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What would be cool . . . . I wanted the tarot deck and the PDF books, so I made my main pledge the deck with the PDFs as add-ons . . . but there was no bundle of the two PDFs together as an add-on . . .

Despite having important romances in their plots, Baldree's books, Legends & Lattes and its two follow-ups, are generally considered "cozy fantasy" but are not considered "romantasy". Romantasy is a very different genre with a very different focus. In Baldree's books, the romance subplots are...

It is! I highly recommend. It's gotten tons of accolades and two sequels for a reason! Well, one sequel and one prequel. And the books scream D&D! From the titles, to the genre assumptions, to the character backstories . . . . I want somebody to write a traditional action-adventure epic...

I noticed the sorcerer thing also . . . Apparently, when they are playing D&D in the last episode, they have Dwarven Forge terrain on the table. I missed that, but will be looking when I rewatch . . . It both doesn't bother me at all, and at the same time drives me nuts!!! :LOL:

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 80s, but to 80s TV and movies. And . . . jock vs nerd bullying was a thing back in the 80s, moreso than today. I remember, I'm the same age as Will, Lucas...

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 Ronin! It actually predates the current romantasy craze but fits squarely in the genre, IMO. There is a 5E version, a AGE version, some older versions for I think...

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 for, fine. If you prefer a more old school approach to "always evil" creatures like orcs, that's fine. But damn, you seem to enjoy yucking others yum.

Genre terms can be confusing, especially if you are unfamiliar with the genres in question! And all genre terms are overlapping and "fuzzy" (no clear boundaries). Cozy fantasy (Legends & Lattes) is not the same genre as cozy romance or romantasy. D&D has been used to model a lot of genres...

Gendered pronouns are older than language? Okay. What languages do you think we're 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. I would be very surprised if a "6th Edition" (or whatever the next revision will be called) is on anyone's radar at WotC other than casual conversation by the water cooler.

The venue and shared experience of Dragon Magazine is gone, and I miss it. But also a lot of the gates between creatives and getting their work out there are lowered significantly in this new digital age. Dragon Magazine allowed younger creatives to get published, but they are curated...

Some of the old guard at TSR practically worshipped Gygax . . . he was the originator of the game, founded the company, and created the circumstances for their jobs at a gaming company. He didn't do any of that alone, of course, but he was most definitely the driving force behind both D&D and...

You are all young tortles, freshly hatched. You all start on the beach, far from the ocean. Next to you is a wooden chest, possibly washed up on the shore from a shipwreck. What's inside? Will you brave the sands to return to the ocean's protective embrace? Or will you head inland to forge a new...

Oh good lord, my eyes just rolled right out of my head! Interesting who you are calling out for exaggeration, when it is flying fast and furious on all sides of this very important "debate".