Making an entrance

kassandra · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:47 am

hi new person. I haven't read anything in this topic yet because I am half asleep and don't really care right now (aren't I the bestest admin ever?!)

Freemage · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:22 pm

Sin: Welcome aboard, indeed. Your interests are quite spot-on for this group. BTW, you need to add Neil Gaiman to your list. If you haven't read any of his stuff, then you need to correct that. Start with Neverwhere, or if you prefer graphic novels, The Books of Magic and Death: The High Cost of Living.

Kamineko · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:35 pm

Or maybe Sandman?

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Ilpala · Number of posts: 284 Age: 22 Registration date: 2007-10-12

If there were some way I could organize a five-player forum Chaos Magic game, I would die a happy man and probably never touch CC again. Shit's that fun.

Obsidian_Stray · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:16 pm

I would totally be interested, but I don't know how to play. I've got a bunch of cards, mostly, from a set that came out maybe five years ago, but I never had anyone to play with. I've played against the computer on a demo CD a few times though.

Original Sin · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:27 pm

Freemage wrote:

Sin: Welcome aboard, indeed. Your interests are quite spot-on for this group. BTW, you need to add Neil Gaiman to your list. If you haven't read any of his stuff, then you need to correct that. Start with Neverwhere, or if you prefer graphic novels, The Books of Magic and Death: The High Cost of Living.

Another glaring omission, I must admit. I've read and enjoyed most of his prose work, especially Good Omens, but I haven't read his comics work. And I forgot to mention Terry Pratchett, as well.

As for how I found out about this forum, Stray told me, but please don't direct too much blame at her.

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Ilpala · Number of posts: 284 Age: 22 Registration date: 2007-10-12

Hm...it could be fun if we organized it like a booster draft...it'd have to be Ravnica though, that's their best set recently...*goes off to another thread to plan this*

Freemage · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:10 pm

PinkSpider wrote:

Or maybe Sandman?

Sandman's the advanced course, at this point, for folks that haven't looked at his GN work. BoM and the Death books are more initially accessible.

Kamineko · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:42 am

Funny that you recommend the spinoff book before the original, is all I'm saying.

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Freemage · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:32 pm

PinkSpider wrote:

Funny that you recommend the spinoff book before the original, is all I'm saying.

If it weren't for the huge disparity in size, I'd probably be differently inclined. But the Gaiman Sandman run is frikken huge. And unlike a lot of 'spinoffs', there's really no need to have read the original series to 'get' the Death books--they stand on their own quite nicely.

linkskywalker · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:13 pm

We get new people?

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kassandra · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:18 pm

1 or 2 yes.

linkskywalker · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:49 pm

From...from where? 0.o

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Obsidian_Stray · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:07 pm

Elsewhere.

Freemage · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:30 pm

From beyond the fields we know, I think.

Obsidian_Stray · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:38 pm

There Be Dragons.

Original Sin · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:25 am

I think I came from the space between places, or the todash darkness, or the Blind Eternities, or somewhere or other.

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Aris · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:56 pm

Welcome to the forum, Original Sin! *cough*
*puffs on his pipe* Has been a while since we've had new folks in these here parts.
*sighs* Times are tough.

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Obsidian_Stray · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:52 pm

Ari, you're a little late. He's been here for two months already.

Aris · Subject: Re: Making an entrance Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:40 pm

I know, Stray.

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