IMO using pigeons could make the settlement more vulnerable to attack from things like disease. A Malia cultist could have a field day. ... From: Roderick and...
... Right, that decides it! The pigeons are being used by the Bad Guys. Now, who are the Bad Guys? :) (I know what *my* knee-jerk assumption is, but we all...
... biased.) Hey come on have you ever been in a chicken coop? Chickens are pretty disgusting too it's just that they don't live in such close proximity to...
personally I've not experienced the whole Pigeon Disease Master thing :) but... there is an old Polish folk tale in which a fort was attacked by tempting its...
... to infect a town Spanish flu probably arose in chickens. SARS too (?). They are routinely pumped full of tetracycline to prevent bacterial diseases. When I...
... They certainly are. And stupid. Just as bad as pigeons. Only they don't fly, so can't spread disease as far. ... Since "pigeon" and "dove" are AFAIK two...
... groups): these ... Rather: let's require something meaningful filled in there. Too bad Jane quoted the original message. I took the freedom to delete the...
... Except that in Glorantha disease is caused by disease spirits not infections as in the RW. Unless you're arguing that pigeons *are* disease spirits... -- ...
... There's a very good article on disease in Glorantha in Lords of Terror. It talks about "countless minute disease spirits" for infectious diseases. (It also...
Re: chickens, the "Chicken Run" idea is brilliant. Intelligent chickens plotting how to fool their Heortling oppressors and escape the besieged city of...
Jane: Doves, symbol of peace, being *used* by Malia to spread disease? And when they do, we call them pigeons. - Nice irony but, personally, I prefer to shy...
I'm back home in wintry Canberra after a glorious trip to Tentacles and sunny Germany. It was a wonderful meeting with friends old and new, and my busy...
Hi Has anyone prepared a narrative synopsis yet to the seige? Even a personnal one would be nice. I think along the way I missed some bits and I'm looking...
... Not sure I know what you mean here. In what way dos what you're after differ from what's on the Wiki? ... At what stage does the process fall over? Zip,...
... Pretty much everything that's been agreed is on the Wiki: http://www.eparsnip.f2s.com/phpwiki/index.php?FrontPage About the only things that aren't are...
Hi Rob ... I wouldn't push the idea of these PowerPoint presentations being anything more than a very rough (wip) overview - like all slide shows they're ...
... Well, obviously I did, and unfortunately Nick couldn't make it. A couple of other list people were at the convention, too, but the audience seemed to...
Hi, My name is Simon Miller and I've been interested in wargaming within a Gloranthan setting for several years (I use the Hordes of the Things rules). I was ...
... Welcome Simon, The current state of play regarding the Lunar army is what's on the Whitewall Wiki - http://www.eparsnip.f2s.com/phpwiki/index.php?FrontPage...
Donald, Thanks; I'd read the Wiki site and liked the way it put numbers against troop types, and plotted strengths throughout the siege. I personally quite...
... Probably the best idea would be to put pictures on a web site somewhere and link them from the Wiki. Yahoo groups don't archive images and those of us who...
... Actually, every Yahoogroup has a "Photos" section. RR It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done. -...
... IMG at the initial 'siege' under Jorkandros the main contingent is the full strength of Jasper Phalanx, which is more or less his 'local' Stonewall...
Alex, I went for Assyrians with tower shields for my own Granite phalanx- has the benefit one can't see how many greaves they are wearing, and on which legs! ...
... If I recall the TotRM take on them correctly, _Granite_ Phalanx have a Modern Lunar refounding (unless this has been Gregged, they don't appear on the...
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