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Ggban007 reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with
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Minor correction, here: Gary was in the process of moving to California in mid-1982. According to Flint Dille in his book The... -
Ggban007 reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
I definitely remember this - as kids who didn't always have regular D&D games, that fiction was a connection that we still had to it. A...
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Ggban007 reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
In '82? Absolutely not. Gary didn't (edit, correction) move into the mansion for another year, and he didn't hire Lorraine until '85...
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Ggban007 reacted to RealAlHazred's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
"Texan" implies larger, though.
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GFor no particular reason, I decided to start one of Booktube’s 100-book challenges this month. This is about what the name suggests...
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Ggban007 reacted to BookTenTiger's post in the thread D&D General I ran a good one-shot last night (post-mortem) with Like.
I met a couple recently who likes playing D&D, and they asked if I'd run a one-shot. It took about three months to find a date (life...
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Ggban007 reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
I can believe it. Going back to late 80s me, and I only knew of a handful of non-D&D fantasy authors, and most of them were for books...
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Ggban007 reacted to JLowder's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
Most folks don't remember or maybe just don't know how stunning the growth of TSR's fiction program was in the late 1980s and early...
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Ggban007 reacted to JLowder's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
The fiction line suffered some bloat in the mid-1990s, to be sure, like all the company lines, and TSR would have done better with...
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Ggban007 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
He usually strikes me as one of the most coherent arguments in this thread; I just think (and we've interacted enough in the past I...
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Ggban007 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In the distant past when I designed worlds, there were indeed safer areas and more dangerous areas. And not at all because of level...
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Ggban007 reacted to Herschel's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I get it. I care about things like the environment, the future for my family line, civilization as a whole and even the planet, but...
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Ggban007 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
The Session 0 character generation is both entertaining to watch and really solidifies what this game wants from the players and GM as...
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Ggban007 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
I caught the first 45 minutes or so of the Age of Umbra Session 0 last night, but then had to go to bed. I was going to watch the rest...
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Ggban007 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Upcoming AAA/AA CRPGs or story-based RPGs (updated 15/04/2025) with Like.
Time for another update, there are now two Mass Effect-style games in production, with the latest being The Expanse: Osiris Reborn...