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Ddoctorhook reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Says That China Tariffs Will Have Minimal Impact on D&D with
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It can’t escalate really. At least not numerically. 145% is basically an embargo—trade has stopped. There’s no practical difference... -
Ddoctorhook replied to the thread Worlds of Design: Breaking the Fantasy Mold.Totally valid comment. It wasn’t at all my intention to diminish the brutality and erasure these people suffered at the hands of...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Worlds of Design: Breaking the Fantasy Mold with Like.
That’s whitewashing history more than a little bit. The history wasn’t forgotten. It’s not a set of misplaced keys. It was actively...
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Ddoctorhook replied to the thread Wizards of the Coast Says That China Tariffs Will Have Minimal Impact on D&D.Exactly this. How much could they possibly be prepared to absorb? 145% is already an insane extra cost, and we’ve got no idea how high...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Says That China Tariffs Will Have Minimal Impact on D&D with Like.
While this has been posted a bunch of times in various threads, I think some context is important. What the Arcane Library said was...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Queer Venger's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Says That China Tariffs Will Have Minimal Impact on D&D with Like.
Two of my most recent crowdfundings (DCC & Shadowdark) informed us the tariff costs will not be passed on to us, they accounted for this...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Fifinjir's post in the thread Worlds of Design: Breaking the Fantasy Mold with Like.
Currently working on a Caucasus Mountain themed region, inspired by Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. From what I’m finding out, any...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Says That China Tariffs Will Have Minimal Impact on D&D with Like.
You are also welcome to do you. But none of what you're saying disputes the point you are technically responding to, which is that the...
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Ddoctorhook replied to the thread Worlds of Design: Breaking the Fantasy Mold.This is a good point about discoveries. Often we fall into the trap of imagining that we know 95% or 99% of the details of these...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Koloth's post in the thread Worlds of Design: Breaking the Fantasy Mold with Like.
I think the reason early D&D used Euro-centric middle ages for the settings was the early customer base was primarily United States...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread Worlds of Design: Breaking the Fantasy Mold with Like.
Yeah. No thanks. I don't care what he did in RPGs once it came to light what else he did. Can we find a better example.
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Ddoctorhook reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread Worlds of Design: Breaking the Fantasy Mold with Like.
Well the problem is that it's pop-history "medieval", and specifically Anglosphere-centric pop history. So the further you get away from...
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I think the metaphor needs a little more to it than simply eurocentricism. D&D is more "western-centric." There is a distinct absence... -
Ddoctorhook reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread Worlds of Design: Breaking the Fantasy Mold with Like.
I have grown bored and even irritated with the many lazy, clichéd, trite, and/or overwrought elements of the "standard" pseudo European...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Piperken's post in the thread Worlds of Design: Breaking the Fantasy Mold with Like.
Returning frequently to the places of inspo (for your setting) is illuminating. Our understandings about "Vikings" just on findings from...