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torillatavataan · 2 years ago

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Terve, your blog is a fun cultural insight to suomi and it is greatly appreciated. I am planning a 2 week trip around finland to wild camp, stay at camp grounds, and stay in hotels. Can you discuss camping on public land? How does one know that the land is public and not private? How do i find roads or areas off main roads to stay the night? Also, do gas stations and cafes in finland refill your clean coffee thermos instead of giving a disposable cup? Are there water fountains and ice machines and such at gas stations to fill reusable water bottles? How do I make a friend to discuss details of my trip and get the most finnish experience possible? :)

Terve! I'm really sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you on this.

I'm personally not someone who does camping, so I had to do some research (and I was busy otherwise, and preparing the Independence Day queue took priority). Perhaps one of my followers can give you more practical advice, too.

Most land is privately owned in Finland, but we have a concept called "everyman's rights" which means you have the right to roam and enjoy nature within some limitations and responsibilities regardless of who owns the land.

Everyone is allowed to:

walk, ski, cycle, or horseback ride freely (except very near homes and other private buildings or through farm fields and nursery plantations which could easily be damaged)

camp out temporarily a reasonable distance from homes

pick wild berries, mushrooms and flowers, as long as they are not protected species

fish with a simple rod and line

use boats, swim or bathe in inland waters and the sea

walk, ski, or drive a motor vehicle or fish on frozen lakes, rivers, and the sea

all the above can be restricted or forbidden in national parks and other nature reserves during certain seasons or year-round to protect sensitive areas and threatened species of plants or animals. Please pay close attention to any restrictions.

It’s NOT allowed to:

disturb people or damage property

disturb reindeer, game, breeding birds, their nests or young

let pets off leash

cut down or damage trees

collect moss, lichen, or fallen trees from other people's property

light open campfires without permission, except in an emergency

disturb people's privacy by camping too near them or making too much noise

leave litter

drive motor vehicles off road without the landowner's permission

hunt without the relevant permits

fish with nets, traps, or a reel and lure without the relevant permits

This pdf by the Ministry of Environment goes into more detail.

If you want to sleep in the car, there are rest stops on major roads where one could stay. They sometimes have info boards, tables, and dry toilets. But usually just a large bin. As long as you are not bothering anyone and your car is legally parked, you can sleep in your car anywhere you like. Generally speaking for one to two days. As far as the law is concerned, it is always preferable you stop and sleep instead of driving while half asleep. You are also allowed to park for rest/sleep on small private forest roads near the main road for safety.

If you are in a city/residential area, the police might check on you, but generally they'll just want to know you're ok because a concerned citizen called them. They might ask you to move somewhere else if the concerned citizen is somehow inconvenienced by you (maybe you're just too close to their property for their comfort). In that case, the police can advise where you could go instead.

A caravan has more restrictions. If you see a sign saying "leiriytyminen kielletty" (camping prohibited), you'll have to go somewhere else if you want to park a caravan and take out barbecues and lawn chairs. Camping prohibited does not mean you are not allowed to stop for the duration of sleep.

I actually don't know about the coffee cup, but my gut instinct is that yes, they can and will do this for you if they're not super busy and you ask nicely.

There may be public water fountains, but any tap will give you drinkable water. Tap water is safe to drink everywhere in Finland unless specifically advised otherwise. Cafés and petrol stations will probably be happy to fill in your bottle, too, if you ask.

Ice machines are pretty rare in Finland as far as I know. I've only seen them in some hotels for guest use and at restaurants/bars behind the counter or in the kitchen. Your typical Finn will make their own ice cubes in the freezer should they need them. Some supermarkets do sell them though.

I'm not a camper, so hopefully my followers can help you with making friends with like-minded Finns. From the top of my head, I think Reddit's r/Finland might be a place to start. You could also look for camping-related forums.

For a Finnish experience, definitely swim in a lake! Especially if it's summer time. If there's no one around, ditch the swimsuit. :) Also try the sauna. Maybe sleep in laavu or autiotupa.

Remember to have mosquito repellent and a sleep mask. There are a lot of mosquitos in Finland in summer, and if you're not used to the midnight sun, you might find it difficult to sleep without a mask.

#vastaus #nimetön #feel free to send follow up questions! :)#nyt menen nukkumaan son moro o/

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dankusner · 7 months ago

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Cremians

Traveling with cremated remains:

Handling them takes planning

While it is not illegal to transport cremains, a lot of companies get nervous about it.

