Does anyone know what group that is just to the right
of the Bavarian Illuminati on this link that Seth sent
in a response to me?
http://www.sjgames.com/inwo/rules/b/Basic_Rules.html#Basic_Rules
Keith
> Does anyone know what group that is just to the right
> of the Bavarian Illuminati on this link that Seth sent
> in a response to me?
>
> http://www.sjgames.com/inwo/rules/b/Basic_Rules.html#Basic_Rules
Looks like you're missing a card. That's "Insurers" from the Food and Slack expansion. (Power 2, Resistance 1, In: T Out: LB. The artwork is a play on the Corporate Masters art, but from a slightly different angle - note the guy is sitting way over compared to CM - and the hands are different: there's a contract in his hand, with "Act Of God" in big letters.)
Glen
>> Does anyone know what group that is just to the right
>> of the Bavarian Illuminati on this link that Seth sent
>> in a response to me?
>>
>> http://www.sjgames.com/inwo/rules/b/Basic_Rules.html#Basic_Rules
>
>Looks like you're missing a card. That's "Insurers"
>from the Food and Slack expansion.
Umm, the _what_ expansion?
- -Robin
>>> Does anyone know what group that is just to the right
>>> of the Bavarian Illuminati on this link that Seth sent
>>> in a response to me?
>>>
>>> http://www.sjgames.com/inwo/rules/b/Basic_Rules.html#Basic_Rules
>>
>>Looks like you're missing a card. That's "Insurers"
>>from the Food and Slack expansion.
>
>Umm, the _what_ expansion?
Food and Slack. They only sold it at cons because the print run was small. It sold out pretty quick, I guess. This was about a year after Assassins.
Glen
- --- barnett@agsm.unsw.edu.au wrote:
> Food and Slack. They only sold it at cons because
> the print run was small. It sold out pretty quick, I
> guess. This was about a year after Assassins.
Are you serious? If so, what other expansions were
made other than the normal print runs?
Keith
Keith Byers wrote:
> > Food and Slack. They only sold it at cons because
> > the print run was small. It sold out pretty quick, I
> > guess. This was about a year after Assassins.
> Are you serious? If so, what other expansions were
> made other than the normal print runs?
I've seen but never gotten ahold of some of the Albanian cards. The
same company that was working on the Polish version licensed an Albanian
version, but slow sales caused them to abandon the project before they
printed any... you know, that whole Ponzi/Civil War thingy down there kind
of upset things. There's some black-and-white "ashcan" cards that were
printed up as previews, but I don't think they ever printed a whole set.
I've seen a few floating around the Cons, and I think Alex Yeager might
have snagged some. Not particularly interesting, unless your INWO group
speeks
Albanian.
From: "Darrin Bright" <darrin@neobright.net>
> Not particularly interesting, unless your INWO
> group speeks Albanian.
Which apparently Darrin's does.
- - Marc
PS: I have an ultra-rare White House Intern (from F&S) available
for trade, if anyone's got anything interesting to trade for it -- I'm
particularly interested in your Albanian proofs, Alex!
Marc Sherman writes,
> PS: I have an ultra-rare White House Intern (from F&S)
> available for trade, if anyone's got anything interesting
> to trade for it -- I'm particularly interested in your
> Albanian proofs, Alex!
That's the thing I didn't like about F&S - the rarity levels were
way off. Believe it or not I've got six copies of Insurance Underwriters,
and I never DID get a WHI! By the way, I managed to get a peek at
Seth's copy; I can't believe they actually got away with that illustration.
From: "Scott McNair" <smcnair@gulftel.com>
> That's the thing I didn't like about F&S - the rarity levels
were way off.
> Believe it or not I've got six copies of Insurance Underwriters,
and I never
> DID get a WHI! By the way, I managed to get a peek at Seth's
copy; I can't
> believe they actually got away with that illustration.
You know, a bunch of people have said the same thing to me about the WHI illustration, but I can't really tell -- my copy's a bit marked. I guess it's faded from the packaging process, or something.
