Recent content by Mannahnin

Nice! I got in last night for three sets each (plus warmups) of machine pec flies, machine triceps extensions, and machine biceps curls, only drop-setting the last set of each. I really need to work on my program and get the rest of my body more of the volume that my vanity muscles get, though.

The 1978 PHB had no attack matrices or saving throw tables. Or treasure. The 1981 Expert set also talked about expanding the game somewhat differently in the promised Companion volume than Mentzer eventually actually did. But fair point.

Which edition was that? I remember (and just double-checked) that in 3rd See Invisibility explicitly did let you see ethereal creatures, just as Detect Invisibility did in AD&D.

Is it "BXceptionalism" to note that it's a more compact and limited version than BECMI, which adds all sorts of new stuff on top of the same core chassis? Including weapon mastery and (in the gazetteers and RC) a skill system? Fair enough to note that some of the distinction is historical, B/X...

Seems pretty solid. I'm wrangling over and trying to figure out how to map the OSR explosion onto it. The seminal discussions and ramp-up conform pretty closely to your silver age, but the blogosphere explosion started in 2007-2008. Delta's D&D Hotspot in March 2007, Sham's Grog & Blog Feb...

I'm going to count OSE, The Nightmares Underneath, and Shadowdark as D&D, so the only non-D&D game I've played this year is my increasingly-sporadic Pendragon game, which we've only gotten to play a handful of times this year, in 3-4 hour sessions. So I think I'm only in the 11-20 range this...

A weekly, 3 hour session 5E 2024 game easily takes me over 60, even though we miss an occasional session here and there. I've also played some OSE online and in person on top of that, and a bit of Shadowdark and The Nightmares Underneath.

For clarification, Old School Essentials is a clone of 1981 Basic/Expert D&D, typically referred to in shorthand as B/X. The ones written by Tom Moldvay, David "Zeb" Cook, and Steve Marsh. With the Erol Otus covers. BECMI is the re-launch and expansion of B/X, from 1983-1986, into Basic...

These are not movies but I love this choice (and you) anyway.

It's a fairy tale. In real life sometimes people DO feel moral shame and turn away from evil, but it's not reliable and it's not normally going to be at a dramatic moment. I think the message of the original story is sufficiently ambiguous that we can choose to take away a better one. I never...

Agreed. Luke was right. And he was winning when he was calm and controlled. It was when he lost faith in himself and in his father and let his anger take over that he nearly failed. The strength of passion and rage allowed him to beat down Vader (and even that was probably because deep-down...

ASE seems more goofy/gonzo than you're aiming for, but I still think it'd be useful for you to check out in terms of organization and structure.