tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3573389009896246791..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Flandry's TestamentKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-15068487964551144752023-07-31T19:34:58.163+01:002023-07-31T19:34:58.163+01:00Neither was I, but I knew just enough about D&...Neither was I, but I knew just enough about D&D to get the joke.Jim Baerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182949391365921637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-31214315788300201382023-07-30T20:04:30.393+01:002023-07-30T20:04:30.393+01:00Kaor, Jim!
I fear I was never interested in Dunge...Kaor, Jim!<br /><br />I fear I was never interested in Dungeons & Dragons, unless you count sometimes playing with my ancient Radio Shack chess computer as vaguely, tangentially related!<br /><br />Ad astra! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-17163222805842633302023-07-30T18:16:11.580+01:002023-07-30T18:16:11.580+01:00https://xkcd.com/393/
On the death of Gary Gygax, ...https://xkcd.com/393/<br />On the death of Gary Gygax, originator of Dungeons and Dragons<br />https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/393:_Ultimate_GameJim Baerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182949391365921637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-86949006972278382322017-06-16T08:12:00.877+01:002017-06-16T08:12:00.877+01:00Kaor, DAVID!
Pratchett portraying Death as KIND w...Kaor, DAVID!<br /><br />Pratchett portraying Death as KIND was unusual! Don't think I ever heard of or seen "Benson" on TV. <br /><br />Sean Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-7350053329247814292017-06-15T16:08:24.622+01:002017-06-15T16:08:24.622+01:00Paul and Sean:
Terry Pratchett parodied the "...Paul and Sean:<br />Terry Pratchett parodied the "chess with Death" notion in several of his stories, in a variety of ways. In one of them, Death had to be reminded — evidently not for the first time — how the knight moves. In another, he reminisces about once being challenged to a game called "Exclusive Possession" (which seems to be what we'd know as *Monopoly*) and adds, "I was the boot." And then there was the time a witch challenged him to a poker game, not for her own life, but for the life of an infant. Death got the winning hand — and pretended to believe it was a LOSING hand. Pratchett's portrayal of Death is KIND.<br /><br />There was a TV show, *Benson*, on which one episode got Benson into a game of *Trivial Pursuit* with "Mr. G. Reaper" (every time his name was mentioned, a dog howled in the distance) for the lives of a school bus full of children caught in a sudden storm. All the questions Mr. Reaper (Owooooo) were asked had answers relating to death; Jerry Garcia's band, for instance. But he didn't know about a certain series of Charles Bronson movies (*Death Wish*).David Birrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973889429164886381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-664527922929511822017-06-15T09:09:36.779+01:002017-06-15T09:09:36.779+01:00Sean,
I switched to football in mid-analogy. The f...Sean,<br />I switched to football in mid-analogy. The final whistle blows at an appointed time.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-85777649585408926212017-06-15T08:09:53.805+01:002017-06-15T08:09:53.805+01:00Kaor, Paul!
A very philosophic and interesting co...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />A very philosophic and interesting comment by Dominic Flandry, one worthy of being pondered over. I would add that the game Flandry had in mind was chess, not football. But we can know the scores of chess games and tournaments. I have heard of stories where a man plays chess with either Death or Satan, with the stakes being his life or soul.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com