- - Marc
- --- barnett@agsm.unsw.edu.au wrote:
> Looks like you're missing a card. That's "Insurers"
> from the Food and Slack expansion. (Power 2,
Bad Glenn! If you're going to make up an imaginary card to torment
us with at least pay attention to the details. That card quite obviously
says place in the upper left corner.
Kevin
Scott McNair wrote:
> > PS: I have an ultra-rare White House Intern (from F&S)
> > available for trade, if anyone's got anything interesting
> > to trade for it -- I'm particularly interested in your
> > Albanian proofs, Alex!
>
> That's the thing I didn't like about F&S - the rarity levels
were way off.
> Believe it or not I've got six copies of Insurance Underwriters,
and I never
> DID get a WHI! By the way, I managed to get a peek at Seth's
copy; I can't
> believe they actually got away with that illustration.
I can't believe the artist they hired! Boy, does she suck.
Er, I mean the art blows. Er. no, wait...
Seth
Food and Slack expansion?
Now, have I missed something?
/Bjorne
>> Food and Slack. They only sold it at cons because
>> the print run was small. It sold out pretty quick, I
>> guess. This was about a year after Assassins.
Hey, is this true? I know there is a Polish edition, but it has no new cards, only those of the factory set. So, if anyone of you guys knows or OWNS Food and Slack cards, please contact me. I've recently given away 10 of my German uniques, but for Food and Slack cards in exchange, I'd be willing to give away more. I'd also be very interested in receiving copied or scanned versions, a list of those cards and what they do! Boy, I thought I have all the cards! Never heard of it before.
PS: I have 3 cards I created for German tourneys ( Die Fabrik, India
and Enlightenment) , some copies of them made it to Leeds, and I would
also send them elsewhere if you are really interested. (Enlightenment is
in English, the others in German, but I have adequate translations) And
those cards are well balanced!
Peace, Birger
> http://www.sjgames.com/inwo/rules/b/Basic_Rules.html#Basic_Rules
> > Looks like you're missing a card. That's "Insurers"
> > from the Food and Slack expansion. (Power 2,
>
> Bad Glenn! If you're going to make up an imaginary
> card to torment us with at least pay attention to the
> details. That card quite obviously says place in the
> upper left corner.
> Kevin
Silly Kevinn!
It appears to say *something*. You assumed it says "Place". You mustn't have any Food&Slack cards.
Glen
What set is seize time in? I am trying to builf one of the decks of
the week and i can;t seem to locate that card.
> What set is seize time in? I am trying to builf one of the decks
of the week
> and i can;t seem to locate that card.
Which one are you talking about; NWO: Seizure Time (Food&Slack) or Seize The Time (Limited/Unlimited)?
- - Marc
ok, found it.. only had one..... Any ideas on self-esteem? what does
it look like?
Hmmm one more....
What pray tell is MWNMTK ?
From: "Will Trommelen" <ravnos@p3.net>
> Hmmm one more....
> What pray tell is MWNMTK ?
That's also from Food & Slack:
NWO Blue: Many Will Not Make The Kut
Graphic: A corporate CEO (I think it looks kinda like Trump, but others
have disagreed with me) cutting a list of employees in half with a pair
of scissors. The bottom half is about to drop into a toilet bowl.
Quote: Only the strong will survive!
Text: All Personalities with power less than 2 lose all alignments,
and their power is reduced to 0.
I never understood how they let such a blatant spelling mistake get through the playtest on that card. Glen must not have been part of the playtest group for F&S.
- - Marc
Like a lot of folks on this list, I was surprised to hear that there was an entire expasnsion set of cards that I've never heard of. Nothing about it on SJ Games' site. It hasn't been erraticized, there's no discussion of it in the FAQ or tournament rules or anywhere. It's not covered in the unofficial homebrew lists either. If I'm wrong about any of that, by all means let me know.
So, could someone give us the highlights? For instance, roughly how many cards were in the expansion? Any new Illuminati? Any particularly powerful cards that I would hate to get blindsided by at an INWO tournament?
Steven G.
sdg@avana.net
Will Trommelen wrote:
> Hmmm one more....
> What pray tell is MWNMTK ?
Mongooses Who Need Milk To Kill?
Martian Women Nude Media Talkshow Kittens?
I could go on... nah.
