robert piepenbrink  | 06 Jun 2021 5:16 p.m. PST |
OK! As any classical Greek could tell you, Clio inspires epic and history, while Calliope inspires musicians. What muse inspires the creation of rules and scenarios? Me for Bellona. Other nominations? |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 06 Jun 2021 5:28 p.m. PST |
I assume we're not limited to the nine Muses: Kallichore, Helike, Eunike, Thelxinoë, Terpsichore, Euterpe, Eukelade, Dia, and Enope? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses |
 20thmaine | 06 Jun 2021 5:29 p.m. PST |
Bellona would seem sensible:
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| Stryderg | 06 Jun 2021 5:36 p.m. PST |
I nominate: Ares
Represents the spirit of battle, check.
Never very popular with the masses, check.
Awesome physique when going shirtless, che…um, well, 2/3 ain't bad. |
| von Schwartz ver 2 | 06 Jun 2021 5:36 p.m. PST |
WE HAVE A MUSE?!?!? Well, I am impressed!!! I'd probably be even more impressed if I knew what a muse was. |
| Grelber | 06 Jun 2021 6:03 p.m. PST |
The way I roll dice, it would have to be Melpomene, the muse of tragedy. Grelber |
| Bashytubits | 06 Jun 2021 7:05 p.m. PST |
No stodgy greek muses for me, someone more modern, more contemporary. Ah, Forrest Gump is perfect.
For those well designed scenarios where anything can happen.
For those games when EVERYONE is shooting at you, including your friends. Well maybe he is more a meme than a muse, still works though. |
| Glengarry5 | 06 Jun 2021 7:50 p.m. PST |
The inspiration that got me into wargaming was Airfix. |
| John the OFM | 06 Jun 2021 8:48 p.m. PST |
Definitely Terpsichore, the way I dance around with no visible results.
Of course that could be due to Bacchus.
Terpsichore and Bacchus seldom result in harmony, particularly in the good ole USA. |
| robert piepenbrink | 07 Jun 2021 3:18 a.m. PST |
"I assume we're not limited to the nine Muses?" Well, probably not, since I claimed Bellona. But you'll notice Bill's link lists alternate lists of three, four and seven and variant names even for those holding to nine. (What have you done with Clio and Urania, for instance?) After more than two thousand years, I think we can cut ourselves a little slack. |
| Billy Goat Wargaming | 07 Jun 2021 5:27 a.m. PST |
Peter Pig figures and rules all day every day. |
| robert piepenbrink | 07 Jun 2021 5:53 a.m. PST |
Point, Billy. But on an uninspired day, do you really want to say "the Pig has left me?" OFM, remember your Cicero: "no sober man dances, unless he happens to be insane." |
| Dukewilliam | 07 Jun 2021 9:13 a.m. PST |
Roco and Airfix as a child. Ral Partha as a young teen with income. |
| SpuriousMilius | 07 Jun 2021 9:54 a.m. PST |
On occasion with my dice my Muse appears to be "Calamity"! |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 07 Jun 2021 10:06 a.m. PST |
I nominate anyone who makes 28mm Multi-part plastic miniatures. |
 Herkybird | 07 Jun 2021 11:05 a.m. PST |
All I can say is Wargaming A Muses me! |
| Frederick | 07 Jun 2021 11:58 a.m. PST |
You would think Clio (muse of history) but when it coes to my gaming Melpomene (muse of tragedy or as noted above calamity) |
| Vintage Wargaming | 07 Jun 2021 2:24 p.m. PST |
I was thinking Queen Victoria but the I remembered she was not a mused |
| HansPeterB | 07 Jun 2021 9:24 p.m. PST |
Clio for me, and there is no second. |
| DrSkull | 08 Jun 2021 5:20 a.m. PST |
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 Murphy  | 08 Jun 2021 11:42 a.m. PST |
Linda Blair….or in a pinch…Sandra Bullock…. |
| Murphy | 08 Jun 2021 11:42 a.m. PST |
Or perhaps even…..Martha Stewart…..*shiver* |
| USAFpilot | 08 Jun 2021 4:07 p.m. PST |
"Sing, O Muse, of the rage of Achilles, of Peleus' son, murderous, man-killer, fated to die, sing of the rage that cost the Achaeans so many good men and sent so many vital, hearty souls down to the dreary House of Death. And while you're at it, O Muse, sing of the rage of the gods themselves,…" from "Ilium" by Dan Simmons
A work of fiction which I think wargamers would like. |
 etotheipi | 11 Jun 2021 9:17 p.m. PST |
Will Wheaton? I'm sure he has a toga and some sandals somewhere … |