So everything is going along fine and then – bam! – your Aunt Agatha dies and you find out that she had named you as her agent to transport her cremated remains to Hawaii and have them thrown into the ocean.

Or, hypothetically, your destination could be to Disney World, a golf course in Scotland or another ash-worthy site.

Your journey is going to require a bit of planning.

You will be transporting a noticeable amount of ashes. Cremains for an average adult woman weigh 4 pounds; you can add another 2 pounds for a man.

And, while it is not illegal to transport cremains, a lot of companies get nervous about it.

If you plan to take the cremains on a plane, it makes a difference if you are traveling internationally or domestically.

The United States allows you to transport cremains domestically, but you should bring a copy of the death certificate.

Some states also require a disposition permit.

If you are traveling internationally, then be aware that most countries impose restrictions.

At a minimum, you will have to bring certain documents with you, and those must be translated into the foreign country’s language.

If you plan to travel by air, then you need to review the restrictions imposed by your airline.

Some will only allow you to take the cremains in a carry-on, while others require that you check them.

Most have explicit procedures that you have to follow for disclosing that you have cremains and requiring that they be labeled.

You should also check TSA rules.

The current rules recommend that you purchase a temporary or permanent crematory container made of a lighter weight material, such as wood or plastic, to carry the cremains.

You cannot bring them in a container that is made of a material that generates an opaque image, because the TSA officers will not be able to clearly determine what is inside the container.

You might think that you can handle this by not sealing the container, but TSA officers will not open a container, even if you request it.

If, instead of traveling with the cremains, you plan to mail them, your choices are limited.

UPS, Fed Ex and DHL will not knowingly transport cremains.

The United States Postal Service will, but only if you follow their instructions. USPS just posted new regulations: See Publication 139, issued September 2019, at

https://about.usps.com/publications/pub139.pdf.

A possible alternative is to have your funeral home arrange for the transport of the cremains.

As for scattering the ashes once you arrive – you need to do a bit of research on that, too.

Most national parks require a permit. The EPA requires that you be more than 3 nautical miles from the coast to scatter at sea.

Many states have requirements about scattering over private and public land.

As for Disney World – scattering ashes is strictly forbidden. If you are caught, you will be escorted out of the park and Aunt Agatha’s remains will end up at the bottom of a vacuum cleaner bag.

Keepsakes as a legacy:

Treasure or trash?

If you want a memory to survive you, then you have some work to do.

Keepsakes are important. So why do so few of them make it to the next generation?

In the context of legacies, keepsakes are significant because they bring back our memories of the departed.

Let’s face it: Memories do not transfer easily.

Your favorite keepsake may, for example, be a dried starfish that you and your mother discovered during a family vacation at the beach.

Your starfish brings back the memory of that day: the sound of the ocean, the warmth of the sand underneath your bare feet, the look on your mother’s face, your feelings of delight. The starfish means something to you.

It will probably not, however, mean anything to your son who cleans out your apartment after your death, meaning your starfish will probably end up in the municipal garbage dump along with the soured milk carton from your refrigerator.

That is not to say your son is an ignorant oaf (although he may well be); it just means that the significance of the starfish died when you did.

If you want a keepsake to survive you, then you have some work to do.

The goal is to give your recipient his or her own association and memory regarding the keepsake.

Some suggestions: Tell your children/grandchildren/beneficiaries the story while reverently passing around the starfish; place the starfish in a special box and enclose a paper, in your handwriting, with the history; or gift the starfish, together with a stirring rendition of the story, during your lifetime.

Silence is never the friend of keepsakes, as I recently learned firsthand.

In September, two weeks after receiving a cancer diagnosis, my 88-year-old father passed away.

The hospice nurse told us that the night before he died, he got up out of bed and poured himself one final drink from a bottle of Dewars (why he chose a blended Scotch instead of a single-malt will remain one of life’s great mysteries).

After his funeral, the family got together and toasted him with a shot of Dewars out of that same bottle.

Afterwards my husband and I tucked the bottle carefully away in the deepest recesses of the liquor cabinet to await a toast on the next anniversary of my father’s passing.

Several months later, my cousin-in-law Ruth and her husband Russ came for a visit.

We gathered for cocktails on the back porch, and my husband started telling the Dewars story.

Russ got very quiet and I noticed that he edged his glass to the back of the table.

He confessed the next day that he had found the bottle and, not knowing the history, poured himself a drink.

So now I have less Scotch but more memories.

I may never be able to part with the bottle.

Be it rope, Scotch or starfish, a keepsake may be worth the trouble of preserving.

Three things to do on the death of a loved one

There are practical and legal matters to attend to immediately.