MWNMTK is a somewhat truncated version of SMWNMTK.
At this point it would be really cruel to leave you hanging there, or
make obscure references to the Food and Slack expansion, but I'm feeling
unobtuse.
http://www.illuminated.co.uk/inwo/SJGames/Unlimited/show.cgi?card=secretsmanwasnotmeanttoknow&frame=card
Try that.
From: "Steven G." <steveg99@excite.com>
> Like a lot of folks on this list, I was surprised to hear that
there was an
> entire expasnsion set of cards that I've never heard of. Nothing
about it on
> SJ Games' site. It hasn't been erraticized, there's no discussion
of it in
> the FAQ or tournament rules or anywhere. It's not covered in the
unofficial
> homebrew lists either. If I'm wrong about any of that, by all
means let me
> know.
>
> So, could someone give us the highlights? For instance, roughly
how many
> cards were in the expansion? Any new Illuminati? Any particularly
powerful
> cards that I would hate to get blindsided by at an INWO tournament?
It was a great set. Full spoilers haven't been posted yet, though, and it wouldn't really be fair of me to post them already -- that would ruin things for the collectors. Once most of the folks around here have a decent selection of cards, I'm sure the full spoilers will be posted (I don't even have the full set myself, yet, so I couldn't post complete spoilers even if I wanted to!)
As was previously mentioned, F&S never saw wide distribution, so
it's hard to come by. I've heard rumours that there were a bunch
of SubG pops that were mispacked, and actually contained complete sets
of F&S instead of SubG... if those rumours are true, your best bet
at getting F&S cards is to buy a bunch of SubG. Since (according
to those rumours) the packing mistake was done to entire pops, you'd do
better to buy individual packs of SubG from many different pops, in fact,
at different stores or even in different cities, since if one store doesn't
have a mispacked pop, none of their other pops are likely to have been
mispacked either. Don't bother buying an entire pop from a single
store hoping to get one F&S pack among the SubG packs -- they'll either
all be F&S, or none will.
- - Marc
As a player over in England I may have missed stuff from Cons over in
the US, however:
With my first action I will power a Hoax on Food and Slack
And with my second action (and Media Connections) I will power an Exposed on Marc Sherman.
He played an 'I Lied' card but forgot that
the SubGenius Expansion was a boxed set release and not a booster pack
release, so there weren't any POPs.
Simon
I think they are pulling our legs on the Food and Slack thing.
From: "Keith Byers" <byerskr@yahoo.com>
> I think they are pulling our legs on the Food and
> Slack thing.
No, "I Think They're Pulling Our Legs" is in BFD, not Food & Slack.
- - Marc
Keith Byers wrote:
> I think they are pulling our legs on the Food and
> Slack thing.
You're just very lucky you didn't ask what EitP means.
(No one seems to have fallen for that whole Albanian edition thing.
Sigh.)
> I think they are pulling our legs on the Food and
> Slack thing.
"Spoiler lists wouldn't be fair to collerctors." Hmmm. Oh yeah. Can't argue with that logic....
Well, even though Marc chose not elaborate on any of the cards, I at least be consoled by knowing that they were "great!" And here I was afraid that he would be vague. Excuse me, I have to go out now and start buying Subgenius booster packs by the bushel (but from different dealers, of course).
Steven G.
sdg@avana.net
Forwarded message:
> To: inwo-list@lists.io.com
> From: Dan Berggren <dan.berggren@voxnadalen.ovanaker.se>
> Subject: Re: [INWO] Food & Slack
>
> What is thew name of the expansion your talking of???
> > What is thew name of the expansion your talking of???
Don't ask me. I just got here. I read in the digest a few posts mentioning
an expansion set that came out after Assassins (or was it SubGenius?) and
I inquired about it.
Maybe I'm just a born skeptic, but I'm dubious about the whole thing.
Steven G.
sdg@avana.net
Now I'll reply to Dan:
> Forwarded message:
> > To: inwo-list@lists.io.com
> > From: Dan Berggren <dan.berggren@voxnadalen.ovanaker.se>
> > Subject: Re: [INWO] Food & Slack
> >
> > What is thew name of the expansion your talking of???
