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I haven't been posting much lately as I find myself puzzled by the outcome of events. My overall market interpretations have, for the most part, been proven wrong in the past few weeks. Although I have anticipated a strong stock market performance, I believed this superb momentum performance would come in gold terms, not dollar terms…. In the past few weeks, slowly but surely the gold market has been showing signs of weakness, however, it is still showing resiliency and it has performed much better than I had expected.My one explanation for this "inaction" is that markets today might not be as predictable as I once thought they were. It could however, only be a "delayed reaction" and the gold market may still collapse…To me, gold is the most mispriced asset class in the markets today and its continuous resiliency provides evidence that it's still falsely perceived as the best investment opportunity/safe haven vehicle in the market place… which, paradoxically, might further reinforce my expectation for a sharp drop in price…we'll just have to wait and see… Since the rest of my interpretations and overall theories have been proven correct, I just have to think there must be another explanation for my inability to accurately predict gold prices. One thing which comes to mind is that although gold has been around for many years and has a very long track record; however, analysts might be using the GLD (the ETF that tracks the gold price) instead of the longer historical track record of physical gold. A short historical perspective of the GLD gives them a misguided comfort level to view the gold investment as a perpetual upward sloping return pattern. But this is not looking at the whole picture and it's not allowing for the market to find the "true" value from all the available info. I know I might be drawing unsubstantiated conclusions but as always this is just my humble opinion….so you can go ahead and ignore my call on GLD, unless you're able to help me decipher this "anomaly" in price pattern recognition, other than my explanations shared above…If you too, are puzzled by gold's performance, what are some exogenous variables I might be missing here?
I love reading the analytical approach of certain financial blogs, great perspectives…Especially today's notes on gold have been very insightful…Although there seems to be a certain correlation between real interest rates and the price of gold, in my view this is not the main driver of gold prices. To me, real interest rates have little benefit as a forecasting tool and its accuracy is necessarily questionable. Changes in the real interest rate have historically not provided any reliable guidance to the direction of gold prices. The pattern I look at when trying to predict gold prices is the saving rate. It is the only reliable source of data in my mind. It is a helpful forecasting tool and an accurate general guide. When the saving rate decreases, gold prices move lower.So I'll pose the question again, in a different way, why is it the gold price has not moved lower when the saving rate has? Who's buying the gold, if the consumer is not?!
What has fundamentally changed in an investment in gold in the past 12 years to justify such an upward trend? I can use an ounce of gold the same exact way I used it 12 years ago. It still does not offer me any service and it still pays no income.
One possible explanation is: people have a hard time figuring out the true value of intangible goods and thus might still find tangible goods to be more easily quantifiable. This is puzzling to me because more than 80% of us work in service related jobs and should be able to appreciate the value of services and should also be more capable of pricing it using qualitative methods. What is so puzzling about it, is to see the value of some equity shares at the same level they were 12 years ago when gold is up 7-fold in the same time period!
I believe we have set the bar so high for public firms, that we no longer value companies on what they are worth in both quantitative and qualitative terms but rather solely on how much they grow year-over-year. And when they stop growing as fast as they did, we immediately turn to "quality" investments, like gold, which have no growth potential, add no value and create no wealth (income). Gold bugs will say. well, gold is a currency and with all that money printing…..well it justifies why gold should have qualitative value. I don't disagree. But why do we only value gold this way and not a company that develops real estate or makes electronic devices or offers its expertise?
I think investors' reasoning in their decision to buy commodities rather than company stocks is too simplified and to me, considered random. I have now concluded that I have no clue where the price of Gold will be tomorrow or next week or a year from now. I find it impossible to be able to decipher order in the gold market and track trends. To me, the gold market price increases are extreme. And since extremes is a faulty human tendency, it can be justified by number anchors most of the time...but once these irrational tendencies, scale back to more normal distributions, we will once again be able to decipher order...This is a time when outliers prove that the system is sound and working...With that said, I've been wrong in my gold price predictions before...


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There may be no stock that is more controversial with the financial bloggerati than Nokia (NYSE:NOK).
It is not my intention to recap the recent history of the company and the stock, except for a brief précis to the effect that in September, 2010 Nokia appointed a new CEO, Canadian Stephen Elop, the first non-Finnish CEO, who was clearly tasked with the job of turning the company around.
It was already apparent that the company which practically invented the cell phone was failing to innovate or respond to the marketplace quickly enough.
For example, Nokia was very slow to come out with dual SIM phones, which many customers like in certain markets, where they can subscribe to more than one cell phone service, and although Nokia marketed the first touch screen smart phones, it had been eclipsed by the overwhelming success of the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone and had failed to respond.
On 11th February, 2011, Nokia would unveil a new strategic alliance with Microsoft, and announced it would replace Nokia's in-house operating systems for smartphones, Symbian and MeeGo, with Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Phone operating system; except for mid-to-low-end devices which would continue to run under Symbian. After this announcement, Nokia's share price fell about 14%, its biggest drop since July 2009.
More than a year has gone by and Nokia's sales have continued to fall, with the company recently being officially overtaken by Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) as the world's leading manufacturer of cell phones by number. After paying out 27 cents annual dividend in early May, the stock had slumped futher, hitting a low of $2.61 on June 1st and again on June 4th.
Recently Nokia's debt was downgraded by Standard & Poors and other credit raters. They said:
While the agency was broadly positive about revenue growth from Nokia's Lumia smartphone line, the growth of this is not offsetting the decline of its Symbian OS business. It suggested that "smartphone revenues in absolute terms could start rising by the end of 2012, contributing to a stabilization of revenues in the Devices and Services division toward the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013."
In a recent article in Seeking Alpha entitled Nokia, A Bad Situation Turning Worse the author suggests not buying into the stock until the end of the year when it will be clearer what the future of the company might be. Presumably he thinks that there will be an announcement in the Wall Street Journal to the effect that "Nokia Stock Will Start To Go Up Next Week After Today's Positive Earnings Report", which will give investors the time to climb aboard before the stock takes off.
