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I have nothing new to add, but here is my $.02. Since my games nearly always take place in our world (or a world almost exactly like it), I don't need a tab to house a bunch of lore. I can usually fit all that in one thread that can sit in the main game tab/forum for ease of access. I usually only need a game forum; that way everything is in one place. IC and OOC threads get pinned to the top (most of the IC happens in Discord anyway). Character threads are next. The Lore thread (if there is one) sinks to the bottom. If I'm running Fate, there is also a "tracking" thread in there, usually pinned to the top. And yes, definitely, after recruitment is over, move the Game thread to the front of the line of tabs, so the game forum opens that that tab when you click on it.

In our part of the world, we can get all of these ingredients fresh at our farmers' market in late summer, so this is usually when our daughter Ruby (13) makes it. If she hasn't made it by September 1, we start asking for it. Here is her recipe as told to me (serves the five of us with plenty of leftovers): 1 tablespoon olive oil 3 (or more) slices bacon (thin, American-style bacon works best) 1 small onion (about one-half to one cup diced) 1 small carrot (about one cup diced) 1 medium-sized russet/white potato (one to two cups diced) 1-3 cloves fresh garlic minced (to taste) 4 large ears of corn (about four cups of corn kernels when removed from the cob) 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 teaspoon hot smoked paprika 2 cups chicken stock (chicken bullion works too and it isn't terrible with just water) 1/2 cup white wine (if you skip the white wine, make it 2 and 1/2 cups of chicken stock) 1/2 cup plain yogurt or heavy cream 3 tablespoons butter optional spice: drizzle of sriracha or 1 jalapeno In a large saute pan or dutch oven (better), fry the bacon to crispy (high heat) and then remove from the pan. Leave the grease. Then add a little bit of oil and add the onions, carrots, and potatoes (all diced small) and the cooked bacon (shredded into small pieces). Saute on medium heat until the onions are clear and soft. Then add the garlic and saute for about five minutes (don't scorch the garlic!). Next add the four ears of corn (removed from the cob) and the thyme and the paprika (and, optionally the jalapeno, diced, with the seeds removed). Saute (still on medium heat—and be careful because the heat on a dutch oven can creep up fast!) until the corn is as soft as you want (we like it a little al dente, but it is good soft and mushy too). When the corn is soft, add the 2 cups of chicken stock and the 1/2 cup of white wine. Bring to a low boil and let simmer for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally. At the 20 minute mark, take the dutch oven off the heat and let it cool to serving temperature (it still should be steaming hot but not boiling). Right before serving, add the yogurt or the heavy cream and the butter. (If you choose heavy cream, watch your temperature and add slowly so it doesn't curdle). For more heat, serve with a swirl of sriracha on top. If you want something really hearty and stout (and maybe a little too greasy for some tastes), use five pieces of bacon at the outset, and, after the bacon is removed, make a roux in the bottom of the dutch oven with flour before beginning to saute the ingredients. You can probably skip the steps of adding butter and heavy cream at the end, or cut the amounts in half, if you flavor with a roux. We like to eat our corn chowder with grilled cheese. And, if you cooked a little extra bacon when you made the chowder, you can put bacon on your grilled cheese! If the chowder is really good, Ruby gets a little bit of white wine with her meal. Shhhh, don't tell.

Right now, when you put more than one tag in the "search for tag" bar on the search page and select the search for "All of my search term words," MW still returns posts that have only one of those tags. In other words, there is no way to force the MW search to return only posts that have all of the tags you are searching for and only posts that have all of the tags you are searching for. For example. when searching for posts with the "help" tag and the "printing" tag, the url says: &tags=help,printing&search_and_or=and, and it returns post that have both tags and posts that have one or the other. https://www.myth-weavers.com/index.php?/search/&tags=help,printing&search_and_or=and

Right now, you can center the content of a spoiler using the MW editor, but you cannot center the spoiler button itself without editing the source. It would be cool if selecting the whole element in the regular MW editor and then clicking "center" (or something similar) would center the button. If you want to center the Spoiler button by editing the source, do the following: Edit your post --> Source --> find class="mwspoiler-shown" and add style="text-align:center;" right after it (but before the final >). This will center the button and leave the spoilered text left-aligned.

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Several hungry and cold hours later, the caravaners rode back into town, dragging their undead treasure behind them. It was a sight to see, and several of the townies braved the cold and the snow to see it. They rode up to the inn. It stood tall, just off the road to the east, and the warm light from its windows was visible through the now-lightly-blowing snow. The two-story structure boasted stout timber timber walls and thick glass windows, both of which were frosted with a layer of white. The smell of bred and stew filled the street. Tore stood on the porch and bellowed, "What . . . is that?"

"Rip" might not be the best choice of words . . . just sayin'.

With a little help, Gert pulled the remains of the carcass onto the platform. When all the caravaners were aboard, they cranked the platform up into the cave and then back to the surface. On the surface the light was growing dim. It was afternoon and more snow clouds had moved in. It was snowing heavily. Assuming they could retrace their steps, the would be back in town by sundown even if they took the time to rig up a sled for their newfound trophy.

Most of the fight was out of the undead rabbit as it turned what was left of its antlers on Seresse. The creature lunged at the elf, trying to impale her and drive her over the edge into the darkness.

Attack on Seresse.

So, if I followed everything correctly . . . Seresse attacks with +2 and spends a Fate Point to get to +4. That's 1 shift of damage which is resolved by marking off the 2-point Consequence. , you get to name that Consequence. Any ideas? Celeg attacks with +1 and tags the free invoke on Flaming Wound to get to +3 (a tie) and tags the free invoke on [Insert Name Here], Seresse's new Consequence, to get to +5. That's 2 shifts of damage which is resolved by marking off the 4-point Consequence. , you get naming rights for this one. Is that correct?

Wendell Berry is amazing. Every word is a delight. Halfway through A Place on Earth and paused to read some of his poetry. Beautiful stuff.

The final undead rabbit turned all its antlered fury on the nearest caravaner, Celeg.