Gee, you must have missed the start of the thread. Just take a look at the subject line - that's what we're talking about.
Glen
I've got an experimental generator for Food & Slack boosters written as well, posted on my web site at http://projectile.ca/inwo/deckgen/foodslack, but I'm missing 3 of the ultra-rares from my card list.
Does anyone have a complete set of URs to help me complete my list?
I'll integrate it into the main page when it's complete.
- - Marc
From: "Steven G." <steveg99@excite.com>
> I guess me and my fellow players just share a different perspective
on
> Personalities. Most of them simply suck. Weak Power, few control
arrows, few
> of them do anything any for goals, and their special abilities
usually don't
> really contribute anything useful. Yes, yes, I know; there are
lots of Plots
> and some resources and even groups like the Dittoheads that do
neat things
> for Personalities, but to paraphrase one of my friends, all those
cards are
> just an ill-advised attempt to put chrome-plating on a turd.
So you don't like any of the cards in SubG, and you don't like any of the personalities... what cards do you like? You probably don't like any of the groups in Food&Slack either, do you?
- - Marc
Marc wrote:
> So you don't like any of the cards in SubG, and you don't
> like any of the personalities...
I see someone's been taking notes. Good.
> what cards do you like?
> You probably don't like any of the groups in Food&Slack
> either, do you?
Are you kidding? I thought that the Internet Service Providers kicked major ass, in that it gave the Network & the Gnomes a group to fight over. Also, I thought Rasputin was a pretty good, since we need more Magic Personalities, in addition to generally useful Personalities.
On the other hand, I was quite disappointed to see that once again the designers opted not to put in any more Media Personalities. Why did they bother creating Hollywood and the Recording Industry if they don't want to give us any film celebrities or recording artists? Their decision to only cover political figures doesn't make much sense. I mean, MAD Magazine lampoons media personalities on a monthly basis, and it's not like their owners have deep pockets.
Oh well. Here's hoping that the guys at SJG got some cajones when they designed BFD. :)
Steven G.
sdg@avana.net
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Steven G. wrote:
> Are you kidding? I thought that the Internet Service Providers
kicked major
> ass, in that it gave the Network & the Gnomes a group to fight
over. Also, I
> thought Rasputin was a pretty good, since we need more Magic Personalities,
> in addition to generally useful Personalities.
There's a Rasputin Card??? I MUST get the food&Slack expansion.... MUST GET!!!
> On the other hand, I was quite disappointed to see that once again
the
> designers opted not to put in any more Media Personalities. Why
did they
> bother creating Hollywood and the Recording Industry if they don't
want to
> give us any film celebrities or recording artists? Their decision
to only
Two words: Media Sensations. Lots and Lots of Media sensations....
dan.
From: "Dan Tweyman" <ca326@freenet.toronto.on.ca>
> There's a Rasputin Card??? I MUST get the food&Slack
expansion.... MUST GET!!!
I got a few spare boosters I can give you, Dan...
Remind me next time we play.
- - Marc
> There's a Rasputin Card??? I MUST get the food&Slack expansion.... MUST GET!!!
Yeah Rasputin is okay.
One of my favourites is Richard Garfield's Diary.
SJG has barely mentioned F&S anywhere, but RGD does show up in the Rules FAQ at least.
Glen
Hello
Is there any possibility to buy this expansion?
I also would very much like a Rasputin, whatever it does!
Would also be very intrested in bying some german cards.
Regards
From: "Andreas Vaxel" <vaxel@hotmail.com>
> Hello
> Is there any possibility to buy this expansion?
> I also would very much like a Rasputin, whatever it does!
> Would also be very intrested in bying some german cards.
German cards? Heh. You've been had, Andreas. There never was a German edition -- that was a long running joke on the INWO and INWO-Cards lists a few years ago, that caught up a bunch of newbies clamoring to buy the cards and getting really angry at folks for making stuff up. It really amazes me at how long that joke has lasted. I'm sure a lot of it is due to SJ having a good sense of humour and linking the INWO Spricht Deutsche april fools page up on the web site with the "official" card lists.