The author says: The stock price will most likely decrease throughout the remainder of the year unless Nokia is able to reduce costs and generate impressive sales growth by the end of 2012. .. The stock price is around its 52 week bottom of $2.68
However, by the time the article was published the stock had closed on Friday, June 8th at $3.02, already a gain of about 15% from the low of $2.61 a week earlier.
Now I don't want to appear to be simplistic, and in fact the author might be right. Maybe this is just a short term rally to lull in retail buyers, presaging further dumping of the stock by the big boys followed by new lows.
Ostensibly the recent rise appears to have something to do with unsubstantiated rumors that a Samsung takeover bid for Nokia is in the works.
How might such a rumor come about? Who knows? Perhaps CEO Stephen Elop booked a flight to Seoul, or maybe some oriental gentlemen visited a Nokia site with senior Nokia management. I don't know, though it seems like the rumor originated out of Finland.
But these kind of rumor-sparking events could mean anything. For example it is well known that Nokia would like to get out from under its share of the loss making Nokia-Siemens networks, which has accounted for a lot of Nokia red ink in recent quarters due to restructuring charges. Could Nokia have been fattening up the networks business for a planned sale? Maybe.
On the other hand a Swedish newspaper has it that Samsung is willing to offer 4 euros per share for Nokia. Again, I have no idea whether there is any accuracy in this report. However, CEO Stephen Elop categorically described as baseless any such rumor in London on Sunday, June 10th.
However my real point is this: If one believes that Nokia is potentially worth more than the current stock price, or that the company has a future, then it is no good waiting for the stock to go lower.
Personally I reduced my own short positions in Nokia consisting of long 2013 $2.50 puts and short July 2012 $3.50 puts, because they were showing profits of 100% and 75% respectively , and because I could not see the $2.50 puts ending up in the money in January 2013 due to the current book value of the stock being about $3.59.
Sure Nokia is a speculative play at this point, but the opportunity to make the really big money on a recovery is to get in close to the bottom and average down if necessary to lower the basis. It is not certain that $2.61 was a 2012 bottom, but it is certainly possible, and I no longer feel comfortable holding large short positions against my long positions.
I have no particular inside knowledge as to whether Nokia's turnaround will succeed, but if it does, I think the stock price will start to move upwards, perhaps by a significant percentage, before any positive news appears in the public arena. That is usually the way with most companies.


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Concept artist Tom Rhodes asks fans to submit detailed descriptions of their RPG characters. He then illustrates a random selection each week on RnD Fantasy. [more inside]
Roleplaying's just like acting, but with your friends.
You know, sometimes life can be rough. We all got hard things to deal with, right? Sometimes we lose people. Sometimes people hurt us. And some days we're just not feeling it and we don't even know why. When I'm feeling down one thing I like to do is play a game. I feel like games can really bring us together. - Life got you down? Play a relaxing game of Dungeons & Dragons with action star Vin Diesel.
Role-playing games and political economy in Brazil
A short history of gaming in Brazil: "To understand the history of gaming in Brazil dear reader, you must know a little bit about our political and economic history ... In 1991, a small publisher by the name of GSA published a roleplaying game called Tagmar [translation], often lauded as the first Brazilian RPG. ... They also released Desafio dos Bandeirantes, a game set in 17th century colonial Brazil using regional folklore instead of European myths, and a sci-fi game, Millenia [translation] ... In February 1994, the Brazilian authorities set in motion a major economic plan that invigorated the Brazilian economy for the first time since 1973. By March, the currency stabilized enough to assure the population (and companies) that their money would be worth the same by the end of the week ... The happy result for gamers was that companies started buying game licenses right and left." Via. See also History of Brazilian RPGs, History of Brazilian RPG magazines, Role-playing games in education in Brazil: how we do it [PDF], and President Cardoso reflects on Brazil and sociology.
How D&D created the female gamer
While it did not set out to rectify the gender imbalance in gaming, Dungeons & Dragons opened the door just enough to let women gamers in. TSR's early efforts to include women explicitly in its fantasy games sometimes did more harm than good, but the foremost rule of role-playing games is that gamers are free to innovate, to vary the system to suit their needs. Both men and women have since used these tools to invent and enjoy their own adventures, both through Dungeons & Dragons and the many games it influenced.Jon Peterson looks at the history of female gamers and how Dungeons & Dragons was so much more successful at getting women to play than earlier war and fantasy games. (For those interested in the early history of roleplaying Peterson's blog may be of interest.)
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"When critics and journalists discuss John Darnielle's new, first full-length novel, Wolf in White Van, which was just nominated for a National Book Award, they often point out the storytelling aspect of his songwriting. But Mountain Goats songs are as much incantation as narrative—they imply the advent of the trauma with declarations and appeals to dead gods, which deny it or try (futilely) to ward it off." Carl Wilson reviews the novel--about the inventor of a role-playing by mail game with a cult following--in depth on Slate. Listen to the first chapter read by Darnielle here. Autoplay
Gender-inclusive language in D&D 5e raises roleplaying questions
How Dungeons and Dragons is endorsing the darkest parts of the RPG community "Three weeks ago the 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons came out. D&D is the iconic tabletop role playing game, so a new edition is a big deal. It's one of the few times that the small, insular pen and paper community gets noticed by the rest of the world. Many game websites have talked about it, notably Polygon's piece on gender inclusive language. Yet at the same time as D&D tries to appeal to those outside the gender binary, it has been driving them away by employing two of the most toxic personalities in tabletop gaming." [more inside]
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"When Dystopia Rising went well, there were moments that felt natural, perfect. My first night was filled with gang warfare and hunts for a cult of radiation-worshipping Social Darwinists, but one of the parts I remember best was sitting next to a busker who played me a song from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, gave a mythologized retelling of the musical, and ended up explaining the origins of a group I believe was called the Church of Daft Punk" -- The Verge on playing in the massively complex post-apocalyptic LARP ( Live Action Role Playing) game, Dystopia Rising.