When a family member or other loved one dies, the natural response is to feel overwhelmed.

However, there are some very practical and legal matters that need to be attended to “immediately, if not sooner.”

Secure the property

Sad as it may seem, when a person dies, his property becomes at risk.

Sometimes friends and family use this as an opportunity to help themselves to what they believe they should get, and will help themselves to personal property.

Who gets a person’s property on death should be determined by his/her will or trust.

Once the toothpaste is out of the tube it is hard to get it back in.

The same is true for a decedent’s tangible personal property.

Once it is gone, it is hard to get it back and into the hands of who is legally entitled to receive it.

Burglars read the obituaries.

While friends and family are at the funeral or otherwise unoccupied, burglars will be happy to break into the house and steal both what is and isn’t nailed down.

It is a good idea to have someone stay at the house to protect the property.

At a minimum, consider changing the locks.

Credit cards, debit cards and checks need to be protected.

Mail needs to be collected. Automobiles and other motor vehicles should be locked up or otherwise protected.

Plan the funeral

If you are fortunate, the newly departed left a written Appointment of Burial Agent with specific instructions.

That will make your job incredibly easy.

Texas law allows a person to appoint an agent to be in charge of funeral arrangements and to describe the arrangements.

A lot of estate planning attorneys draw up this document as part of general estate planning.

Take a look through the papers to see if this document was included.

If you are the agent, then present the paper to the funeral home and follow the instructions.

You have the final say, within reason.

You also get to front the costs, unless the funeral was prepaid or you go to court to get an emergency order for funds.

If there are no written instructions, then the law determines who has authority to make arrangements for the disposition of the body and plan the funeral.

They are, in this order: the surviving spouse; any one of the surviving adult children; either one of the surviving parents; any one of the surviving adult siblings; any one or more of the duly qualified executors or administrators of the decedent’s estate; and finally the next of kin in the order named by law to inherit the estate.

There is a time period for the designated person to act.

Note who is not included in this list: the decedent’s domestic partner; best friend; or the person to whom the decedent gave verbal instructions.

See your lawyer

When a person dies, there is an awkward lapse in authority.

The decedent’s power of attorney is no longer operative, and the executor named in the will does not have any authority to act until the will is admitted to probate and the executor is appointed by the probate judge and qualifies by taking the oath of office and filing a bond, if required.

You will need some direction, earlier rather than later, on what you are permitted to do.

Probate of a will takes time.

It is best to get started promptly so that there is an executor in place with power to handle the affairs of the decedent.

If there is a trust, there is usually a successor trustee named in the trust.

However, remember a trust only operates on property that is owned by the trust.

Many financial accounts pass to a named beneficiary.

Retirement plans such as IRAs and 401(k) accounts usually have a named beneficiary and the account passes to that person, not under the will.

There is more than one way to have another person “on a bank account.”

If the account holders are joint tenants with right of survivorship, then the other holders become the owners of the account.

If the other person on the account is a convenience signer, or an agent under a power of attorney, then the account doesn’t pass that way.

Documents the lawyer will want to see include: the original will (not a copy); the death certificate (if available); the decedent’s driver’s license number and Social Security number; any trust documents; any “lady bird deeds” or transfer on death deeds; account agreements with rights of survivorship; beneficiary designations and the like.

But don’t wait.

At a minimum, there is going to be a two-week delay between filing a will for probate and going to court.

A more realistic estimate is four to six weeks and even longer in some counties.

Recently there have been unexpected delays in getting death certificates.

In this case, if you can obtain a copy of the application for the death certificate, that information will be helpful to your lawyer.

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odkrycia-nauce-i-foldery-online · 10 months ago

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Scientific Expedition to Yunnan

In the spring of 1932 a joint botanical and zoological expedition was sent to eastern Yunnan by the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping, starting from western Szechuan and exploring the bordering regions of Szechuan, Kweichow and Yunnan. The party expects to spend the winter in Yunnanfu. The botanical staff will endeavour to explore regions formerly not thoroughly worked over and collect also specimens in the type loc&lities. Besides collecting flowering plants, special attention will be devoted to mosses, liverworts, ferns and other cryptogams. The zoological staff will collect birds, fishes, other lower vertebrates and land shells. News has been received that the party succeeded in penetrating the forbidden territories of Ta-LiangShan Lolos, where probably no white man has ever entered before. These Lolos are very warlike tribes. They frequently kidnap Chinese and make them slaves. By a curious chance the present powerful chieftainess is the sister of the military governor of Yunnan, and hence much more enlightened in her view toward the purpose of scientific expeditions. The party was welcomed as honourable guests by the chieftainess. Oxen and pigs were slaughtered in their honour, and an elder of the tribe has been handed over to the district magistrate as the pledge of their safety. As two years. ago the lamentable death of the eminent young Chinese palreontologist, Ya-Tseng Chao, at the hands of bandits had cost the district magistrate of Chao Tung Hsien permanent dismissal from office, such precaution is carefully taken by his successor. The party plans to explore the south-eastern part of Yunnan next year.