Have you actually run "Zuvieldienstleistende" through babel fish? It's pretty funny that we've gotten so many people to write that in their emails unsuspectingly. :)
- Marc
Marc, please be serious. I acctually have one of these Zuvieldienstlier (or however you spell it, don't have the cards on me) and you might also like to speak to Mr. Birger Krämer who owns the whole German-set.
So if it was meant as a joke, please stop writing nonsense. And if it
wasn't. Learn your INWO-knowledge.
/Bjorne
Marc wrote:
> German cards? Heh. You've been had, Andreas.
There never
> was a German edition -- that was a long running joke on
the
> INWO and INWO-Cards lists a few years ago, that caught up
a
> bunch of newbies clamoring to buy the cards and getting
> really angry at folks for making stuff up. It really
amazes
> me at how long that joke has lasted.
Yes, tell me about it. I mean, I became pretty dubious about the German cards as soon as I saw how incredibly unbalanced most of those unique Germans that I read about are. Like that group "Autonome" or whatever that gives a +10 on any attempt to destroy a Government group. That's obviously too grossly overpowered to be a real card. The boys at SJ Games would never drop the ball by allowing such a BS card into tournaments. Then there's that group that has the same ability as the Gay Activists, except that it lasts until your next turn. Again, the good folks at SJG would obviously never allow a card that is not only ridiculously powerful, but makes another card (the Gay Activists) patently inferior. And how about that card that can subtract 3 Power from a Conservative group or add 3 to a Liberal grouP? Oh yeah, that's a well-thought, evenly balanced special ability.
And then there are those cards that don't even have any imagination put into them: Tennis-Star, Supertrainer, Talkmaster AND Showmaster (redundant much there?).
Steven G.
sdg@avana.net
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Steven G. wrote:
> Marc wrote:
> > German cards? Heh. You've been had, Andreas.
There never
> > was a German edition -- that was a long running joke on
the
> > INWO and INWO-Cards lists a few years ago, that caught
up a
> > bunch of newbies clamoring to buy the cards and getting
> > really angry at folks for making stuff up. It really
amazes
> > me at how long that joke has lasted.
>
> Yes, tell me about it. I mean, I became pretty dubious about the
German
> cards as soon as I saw how incredibly unbalanced most of those
unique
> Germans that I read about are. Like that group "Autonome" or whatever
that
> gives a +10 on any attempt to destroy a Government group. That's
obviously
Funny, I have that card. Any, yesy, it does that.
> too grossly overpowered to be a real card. The boys at SJ Games
would never
> drop the ball by allowing such a BS card into tournaments. Then
there's that
It doesn't make the Gay Activists useless. You can use both, and has a lower resistance. By that logic, the Pentagon is automatically more useful than the Mossad.
> group that has the same ability as the Gay Activists, except that
it lasts
> until your next turn. Again, the good folks at SJG would obviously
never
> allow a card that is not only ridiculously powerful, but makes
another card
> (the Gay Activists) patently inferior. And how about that card
that can
> subtract 3 Power from a Conservative group or add 3 to a Liberal
grouP? Oh
> yeah, that's a well-thought, evenly balanced special ability.
I can think of something more useful. _3_GLOBAL_POWER_!
> And then there are those cards that don't even have any imagination
put into
> them: Tennis-Star, Supertrainer, Talkmaster AND Showmaster (redundant
much
> there?).
Talkmaster and Showmaster are the difference between Firing Line and
Jerry Springer.
Ooookay. Newbies are getting confused, and people are getting mad.
The basic set obviously exists.
Assassins exists, and had ultra-rares. It is the only set with them.
SubGenius exists.
Neue Weltordnung, the German edition, exists.
BFD is in development.
A Polish edition exists, but is simply a reprint of the American Basic
set.
Food and Slack is fake. "Give me slack, or give me food," neh?
There are _no_ other foreign editions of INWO.
Of course, I am telling the truth........aren't I?
Jared Goodwin - jgoodwin@mail.win.org
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Jared Goodwin <jgoodwin@mail.win.org>
And>Of course, I am telling the truth........aren't I?
Hey, is this the Truth about Food and Slack? Seems so.
And the Autonome's + 10 is justified! They aren't jokin'!
Peace, Birger
Honestly supporting those who tell the Truth. Fnord.