How Dungeons & Dragons Influenced a Generation of Writers (SLNYT)
For certain writers, especially those raised in the 1970s and '80s, all that time spent in basements has paid off. D&D helped jump-start their creative lives. When he was an immigrant boy growing up in New Jersey, the writer Junot Díaz said he felt marginalized. But that feeling was dispelled somewhat in 1981 when he was in sixth grade. He and his buddies, adventuring pals with roots in distant realms — Egypt, Ireland, Cuba and the Dominican Republic — became "totally sucked in," he said, by a "completely radical concept: role-playing," in the form of Dungeons & Dragons. [more inside]
Having found the Minotaur, he killed him by smiting him with his fists
"In 1972 I created the concept of Mazes & Minotaurs, the world's first roleplaying game. Inspired by my fanatical interest in ancient Greek and Macedonian wargaming, coupled with a love of Greek myth and the 1963 movie, Jason and the Argonauts, it took the gaming world by storm." -- Paul Elliott. [more inside]
Roll for initiative.
You don't understand fun. Not really.
You don't sit down to write a game and "add fun" or "make fun." You make things. You design encounters. You plan plot points. You build NPCs. And you also put together and run campaigns. You hope that somehow, out of the campaigns and the decisions and encounters and plot points and NPCs, fun is a thing that will happen. But you don't actually try to quantify fun. You don't think about why fun things are fun. Until today.In The Eight Kinds of Fun The Angry DM explores the nature of fun in tabletop roleplaying games, guided by scholarly research on the subject.
The original golden age of fantasy role playing games.
Old School FRP is a tumblr blog with a ton of illustrations and art from the golden age of Dungeons and Dragons and games that were totally not Dungeons and Dragons.
I believe in you.
Collect feathers. Observe quiet beauty. Act with bravery. [PDF] Brave Sparrow is either a roleplaying game, a cult, or a life philosophy. Or maybe all of those, or none. [more inside]
What Kind of D&D Character Would You Be?
"This [129 question] survey will determine your ability scores, fantasy race, class, alignment, and character level describing what you would be if you were transformed into a Dungeons and Dragons character."
The sky above the port was the color of Metafilter
Back in 2000, R. Talsorian Games released on their website a series of overviews of what they considered to be classic Cyberpunk movies, along with notes on incorporating their characters and ideas into games. [more inside]
This ain't your daddy's TSR (but his name's on the cover)
Luke Gygax and E. Gary Gygax Jr, sons of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax have announced they have formed TSR Games. The company's first, brave, foray into the market will be a print publication: Gygax Magazine with a very familiar logo. Apparently D&D owner Wizards of the Coast (and its owners, Hasbro) the last trademarked "TSR" for a game company in 2003, opening the door for the Brothers Gygax to scoop up the name for their company Hexagonist Publishing LLC on May 25, 2011. [more inside]
I'm a Dungeon Master! I deserve this promotion!
Can playing Dungeons & Dragons make you a more confident and successful person? The PBS Idea Channel posits that playing pen-and-paper role-playing games helps to develop valuable life skills such as problem solving, people management, and abstract thinking.
Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, a podcast in which writer and game designer Robin D. Laws (Hamlet's Hitpoints, The GUMSHOE system) and game designer and writer Kenneth Hite (Tour De Lovecraft, GURPS Horror) (previously) talk about stuff. Stuffs include: Why vampires are assholes and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, stopping WWI and Beasts of the Southern Wild, Margaret Atwood and the difference between a mystic and an occultist, why no invented setting is as interesting as the real world and Woodrow Wilson, Gencon and sundry RPGs, Neil Armstrong, HP Blavatsky and theosophy, the ebook prcing settlement, what big publishing could learn from RPG publishers, and the many crazy fictional possibilities of Charles Lindbergh and his UFO investigating chums, and Dungeons and Dragons edition wars and Aliester Crowley.
Pony Gaming Roundup
Shards of Equestria is a set of 270 fan-made Magic: The Gathering cards based off of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. (made by MeFi's own XQUZYPHYR, via Projects)
Savage Worlds of My Little Pony (PDF version recommended, requires Savage Worlds game system books) is a roleplaying game based on the show, using Pinnacle Games' Savage Worlds system. Notable for its tenent against violence, which punishes characters who pursue violent solutions to problems.
MLP: Roleplaying is Magic (PDF) is another roleplaying game using a custom system.
MLP: Clash of Realities is a miniatures combat game played on computer. Game system plugin for Lackeyccg. Setup instructions
MLP: Fighting is Magic is a slick-looking, upcoming fan-made fighting game. Demo videos: Applejack test, general demonstration, Fluttershy is not OP
Ponykart is an upcoming, fan-made Mario Kart-style driving game. Demo video.
My Little Investigations is an upcoming, fan-made Phoenix Wright-style investigation adventure game. Playable demo.
Cutie Mark Crusade is also a work in progress, and a more traditional adventure game. Playable demo. Demo video.
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Savage Worlds of My Little Pony (PDF version recommended, requires Savage Worlds game system books) is a roleplaying game based on the show, using Pinnacle Games' Savage Worlds system. Notable for its tenent against violence, which punishes characters who pursue violent solutions to problems.
MLP: Roleplaying is Magic (PDF) is another roleplaying game using a custom system.
MLP: Clash of Realities is a miniatures combat game played on computer. Game system plugin for Lackeyccg. Setup instructions
MLP: Fighting is Magic is a slick-looking, upcoming fan-made fighting game. Demo videos: Applejack test, general demonstration, Fluttershy is not OP
Ponykart is an upcoming, fan-made Mario Kart-style driving game. Demo video.
My Little Investigations is an upcoming, fan-made Phoenix Wright-style investigation adventure game. Playable demo.
Cutie Mark Crusade is also a work in progress, and a more traditional adventure game. Playable demo. Demo video.
