Walsingham

Having a female NPC interact with the party. Think about it.

Ten days. And the prize had better not be a lock of your intimate hair bound up with a pink ribbon.

How could you possibly write a book about the game? The rules are perfectly simple.

SEX vs VIOLENCE More than eloquent, in my opinion. You are quite correct that rape, and particular these kind of rapes are a question of sadism and power more than sexuality. Indeed one of the 'career paths' into violent sexual assault is experience of sexual inadequacy. However the concept of removing the tools from the offender is logical. It's just that if you conceive of the exercise as violent then you're talking about removing quite a lot. DIFFICULTY OF PROOF As I said before the concept of punishing the true offender and preventing recidivism is one I wholly support. Even to the extent of supporting execution. However I think that rape, and especially child rape, is an area which our courts are currently unable to rule on with sufficient certainty. PAROLE As for parole I think that this is an important and tricky issue. I've spoken to prison officers in Northern Ireland, and they said that parole was an essential method of controlling the population without extreme violence. You need to offer incentives for good behaviour. On the other hand my cetral concept of prison is that it protects the public from repeat offences for the duration of incarceration. Cutting sentences, particularly to a handful of months, makes a mockery of the entire system. A further point is that the system often complains that it is over-burdened with inmates, and it is obliged to let people go before time. Obviously this argument carries some weight. However, it is my belief that we would have plenty of space if we tackled the issue of drugs and drug addiction more effectively. Decriminilisation, as I've said before, would free up massive space in the system.

Oh OK, just this once we don't have to. Shall we dance?

Hmmm, tricky... I'd be tempted to try Bethnal Green but I think Walsh is just crazy enough to follow that with Cannon Street, and then we'd be in a right mess. So I think I'll play safe instead, and go for Gloucester Road. Heh heh heh.

I don't know if you meant in this way, but you can get the WHFRP novels from Games Workshop stores, and places like Amazon. My favourites would have to be just anything by Dan Abnett, and the Konrad series. Another good book would be the compilation Ignorant Armies I meant that I always enjoyed reading about other peoples playing sessions since they usually end up with some hilarious(for the reader)/terrible(for the player) thing happening to them all the time. I checked out the WFRPG forum, hoping to find some fun stories from the posters in those forums but I couldn't find anything of interest. Righto. I'll be chatting to some of my old comrades and see what I can recall.

I think that without the possibility of sudden unexpected death the PCs don't act sensibly. It's like playing poker without cash.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/monday/rams/0500.ram The BBc's adaptation of The Deceivers. A tale from the early days of British involvement in India. Tonnes of material to inspire a campaign either fighting against an evil cult, joining one as a double agent, or even signing up with one. Themes of the the insiduousness of violence and its allure. The cult in this tale is that of Khali - goddess of destruction. You may also enjoy the story even without intending to use it.

I woke up this morning to the sound of persistent falling rain. For te first time in my life I grased how much part the rain plays in England's green and fertile ground. I actually liked the rain. On the other ahnd I could just be high from having had a full night's uninterrupted sleep. I reckon the vermin have decided to holiday elsewhere.

I've been thinking about this pain and retribution thing. It seems to be very popular. Indeed I support it myself to the extent that it may be justified. However, that doesn't make it RIGHT.

Agreed. *horizontal salute using copy of the Evening Standard as epee* I can see what you're doing, Steve. My move: Marble Arch.

I've often wondered whether the wording implies it has to be BOTH cruel and unusual or cruel OR unusual. My favourite recollection on this point is the psychological conditioning used on inmates in the seventies which actually WORKED in stopping violent behaviour.* Lawyers succesfully challenged it on grounds of being cruel, for denying people the option to be violent. But I thought it could equally have been challenged as unusual. * I can't be bothered to reference this point, so if you think it unlikely feel free to ignore it.

If you say so. I'm all out of trumps so I'll have to miss this round anyway.

I dislike the over-stated smilies like the dancing ones or huggy penguins and the like. But then, being English, I get embarassed by anything more emotional than a sofa cushion.

Ah except of course that in the United States that would be unconstitutional. Cruel and unusual, you know.

Maybe in the games you are used to, playing for pickled herring in low dockside taverns. But in more elevated circles it is impossible to even suggest such a play without first excusing oneself by virtue of advanced syphilitic dementia. As for Steve winning.... ...oh blast.

I thin we're gonna need a bigger gravy boat.

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You're not the housekeeping fairy. You're the misrule gnome.

Mmmm... navigational bacon... *drools*

They are becoming more reliable, certainly, but they are far from infallible. Anything of human invention will never be perfect, Walsh, because human beings are not perfect. That's a given. Oh, very clever. The fact is that juries have either an exagerrated faith in DNA evidence or an exagerrated LACK of faith in it.

You should've seen me before I started exercising. Seen you? We used to use you as a navigation beacon when sailing!

Incidentally for those just joining us we are listening to live transmissions from the House of Commons.

They are useful shorthand, but I think descriptions *makes exagerrated grimace* are superior *sits back in his chair with expression of smug fatuousness*.