Police raid science fiction sex cult

Daily Telegraph ^ | 5/18/06

[Robert A Cook PE]

Such ayes!

[Foxfire4]

No, but apparently Mike Resnick threatened to write "Buckets of Gor" once.

[dougmilner]

For some reason - this quote came to me while reading this article.

“In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.”
Andre Maurois

[freedumb2003]

Didn't I see this on L&O CI the other night?

[Question_Assumptions]

Oh, we played all sorts of Stratego variants, including playing with double sets on huge boards and a siege variant (with moving bombs). The bottom line is that the highest piece always wins and ties remove both pieces so if you play the attrition strategy correctly and don't lose your Marshall to a Spy, you can't lose unless the other guy is playing the same strategy, then it's a crap shoot.

Give it a try if you don't believe it. Put your highest pieces up front and be reasonable about protecting your Marshall from the opposing Spy. If it moves, attack it with the biggest thing you got. If their high pieces get moved out to threaten you, trade one-for-one. If you play it correctly, by the time you've removed all of the Marshalls (1s) through Majors (4s) off of the board, you should have more Captains (5s) or Lieutenants (6s) than your opponent and just attack anything that moves with the highest piece. There is no randomness and no question that you'll win. All they can do is run, and if you have enough of an advantage, you'll either be able to chase them down or you can go flag hunting at your leisure. I don't think even bigger boards will fix that.

[Question_Assumptions]

If you do playtest the attrition strategy, don't tell your opponent what you are doing until after you've played it out. Like I said, two people playing the same strategy is a crap shoot, but it beats the heck out of the traditional probing and find the flag strategy that most people seem to use.

[Question_Assumptions]

Oh, we also used to play a variant called "Pearl Harbor" which consisted of putting the Stratego pieces on the board in the order they come out of the holding box. The only change you can make is to move your flag off the front line. It's a nice way to handicap a game against a weaker opponent.

[pax_et_bonum]

Science Fiction Sex Cult Ping

ho hum

[stands2reason]

Well, the fact that he's a phase 4 in both Jeet Kune Do and Kali makes it easier.

[Robert A Cook PE]

An interesting chess variant is "Knightmare Chess" ...

Place the guys on the board as usual. Then (according tot he "standard" rules, you deal out cards that change each piece's ability or power: sometimes permanently, sometimes only for one move.

A pawn, for example, might be able to "blow up" and kill everything (both sides) within one square.

A knight can move (once) like a bishop.

A rook could become invulnerable, but then couldn't move for 5 turns.

Anyway, we added a few varieties: Deal only 5 cards, play them anytime you want. But you only get 5 cards, instead of always renewing them as the orignialrules require.

Deal 10 cards, then force your opponent to trade 3 of them with you. That way, you know what 3 he has received from you, but you get to get rid of 3 bad ones at least.

It let's kids get involved in chess too, while keeping it more interesting and wilder.

[Tax-chick]

The used book stores were full of them. I never picked one up ... figured a writer who couldn't think of a more interesting place name than "Gor" was a loser.

[humblegunner]

Both groups base their slavery and dominance beliefs on a series of novels written by John Norman, an American philosophy academic. The Chronicles of Gor depict a society, called the land of Gor, which is divided into castes, and where women are kept as slaves.

Believe it or not, I have a lot of the Gor books!

[PatrickHenry]

Please add me to your "Heinlein's Heinous Heiny" ping list.

Butt you'd be happier on the Asimov-Uranus list.

[PatrickHenry]

This sounds suspiciously similar to the lifestyle of the phlegmatic Grand Master of DarwinCentral™, as it relates to his reputed collection of nubile and compliant young women known only as "Concubines of The Galapagos."

The insiders know them as "Darwin's Angels."

[Tax-chick]

I've been hearing about "furries" from my daughter recently. It seemed harmless. Could you suggest a source for more information, before I drop the boom (as it were)?

We already have a "no anime" rule, but she's picking up this stuff from a friend whose mother will drop the other end of the boom if I have information on something that's creepy enough to creep out FReepers!

[HereInTheHeartland]

So they nailed Cruise and Travolta?

[NYTexan]

It's a take-off from my French Maids sex club. 'Cept the girls don't need leashes. (usually)

[Xenalyte]

Aye, he's all optics, he is.

And gas.

[Xenalyte]

You go here. Not her.

[Redcloak]

Not meaning to get off-topic, if that's even possible on this thread, but is the remote in that shot keeping the mattress level?