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In 129 the Dwarves made war against the Ogre
How to Host a Dungeon is a solitaire pen-and-paper game in which you create an underground complex of rooms, populate them with various fantasy races and monsters, and simulate its history. At almost any time you can stop and have the basis for a D&D campaign. Here's a YouTube playthrough of a game: Part 1 - Part 2 [more inside]
Dallas: The Television Role-Playing Game
I catch a lot of flak over my description of the years 1974 to 1983 as the Golden Age of roleplaying games, much of it based on a misunderstanding of my original point, namely that, after this period, tabletop RPGs would never again command the same degree of broad cultural significance that they did during this time. A good illustration of my point is this odd product, from wargames publisher SPI: Dallas: The Television Role-Playing Game. Published in 1980, the same year as the company's more well known foray into roleplaying, DragonQuest, Dallas was designed by none other than James F. Dunnigan, famous as (among many things) the designer of the classic wargames Jutland and PanzerBlitz. [more inside]
The Tome of Awesome
If you enjoy playing Dungeons & Dragons or similar fantasy RPGs, or if you just like reading in-depth analysis of fictional worlds, then the Tome of Awesome [pdf] is for you. [more inside]
How to find an RPG
You've finally gotten over your geek self-loathing, and you've decided to jump back into playing tabletop, pen-and-paper RPGs. But where to begin? [more inside]
Live action promo video for Shadowrun from 1990
The cyberpunk/magic roleplaying game Shadowrun was launched in 1990 with the help of this live-action promo video. Previously.
Over 2.7 million nations served.
NationStates is a free political simulation game founded by author Max Barry back in 2002 (previously). Loosely based on his dystopian corporate thriller Jennifer Government, the game starts by asking players to provide some national trappings and answer a few civics questions, then generates a virtual country with a matching political outlook. Periodic policy decisions like mining rights and compulsory voting allow players to further modify their country along axes of social, political, and economic freedom, arriving at one of twenty-seven colorful government types like Tyranny By Majority or Scandinavian Liberal Paradise. There's also a healthy roleplaying community -- players can discuss current events in the General forum, practice wargaming in International Incidents, form cooperative Regions to debate internal affairs (many of which form their own communities), and elect Delegates to send to the World Assembly (so renamed after an amusing cease-and-desist from the real-world U.N.). Their collective history is thoroughly recorded in the 35,000-article NSWiki, which provides a detailed legislative record, gameplay guide, and profiles on many of the 90,000 active nations, 8,000 player regions, and countless characters that currently make up the game world.
What if you could live your life over again?
You are in a warm, dark, comfortable place. This has been your place since you became aware that you are alive. It's almost time to enter a different world now. In 1986, Activision published a roleplaying computer game called Alter Ego. Unlike the action and fantasy titles that ruled the day, this game simulated the course of a single ordinary life. Beginning at birth, players navigated a series of vignettes: learning to crawl, reacting to strangers, getting a first haircut. The outcome of each scenario subtly influenced one's path, and with every choice players slowly progressed through infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Graphically minimalist -- one's lifestream is represented by simple icons, and the scenarios are all text -- the game was nevertheless engaging, describing the world in a playful, good-natured tone tinged by darkness and melancholy. And it had quite a pedigree; developer and psychology PhD Peter Favaro interviewed hundreds of people on their most memorable life experiences to generate the game's 1,200 pages of material. Unfortunately for Dr. Favaro, the game didn't sell very well. But it lives on through the web -- PlayAlterEgo.com offers a full copy of the game free to play in your browser, and the same port is available as a $5 app for iPhone and Android. More: Port discussion group - Wishlist - Vintage review - Original game manual (text or scans)
You see a well groomed garden. In the middle, on a small hill, you see a gazebo.
Wanna Play D&D? Nobody to play with? Got a computer? Wanna experience The Temple of Elemental Evil, Castle Amber, The Palace of the Silver Princess, and Danger at Dunwater in your pajamas? Start with Circle of Eight Modpack forThe Temple of Elemental Evil and play the most complete Dungeons and Dragon game ever made. Think 3rd edition is for chumps? Show your true Moxie and revisit the modules of yore with the Classic Adventures Mod for Baldur's Gate II. [more inside]
" Orcs are mammals and therefore do not spawn."
Got a question about old-school Dungeons and Dragons? Perhaps you should consult this database of questions and answers from Dragon Magazine's "Sage Advice" column.
Play like it's 1974!
In 1974, a pair of wargame enthusiasts from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin transformed the nascent hobby gaming world by publishing three little brown booklets. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson's Dungeons & Dragons has become an important part of the lives of generations of young gamers. Along the way, D&D went through numerous editions, each with increasingly complex rules. [more inside]
Pass the Grog!
"The impression that Ars Magica requires a Ph.d in medieval history to play was not helped by several supplements for the fourth edition that were in fact written by Ph.d's in medieval history." Don't let that stop you, though; you can download the fourth edition for free. [more inside]
Do: real armour, don't: real weapons
LARP - what is it? - a comprehensive guide in comicbook form.
Roll for mutations
old School Science Fiction RPGs: Traveller, Metamorphosis Alpha, Gamma World.
... Do not look to the horizon of the eye drops.
World Building
Interview with Jon Schindehette, senior art director at Wizards of the Coast for Dungeons and Dragons. See more fantasy art at his blog, ArtOrder.
"just numbers on a piece of paper"
I do not want to spend too much time beating a dead war-horse, but your average D&D game consists of a group of white players acting out how their white characters encounter and destroy orcs and goblins, who are, as a race evil, uncivilized, and dark-skinned. To quote Steve Sumner's essay again, "Unless played very carefully, Dungeons & Dragons could easily become a proxy race war, with your group filling the shoes of the noble white power crusaders seeking to extinguish any orc war bands or goblin villages they happened across." I would argue with Sumner's use of the phrase "could become," and say that unless played very carefully, D&D usually becomes a proxy race war. Any adventurer knows that if you see an orc, you kill it. You don't talk to it, you don't ask what it's doing there - you kill it, since it's life is worth less than the treasure it carries and the experience points you'll get from the kill. If filmed, your average D&D campaign would look something like Birth of a Nation set in Greyhawk.- Race in Dungeons & Dragons by Chris van Dyke, a powerpoint talk given at Nerd Nite. Via Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog where there's a smart discussion going on about the essay.
