Thoughts On - Life and Trump (Updated)

 Hey Y'all,                                                                                                                    1st November 2024

                 Another quick update for you. I have been doing my 72 mm Vikings, the base painting is pretty well complete on them, as you cannot see much detail on that scale. I will mount them onto lolly sticks for the time being. I will be able to test the Oathmark rules with them, to see if they are to my taste before I buy the books and models. My pal Richard J, has bought the rules and the makings of an army for me to attack. (The figures he bought were 10 mm scale, my 72 mm Viking warriors were too big and did not fit. Such is life.)

 How Richard managed to paint that small is beyond me, I had a hard time painting my Vikings, compared to my usual 28 mm figures.

15th November -  We did a test game and then tried a scenario from the rules (No 4.) Which I will do a quick description of later.

I have been helping a mate who has just had her flat broken in for the second time. It is very disheartening what people will do to other people.

Regards,

Ivor Cogdell

P.S. Good luck with the Election, America. You need it, as it is going to be close. I'm rooting for Kamala Harris, but I can't vote, I am not a US citizen.

P.P.S. - I was surprised to see that Buzz Aldrin is supporting Trump. I thought better of you. Everybody makes mistakes. Maybe Elon talked him into it.

18 November 2024.

P.P.P.S. After one week of being President-Elect, the Cabinet Trump has chosen is being hailed as the most incompetent ever. The Climate Change Electee is a Climate denier and is an Oil and Gas company man.

 Only now are Trump voters realising what Trump had been promising was directly opposite to their values and needs. The stock market is crashing. (One poll quoted a 75% chance of a recession coming). The care packages that many of them rely on are going to be ripped up. They just did not do research into what he was actually proposing, just listened to the slogans, guessing what they meant, following biased news channel broadcasts.

Thoughts On - Alien RPG 10 (Updated in italics)

 Hi Everybody,

                        Here is the latest Alien instalment for you.

16 August 2024 - Cowboy has a radio Chimp, we are calling him "Spanner". Edan has to be decontaminated from the black goo.  It has been found that the Regional NEXUS has become misaligned.

       Edan came in with the wheelchair mini-gun and shot Cowboy for 3 damage. The Auto doc is also hit. Bullets also hit "The Doc" close to his heart. Ava gives him first aid. Cowboy, finally looses control and shoots Edan. Cobalt also shoots at Edan and misses. Edan is unconscious. Cowboy is going to put him in a containment tube in the Alien Lab, where he can do no more harm.

30 August 2024 - Edan is in a big sample tube, but the alien in the Lab refuses to "Face Hug" it, it seems scared of Edan. At that point, the "Mother" Computer decides to keep Edan for itself. Charles tries to save Edan. Rooster tried to strangle Edan. Douglas tried to save Edan from Rooster. Cobold was then told to throw a grenade into the room, by Cowboy, to kill Edan. Cobold hates kids and it was an order, so he does so.

"BOOM"!

"Spanner" the Robot dog got blown up, and black pus is coming out of it. Rooster is paralysed in the blast and loses his left ear. Bishop disappeared. The Doc suffered a gouged eye and a damaged thigh. Edan's Cryo Pod is destroyed. He suffers a punctured lung and is unconscious. Douglas loses his left arm. Ava -7 has damage to one arm. The Robot Dog has a skin flap that moves aside, to reveal a red eye in its forehead. Eva King has now got control of the Robot Dog through the headset. Shepherd suffers a lost leg and the snake is getting ready to attack him, but Cobalt kills the snake in the nick of time. It expells black goo over the floor as well.

The Robot dog starts shooting bolts at Cowboy - He gets 1 hit and takes 1 stress for the wound. Eva is coming to help. Shepherd throws a sample case at the Dog, it bounces off its armour. Cowboy gets into the Mini-Gun adapted wheelchair and tries to contact the dog. (Stress has gone up to 9). But he panics and flees the area.

Officer Badog - He flees with Cowboy. Hunter the mechanic shoots at the dog and misses. Eva tries to control the dog with the head controller and fails. Ava 7 is going to bandage Rooster. The Dog reactivates. Eva gets a shock and the Controller falls off her head. The Dog shoots at Shepard.

Meanwhile, Rooster is jerked awake by someone falling against the Autodoc. Paralysed and only with hearing in only his left ear. But it is enough to hear Sheperd scream with fear outside the Auto-Doc.

He yells "What's going on out there?".

He can hear the retreating footsteps of Cowboy as he runs away in panic.

Rooster clamps his eyes tight with fear.....

That's where we will leave it for now. Until next time,

Regards from John, Kitty, Richard and myself,

Ivor Cogdell