Many feared the food supplies would run out. In the early twenties population growth was reaching extremely high levels, and many leading experts of the time, such as Keynes and Beveridge, were debating the pitfalls of an ever expanding population. Captain Birdseye (probably) saved the world. The first international urban planning conference was held in 1898 to try to tackle the increasing threat that horses posed to mankind but was cut short since the experts were stumped by the crisis.Įnter the automobile to save us from this equine menace, a much cleaner and more efficient answer to the transport problems of the day! The steps leading to doors in many urban areas, whilst looking good today, would have been necessary to rise above the tide of horseshit that would flow after any heavy rains. Horses clogged the transport network of the cities, were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of residents in traffic accidents, A New Yorker would have been almost twice as likely to die from a horse accident than a car accident today, and would produce veritable mountains of dung. Places like London, Paris and New York would be swamped with horses, and at the turn of the twentieth century there were some 200, 000 horses in New York, the equivalent of 1 for every 17 people. This reduced the mortality rates by as much as 50%, and a better understanding of the outbreak was gained.īefore the introduction of the automobile, horses were relied upon in the large urban areas responsible for the rise of the modern era. That is until scientists began building on the work of Koch and Lister and began injecting blood plasma of people that had survived the infection into the most severly affected military patients. The new sciences of immunology and epidemiology were struggling to come up with a vaccine or therapies quick enough to combat the disease. ‘La Grippe’ was truly a global disaster, and killed somewhere between 20 and 40 million people.
It’s 1918, the world is at war and people are dying at an alarming rate, in part due to the fighting but more so because of the Spanish Influenza outbreak. Wrong, here’s my 5 favourite inventions MacGyvered up just in time to (probably) save humanity: It’s all so convenient, that would never happen IRL right? I’m looking at you, Independance Day, and you, War of the Worlds, and you, Jurassic Park and you… you get the picture. You all know the scene Hollywood loves to create The world as we know it is doomed unless one kooky scientist can save the day. So what do you think? Why not leave your WWE style call outs in the comments below and lets get this going… I’m also going to try to live stream / record and narrate some games since it is all done online. I suggest that we all play each other either best of three as a small tournament or perhaps twice in a league, with the winner taking 1 point and matches taking place once a week over OCTGN, and I will provide a chapter pack of your choice for the player with the most points when it’s all done. I am more than happy to teach people to play and use OCTGN. I know a few of us already play the A Game of Thrones LCG, and I propose an online tournament (or league if we can get enough players) through OCTGN.
They allow use of all but the latest booster packs on OCTGN. The best part is the aforementioned support by FFG. OCTGN is an online tabletop tool which allows you to play your favourite card games against your friends online. What really pushes the FFG LCG format over the edge for me is the support for the online community and OCTGN. There are also plenty of places to plan your deck online, meaning you can plan future purchases to gradually improve your deck. No more costly chase for that one rare card that would really make your deck. If you’re not familiar with the format it is essentially a trading card game with an important distinction all of the ‘boosters’ ‘ contents are already known, and usually supplied at the maximum amount allowed in a deck. And yet I never learnt my lesson, and whenever a new one that looked interesting came around I’d be right back into the cycle.Įnter Fantasy Flight Games‘ living card games. As a fully paid up member of Geek club I have sunk too much money over the years into tradin g card games, only to be unable to compete with players who can afford to sink yet more money into the game for those overpowered rare cards.