Braunstein, the world's first role-playing game
Most gamers have never heard of Braunstein. Sad but true. In the hierarchy of self-awareness you'll find the circle of gamers who know what D&D is (a very, very large circle), then inside of that is the circle of gamers who know what Greyhawk is (large but smaller), and inside that the circle who knows what Blackmoor is (smaller still). And then in the very center, vanishingly small, are the people who've heard of Braunstein. Which is a pity, because Braunstein is the granddaddy of them all.Braunstein: the Roots of Roleplaying Games by Ben Robbins. The first role-playing game was run by soldier David Wesely in 1967, his group including none other than D&D co-creator Dave Arneson. This past GenCon Braunstein was revived! Here's what the players had to say. Handouts from an earlier Braunstein revival. David Wesely's post-game comments. [via Rob McDougall] [more inside]
Infinite Oregano
If geeks talked about cookbooks the way they talk about RPG books, the results would not be pretty.
Looking for something unique to bring to your next gaming session? Star-spawn will cringe in fear when they see you have shown up to battle bearing these long-lost relics of R'lyeh. The dwarves have toiled long in the mines and quarries of Khaz Modan, and even crafted the bones and teeth of great ancient beasts to create deadly weapons for your gaming arsenal. Perhaps most impressive and prized of all these unique equipages is this rare trophy of the cold and frozen north. [more inside]
DM of the Rings
DM of the Rings (comic). The Lord of the Rings if it were a Dungeons and Dragons game. [more inside]
RULE # 1: In the short term, binary logic [soul equation] is far superior (?) than fuzzy logic [cloning equation].
Hybrid: the roleplaying game. A Timecube style "role playing game." via Grand Text Auto
Get back here with my hat!
Cities is a cross between Urban Dead and Kingdom of Loathing.
Now entering nerdspace.
A Brief History of Game: A nine-part review of the major highlights in rpg history. Other interesting if generally unrelated pieces on the history of gaming, pen & paper or otherwise: "Where Have All the Demons Gone?", discussing the history of Magic the Gathering; A somewhat flippant piece by GameSpy; and some obligatory RPG theory regarding the historical popularity of various styles of RPG.
If a Persona's Despair ever reaches (or rises above) 75 , he suffers from a sudden fit of angst...
Byronic Roleplaying?
Lord Vincent Smallpees (R51 D58 O21) wants to seduce Lady Margaret Whateley (R45 D55 O23), the wife of his best friend Alfred Thompson. He choses to tell her he's been loving her for such a long time, that his heart will shatter if she ever refuses to be kind, or something like that. His Actor choses to roll below Vincent's Despair ; he rolls: it's a 11, which is a Success. Cowabunga!
Welcome to Wuthering Heights: The Roleplaying Game. (More here.)
Lord Vincent Smallpees (R51 D58 O21) wants to seduce Lady Margaret Whateley (R45 D55 O23), the wife of his best friend Alfred Thompson. He choses to tell her he's been loving her for such a long time, that his heart will shatter if she ever refuses to be kind, or something like that. His Actor choses to roll below Vincent's Despair ; he rolls: it's a 11, which is a Success. Cowabunga!
Welcome to Wuthering Heights: The Roleplaying Game. (More here.)
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games, the makers of such fine pen-and-paper RPGs as Gurps, has been running a blog since 1994. I've been reading it since 1996, and I just now realized: it was the first blog I've ever read. In addition to release information, they also post game industry news, personal stories, and even the Illuminated Site of the Week, all with intimacy and personality we've come to expect from blogs.
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"Professional, punctual, honest, with a good understanding of the different cultures and difficulties involved in relocating"
Relocation to Switzerland? Congratulations.
Switzerland is regularly rated as one of the countries offering the best quality of life in the world. It is clean and safe and runs like clockwork. Located at the centre of Europe, it offers a wealth of opportunities to enjoy life amongst its breathtakingly beautiful mountains and lakes.
Zug based Prime Relocation offers a complete relocation service to companies and families transferring to Switzerland, and is passionate about ensuring that the whole family is happily integrated in to their new environment as soon as possible.
Relocating to a country with a different language and culture is often much more complex and emotionally challenging than anticipated, particularly for spouses and families. Prime Relocation offers a complete relocation and settlement package – covering orientation tour, housing, schooling, registration and settling in support – and ensures that in no time at all your family feels relaxed and comfortable in their new home.
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Prime Relocation was founded in 2006. The company is based in Zug in Central Switzerland and provides relocation solutions to companies, families and individuals in Zürich, Zug, Lucerne and Schwyz. In 2015 Prime Relocation LLC expanded its regional coverage due to a partnership with Schmid Relocation LLC in Winterthur led by Katharina Kägi.
Over the years we have seen the difficulties that many families experience in adapting to Swiss life. While the work-place environment is well catered for, the support for expatriate families can be poor. This is why we and our growing team are passionate about providing individuals and families with a comprehensive support service.
Every member of staff is chosen for their own personal experience of living abroad and facing the upheavals of relocation, as well as their people skills, efficiency and attention to detail. Today a team of relocation specialists attend to our customers' every need. We regularly attend relocation conferences as a team and partake in industry training to keep us up-to-date and ready to give our polished "Prime" service.
Katharina Kägi
Katharina understands the challenges of relocating to a new country very well as she has been supporting expats coming to Switzerland for many years. She studied abroad in Latin America and England and speaks fluent German, Spanish and English. She used to work in the private banking sector and understands the property market and the needs of sophisticated clients very well. Katharina is ably assisted by her multicultural team.
Contact Katharina directly at:
Emma Mason
Emma comes from the UK but moved to Switzerland with her family in 2001. She initially volunteered as the Parents Association Treasurer at the International School of Zug and Luzern, and was subsequently elected as President. She later returned to her previous career in Investment Management by joining an International Private Equity Company in Zug. She joined Prime Relocation LLC in 2014 as the operations manager and with 3 teenage children who have each completed a different school system she is able to offer a broad insight into local and International schools. Her interests in sports and business has meant she has built a large network of contacts in and around Zug.
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Silvia Wirth
Silvia grew up in an expatriate family that eventually settled in Switzerland. She worked as a relationship manager in an international bank for many years and understands how to overcome the challenges of relocation and integration into a new country. Silvia speaks fluent German, English and French and has travelled widely all over Europe. As a result of her studies and professional experience she has formed an extensive knowledge of the Swiss Property Market and a growing network of contacts that our clients can make good use of. She is committed to a holistic approach in advising her clients.
