Recent content by MGibster

The movie that best encapsulates bromance would have to be Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. Why not have some rules for interpersonal relationships in RPGs? One thing I thought of doing was making sure every PCs had contacts related to any skills if they were high enough. Someone with a...

I got what I thought was just an innocent chest to store my dice.

I'm a little disappointed nobody from Chaosium summoned a Shoggoth for me or sent me a Summon Ghoul card or something.

One of my friend's daughters was really into Greek mythology when she was around 9 or 10. We were chatting, and she was reading about Cronus eating his children until Zeus showed up and castrated him. Her: What's castration? Me: Ask your mother.

As far as formal education goes, I went through high school in Texas, and we spent a semester as freshmen going over Greek mythology, a semester of Arthurian literature as sophomores, and I think we read the Odyssey as juniors. At university, I read the Iliad for both my Literature course and...

The funny thing is your question is just as relevant today as it was seven years ago. It would have been just as relevant 14 years ago, 21 years ago, and 28 years ago. I bet it will be just as relevant seven years from now. It is the once and future question. I have mixed feelings about...

We're of one mind. My first post in this thread back in 2024 pretty much says the same thing. Most of the time I don't think we need to go and fill in aspects of the story. We don't really need to know where the xenomorphs come from any more than we need to know where Han Solo got his name.

The only Kickstarters I've participated in have been for table top role playing games and miniatures games. For the miniatures games, like Zombicide Black Plague, one of other reasons I participated was specifically to get the add ons. While purchased the KS with the intention of painting...

I don't know about the rest of Europe, but Christmas in the English speaking world has a long history of being a raucous affair full of drinking, feasting, and fighting. It is the orkiest of holidays.

You are not the only person. I've bought a few gimmick dice over the years, including a $50 metal dice set more than twenty years ago, and they just sit in my dice bag unloved and unused. At least they did. I recently took them out of my bag and they're sitting on my desk. I'm contemplating...

This is exactly where I am with both Dark Sun and the AD&D 2nd edition Ravenloft material. It's why I'm not too upset about changes made to Ravenloft or the idea of changes to Dark Sun. I'm one of those weird people who thinks you can respect the original IP and still make changes. Maybe it...

Nobody else has posted here since Tuesday? Really? I like the opening scene and how it was reminiscent of combat in the games with limb being blown off and grenades tucked into people's clothing.

My stance on brushes, and this applies to airbrushes as well, is for new people to avoid purchasing expensive brushes. I wouldn't spend $18.00 on a single brush either. You're new. You're probably going to do a lot of things that aren't good for the brush or even clean it properly. I do...

As a battered survivor of GW, I've got some thoughts on this as well. (I spent more than $1,500 on Imperial Knights alone within a 12 month period.) While I do think GW makes what are arguably some of the best miniatures on the market, you pay an unreasonable premium for them. A single...