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ravelite · 1 year ago

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Without public distribution channels, the special issue of Xiaoniao lives as a PDF passed around among friends. “I have no idea how far it has reached,” Yang said. “There is something samizdat-like to it,” she said, referring to the underground literature of 20th-century Eastern Europe, which circulated hand to hand. In today’s China, people create knowing that publishing is transient in nature — online articles can be taken down; books can be removed from the shelves; writers can be blacklisted; bloggers can be “disappeared.” (One of the websites Xiaoyin frequented, Poetry Life, announced its shutdown on July 13. “Poetry Life was born on the internet where it will dissipate,” the announcement read. “It has been a mirage as well as our real land.”)

The Art of Telling Forbidden Stories in China - The New York Times

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truepdf · 2 years ago

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River God (A Novel of Ancient Egypt)

Description: Ancient Egypt. Land of the Pharaohs. A kingdom built on gold. A legend shattered by greed…. Now the Valley of Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of its lifeblood, as weak men inherit the cherished crown. For Tanus, the fair-haired young lion of a warrior, the gods have decreed that he will lead Egypt’s army in a bold attempt to reunite the Kingdom’s shattered halves. But Tanus will have to defy the same gods to attain the reward they have forbidden him, an object more prized than battle’s glory: possession of the Lady Lostris, a rare beauty with skin the color of oiled cedar – destined for the adoration of a nation, and the love of one extraordinary man.

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gqwego · 2 years ago

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The Sweetness of Water - Nathan Harris

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In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry?freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother, who was sold away when they were boys.?Parallel to their story runs a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers. The young men, recently returned from the war to the town of Old Ox, hold their trysts in the woods. But when their secret is discovered, the resulting chaos, including a murder, unleashes convulsive repercussions on the entire community. In the aftermath of so much turmoil, it is Isabelle who emerges as an unlikely leader, proffering a healing vision for the land and for the newly free citizens of Old Ox.?With candor

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greenhorn-art · 3 years ago

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Title: This Tornado Loves You (link to AO3)

Author: @rabbitcrimes | FeelsForBreakfast (link to AO3)

Fandom: MDZS, The Untamed

Length: 8 821 words | 52 pages total

Hanguang-jun is dating a mild mannered, non-cultivator named Wei Wuxian. The Yiling Laozu rolls up to a nighthunt on a motorbike, no relation at all to the previous statement.

The author made a post for the fic here on tumblr, so go check them out!

Fonts used:

Lora

a Agreement Signature

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Art credits:

Lan Wangji landing the Pizza Hut was photshopped by @rabbitcrimes,

rat swarm by Vojislav Vasiljevic on ArtStation

Motorbike pictures from Silodrome article

The swirly pattern background from Rawpixel

Another short fic bound pamphlet style!

I knew before I even started reading that this fic was going to be fun -- the first thing that caught my eye while scrolling down AO3 was the tag ‘Dark Rataouille show me the forbidden rat cultivation’. I was not disappointed! It was great! I also had a lot of fun typesetting and designing the cover for this fic.

I really wanted to incorporate the author’s picture of Lan Wangji landing on the Pizza hut and found that it worked well as a silhouette. The red coulour was inspired by the roof of the Pizza Hut from that picture. And of course the swarm of rats from the story. To fill up some empty space I added a fake sticker (a sin, I know. I’m not sorry despite myself) to the back cover with some of the fic’s tags. I chose the swirling pattern seen on the background of the cover because it reminded me of clouds. And at the end of the Author’s Note I added pictures of the of model of motorcycle Wei Wuxian drives. All of the images I used are credited in the colophon at the back, and I added QR codes alongside the links for easy access. The story itself has a QR code on the page with all of the info from AO3. (I just really hate typing out the full URLs. Scanning a QR code is so much easier!)