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Orientation Tour
"Prime Relocation gave us a fantastic orientation tour of the area"
An orientation tour provides a first insight into life in Switzerland and is the ideal opportunity to gather information about your move.
It is designed for people who have not yet made their minds up about relocating. The aim is to address concerns, provide information about life in Switzerland, the culture, housing and schooling options.
Prime relocation provides on the spot assistance and escorts you around the area. The tour can be tailor made to your requirements but it is our invaluable local knowledge that will help you to make the best choices for you and your family.
Home search
"One month after my arrival in Zug I was living in a flat with my family and telephone and Internet were already connected!"
One of the keys to a successful move abroad is getting the accommodation right. If your family feels comfortable and at home, everything else will seem much easier.
Whether you wish to rent or buy, Prime Relocation works with a network of partners and agents to find the property to match your needs. We assess your individual housing requirements, arrange appointments, accompany you to viewings and carry out the necessary application formalities. We also manage the hand-over of the apartment and the connection of the utilities.
Should you require, Prime Relocation can assist you in purchasing new items such as a car or small items of furniture for your new life abroad.
Prime Relocation can organise the end- to- end logistics of your move to Switzerland. This can be done on an individual basis or in conjunction with one of our partner companies.
"Thanks to your in-depth knowledge of local schooling options, my three children skip happily out of the door each morning to their new school"
Finding the right school for your children is crucial to the happiness of the whole family in their new environment. The decision about where to send your children to school is often very personal and can influence your decision about where to live. Switzerland offers a variety of very good kindergartens, day care centres and local and international schools with well-qualified, reputable teachers. Prime Relocation is passionate about understanding each child's requirements, making recommendations, setting up appointments and helping to ease the children in to their new school.
Extra-curricular activities are just as important for integrating children into their new environment. Prime Relocation will help you here too, with a vast network of local contacts.
Such is the importance that we place on getting schooling right, that Prime Relocation has set up a school support line – Tel: 041 760 7441 to assist expats with the integration of their children into Swiss schools. If you have questions regarding the schooling of your children or wish to know more about local Swiss or international schools, feel free to call the Prime team. We will gladly discuss the possibilities with you and assist you in your decision-making. The support line covers the Central Switzerland area of Zug, Zürich, Lucerne and Schwyz.
Settling in
"I would recommend them to anyone moving into the Zug or Zürich area without any reservations whatsoever!"
Prime Relocation helps you and your family to settle in, in no time at all, by taking care of all the tiresome and painstaking paperwork. We manage your registration with the local authorities as well as providing you with support concerning insurance policies, banking services and healthcare. We provide you with comprehensive information about the local area and introduce you to key contacts and organisations. We ensure that your family is integrated in their new environment as soon as possible and will introduce you to fitness centres, sports clubs, mums and kids groups and language courses. All of our services are tried and tested and will have the whole family feeling at home in no time at all.
Leaving Assistance
"Prime Relocation is really professional, direct, effective and we enjoyed working together"
The expatriate lifestyle may require you to relocate from Switzerland. Moving is always stressful for a family, but Prime Relocation will make the transition as smooth as possible. We will manage the formalities associated with leaving the country. These include the termination of the lease contract through to the handing over of the apartment, disconnecting utilities, cancelling insurance policies and de-registration with the local authorities. It is our aim to make the onward move as trouble free as possible.
Senior Manager, international Pharmaceutical Company, Zürichsee Region - Switzerland, relocated in July 2015
"Silvia, Du bist echt toll.
Danke dir vom Herzen, insbesondere deine Art und Freundlichkeit haben uns begeistert."
Manager, international Pharmaceutical Company, Zürich – Switzerland, relocated in October 2015
"Thanks to the precious help/availability/kindness of Silvia I was able to rent an apartment, very close to office for an unbeatable price, two of the main criteria I had set."
Manager, international Pharmaceutical Company, Zürich - Switzerland, relocated in November 2015
"Dear Silvia, many thanks for your outstanding support. As always, you are "SUPER"!"
Principal, international Consulting Company, Zürichsee Region - Switzerland, relocated in December 2015
"We were extremely satisfied with the relocation service of your company and your agent Silvia.
I am sure that many other families moving to Switzerland may benefit from Prime Relocation."
Spouse, Zürichsee Region - Switzerland, relocated in December 2015
"Very professional attitude
we loved the "thinking ahead" for us!!! So valuable!
Silvia was always on top and is a great relationship builder
Without asking we got great advice and "tourist information", what we appreciated a lot!"
Senior Manager, International Pharmaceutical Company, Zürich - Switzerland, relocated in November 2015
"Very impressed with Emma, She took great care to understand our requirements and took a great deal of effort to get us an apartment. Above and beyond!"
Business Systems Manager, International Pharmaceutical Company, Zürich - Switzerland, relocated in November 2015
"The support provided by Silvia was excellent. Silvia is an extreme professional that was clearly able to understand my needs. Congratulations to Silvia and Prime Relocation for the excellent service provided."
Senior Legal Director, International Pharmaceutical Company, Zürich - Switzerland, relocated in August 2015
"Elke was fantastic!"
Senior Marketing Manager, International Pharmaceutical Company, Zürich - Switzerland, relocated in July 2015
"This was an unexpected and not totally welcome relocation. However, Elke guided us through so well that we ended up feeling happy, settled and well cared for. A brilliant company move – thank you."
Executive Assistant, International Pharmaceutical Company, Zürich - Switzerland, relocated in August 2015
"Flexibility well appreciated – Diane did a good job."
Vice President, International Pharmaceutical Company, Zürich - Switzerland, relocated in June 2015
"Perfect service, very friendly & efficient. Thank you!"
Executive Director, international Pharmaceutical Company, Zürich - Switzerland, relocated in October 2015
"I am just dropping a quick email to let you know that I am now settled in Rüschlikon, and I wanted to let you know that I am very thankful to Catherine de Peri, who has been extremely kind, helpful, available, effective and proactive during all the phases of my relocation, so everything that you could expect for such a relocation support."