Jared wrote:
> It doesn't make the Gay Activists useless. You can use both,
and has a
> lower resistance. By that logic, the Pentagon is automatically
more useful
> than the Mossad.
Well, I didn't say that the group, Stammtischpolitiker, made the Gay Activists useless. I said that their special ability made the Gay Activists' ability inferior. There is a difference. If Stammtischpolitiker's ability was more effective than the GA's in some respects but less effective in others (e.g. only affecting certaing alignments, requiring Illuminati action or Plot discards, etc.) then it would be all well and good. That's balanced.
But to simply take an American group's special ability, clone it, pump it full of steroids, and then make it legal to play in American games is, IMO, a poor exercise in judgment. As for your remark about the Mossad and the Pentagon, since they don't have even remotely similar abilities, I'm not sure what you're basing the comparison on.
> > And how about that card that can
> > subtract 3 Power from a Conservative group or add 3 to
a Liberal grouP? Oh
> > yeah, that's a well-thought, evenly balanced special ability.
>
> I can think of something more useful. _3_GLOBAL_POWER_!
Once again, never did I use the word "useful". I said the ability wasn't well-thought-out or balanced. A Goal card that says "Snap your fingers twice and you win!" is very useful, but it is ill-conceived and unbalanced. Now, explaining why Zuvieldienstleistende's special ability is a bit excessive is like explainging jazz music; if I have to explain it to you, then you're not going to get it.
> > And then there are those cards that don't even have any
imagination put into
> > them: Tennis-Star, Supertrainer, Talkmaster AND Showmaster
(redundant much
> > there?).
>
> Talkmaster and Showmaster are the difference between Firing
Line and Jerry
> Springer.
At this point, I was really just trying to mess with people's minds. ;)
> Ooookay. Newbies are getting confused, and people are getting
mad.
>
> The basic set obviously exists.
> Assassins exists, and had ultra-rares. It is the only set
with them.
> SubGenius exists.
> Neue Weltordnung, the German edition, exists.
> BFD is in development.
> A Polish edition exists, but is simply a reprint of the
American Basic
> set.
> Food and Slack is fake. "Give me slack, or give me food,"
neh?
> There are _no_ other foreign editions of INWO.
>
> Of course, I am telling the truth........aren't I?
I smell an agent of disinformation! What about the new French version of Illuminati that I read about on SJ Games website a month or two ago, hmmmmm?
I've heard that the Mimes have the same ability as Zuvieldienstleistende,
but for Straight and Weird groups instead. Word has it that the King of
Comedy is the French INWO version of Elvis, while the Comedy Lovers are
the equivalent of the Church of Elvis. I've also heard that there's a "No
Snails!" disaster, but I'm skeptical about that one to say the least....
Steven G.
sdg@avana.net
Jared Goodwin wrote:
> Food and Slack is fake. "Give me slack, or give me food," neh?
> There are _no_ other foreign editions of INWO.
You're right, Jared. Enough with the misinformation and lies. It's time
for the truth at last.
The game called "INWO" doesn't actually exist. Those little pieces of cardboard we slavishly pass around are actually subliminal propaganda for the Arimaspian Democratic Republic. The hypnotic subtext opens our minds and prepares us for alchemical transformation by the Saurian overlords, watchfully circling the Earth in their delta-wave powered spacecraft.
"Jared Goodwin" doesn't exist, either. He's actually an artificial intelligence residing on several hundred mainframes in Sysco's "Experimental Products" lab in San Francisco. (Sorry to break the news to you, Jared.) I also do not exist. I'm actually a swarm of cats (235, to be precise) owned by one Virginia Wilson of Insmouth, who have spontaneously developed a hive mind along with rudimentary typing skills.
But there's no need to panic. be assured, gentle reader, that YOU actually exist. You're certainly not a mandroid replica of your former self, programmed to feel "normal" until the invasion of the Atlanteans from sixth-dimensional space. Don't be alarmed by the fact that you can no longer recall large portions of your childhood, or by the fact that you can find nothing wrong with being able to see the color "red". These are all normal, healthy things. Just stay well away from salt water for a while.