I had a hard time choosing a font for the title (nothing new there) but in the end settled with a Agreement Signature (link to Fontspace) for the title and headings, and Spartan (link to Google Fonts) for sub-headings and other non-body text. Spartan is a thin font, and it might just be my printer, but it did not print well at regular weight. Especially at a small font size. In the future I’ll try it out as medium or semi-bold. The main body of the fic is in the font Lora (link to Google Fonts) size 10. I like this one a lot, it’s up there with Crimson Text on my shortlist for serif body fonts.

ALSO! I figured out how to avoid the issue of disappearing Blank Pages when I exported to PDF from LibreOffice Writer! Instead of doing page breaks with the Right Page style, I inserted the empty pages using a break with a page style without headers, followed by one with Right Page style. (And there was much rejoicing.)

#fanbinding #bookbinding #ficbinding #mdzs #the untamed #wangxian #fanfiction

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benevolentevil · 3 years ago

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We’ve reached the start of a new year, and it’s time to reveal more higher-level poison spells to fill out the options for Green Dragon sorcerers and warlocks, necromancers, and villainous druids! You’ve already seen new homebrew poison spells that are themed around poisonous animals, involve conjuring poisonous acid, utilize the power of disease, poison their enemies by poisoning the land, create poisonous plants, and of course, just do poison in simple, classic ways. These two spells, contaminate and polluting sludge, focus on the poisonous effects of pure corruption and pollution itself, which can affect all things, whether mortal or not. The new spells are due to appear in the homebrew tome of forbidden and dangerous magic and lore, The Impermissicon, when it releases this year, but we wanted you to get your hands on them early — whether you’re a poison-loving player or a devious DM!

PDF Link | D&D Beyond: Contaminate, Polluting Sludge

#dnd #dnd 5e #dnd homebrew #poison spells #even skeletons can be poisoned if you truly believe

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vanrichtensguidetoravenloft · 4 years ago

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Discover the mysteries of Ravenloft, mist-shrouded lands where infamous Darklords lurk among ageless vampires, zombie hordes, cosmic terrors, and worse. Then make your choice. Will you create your own Domains of Dread, settings to host endless terrifying adventures? Or will you join the ranks of haunted heroes who embrace macabre lineages, dual-edged Dark Gifts, haunted subclasses, and other forbidden powers?

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Travel (perhaps even by choice) to familiar domains and discover new ones—as Ravenloft’s expanded Domains of Dread return for the first time in fifth edition! Includes rules and advice for building custom domains and Darklords using established horror tropes or your own special blend.

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rpgsandbox · 4 years ago

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Contents of the boxed set, including planned stretch goals

Kalisz. Shit. We’re still only in Kalisz. We need to get out of here. Fast. The artillery barrages are getting closer. The Soviets will be here soon. Sarge says we move out after dark. I’m not sure we’ll last that long.

A classic roleplaying game returns. The new retro-apocalyptic edition of Twilight: 2000, published in partnership with Game Designers' Workshop, goes back to the roots of the franchise with a boxed set for sandbox roleplaying in the devastation of World War III. The new edition will be the fourth in the series, the first being released by GDW in 1984. Just like the original version, the new edition is set in a year 2000 devastated by war – now in an alternate timeline where the Moscow Coup of 1991 succeeded and the Soviet Union never collapsed.

Art by Niklas Brandt

"The first edition of Twilight: 2000 was an iconic game for me back in the '80s, and we are humbled and honored to work with Marc Miller and Game Designers' Workshop to bring a new edition to life. The original game was really ahead of its time. Our goal is to build on the amazing sandbox survival gameplay and develop it further, making it more accessible using the tools of modern game design," says lead game designer Tomas Härenstam.

"When I saw this proposal to revisit the Twilight universe, I signed on immediately. As I have seen the work proceed, I have not been disappointed, and I look forward to seeing this project become reality," says Marc Miller of Far Future Enterprises and co-founder of Game Designers' Workshop.

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Also part of the project are Amargosa Press (who have recently announced the new Dark Conspiracy 4th Edition RPG), Polish RPG publisher Black Monk Games (who will act as a consultant on the Poland in 2000 AD game setting as well as publish a Polish edition of the game later on), and Far Future Enterprises (who publishes the fifth edition of the Traveller science-fiction roleplaying game).

The Twilight: 2000 Boxed Set

Making RPGs in boxed sets is expensive, but we really feel it's right way to go for Twilight: 2000, bringing back the feel of the first edition of the game with that iconic Poland map.

If we reach our base funding goal, the boxed set will at the very least include two beautifully illustrated full color books – a Players' Manual and a Referee's Manual, each of about 100 pages detailing rules, setting, gear and scenarios – as well as several empty character sheets and a huge, full color travel map (format 864x558mm) of central Poland on one side and southern Sweden on the other.

