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dave2008 reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General Is D&D-powered sci-fi having a moment? with
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Going back as far as 1980's Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, science fiction and D&D have always had a connection. Barrier Peaks was a... -
dave2008 reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) DnD 5e designer [Mike Mearls] explains how INDIE RPGs are taking over with Like.
Different Mike but I did a whole review of it! I love Dragonbane. Short summary: Roll under is super fast with no math. Initiative is...
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dave2008 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) DnD 5e designer [Mike Mearls] explains how INDIE RPGs are taking over.Mike, can you, or anyone, sell me on what there is to like about Dragonbane? I remember looking into when it first came out and bought...
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dave2008 reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
Eventually, most threads do. Welcome to the internet!
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dave2008 reacted to VashVet's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
I’m sorry but has this thread just become about responding to one person over and over?
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dave2008 reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
given the reaction to that foreword, I am not so sure about that… if everyone agreed with that, why was the reaction not just a shrug...
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dave2008 reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
I dislike the excuse of a different cultural time. It was the 70s and early 80s. I was there, growing up. The civil rights movement and...
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dave2008 reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
maybe, but maybe the number of books sold is not the only thing that is relevant so you do not see how staying silent on something for...
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dave2008 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
If an acknowledgement of the problematic aspects of some of the early game and behaviors of some of the developers isn't in the...
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dave2008 reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
I read it too. I guess one sees what one brings to it, because I saw a love-letter to the game and to Gygax, that simply pointed out a...
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dave2008 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
But it wasn't just a reprint of the white box. They did that in 2013 with no added context or other supplemental info. Dungeons &...
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dave2008 reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
I've never understood how some see that book as disparaging Gygax. I like to assume that they've never actually read it, and think that...
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dave2008 reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
This didn't happen. The passage in the history book didn't "disparage the creator"...
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dave2008 reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like with Like.
Im close to this. I very rarely use a unique map though now. I've so many APs, adventures etc may as well use them right?
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dave2008 replied to the thread D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk cover might look like.Everyone plays differently, but that has not been our experience with 5e. For us it plays like an improved version of 1e. During 1e I...