Hive pocket Beetle opening is too strong

1. Beetle, beetle

2. Beetle on beetle (stack 1), pass

3. Queen bee adjacent to beetle, pass

3. Beetle off beetle (b) one space away from queen bee (w), place queen bee equidistant from w. pieces

4. Beetle on beetle (b), move queen bee adjacent to queen bee (w)

5. Beetle on queen bee (b), 

Options for black:

5. (...), beetle on queen bee (w)

... By symmetry, white eventually forces a draw.

5. (...), move beetle one space away from stack (1)

6. Ant traps beetle (b), pass

... By forcing black to pass, white easily surrounds the black queen bee.

I might propose a fix for this in a later post...

I actually should look at past posts for ideas now :-)

Biblical prophecies concerning the underworld

Hades, or Sheol, is torn in two: a place of grief, where those who reject their creator are left alone; and a place of rest, with Abraham, whose faith was counted as righteousness. In ancient times, all the dead remained there, whether righteous or wicked. Enoch and Elijah entered not this place.

When the Messiah died, he entered the kingdom of death and rescued the just, having obtained victory. One half of the underworld was emptied upon His resurrection, and the faithful were judged and found blameless through His blood, and the angels rejoiced in heaven. Nonetheless, the Sheol still gets filled.

One day, the trumpet will sound, and Hades will be emptied again, as well as the Bride of Christ from among the living. The Holy Spirit will cease His slowing of evil during the forty-ninth week of years prophesied by Daniel.

After seven years of judgement, Jesus will return with the church and the just from Heaven and Hades and give new bodies of glory to them. The survivors on earth will be judged and either allowed into the Lord's kingdom on earth or sent to the Lake of Fire, made not for humans but for demons. The antichrist and his prophet will be sent to the Lake of Fire without judgement.

For a thousand years the survivors and their offspring will live amongst the glorified in the kingdom of God. Near the end of them, Satan will be loosed from bondage and will lead an uprising against the Heir, an unsuccessful one. At the end, the Father will resurrect and judge those remaining in Sheol and the not yet judged on Earth. Some will be cast into the Lake of Fire, where there is eternal torment; and the others will be glorified and enter the second creation.

Solving Cain's Jawbone: Progress report

After about two years since I bought my copy, here's my analysis so far.

Collected data:

Poetry fragments that cross pages (6 solved pairs of consecutive pages and poems identified).

Sentences that cross pages (2 unsolved pairs of consecutive pages).

Repetition of a certain name on nearly every page.

Spelling errors.

First-person narration throughout.

References to flowers, food, and literary figures.

Repeated indirect references to a name (solved).

(A long list of all names mentioned).

(A list of times the narrator acknowledged themself).

Fragments and words in Greek and French (translated).

(A long list of references to death).

(A very long list of one-sentence page summaries).

(A half-started list of longer analysis for each page).

Conclusions reached:

Re-ordering the pages is insufficient to solve the mystery of the six murders.

Since Torquemada was known for cryptic crossword clues, it is likely that the more nonsensical sentences are structured as clues in a similar way.

The main difficulty in solving the puzzle lies in interpreting the text.

Theories:

I believe the mystery has three layers to it:

Ordering the pages,

Interpreting/deciphering the text,

Reconstructing the narrative from the information given in the narrator's perspective.

(I have worked on it sporadically, mainly in the holiday seasons.)

I really hope the solution isn't getting published any time soon.

A challenge for Gretchlings (GLOG monsters)

Is this a blog bandwagon of my own?          ̄\_(ツ)_/ ̄

One of my favourite things about the GLOG is the abundancy of classes made by the gretchlings and the ease of making them (especially wizards). It's super easy, barely an inconvenience!

Templates: A, B, C, D, (Δ), with abilities, 

a spell/technique-list (optional),

mishaps and dooms (for magic-dice users)

I ask you all, however: what about monsters?