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08-04-2019, 12:46 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Concord CA
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Sons of Old Nassau origin
What is the origin of the name for the Sons of Old Nassau faction? Just curious.
edit Okay, I remembered the SON was from the Barbarians at the Gate set. The rule book has background information on the faction but not why they are named that. I did a web search and the only thing 'Nassau' came up with was the capital of the Bahamas. Tis a puzzlement.
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08-05-2019, 07:20 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Tokyo
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Re: Sons of Old Nassau origin
if nothing else it not only sounds cool but sounds like some actual name of a military faction.
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08-05-2019, 02:35 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Re: Sons of Old Nassau origin
They were on one of the sponsored sheets, right? You'd have to ask whoever paid for it.
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08-05-2019, 05:12 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: Sons of Old Nassau origin
They're the tiger-striped units, right? I thought it was a Princeton reference: "Old Nassau" is the alma mater, and the mascot is a tiger.
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08-05-2019, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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Re: Sons of Old Nassau origin
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Yes, prior to working for SJGames, I sponsored a counter sheet during the ODE Kickstarter that became the Barbarians at the Gate set. There are a number of "hat tips" or Easter eggs in the set to things that I've enjoyed or are important in my life. As a graduate of Princeton, this is one of them. Nassau Hall is the original building of Princeton with a long and storied history, and "Old Nassau" is another term for Princeton. Well done, prospero! D.
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08-06-2019, 09:23 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Southern Carolina
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Re: Sons of Old Nassau origin
I'm glad you mentioned this. I thought the sons of nassua was some kind of capital city protection force for the bahamas.
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08-06-2019, 08:43 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Lancaster, PA
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Re: Sons of Old Nassau origin
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It's also really comforting to know I'm in good company when it comes to borrowing from real life as part of submissions. In "Artificial Irreverence", those were named in tribute to a dearly departed friend (who would have made an incredible MIB, and taught me a good deal of what I knew about teaching games before joining myself), my high school German teacher, my grandmothers' maiden names, and a name pulled from thin air (I was fishing for a German surname and it was the first thing that came to mind) that I found out months later had a coincidence behind it.
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08-07-2019, 08:26 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Re: Sons of Old Nassau origin
There is a reference in Daimyo and Dragon, a nod to my past, but I won't get into the details.
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08-07-2019, 12:09 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Concord CA
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Re: Sons of Old Nassau origin
Thanks, now my brain can move on and ponder something else.
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08-12-2019, 12:12 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Re: Sons of Old Nassau origin
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