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We don’t look at a lot of board games around here (how anthropomorphic can you get with them, really?), but now and then something catches our interest.  One such thing is Sewer Pirats. It’s a new 4-player board game created by Andreas Pelikan, with artwork by Marina Fahrenbach, and published by Heidelberger Spieleverlag (whew!). Here’s how they describe it: “In Sewer Pirats, deep underground in a maze of domed caverns, narrow tunnels, and piped passages, a motley cast of rodents, insects, and other vermin sail the treacherous waters of human refuse aboard bizarre vessels in search of discarded booty. In order to claim the best haul from the abandoned flotsam, players must make careful use of the unique abilities of their crews’ rats, cockroaches, weasels, and other critters. Don’t settle for less than left-over fast food and dumped toys. Go for your goal to become a true legend among the sewer pirates.” Apparently out for a while now in Europe, the game has only recently become available in North America. Check it out at Board Game Geek.

image c. 2012 Heidelberger Spieleverlag

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So I recently got my first ever paid commission done. I actually commission 3 pictures at around the same time from 3 different artists (2 i've posted here). The first 2 commissions I got done accepted all the money up front, had preliminary sketches done within a few days and the final colored product in about a week.

The 3rd commission was a nightmare. They accepted all the money up front. I told them the same thing I told the other artists "Take your time, no rush". They then took weeks before they even started my sketching (all the while insisting I come watch their livestream to see the "doodles" they were doing, they had no other commissions on their list). They finally said they don't want to do my requested idea and they want to do something of their own style and choosing. Becoming pretty desperate, I accepted this. They then took ANOTHER week to even get a sketch done all the while starting more and more "doodles". They complained constantly about how hard my character was to draw and kept dropping phrases such as "I prefer canines" and "I don't think i'll do another pic like this". More weeks passed after the sketch, I sent multiple notes about an ETA and got "i'll get on it right away" back over and over. They finally finished the coloring and sent me the FA resize and original. Overall I wasn't happy with the picture (it wasn't what I paid for!) but I accepted it, thanked them and swore to myself to never commission them again.

I've actually contacted the 2nd artist to get the commission I wanted done by them and they've accepted and said "no problem". I'm confident i'll get exactly what I ask for as the 2nd artist handled my first picture very professionally and without a fuss. Anyway, back to the topic. Is there any way I can avoid another commish-tastrophy? Any telltale signs "difficult" artists have I should be aware of? I normally have a quick flick through their journals and posts before I ask and the 3rd artist seemed fine at the time.

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Author: Fred Australia today is not what it used to be. Civilization has settled into the southeast of the country, roughly from Adelaide to Sydney. Imported animals like sheep, foxes, and rabbits have replaced the older native animals. Kangaroos and wallabies are tolerated as “cute”, but other native animals have been relegated to zoos where [...]

Author: Higgs Raccoon “RATS!”, a satirical rat-themed role-playing game, is seeking sponsorship on the crowd-funding site Indiegogo. In the game, players will take on the roles of intelligent rats who are engaged in a holy war against modern humanity, other animals, each other, and “numerous inanimate objects”. RATS! will be based on the third-edition d20 [...]

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If there was a completely furry orchestra what would it be named?

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I'm just posting this out of curiosity, because I like statistics and this is my idea of fun. ^^;

Ctrl+F your fursona species below and upvote it! If it's not there, submit it as a comment! At the end we should end up with a list of the most popular species ordered by upvotes in descending order.

If you have a subspecies, put that as a comment on the relevant species! :)

One vote per user and no downvotes on other species! I'm looking forward to seeing the results!

(bold text edited in after multiple posts of the same species x3)

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Author: GreenReaper Demand appears high for the first two-day furry event in Spain – Ibercamp, held in the mountains outside Salem, halfway between Valencia and Alicante. Food, drinks (including a few hours of open bar at the kareoke), and a bungalow spot are included in the €75 registration fee. The event website contains a comic [...]

I just want a nice list of quality games. I already know about Furcadia and Second Life, just want a dump of some really good games. Thanks!

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Its by some 80's revival band called the cold beating hearts or something like that. Girl gets invited to a furry party in a garage. Need to show my uncle who still lives in the 80's and make him WTF.

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I've heard about it ever since I joined the fandom but I have no idea what it is, how it works... Is it a game? A social network? :/

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Author: crossaffliction In my review of fluffy’s Unity Book 1: Ascent, I mentioned in the first line that I was dubious about furry science fiction. I gave that book a positive review, despite it being furry science fiction, because it was good science fiction. In concluding my opinion piece on furry criticism, I added as [...]