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This, only for RPGs.

Yeah. That an Ray Bradbury Theater. I loved those both growing up. I'll need to revisit them soon.

Once something is in the public domain anyone can use it for anything in any medium. It’s fair game. But only what’s in public domain. So if the first Conan story is in the public domain but the rest are not, only the character and world as it appeared in that story are useable. But...

The copyright isn’t that clear. Some stories already are public domain, some aren’t. And there is contention over which are which. But Conan is still trademarked and will remain so until trademark law ceases to exist. The trademark holders are particularly…rabid…so there will be nothing produced...

For you. Not for me. I watched every one of those sword & sorcery movies multiple times back then. I loved them all. And still do. I only recognize the name Deathstalker because I saw a video about ’80s sword & sorcery movies on YouTube a few months back and started rewatching some, including...

That’s hilarious. News drops today that it’s being remade and it’ll premiere in August. At least Patton Oswalt is in the film. ETA: Nope. It’s a whole thing announced last March. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathstalker_(2025_film)

I absolutely love sword & sorcery fiction, movies, RPGs; OSR games; Robert E. Howard’s Conan; etc. So know that I say this with love in my heart for Deathstalker. It’s an entirely forgettable sword & sorcery franchise from the ’80s. One of dozens of entirely forgettable sword & sorcery movies...

Wow. So many. Classic Doctor Who. Sandbaggers. Mr Bean. Black Adder. Monty Python's Flying Circus. Fawlty Towers. Babylon 5. Star Trek. Avatar the Last Airbender. Kolchak. Tales from the Crypt. Twilight Zone. Outer Limits. Tales from the Darkside. Pinky and the Brain. Animaniacs. Legion of...

Or one referee for each group, maybe. Or bring back the idea of a caller. Either way, utterly nuts. I can't wait.

Reason has its limits. And, as you say, some people are beyond reason. It's too bad, but sometimes you just have to defend yourself and punch a bully in the face.

Breaking my own rules, but here goes... I'm responding negatively to the idea that critics know better than everyone else and should be listened to or deferred to. There's no value in that. I'm not responding negatively to the notion of peers having a conversation or discussion about art...

It's weird how "just let people like things" only ever seems to apply when someone tells you your preferences are wrong but never when you're telling other people their preferences are wrong.

I have two bachelor's degrees and two master's degrees in literature and related subjects. In all that time, in all those classes, in all those book reviews, papers, essays, class conversations, etc I've yet to come across a single compelling reason why anyone should care at all what someone...

Old-school player principle #1. The answer is not on your character sheet.

Right. And Green Ronin would love for you to go out and buy their books…trouble is Diamond has possession and is keeping all proceeds to pay off their debts rather than giving GR the monies owed. So you can maybe see why they have to do this, right?

Man. I get that simply denying facts and reality is all the rage, but damn. That’s some ostrich-level crap right there.

Do you remember which issue that’s in?

Movies and TV shows prepared me for a life filled with quicksand and exploding gas stations. I’ve yet to encounter either. Closest I’ve got was watching a woman drive away with the gas hose still in her car. My wife and I braced for a boom. Nothing. The hose just detached and she was flagged...

I treat it as an extension of the mythic underworld or whatever flavor of fantasy you want. If it doesn’t make sense in the natural world, give it an unnatural explanation. There’s a portal to a swamp dimension or a water dimension or a swamp demon is trapped nearby. Magical experiments...