Re: Snow

Ground Zero Games wrote:

>
> If you want talc in bulk for something like this, don't buy it from
the
> chemist (drugstore to you Yanks <grin>) - get it from a glassfibre
> supplier; it is what we use as a filler in polyester resin castings,
and
> goes under various names including Microdol, Norwegian Talc, Calcium
> carbonate etc.
> It's non-perfumed, and costs about 10 UKP for 25Kg! Like bathroom
talc, it
> get EVERYWHERE, so tell your players not to breathe too hard over the
> table.....
>

I'm just picturing the look of the gaming room after that much talc....
...though on a hot day, the players might get some benefit from it. 
<grin>

The good thing about talc is that it won't attract ants or other vermin.
 The bad
thing about it is that it won't necessarily stay where you want it.  One
good
breeze....  ...it would make a good blizzard effect though.

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