Cover of the translated book 1, volume 1 Ascendance of a Bookworm by Miya Kazuki.

I've enjoyed the anime Ascendance of a Bookworm (haven't seen the current). I recently read and enjoyed the first light novel it's based off of, which covers up through episode 6. (Or the other way around; about the usual pace of adaption.) #book #anime #LightNovel

Review: www.rindis.com/blog/9127

I'm not sure if I've ever made any fanart about Eruruu from the Utawarerumono franchise :) She actually had a lot of influence on Evie's character, so it was about time for me to make something with her :)

www.patreon.com/zummeng

zummeng.carrd.co

Action during a game of Knights of the Air, with a Sopwith Snipe (blue "base") approaching a Fokker DVIII (tan base) while the latter is coming out of an Immelmann Turn.

Mark and I tried out '80s WWI dogfight game, Knights of the Air recently. I'm certainly impressed by it. There's some rough places, but it puts the complexities of air performance into an accessible format. #wargame #WWI #dogfight #AH

Session Report: www.rindis.com/blog/9122

What gets lost with the Zocchihedron is that he *also* created the d10. It's not one of the platonic solids, and took some engineering ~1980 to work out. Before that, you used a d20 with 1-10 on it twice. (With different colors per sequence, so you could say one was 'high' and use it as d20 also.)

"What was your WoL doing during the Carteneau bahablast?" Sol was fishing or hunting, in Hydaelyn only knows what corner of Eorzea #ffxiv

Cover of Ghost, Thunderbolt, and Wizard: Mosby, Morgan, and Forrest in the Civil War, by Robert W. Black. Part of the Stackpole Military History Series (with a trade dress showing a medal and a gray-blue outer border [indicating ACW history]).

Robert Black makes an assertion that the Confederate Ranger units were forerunners of modern ranger/special forces units (his usual subject), but doesn't link them in the text.

As it is, this three separate shorter histories that are a bit of a slog to go through.

Review: www.rindis.com/blog/9117

Cover for The Dragonbards Trilogy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, featuring Nightpool, The Ivory Lyre, and The Dragonbards.

Dragonbards was Shirley Rousseau Murphy's second YA fantasy series. It's tighter and more cohesive than Ynell, while keeping some of its tropes. However, it loses the parts of Ynell I liked better. #books #fantasy

Review: www.rindis.com/blog/9110

"literally you just draw the person sitting in front of you but you make the nose big"

This is an untrue and horrible take.

Sometimes you make the chin big.

Final positions, Commands & Colors: Ancients Ex 3, River Sabis. Roman win, 7 to 3.

Patch and I's latest round of Command & Colors: Ancients, was River Sabis from Ex 3. The terrain is certainly interesting, and both sides have a camp to claim for a banner. @gmtgames.bsky.social @CCA #wargames

Session Report: www.rindis.com/blog/9104

Knowledge is power. #magic #alolan_vulpix #kofi_reward

37 - Vulpix

Some double Vulpix art for @m3ch4n1nj4.bsky.social

had a few mishaps while rebuilding my pngtuber

Crusader Kings II on Steam Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

Further free game 4:

Crusader Kings II: Paradox's breakout medieval spreadsheet/soap-opera generator was made permanently free when CK III came out. You have to buy expansions, but the base game is *very* solid.

store.steampowered.com/app/203770/C...
www.gog.com/en/game/crus...

Further free game 3:

Free Col - This is an open source clone of Sid Meyer's Colonization (the original, not the remake done on the Civ IV engine). I haven't kept track of it, but last I saw it was close clone of it.

www.freecol.org

Freeciv

Further free game 2:

Free Civ - this is an open source project that started as effectively a clone of Civilization II. It still looks a lot like it, but has gone it's own way. I haven't kept up on what it's like currently.

freeciv.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

Further free game 1:

Free Orion: Open-source project for a space 4X game. Inspired by Master of Orion series, but not directly related to any of them.

I'm not entirely happy with the latest big update, but it is a fairly good space 4X.

www.freeorion.org/index.php/Ma...

#FF14 #FFXIV

3d render of azumarill in a space suit, floating. surrounded by stars and three curious cleffa, azurill is waving to a cleffa floating near by it. they appear to be on a moon, crater-like surface, with what looks to be earth in the very far back.

rare encounters 🌠

#b3d #pokemon #art

Pokemon family business

Last year I rewatched Utena and drew this poster. And... I think it's time to show it?? 🤺

The Win7 number is surprising considering they forced everyone off of it for Steam a year or two ago. If it wasn't for that, I'd still be on Win7.

It had good points, but I certainly enjoyed the TOS giants more.

Shelby as a war commander was needed.

If nothing else, have having her in Prodigy at some point would have been good. I think her and Janeway could have been a interesting dynamic.

Shelby deserved bringing back somewhere (and that suggestion is a good one). The most we've got is Peter David used her in Vendetta and the "New Frontiers" series.

(Maybe elsewhere, David or not, but that's what I've seen so far.)

pokemon

Cover for issue #110 of Campaign: The Magazine of Strategy Games. Undated, inside, it is given as July-August 1982 (it ran late). Featuring: The Real Dark December: The First Winter in Russia, 1941 Review and Variant on The Third Reich '81 Review of Ironbottom Sound with Designer's Notes

Issue #110 (Jul-Aug 1982) of Campaign magazine is now available in PDF on Wargame Vault! #Campaign-magazine #wargames
www.wargamevault.com/en/product/5...
www.rindis.com/fox-den/camp...

I am currently reading both The Entropy Effect, and Dreamsnake.

The writing was good enough. That cover art... not so much.

I would like to hear more about this book....

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