Circle DC 2026 will be held on April 10-12, 2026 here in lovely Washington, DC. The convention will be capped at 250 attendees and we have opened up badge registration this morning. tabletop.events/conventions/...
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Tommy M. McGuire (Not that one. Nor that one.)
Coding bum, tetrapod. (he/him)
Bitterly cynical misanthrope. It's always more complicated. I apologize in advance; I tend to get too comfortable.
Called 'weird' by Kevin Kruse.
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Do you have 2-3 hours a week to play with spaceships?
Mike Zebrowski is looking to recruit 2-3 players for weekly Squadron Strike games on either Fridays or Sundays.
Details in the Discord post below! (If you're new to our server, click the correct monkey to see all channels.)
Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games
Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.
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I had NO IDEA that banana peels as a slip-and-fall trope had such a grim history explaining why.
Banana Peel - TV Tropes
Guaranteed to send a character into a Slippery Skid (of which this is a Sub-Trope), a Banana Peel is one of the most dangerous things you can encounter in a cartoon. Just stepping on one will inevitab...
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Final print proofs are reviewed, and it’s off to DLA. Get ready for the “ultimate Boyd” to be available this fall! Contact MCUP at mcu_press@usmcu.edu to reserve a hard copy!
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Altho dis luk innosent, it is wun of de moast feersum an deddly traps nown to hoomkind: de fluffy kitton belly. Behindt de sofft furrs an mesmerizing cuteness lie razor sharp clawes an dagger liek kitton teefs. No wun can walk awaey unscathed. Donut maek dis possimbly fatal mistake!!
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Dreamed my students were doing better than everyone else’s because I turned the test into a puzzle and if you finished you got chicken salad. I heard other teachers laughing, having heard of the magic salad
I was like no it’s true, I gave them magic salad
They stared at me and I did not know why
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Gorgeous glass gaming pieces from the Late British Iron Age.
This unique set of 24 coloured glass domes with a flattened base and spiral decoration may have been used for a game similar to ludo some 2,000 years ago.
British Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Where did the people who built #Neolithic Europe's megalithic monuments live? This 3D reconstruction of the c. 4400 BC enclosure of Le Peu, western France sheds light on the lives of the communities who built the Tusson long mounds.
🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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A new term. Time to start filling up your record of achievement.....
Michael remembers being given this folder at Edward Sheerien School by his History and PSE teacher, Mr Norton.
What have you kept from your school days? #BackToSchool
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GHQ is the Barnes & Noble Game of the Month for September!
Now's a great time to grab your copy of this piece of history!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kurt-vonne...
Kurt Vonnegut's GHQ: The Lost Board Game (B&N Exclusive) (B&N Game of the Month)
World War 2 veteran Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1954. While it was critically well received and reprinted in 1955, it was not a financial success. As he worked on his n...