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    Jean Valjean

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    Actually, several totalitarian regimes (from old-school Islamic caliphates to Lenin's U.S.S.R.) have either held great disdain for music or tried to ban it entirely.  This is because, "...music is an expression of the human spirit – the very thing that these totalitarians were trying to master." 

     

    Also, I think I saw that movie way back in the day, but don't remember anything much about it. 

    Toa Smoke Monster

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    Films: "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back"

     

    Books: "Heir to the Empire" - Timothy Zahn, "City of the Dead" - John Whitman

     

    TV Show: "Clone Wars (2003)", "The Clone Wars (2008)", "Rebels"

     

    Comics: "Star Wars: Lando: Parts 1-5"

     

    Video Games: "Battlefront 2", "Empire at War"

     

    Merchandise: "Star Wars: Epic Duels Game", any of those toy lightsabers I had back when I was kid. 

    JAG18

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    About the fifth dimension, I read an article about how time could be considered another dimension, since it's another linear progression.

    What's funny is, Rod Serling did originally write, "There is a sixth dimension," but when a producer asked why he skipped the fifth dimension Serling replied that he thought they were already five dimensions. 

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    JAG18

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    I've not seen a legit attempt at a new Russian-reversal joke since about 2010, so this takes me back

    Well, to give credit where credit is due, I actually put this together from various comments to a two-years old Youtube video.  =P

    JAG18

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    :kaukau: I love Risk.  There's nothing wrong with having fairly simple rules, and it's a good party game, especially if you pllay with people who like to make alliances and/or manipulate other players.  That having been said, if by "serious gamer" you mean that it won't live up to certain tastes, I see what you mean.  Complex games with multiple levels of strategy are way awesome, and I would love to someday find people who are willing to play Axis and Allies with me.  Until then, I play Civilization V, which is my go-to "game that does what Risk does a lot better."

     

    I'm not against simple games, but it's just that I don't find Risk to be very fun for a variety of reasons from the fact that the game can be brutal toward players having no luck with die rolls to how the winner is often determined several turns in advance with the other players having no choice, but to take their beating.  Not that the game doesn't have some good moments and was a great step forward in board gaming when it came out, but it just isn't all that fun for me anymore.

     

    Axis and Allies has always been on my list of games to try out if I could find anyone who would play it with me.

     

     

    As for this game that you're reviewing, I had to Google it.  I'm assuming that you're referring to this, but you said that it actually has nothing to do with Risk, so I'm a little thrown off.

    That is indeed the game I'm referring to; the actual gameplay has no real resemblance to Risk (aside from maybe the dice combat and moving from sector to sector), but the title makes it sound like it's a Star Wars themed Risk variant like the actual Star Wars Risk games already in existence. 

     

    That LandGrab game definitely sounds interesting and I might look into it.  I was a huge fan of online and computer games when I was growing up, especially RTS games, but I've mostly left them behind now-a-days in favor of board gaming.  No idea why.

     

     

    Unfortunately, from the way you describe the game, it doesn't sound like something I'd be interested in, especially if it's the same game that I linked to.  The map sounds a little uninteresting and doesn't add as much depth to the gameplay as the maps I've played on LandGrab.  I'll check out The Emperor's Gambit, but like you, I don't have the funds to be pursuing gaming as a hobby, but I like it when games are on my radar.

    "Risk: Star Wars Edition" is much more of a "tactical" game with a couple of fleets fighting it out in space, rather than a full-fled "strategic" war game like Risk or Axis and Allies.  There are times when I feel like playing both types of games, but the map is made for a skirmish not a war so it might not be your cup of tea. 

     

    Yeah, board gaming isn't a cheap hobby with it being hard to find a quality (non-card) game for under $30-$40 dollars (and the higher end games can go up to $100 dollars!) 

    FrozenFlash

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    Fine.  Sure.  Something more serious than skimming BZPower.  A sandwich.  Star Wars.  A little.  No more than usual.  Believe it or not, yes.  Yeah, but that's because I just got off work.  No.  Yes.  Yes.  Doesn't matter, but you already did. 

    JAG18

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    You can read Tolkien's translation of Beowulf, if you want to give it another go. I'm still in the middle of it, but its great. Rich in epic wording like you exampled.

    I knew about Tolkien's "Beowulf: Monsters and the Critics", but I was unaware he also had a translation.  I don't normally reread books much, but if his is more in line with my example then that's a very good reason to give Tolkien's a try while doing it.

     

     

    I think it really depends on what your looking for - I can tell you right away that, while Shippey's is colloquialized and flows better on modern tongues, Hudson's adheres more closely to the original text. 

    I honestly just read Hudson's version because I got it cheap at a second-hand book store, but I am glad to learn that greater adherence to the text is a strength of it.

     

    What I look for in a translation varies, but for "Beowulf" I was just looking to enjoy a good story (conveyed in a readable way) and to get the overall feel of the poem.  Which means Shippey or Tolkien probably has what I'm looking for.

     

     

    Seamus Heaney's translation is also so good, really sticks the original form of the poem and really translates it into English well in my opinion(as one who is not super familiar with original Anglo-Saxon verse yet). 

    Noted, for if and when I get around to rereading this.  XP

    FallenAtlas

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    When I was younger I liked collecting coins enough that I ended up with my father's coin collection (which he got from his father) and is the work of three generations of his side of the family.  Technically four since I've made some small contributions over the years.

     

    Yeah, I'm not really into things like this anymore, but it sounds like you have a very impressive collection on your hands.

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