COO, Baar
"The move to Switzerland is our first to Europe. The cultures, traditions, systems and languages are quite different to our homeland. The Prime Relocation team delivered their services in a corteous and professional manner. In doing so, they reduced complexity to simplicity and allowed us more time to get to know the community. We think that most families would agree that moving is one of the most stressful events in their lives. The Prime Relocation's team managed the cycle in such a manner that our stress shifted to a different topic - that is, what should we go and visit in the great country of Switzerland. Many thanks for everything."
Engineer, Zürich
"I would personally like to thank you for the expert and professional manner in which you have managed, and assisted me in my search for an apartment and my subsequent move to Switzerland from England. Without your assistance I would surely have labored under the numerous and varied procedures and protocols required in securing a suitable apartment in Zug Canton. I have found Linda and her group to have performed the task of relocating my family and I to Zug in a meticulous, informed, tactful and patient manner. Linda is erudite and communicative, and has shown great diligence and skill in her negations. Furthermore I regard her as having great aptitude, a sound local knowledge and good variety of useful contacts, which can be drawn upon well after her role has been finalised."
CFO, Zug
"Moving to Switzerland can be a bureaucratic headache without the support of a good relocation agent. Linda and Mary at Prime Relocation made the move completely stress free and had all the contacts to find us our perfect Swiss house. Many thanks to them for all of their help."
CFO, Zug
"The Prime Relocation team is reliable, competent and highly efficient. They offer clients support where needed and always have an answer for any complex problem. I can fully recommend Linda and her team to prospective employers as a partner they can count on and one that will execute their job to the best of their ability and I can vouch for the high standard of their work."
Trader, Zug
"I am in the process of relocating from London to Zug, Switzerland, and am very happy by the service and results from Linda Stager at Prime Relocation. In all my dealings with Linda, she has been professional, punctual, honest, and shown a good understanding of the different cultures and other difficulties involved in relocating. I would happily recommend her services."
Engineer, Zug
"1 month after my arrival in Zug, coming from France, I was living in a flat in Oberägeri with my family and telephone and internet were already connected ! Congratulations to the Prime team for their quick and very high efficiency."
Engineer, Zug
"Sehr gute Dienstleistung. Schnell, Unkompliziert, Effektiv."
MD, Zürich
"When people make a move to a foreign country, a lot of things have to organized and a lot of changes are coming up. The most of these changes are rather new and unknown. Things where you never thought about. At the same time you have to take a lot decisions, small and big ones in a very short period. In this situation you need support. We have got this support from Prime Relocation and especially from Linda Staeger. The approach of Prime Relocation was very effective, pro-active and very personal. At the right time the right things have been discussed and brought up by Prime Relocation. Also the communication went very well. Not only with us but also with the Employer who is also very important. The communication was very open, transparent and quick. The preparation was always good, in every step. During the search activities in Switzerland there was the necessary support but also after the first weeks settling there was a follow up and interest. Prime Relocation is really professional, direct, effective and we enjoyed working together. With this kind of support, changing a country and culture, the first step is much easier!"
VP Sales and Marketing, Zug
"You're the best, thanks so much. We had a great afternoon and really appreciate your time and information....we're both very excited about our new future here in Zug!!"
Trader, Zug
"In addition, I would like to take a moment to thank both of you for your outstanding & professional services you have been providing."
Business Analyst, Zug
"We would recommend Prime Relocation to others. The staff really understood our needs and assisted us with finding the perfect housing."
Business Developer, Zug
"It was a great comfort to know we had support from a relocation consultant. Our consultant made me feel like we were her only clients with her attentiveness and responsiveness. The suite of services offered by Prime Relocation certainly made our move much less gruelling and scary. Many thanks!"
IT Program Manager, Zug
"Prime Relocation has provided excellent and world-class service in helping me find an apartment in Zug. She also provided a personal touch, very accomodating and friendly. Many many thanks for your excellent service."
Marketing Director, Zürich
"The Prime Relocation team showed the highest level of professionalism and efficiency. Highly recommendable."
General Manager, Zürich
"We are looking forward to engaging you for future projects. Thanks so much for your excellent support."
Divisonal Controller, Pharma, Geneva
"As with everything you have provided in terms of relocation services, information and advice, these tips are very thoughtful and invaluable - as well as being reassuring throughout the process."
Director, Product Marketing, Pharma, Nyon
"Our consultant was excellent on the two day search, was extremely helpful, responsive, and able to fine-tune our search for day 2 when we had a better idea of what and where we wanted something. I would strongly recommend her, and I also know that my colleague , who was out her the day after us, found her extremely good and has been very complementary about her to me and other colleagues."
Head Rare Diseases, Pharma, Nyon
"Thanks to you. You did a great job on site and the selection of housing in Zug you prepared was right on spot - exactly meeting the criteria we requested and BTW you were a pleasure to work with during the 2 days! Including your restaurant recommendations! BIG Thank You also on behalf of Helga."
Director, Business Development, Boston
"Special thanks to Linda for spending the days with us and our little ones! She was very helpful and knowledgeable about the area and our questions."
Education Choices in Switzerland
In most of the major global mobility and expat surveys of last year, Switzerland has held top position for quality of life. Globally mobile families are embracing the country's way of life, its healthy outdoor lifestyle and its excellent education provision. Above all, Switzerland offers expats a "balanced expat life".
Switzerland is home to a top-class state education system and some of the best international and private schools in the world. This means that relocating parents with school age children are likely to be spoilt for choice when selecting a new school for their child.
Expats now make up almost 24 percent of Switzerland's total population. Switzerland took the number one ranking in the InterNations Quality of Life Index, which was down to its ranking first out of 61 countries in the categories of travel and transport, as well as for health, safety and personal wellbeing.
The education system in Switzerland
Where Switzerland really stands out is in its very high quality education system. In the InterNations survey, the country ranked first in the world for education and its state school system is enviable. Only 5 percent of children attend private school. With very high annual fees, it is not hard to see why so many families opt for a local school.
State education is run by the 26 cantons. The system is efficient and established, but can also create some confusion for those entering the country, as each canton has a slightly different approach.
Language learning is high on the agenda at Swiss schools and each pupil will learn at least two other languages (English, French and German) as well as having to master the language of instruction. A willingness to learn this language is a must and help is provided free of charge by the state in small group or private one to one teaching. Other topics covered within Swiss state school curriculum include music, sport, religion, sciences, maths, art, and social sciences.
