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Eschaton Lite
When my sister and I were little, we sometimes played around our house a very loose adaptation of Calvin Ball. Our version involved one of those big Koosh balls that were popular in the late 80s, as well as other objects and toys and so on. We also ran up and down the hallway a lot. I don’t remember who won or how we scored it or whatever. I just remember that we had fun.
I say all of this above in order to set up a very enthusiastic hurrah for these people, who have organized a game of Eschaton in Minneapolis. Anyone else seen this? They seem to be very serious about it. They have an extensive rule book. They are planning ahead a month in advance. They will not bring dogs to the event.
Keith Pille, the author of the rule book to Eschaton Lite, writes on the event wall:
One thing we could do with a month of lead-time: figure out what sort of game-scale works. My half-assed experimentation in the back yard tells me that i can’t throw a tennis ball with much accuracy for more than 30 feet (it also tells me that we shouldn’t have a dog on hand, because she’ll try to catch and run off with our warheads). I’ll do some more experimenting to see what sort of scale/target size would really work for us. I think ideally, you want targets to be hittable but not automatic…
I hope they take pictures or post a debriefing or make a video.
(via @TheLiftedBrow)
Tags: calvin ball, eschaton
I hope it doesn’t snow.
I hope it doesn’t snow.
I hope it doesn’t snow.
hey,
Saw this post checking inbound links; thanks for the mention. There will for sure be pictures/debriefings/(hopefully) video of the Eschaton game, and we’re even talking summer league, maybe, depending on how it goes. Basically, we’re expecting raw radness.
hey,
Saw this post checking inbound links; thanks for the mention. There will for sure be pictures/debriefings/(hopefully) video of the Eschaton game, and we’re even talking summer league, maybe, depending on how it goes. Basically, we’re expecting raw radness.
hey,
Saw this post checking inbound links; thanks for the mention. There will for sure be pictures/debriefings/(hopefully) video of the Eschaton game, and we’re even talking summer league, maybe, depending on how it goes. Basically, we’re expecting raw radness.
I want to play so badly.
I want to play so badly.
I want to play so badly.
used to play a game called “Spherical Death” in my basement involving skateboards and balls of all sizes, roughly based on Calvin Ball.
used to play a game called “Spherical Death” in my basement involving skateboards and balls of all sizes, roughly based on Calvin Ball.
used to play a game called “Spherical Death” in my basement involving skateboards and balls of all sizes, roughly based on Calvin Ball.
Friend just pointed me to this photo: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/380313196_ae45c9463b_o.jpg
Not sure of the who/where/when.
Friend just pointed me to this photo: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/380313196_ae45c9463b_o.jpg
Not sure of the who/where/when.
Friend just pointed me to this photo: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/380313196_ae45c9463b_o.jpg
Not sure of the who/where/when.
thats great. it looks like a staging of that scene? im looking though for the broken computer monitor. it should be on someones head…
thats great. it looks like a staging of that scene? im looking though for the broken computer monitor. it should be on someones head…
thats great. it looks like a staging of that scene? im looking though for the broken computer monitor. it should be on someones head…
listening to contemporary debate, to include political debate, often recalls the ‘rules’ of calvinball. Surely the same set of standards is applied without the purpose of fun in verbal sparring.
listening to contemporary debate, to include political debate, often recalls the ‘rules’ of calvinball. Surely the same set of standards is applied without the purpose of fun in verbal sparring.
listening to contemporary debate, to include political debate, often recalls the ‘rules’ of calvinball. Surely the same set of standards is applied without the purpose of fun in verbal sparring.
dfw would be like lol
dfw would be like lol
dfw would be like lol
haha
haha
haha
“would be”–that’s sad
“would be”–that’s sad
“would be”–that’s sad
yeah it has to be a staging of the full on World War because at all other times Eschaton is the opposite of that. I would love to play a fully strategic game, but I have a feeling people are just going to start playing dodgeball with tennis balls because they don’t give a shit about the rules.
yeah it has to be a staging of the full on World War because at all other times Eschaton is the opposite of that. I would love to play a fully strategic game, but I have a feeling people are just going to start playing dodgeball with tennis balls because they don’t give a shit about the rules.
yeah it has to be a staging of the full on World War because at all other times Eschaton is the opposite of that. I would love to play a fully strategic game, but I have a feeling people are just going to start playing dodgeball with tennis balls because they don’t give a shit about the rules.