I'm relieved to finally get these things out in the open. I can't believe
we've been telling less than the absolute truth on an ILLUMINATI mailing
list. The Secret Masters would be ashamed.
Pjack
("On the Internet, nobody
knows you're a swarm of cats.")
From: "Pôl Jackson" <pjack@efn.org>
> "Jared Goodwin" doesn't exist, either. He's actually an artificial
> intelligence residing on several hundred mainframes in Sysco's
> "Experimental Products" lab in San Francisco. (Sorry to break
the news
> to you, Jared.) I also do not exist. I'm actually a swarm of cats
(235,
> to be precise) owned by one Virginia Wilson of Insmouth, who have
> spontaneously developed a hive mind along with rudimentary typing
> skills.
Don't be so hard on yourself, Pol. Your typing is better than rudimentary, especially for a swarm of cats. You got all the capitals in the right place and everything, which must be hard for your 940 cute little paws.
- Marc
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Steven G. wrote:
> > > And then there are those cards that don't even have
any imagination put into
> > > them: Tennis-Star, Supertrainer, Talkmaster AND Showmaster
(redundant much
> > > there?).
> >
> > Talkmaster and Showmaster are the difference between Firing
Line and Jerry
> > Springer.
>
> At this point, I was really just trying to mess with people's
minds. ;)
>
<snip my list>
>
> I smell an agent of disinformation! What about the new French
version of
> Illuminati that I read about on SJ Games website a month or two
ago, hmmmmm?
> I've heard that the Mimes have the same ability as Zuvieldienstleistende,
> but for Straight and Weird groups instead. Word has it that the
King of
> Comedy is the French INWO version of Elvis, while the Comedy Lovers
are the
> equivalent of the Church of Elvis. I've also heard that there's
a "No
> Snails!" disaster, but I'm skeptical about that one to say the
least....
I don't know what you're talking about, except that a French version
of Deluxe Illuminati (_NOT_ INWO) just came out.
Jared Goodwin - jgoodwin@mail.win.org
>Yes, but are you an existing swarm of Cats???
"He"'s probably a swarm of Schroedinger's Cats.
Scott Schultz
scott@ceweekly.com
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, [iso-8859-1] Pôl Jackson wrote:
You idiot! This should have been posted to fnord-l! What have you
done?!?
> "Jared Goodwin" doesn't exist, either. He's actually an artificial
You're partially correct. I'm a personality construct on that same
computer, based on a young J. Edgar Hoover.
> But there's no need to panic. be assured, gentle reader, that YOU
Don't believe a word he says, except for those that are true!
> I'm relieved to finally get these things out in the open. I can't
Or terribly terribly amused. But how do we know YOU'RE not a Secret
Master?
> Jared Goodwin wrote:
> >
> > There are _no_ other foreign editions of INWO.
>
> You're right, Jared. Enough with the misinformation and lies.
It's time
> for the truth at last.
>
> The game called "INWO" doesn't actually exist. Those little pieces
of
> cardboard we slavishly pass around are actually subliminal propaganda
> for the Arimaspian Democratic Republic. The hypnotic subtext opens
our
> minds and prepares us for alchemical transformation by the Saurian
> overlords, watchfully circling the Earth in their delta-wave powered
> spacecraft.
> intelligence residing on several hundred mainframes in Sysco's
> "Experimental Products" lab in San Francisco. (Sorry to break
the news
> to you, Jared.) I also do not exist. I'm actually a swarm of cats
(235,
> to be precise) owned by one Virginia Wilson of Insmouth, who have
> spontaneously developed a hive mind along with rudimentary typing
> skills.
> actually exist. You're certainly not a mandroid replica of your
former
> self, programmed to feel "normal" until the invasion of the Atlanteans
> from sixth-dimensional space. Don't be alarmed by the fact that
you can
> no longer recall large portions of your childhood, or by the fact
that
> you can find nothing wrong with being able to see the color "red".
These
> are all normal, healthy things. Just stay well away from salt
water for
> a while.
> believe we've been telling less than the absolute truth on an
ILLUMINATI
> mailing list. The Secret Masters would be ashamed.
Jared Goodwin - jgoodwin@mail.win.org
