Recent content by Dire Bare

I think those times are long gone, but YEAH . . . my math, physics, and reading improved from playing D&D obsessively as a middle and schooler. I don't see that happening with the current generation of middle-schoolers who show up for my afterschool D&D Club . . . but that could just be...

Probably, but . . . Bigots are loud, passionate, motivated, and organized. So they show up in numbers compared to the non-bigots that throw off such estimates. I don't think that's why the City State kickstarter is doing well, I think that is due to folks who are unaware of the controversy, or...

Like many films from the 80s, Krull isn't really a "good" movie . . . but it is a "fun" movie . . . but it's mostly nostalgia that puts it on the list for me.

That's my take.

Nope. We've had three large threads on this, can't expect you to read it all, but . . . thanks for assuming. Incorrectly. Folks (mostly) are upset that Goodman Games distanced themselves from Judges Guild a few years ago when the community learned the owners of JG are blatant and proud...

Game of Thrones / House of the Dragon depicts some pretty horrific stuff . . . but it's depicted as horrific. Deathstalker, and other 80s sword-and-sandal fantasy flicks, depicted some awful stuff as if it just the things heroes do. Kill, steal, rape, it's no big deal . . . . The tone and...

Whoah, hold on there . . . While many of us who were kids in the 80s recognize the problematic aspects of these films today . . . we still have a love for them, if a nostalgic one. Labeling potential fans of a Deathstalker RPG as bullies, bigots, and trolls is not cool. Would the trollish...

I'm not sure we even need a "Deathstalker" class . . . what special skills or abilities does the titular deathstalker have that isn't already modeled by the standard D&D fighter? And a setting book? I guess you could flesh out the list of place names dropped in the movies, but they didn't really...

I'm not under any illusions that this is the end for Goodman Games . . . but at this point, I'm certainly done with them as a customer and fan. Which is a bummer, they make good stuff.

In my group, most would be okay to try new things . . . but without much enthusiasm. Meaning as DM, I'd have to bring my A-game! We do have one stick-in-the-mud who scoffs when I bring up running Star Trek Adventures or Renegade's Transformers game, anything other than D&D or Star Wars . . . he...

Play 2E . . . but only look at the black-and-white illustrations from 1E. Problem solved! ;)

Not the point. D&D Online was released towards the end of 3rd Edition, and yet did just fine. Continues to do just fine, actually. Neverwinter is still going strong based on the 4E rules. If this new game uses the 2024 rules just before "6th Edition" launches . . . it'll be fine. Even if it's...

The podcast episodes I've watched have been hilarious! I backed this, but haven't had time to read through the PDF yet. Would love to run this with my group, but . . . pretty sure they wouldn't go for an "everyone dies" one-shot. :(