If we exceed our base goal, we will add more content to the boxed set as stretch goals. These include combat maps and tokens, cards for initiative and encounters, custom dice, additional content in the books, and more.

Unlocking stretch goals will add content to the boxed set.

LIMITED EDITION METAL BOX: As a exclusive to this Kickstarter, you can even get your copy of Twilight: 2000 in a limited edition metal box. This deluxe edition of the game will only be available via this Kickstarter and will not be produced again. To get your game in the metal box, choose the LIMITED EDITION reward.

Metal Box Design (Work in Progress)

A Referee's Screen will not be included in the boxed set, but can be added to your pledge.

Referee's Screen – Work in Progress

Some say it didn’t have to be this way. Some say history could have taken a different turn. If the Soviet Union had collapsed back in ‘91 when it was on the ropes. If the Gang of Eight military coup against Gorbachev had failed, the world would have looked very different today. Some say. I think it’s bullshit. This storm was always coming, sooner or later.

It doesn’t matter anymore, anyway. Now, all that matters is to survive each day.

It’s all up to us now. Our squad. Jonesy. Diaz, manning the M113. That Polish girl Katje. The men and women around me. No one else will come to our rescue. The final words from division HQ, before they signed off for good, left little doubt.

“You’re on your own now.”

Just like the original game, the new edition of Twilight: 2000 is set in Poland, but the game also offers an alternative Swedish setting, as well as tools for placing the game anywhere in the world. In the game, players take roles of survivors in the aftermath of World War III – soldiers or civilians. Their goal, beyond surviving for another day, can be to find a way back home, to carve out their own fiefdom where they are, to find out more about the mysterious Operation Reset, and maybe, just maybe, make the world a little bit better again.

The core gameplay builds on the hexcrawling system established in Mutant: Year Zero and Forbidden Lands RPGs (both Silver ENnie winners for Best Rules, in 2015 and 2019), developing it further to fit the gritty world of Twilight: 2000. The characters explore the devastated lands using a large hexagon map of Poland or Sweden – or wherever in the world you wish to place your campaign.

Poland Map by Tobias Tranell – Work in Progress

Sweden Map by Tobias Tranell – Work in Progress

Map Detail – Work in Progress

Ronson carries the SAW. Diaz is like the Professor on Gilligan’s Island, he can build a new carburetor out of a pair of coconuts and some dental floss. Kasia, all of 17, is the closest thing we have to a medic since we lost Doc. Jonesy is a ginger who Diaz says looks like the cat in Aliens which is how a German intel officer got a name like Jonesy. Top’s been in the Marines long enough to have fought in the Tet Offensive… and me? I’m just a grunt. We’re all trying to get by. Top once called us “the last family.” He might be right. Kasia made a gagging gesture when he did. But none of us expect to see our actual families again.

Art by Niklas Brandt

The core rules of the game build on the Year Zero Engine (used in award-winning RPGs such as ALIEN, Tales From the Loop, Forbidden Lands and Mutant: Year Zero), but heavily adapted to fit Twilight: 2000 and its focus on gear and gritty realism.

Twilight: 2000 will be crunchier and have less random elements than other YZE games. Twilight: 2000 will get a solid ruleset that captures the gritty, realistic feel of the original, but in a more accessible way and that fully realizes the potential for sandbox gameplay. We aim for a system that retains depth and complexity, but that is less granular and easier to use.

Instead of a dice pool as in other YZE games, Twilight: 2000 uses a two-dice system. You'll roll one base die for your skill and one base die for the attribute connected to that skill. Base dice range from D6s to D12s. Skills and attributes are rated from A to D, with a better score giving you a better die to roll. Attributes and skills are fairly broad, with specialties used to fine-tune your character. Combat uses battlemaps with 10-meter hexes to regulate movement and ranged attacks. Extensive systems for critical injuries as well as component damage to vehicles give crunch to the system, while keeping it fast and playable.

More information about the rules will be presented in updates during this Kickstarter.

Art by Niklas Brandt

Twilight: 2000 is a game with a large and proud community. We want to extend a big thank you to everyone, for your warm welcome to us and the upcoming game since the project was announce a few months back.

Beside the comments field here on the Kickstarter, we have opened a section dedicated to Twilight: 2000 at our forums, and you're very welcome to join the discussions there. Also, of course you have the pre-existing Twilight: 2000 Facebook group which is an amazing resource and community hub, and the new Facebook group Twilight: 2000 by Free League, created specifically for the new edition.

