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To be fair, the exaggerated degrees of bullying are partly coming from the show’s influences - Steven Spielberg, Stephen King… possibly...

One of Travis Baldree's other books, Bookshops and Bonedust, features the same main character in a similar cozy setup; it's actually a...

The over-the-top bullies in Stranger Things are over-the-top, but genre appropriate. Stranger Things is a love-letter not just to the...

Oh, and I wanted to add . . . if you are interested in a little romantasy in your D&D . . . check out Blue Rose, a setting from Green...

Sigh. I suppose this is where I stop paying attention to your opinions on this. If there are elements of the 2024 rules you don't care...

Genre terms can be confusing, especially if you are unfamiliar with the genres in question! And all genre terms are overlapping and...

Is “Blue Sky Platform” what the edgy kids are saying instead of “Woke” these days?

Not here to re-litigate the ASI thing, just pointing out that with Species (like alignment) having less mechanical impact, people are...

This is a fascinating way to answer the question “are edgy kids saying Blue Sky Platform instead of woke now?”

You spend so much time going after Bluesky, a social media generally known for being calm and kinda boring, and then you have this...

The Blue Sky community is literally just the Twitter community who were tired of all the nazis there. Not hard to go further left of “I...

Gendered pronouns are older than language? Okay. What languages do you think are not constructed?

The core of D&D is adventure fantasy, sure. But what's wrong with stretching the genres of fantasy we can play in with D&D?

No worries, if this cozy feelings thing isn't your taste, I'm sure you'll be able to find another D&D story with higher stakes. Like I...

Because those are artificial things designed to put humans in boxes. I generally prefer to keep people out of boxes as much as possible...