May 8th, 2018-A Slightly Updated Version of the Game!!! Huzzah! Click on the Link at the bottom of this Post to Play! NOTE: landscape mode is best on tablets and phones. To access the Very Important Side Bar Thing, if your device decides that it should be closed by default,… Continue reading
Little Wars Rules-Downloadable PDF Introduction and Explanation Little Wars is the grandfather of modern wargames like Warhammer. People have played with toy soldiers ever since toy soldiers became a Thing, but it took Mr. H.G. Wells to systematize the game and write down rules for play. He seems to have… Continue reading
Zeerust By Ratman Bede, Official Moral-Pointer Department of Sermonizing and Instruction Zeerust was, our research indicates, a term originally coined by some writers of the late 20th century. Their definition runs as follows: “Zeerust: The particular kind of datedness which afflicts things that were originally designed to look… Continue reading
Today I have something pretty special for you! It is Not Perfect, and some of the colors and things need adjusting. BUT! It ought to be exciting! When you click on the image below, you will be able to try your hand at being a Lighthouse Agent! You will go… Continue reading
…when I finish it. Which will be soon! Stay tuned! Continue reading
Hello! For an explanation of my theme for this April A to Z Blogging Challenge, consult the sidebar. If there is no sidebar displayed on your device, check under the Comments section. Either way, my theme explanation is directly under my 2018 A to Z Badge. The X-Factor By… Continue reading
This Entry is part of my 2018 A To Z Blogging Challenge, The Lighthouse Agent’s A to Z Guide. See the sidebar for a kind of explanation of my theme. If there is no sidebar on your device, check underneath the Comments section. Either way, the explanation should be directly… Continue reading
Dear Sir or Madam, I write to you today on a topic of Absorbing Interest: the Victorian Era (my own little field of study). I know, Agent, what you are picturing. Hovering in the background of your picture is the dumpy figure of the Queen, in her widow’s weeds, setting… Continue reading
By Cormorant Garamond, surly half-drunken sot, and Professor of Comparatively Modern History Greetings, friend Agent! I cannot believe I am addressing you for the second day in a row. Admin seems to think that Professors exist to be bullied and bossed around by them. And I admit they are quite… Continue reading
by Cormorant Garamond, Prof. of Comparatively Modern History After a lot of Interdepartmental Dispute, and a certain amount of Skullduggery, the History Department has somehow managed to stick me with the thankless task of preparing a Timeline for you Agent people to senselessly gape at. I’ve skimped a bit, and… Continue reading
Or, Late Again! An A-to-Zer’s Dilemma In other words, T is coming. Soon. Soonish. Probably before dawn. Certainly before U. Definitely after S, as that is in The Past. And I don’t personally have access to The Lighthouse’s time travel tech, which anyway doesn’t exist. Yet. Probably. Stay tuned!… Continue reading