We are very eager to hear your questions, thoughts and requests for the new edition. Even if we might not be able to fulfill every wish, we certainly want to listen to your advice and feedback.

After the Kickstarter concludes, later in the fall, we will share a full Alpha PDF of the game to all backers, so you will be able to playtest the game and give your feedback on it before it goes to print.

Art by Niklas Brandt

Kickstarter campaign ends: Thu, September 3 2020 8:00 PM BST

Website: Free League Publishing

#RPG #kickstarter #Twilight 2000 #Free League Publishing

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nostalgicamphibian · 2 years ago

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McPagliacci: A parody comic based on the 1892 opera Pagliacci, a tale filled with tragedy, comedy and 🌟✨forbidden romance ✨🌟 but with McDonalds Land characters.

If you want to read it all with no interruptions a PDF version is available at the artist's Patreon!

Part 1: Cadenza! 🤡 Part 2: Recitative!🤡 Part 3: Coloratura! 🤡 Part 4: Opera buffa! 🤡 Part 5: Finale!🤡🎉

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eastafricaart · 4 years ago

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Home Is A Woman, by Arao Ameny

Before I enter the matatu for the drive to Kampala then Lira the driver stops me to tell me he’s never seen me on this route “you must live outside” I remember I live outside my own country I pretend not to hear and he says it again, this time behind a cigarette and a smile he asks me “who are your people? who is your father? your grandfather?” saying he may know my people

I tell him my mother’s name and her mother’s name and my great-grandmothers’ names I tell him about the names of the land they could not inherit unless their brothers or fathers or husbands gave it to them I name and map the land, from that tree to the edge of the river I tell him where my great-grandmothers were born where my grandmothers were born where my mother was born I hum the names of the women in my family over and over again like a forgotten prayer a forbidden song he asks again “who are your forefathers, you girl?” I ask him “and who gave birth to them?” and I say the names of the women who gave birth to them

our ride is silent from Kampala to Lira he gives me a curious glance from the rearview mirror at my many faces looking at me while I hold on to my suitcase while I carry all the women living inside of me I carry them home

As published in The Southern Review, where you can download a copy in pdf form and buy a hard copy via an individual subscription for Spring 2020

#Arao Ameny #Uganda #poetry #East Africa #Africa

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klaineccfanficlibrary · 4 years ago

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I'm looking for a fic where Blaine and Finn are mortal enemies, and they are both leaders of their own crew, but suddenly Blaine meets Kurt and he can't get Kurt out of his head?

Blaine & Kurt by @rumchocolatesouflee-blog

A story of forbidden love between Blaine and Kurt. Could only their deaths mend the poisonous relationship between McKinley and Dalton? Based off of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

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West Side Klaine by IFoundYouJustineTime

AU Based on West Side Story: The Hummel-Hudson brothers lead a gang who rule West Lima City. However, their authority is about to be challenged by an old rival gang lead by a cocky newcomer named Blaine Anderson. Then love turns their world upside down.

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Know Your Enemy by mmerainbows

AU. Set in another world in another time. Burt, Finn, Kurt, and Noah are the heads of an army that crosses the continent liberating the oppressed from wicked rulers. The time has come to deal with a personal vendetta against the Kingdom of Dalton and it's ruler, King Anderson. But even if they liberate Dalton, can they unite its people under its unwanted son, Prince Blaine?

My first fanfic ever and my first featured fanfic at S&C. Looking back at it now, there's lots I would fix, but redo's will have to wait since I have other fics on the go.

Name from Green Day song of the same name.

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Lucky That I by by satonawall [PDF] [Epub]

In order to get a powerful ally, Prince Kurt’s step brother Finn marries him off to King Blaine of the Deserted Lands.

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Need for Speed ‘Verse by @lady-divine-writes

Kurt Hummel moves from California to Lima after his dad’s heart attack causes them to lose their repair shop. Kurt leaves his prestigious performing arts school and any chance of moving to New York and getting into NYADA. His only other joy in life is custom tuning cars, but his father doesn’t approve. Things seem to get back on track when he joins the Dalton Crew as their mechanic, behind his father’s back. He’ll make the money he needs as long as he can put up with the unwanted attention of Sebastian Smythe. But, how will his dreams change after he meets the head of the McKinley Crew, Blaine Anderson, who decides that winning Kurt Hummel will be his next big challenge?

