The Retreat

[RPGs/Wargames] Christmas at Twilight Or how I learned to quit complaining and love my fellow man -- loudly. Last year about this time, Eugen Systems -- creators of the very fine indeed Wargame and Steel Division -- posted a very thematic Christmas card to the community, and as I said on FB at the time, "Maybe I need to write that up as a 5150 scenario." Now that 5150: Hammer & Anvil has been released, I'm back to thinking, "maybe I should write that up as a scenario for 5150 . So let's do that. Inspirations Inspired in equal measure by 5150 itself, Twilight 2000 , Advanced Squad Leader , and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians . https://youtu.be/7dhvdnzHBr0 And maybe a little Futurama . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbMq4NCHuhU Mission: YULETIDE TANGO History Unfortunately, there truly is a War on Christmas. Not because of political factionalism or even religious diversity, but because the forces of Hell have not been receiving their due. KRAMPUS (Kraft...

Out of the boundless joy and generosity of my heart, I have decided to release the 3D designs for the Pokémon Go Christmas ornaments and Christmas tree topper for free! That's right, I'm putting them up on Thingiverse for anyone to download and print for themselves before the end of the holiday season. If you print one of these designs, I would greatly appreciate it if you were to reply on Thingiverse with a picture of the results, and be sure to tell your friends. If you feel like sending me a little tip via the site, I would certainly not stop you. Smarmy Saturnalia and a Merry Christmas to all of you!

You ever have one of those days where you get an idea, it looks simple, but once you knock out the obvious parts it starts getting ugly? Yes, this project is like that. From the top. This is what it looks like (by intention): Fairly simple, right? It's a simple Pokemon Go Pokestop, that weird location where you put out a finger, give it a spin, and it showers you in presents by shooting balls and sticky potions in your face. Perfectly sensible as an inspiration. This is what burped its way out of my brain: A perfectly sensible translation, at least if you intend to stick it on a tree. There are a couple subtleties that can be pretty easily overlooked if you're in a hurry, like the fact the outer ring has a definite inner lip, or the fact that there are multiple floating parts that we don't currently have maglev or anti-grav to keep in the air without some kind of through-post to suspend them -- which needs to at least be notionally strong enough to keep the bit...