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It's a way of expressing earnestness in the statement; it's equivalent to "I'm gonna level with you" or "to be honest". Does the use of...

"Not gonna lie"

In fairness to Hussar, catharsis is fun for some folks, and not all catharsis is about sadness. The new Doom games, for example, were...

Unfortunately, NGL, for me, if I knew there was no hope like in that former example, I probably would just...waste away. I can't bring...

Okay, fair, you don't see 4e as a combat game you see it as a game with indepth combat and rules-lite noncombat. But it's certainly not...

It's worth noting, I don't personally see 4e as a "combat game". I see it as a game where the combat has been very well-made--and the...

On that note, while Zardnar finds fault with it, I think it's a good thing 5E blasting spells fall off in terms of damage compared to...

I have not, no. Not for lack of interest, per se, but more for lack of opportunity. Haven't been looking for it and haven't met anyone...

Perhaps that is so, for some folks. For me, it just...isn't cathartic. I deal with enough "is there any point to it all?" IRL. I don't...

What are you looking for from the game, then? Because what you describe is precisely how I felt about 3e, and is more or less how I...

I vastly prefer settings of hope over despair. A setting of despair makes me despair. Like literally. It actually makes me think...

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I believe I had replied. In brief, I believe 2e is your favorite (and I'm pretty sure you've specifically said so), and 4e is (by far)...

Would it surprise you to know I have had the same thought about your own reviews on things? And yes, I know most people who play 5e now...

"All X must Y" claims of this kind are nearly always overblown in the first place, or are a bad, lossy gloss of a much more nuanced...