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Totally agree with this. I think one of its strengths was that they let it be its own thing (being in an alternate earth). So much so...

F4 was an excellent movie, and as a huge fan of the team I really wanted it to be. It was IMO at least as good as many, if not most of...

I don’t know…I enjoyed F4 a lot, and thought Thunderbolts was a successful outing. But that’s just me.

Two new Dungeons & Dragons workbooks are coming out next year to help players and DMs workshop various parts of the DM. In May 2026...

Dungeons & Dragons fans seem to have short memories based on the number of speculative articles wondering why Wizards of the Coast...

Gundabad can be identified with a real-world location, Triglav in Slovenia, the highest peak of the Julian Alps which are a range of the...

Stop random Americans on the street and offer them $20 to tell you the plot of the Odyssey, including how it starts, how it ends, and at...

And yet Gary is taken as The Word when it comes to how D&D should be played. The OSR started as "D&D as Gary intended". We had a whole...

Are you familiar with the section of the (IIRC) 1e DMG where it specifically instructs the GM to behave in a passive-aggressive manner...

Wow, I remember watching Seventh Voyage of Sinbad years ago (the cyclops scene in particular sticks in my memory for some reason), the...

Yes, and it’s common in most film versions of the Iliad because, after all, the Greeks are invading and Hector is heroic. In the...

Including/ plus Mount Gundabad (a bit unclear whether part of Ered Mithrin), the place where Durin I awoke.

Book 4, Chapter 6: the Forbidden Pool Another rare error in this printing of the book, describing Sam surreptitiously following Frodo...

Dude. I'm sorry about the loss of your mom, and the nightmares sound...absolutely awful. (I understand both were some time ago, but....)

For me, the most disappointing aspect of Troy was the lack of supernatural elements. So I am perfectly happy to.endure Nolan's color...