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Interesting! The historical references to Picts do not mention this, so probably it is a manifestation of English racism. Thank you.
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The responses kind of moved off from the question here, but I feel that is most likely because Apocryphal's response nailed the probable cause right away, and was generally accepted. For the record, I didn't think of that, and do agree with Apocryph…
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The unrelenting brutality of the setting - embraced as normal by both sides - made me think of both current Grimdark settings and the role playing game FATAL. A fascination for nastiness for nastiness' sake and complete lack of humor or frivolity. I…
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Ruan is a male name in Irish, it means 'red', and is the same word as 'roan', the red horse coloring. I actually was using it in my current Magitech Kingdom playtest campaign, before I read harkfast. 'Harkfast' is, I am totally sure, made up by Rae.
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"Time and tide wait for no man..." The Dragon service takes this a step or seven further. The other dragons were born into this culture, so it is a part of them, and only Temeraire sees it from the outside. Laurence can see the Dragon Ride…
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(Quote) Temeraire is the Noble Savage, who does not see the Emperor's new clothes at all, and remarks on it, but then he is a savage, however noble...
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(Quote) In the Aubrey-Maturin novels the two principals call each other 'dear' all the time. I just think men weren't afraid of showing affection to their friends back then.
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Most D&D and Warhammer is done with figures. I have never run a game that way.
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I developed my game based solely on the ideas in the book we read, the first in the series. I had not read any of the sequels - there were none yet IIRC. The In Harm's Way series of games are military RPGs, and this was based on the military aspects…
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I loved the oiginal, and thus I read many of the following series, enjoying them less and less as they went on, to where I just dropped it before the conclusion.
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(Quote) Bingo
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This is a case of "... write the story as you would want to do it, then go back and remove the first chapter or two". Novik did not want to write about the long species war and skipped it.
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Agree with Neil here across the board
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Having read far into the series when they were released, I can confirm Apocryphal's insight. Novik is a great fan of both the Maturin-Aubrey naval series, and the Jane Austen books.
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I'm almost finished re-reading as well. I will be happy to do Harkfast in July.
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And nothing I can really add here.
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Nothing I can add here.
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In the main I do not think they were particularly visionary where technology was concerned. The places where their stories contained anything like modern tech were mostly where someone read their stories and emulated it. But they understood the futu…
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I think he's being pretentious after the fact. Probably read Dhalgren and thinks that's what he was doing all along...
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I read a lot of cyberpunk back in the day. Cyberpunk was indeed about repression and rebellion, but the rebellion was personal - a person rebelling against a reality they did not -could not - accept. They was no expectation of winning. Never. Everyo…
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(Quote) That to me is the essence of Cyberpunk.
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OK - I really liked Gernsbach Continuum - fascinating idea, where reality was malleable, and consensus defined 'real reality'! Rock On was cool - the author saw what would actually happen to music except she didn't realize Rock really would die and …
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(Quote) That was exactly what happened to me! Same damn story! At least I was not alone! I'll be done soon after skipping as you did! Should have done that a while ago! That story was like pulling teeth without novocaine!
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I hit a wall and ground to a halt halfway. Maybe I should just skip the rest of this damned story and finish it...
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The newer game books tend to be smaller, due to a much lighter system.
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(Quote) You know if you had asked I would have sent you the pdf! But thanks!
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(Quote) In Harm's Way: Dragons! was inspired by Temeraire, the first book of the series. It is Napoleonic warfare with dragons, and the dragons come in different breeds, bred by nations for special purposes, like dogs. It featured an aerial combat s…
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(Quote) That is it, Apocryphal. I should have worked harder on filing off the serial numbers! It uses the creakily ancient StarCluster 2 (2004 IIRC) percentile system with MOAR SKILLZ! It does encourage player character dragons...
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(Quote) Personally I truly prefer that point, and embrace the strange.