#klaine #klaine fanfic #klaine fanfiction #fic finder #rivals #Finn Hudson #highschool!Klaine #Prince!Kurt

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mawarputih324 · 4 years ago

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*PDF/Books* In Deeper Waters BY : F.T. Lukens

In Deeper Waters

By : F.T. Lukens

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A young prince must rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped during his coming-of-age tour in this swoony adventure that is The Gentleman?s Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Pirates of the Caribbean.Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family?s kingdom for the first time. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey, when their crew discovers a mysterious prisoner on a burning derelict vessel.Tasked with watching over the prisoner, Tal is surprised to feel an intense connection with the roguish Athlen. So when Athlen leaps overboard and disappears, Tal feels responsible and heartbroken, knowing Athlen could not have survived in the open ocean.That is, until Tal runs into Athlen days later on dry land, very much alive, and as charming?and secretive?as ever. But before they can pursue anything

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gretchensinister · 5 years ago

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Looking for a fic for the weekend?

As of yesterday, all my completed fics are on Ao3! That means you can enjoy them without tumblr’s interface!

Most of them are short, true, but there are 716 of them. Of all ratings and varieties. And even beyond regular tagging I’ve organized the short ones into collections by ship or category.

But what about the longer ones? (Note, all of these are M or E)

Well, for example, there’s:

The Doors of Perception, a Pitch Black/Sandy (Rise of the Guardians) human AU that starts in the 60s and spans decades of love and pain and healing.

A Draught of Light, a Pitch Black/Sandy (Rise of the Guardians) epic fantasy AU in which Pitch Black and Sandy learn why they are immortal when all the other adepts of Light and Shadow have died out, and how to return magic to their land. Note for the times--one of the magic issues between them is that when Pitch and Sandy became full adepts of Light and Shadow, they also became literally unable to touch each other. It’s a source of angst and tension but...I didn’t write this story to leave anyone in pieces.

On the other side of the touch spectrum, there’s Give You Everything, a Venom Symbiote/Eddie Brock fic in which those two characters learn to navigate probably the most intimate way of existence possible for two living beings.

Or maybe since things are fucked up you need other things that are fucked up in different ways.

Like Hoddmímis Holt, a Thor/Loki which takes place immediately after Ragnarok and is a long night that follows a mutual love confession. Yeah, the situation is inherently fucked up, but otherwise fairly tender.

Or if you need something absolutely dark, there’s A Perfect Man Is Hard To Find, a Pitch Black/Sandy (Rise of the Guardians) human AU in which they are cannibal serial killers in love. A perfect man is hard to find...but they do find one. And they don’t waste the opportunity.

Or maybe you just want the tentacles. That’s The Dark Watcher. Technically Pitch Black/Sandy (Rise of the Guardians) but like...Pitch is a monster and Sandy is an all-too-enthusiastic human sacrifice. You don’t need to have seen the movie.

And there is a LOT more than these. I didn’t even put summaries of some of my longer works because they’re a little more standard/main movieverse.

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Now. These fics are free and they are intended to always be free. But I have also written a novel that I intend to self-publish: The Solstice Alliance.

Stella Black has been followed by a terrifying, malevolent entity since she was a child, but she’s never been certain of its ability to affect the physical world until now. With new evidence of its power to affect matter, she can only assume it is finally going to end her life. Desperate, she seeks out a paranormal society, and, to her astonishment, they promise to do whatever they can to help her, despite her destitute state.

The entity, however, proves too powerful to be destroyed by the society’s means. While it is temporarily bound, the mysterious Alexandra Poppy says that she might be able to permanently destroy it using the knowledge contained in books on her rural estate, Dreamers’ Hill.

The powerful draw of freedom and of time spent alone with Alexandra lead Stella to agree to accompany her far away from any life she’s ever known, but the forbidden wishes of her heart are not the strangest possibilities that might come to fruition under the cold stars of the year’s longest night…

The Solstice Alliance is a story of sapphic love and dark magic set in Victorian England, and it’s all ready to blaze it’s way into your eyeballs except for one thing: I want it to be searchable by libraries, and in order for that to be possible, I need an ISBN. A bundle of 10 ISBNs costs $295 in the US (and since I intend to write more it makes sense to buy a bundle).

I currently have ~$129 saved towards the ISBNs. If you donate to my paypal, I’ll send you the PDF. Or you can donate with the message “no PDF” because you’re just so full of love for my other stories but your device isn’t full of storage space.

That’s all folks! I write because if I stopped writing I’d stop being myself, but I love every reader who journeys with me!

#pitch black #sanderson mansnoozie #rise of the guardians #symbrock #venom #thorki #queer sff #long post

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