Pre-school and lower secondary
Schooling starts with two years of pre-school – kindergarten or école enfantine. In Ticino, there is even three years of pre-school. Compulsory education as a whole lasts 11 years: pre-school is compulsory in only some of the cantons. Children start primary school at the age of five or six and begin lower secondary at 11, which lasts for three years. Pupils at this level receive instruction in performance based groups. Relocating children at this age group will require assessment before the children can appropriately be placed in local school.
Upper secondary
At the age of 15 students move into upper-secondary schooling. It is at this point that they are streamed into either a vocational route, known as Vocational Education and Training (VET) which includes practical training and class-based teaching or a more academic route known as a Baccalaureate school or an upper secondary specialized school. The specialized schools largely prepare students for professional education and training and for entry to universities of applied sciences, depending on the programme followed at the school. Students taking this vocational route also have the option of attending university-level colleges following the completion of their upper secondary education.
Education standards
What makes Switzerland stand out is that thinking about becoming employable starts off in schools at an early age – at age 15, over 70 percent of Swiss schoolchildren go on to select what's known as the apprentice track, combining practical work experience with traditional theoretical learning. In fact, Switzerland's secondary school pupils have demonstrated their academic excellence in the latest set of international league tables run by the programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). In a survey of the educational achievement of 15 year old students in around 65 countries, Switzerland was one of only two European countries to make the top ten.
International and independent schools
Against the backdrop of such an exemplary state education system, independent schools offer the relocating family an alternative, perhaps a more internationally transferable learning programme – especially if the planned move is short term and the family plans to repratriate or to move on to a new assignment overseas. An international education may also be chosen if relocating students are of teenage age and considered too old to fit into a local school setting.
According to the latest FIGURES FROM THE International School Consultancy Group (ICS), there are currently 104 international schools in Switzerland, between them teaching more than 36'000 students. Many are bilingual and follow an international curriculum such as the International Baccalaureate. The demand for places is largely from expats, british students being the most prevalent nationality.
International schools excel in integrating students and parents into the expat community and this is where they set their mark against local Swiss state schools.
Overall, relocation to Switzerland offers globally mobile families an enviable choice of provision for school age children. Whether they choose local integration in a state funded school or an internationally transferable learning programme, from one of Switzerland's excellent international schools, families can be confident that their children will be entering a world beating education system.
Prime Relocation delivers outstanding value for money based on in-depth knowledge of life in Switzerland and a comprehensive contact network. To understand how Prime Relocation can safeguard your investment in your key executives and their families call or mail to discuss your requirements.
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If only it was that easy to make today's TV shows less cheesy…
Love the days when the radio was a major piece of furniture in every home! Of course, since the introduction of "high definition" television, we have noticed that a great many "television" shows feature action which boils down to a bunch of talking heads, whispering to each other in the dark! In the olden days, when we had some voices speaking to each other in the dark, we called it radio – but radio was a whole lot LESS expensive than today's so-called "high definition" television!
Jeff smelled a rat.
I still like the radio programs. Classic Radio on XM.
@Susan Newman
When we only got one channel, there was ALWAYS something worth watching.
Nice warm place for critters, what with all the warm tubes keeping the radio really comfy and cozy.
Find the laugh track. It was originally a recording of people laughing at Red Skelton's jokes.
That's using your head Jeff!
The 3rd panel is amazingly funny.
That has GOT to hurt!
I also love the question mark above Mutt's head.
"Kiss me once then kiss me twice then kiss me once again, It's been a long, long time!"
I love that song by the way… Thank you for introducing me to it.
I hate to say it, but I will.
In the early fifties my little family would sit around in the evening and watch the radio.
My mother and step father would light their cigarettes and grab their beers and nearly run me out of the room with the smoke.
We would listen to old time programs like The Whistler, or The Lone Ranger. The Inner Sanctum with it's creepy door sounds occasionally gave an eight year old nightmares.
The tall ancient wooden radio stood about four feet high and had short wave, and other programs that it could try to reach. To paraphrase or to steal outright from Bill Cosby, I think that it was, the radio had two knobs that still worked. On-off and volume.
That is why I am,
The old Sarge, AUS
Re: Classic Radio on XM – Several years ago, Direct TV included the XM radio stations in their Music Choices channels. We really enjoyed the 40s channel – especially on anniversaries of such important days as Pearl Harbor Day. One year, on Pearl Harbor Day, they played an entire day of actual broadcasts from 1941 which included frequent interruptions for news about the events at Pearl Harbor. On the anniversary of the "this day will live in infamy speech" – XM 40s carried the entire speech as well as the actual wrap-up by the radio commentators who were there standing by when the speech was broadcast. On New Year's Eve, XM 40s aired actual New Year's Eve broadcasts from the 40s. The XM 40s station also broadcast a number of 15-minute soap operas. exactly as they were broadcast back in the 40s. Something else which we enjoyed were the commercials – you could purchase a brand new Ford automobile for $400 – and a box of Kraft macaroni and cheese was selling for only SEVEN CENTS per box! We often found ourselves switching off the so-called "high definition" channels in order to listen to the XM 40s channel. Back in the 40s, even the soap operas made sense – unlike today's stuff.
Re — SUSAN NEWMAN – "With all the new technology and over 500 TV channels, how come there STILL isn't anything worth watching?"
My sentiments exactly. When we invested in Direct TV 13 years ago, we did so because we could no longer stand the network fare – which consisted mostly of so-called "reality" shows. For a while, we enjoyed the new satellite channels – because many of them were re-running shows from back in the days when television was still watchable. However, in recent years, even those channels which made their fortunes by broadcasting re-runs of watchable television shows – decided to "modernize" by going to "all reality shows, all the time." Makes no reasonable sense whatsoever that an entire satellite and/or cable network would dump a line-up, which has been a proven success, overboard in order to indulge in the type of junk which people were trying to get away from when they first decided to invest in satellite and/or cable!
"You're driving me crazy"/Guy Lombardo
Either that or the Inner Sanctum.
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