha

    Posted · Edited by Bill the barbarian

    1 hour ago, Leingod said:

    I mean, ambiguity can be fun, but I think it's a bit much when the sources disagree/are mistaken on who was reigning as king one year before the start of a typical RQG campaign,

    Each to their own, I see opportunity, other's see...

    Tell me more about Queen Leika

    in Glorantha

    Posted · Edited by Bill the barbarian

    On 9/29/2021 at 8:27 AM, French Desperate WindChild said:

    the only issue I have is what Kangharl  became after the rebellion (  ban for you, hostage for jeff ) and why he followed the lunar way (illumination/forced conversion/power access/family threat ...)

    Is it "open" (there is no story so each story is the best ) or will it be described in the sartar supplement (for example) ?

    I must be the only one to love ambiguity in canon? I feel that when sources disagree, therein be the realms of imagination! A tabula rasa, it’s your game, baby!

    Huzzah!

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    Please Get Your Goddamn Shot

    in Alastor's Skull Inn

    Posted · Edited by Bill the barbarian

    On 9/11/2021 at 5:31 AM, svensson said:

    I found out yesterday morning that my father lost his battle with COVID and passed away.

     

    Sorry to hear, this is terrible.

    On 9/11/2021 at 5:31 AM, svensson said:

    He was unvaccinated by choice.

    Gads

    On 9/11/2021 at 5:31 AM, svensson said:

    - For those of you who are Christian believers, I am too, so let me put this in terms that ought to ring true to you.

    For those of you who are not christians, no worries, most faiths realize the danger and advise their followers to vaccinate.

    On 9/11/2021 at 5:31 AM, svensson said:

    his vaccine was a worldwide effort from people as diverse as hardcore atheists to evangelical Christians to moon-worshiping Wiccans to adherents  of the Old Gods of Ashatrur. Whatever or however you name your faith, GET THE FREAKING SHOT.

    And please write your local politician and get him or her on board with shipping as much vaccine as can be spared to the poor countries that can not afford the vaccine! An injury to one is an injury to all!

    16 hours ago, Qizilbashwoman said:

    1 out of 500 Americans has died from COVID and we cannot get people to get their shots, which have been freely available since May of this year. 

    I am sure hoping criminal charges against those who disseminated bad advice are forthcoming. And ya know Qizilbashwoman, this is not the worst of it. How many have died as a result of not being able to access doctors, wards, ICU beds, and O2 because they were occupied by anti-vaccers and anti maskers (I call them pro virus) occupying those doctors, wards, ICU beds... etc. I lost a friend and I am not sure it was not because of this. Maybe he would have died anyway but, maybe not. 

    This is all so sad, and a lot of it is unnecessary!

     

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    Scenario idea

    in Basic Roleplaying

    Posted · Edited by Bill the barbarian

    1 hour ago, Atgxtg said:

    In the original series the whole Logopolis story arc at the end of Tom Baker's run postulates on the head death of the universe, but that the universe had already reached that state, and that the inhabitants of Logopolis had staved this off by opening up portals to other universes- so that the universe was no longer a closed system. The Master carelessly killing off a few of the inhabitants puts the whole universe (plus probably a few connected ones) into jeopardy as there was no one ready to fill and and do the work of the murdered people.

     

    Thanks , all good choices! I thought, as I introduced the idea, let’s let others carry it forward.

    Establishing an Eurmal shrine

    in RuneQuest

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    12 minutes ago, Squaredeal Sten said:

    Here's another thought: Eurmal isn't Chaotic, it's Disorder and Illusion - so possibly making it sacred to a Chaos cult would do the job.  This is when your vengeful Orlanthi are tempted to do evil "for the greater good". 

    What could possibly go wrong... go wrong... go wrong... go wrong...
    Oh loverly...  the Eurmali now have chaos features!

    Establishing an Eurmal shrine

    in RuneQuest

    Posted · Edited by Bill the barbarian

    On 9/12/2021 at 5:07 AM, Byll said:

    First, grow your bananas...

    Of course, gags that grow on trees. Grow banana tree, and produce a crop of bananas... give away, sell, or eat the bananas... leave peels around, hilarity ensues

    Giant bananas optional!

     

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