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howandwhy99 reacted to Theory of Games's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with
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Snarf Zagyg has a hard-on for Williams. Look at how they champion the PoG in this thread and THIS thread and THIS thread and who knows... -
howandwhy99 reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
Going back to the OP for a moment, I appreciate your expanding on your previously-expounded thesis. I am generally convinced by your...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Staffan's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
Here is part of the complaint in question. It does list a lot of spells, but it's not like those spells are any great invention on the...
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howandwhy99 reacted to MGibster's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
When I was a kid, my father and I were watching a movie, I don't remember which, but one of the characters was Lieutenant Colonel George...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Divine2021's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
There’s a remarkable amount of apologetics being spouted here about an objectively terrible businessperson. The lawsuits against GDW and...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Count_Zero's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
Before I bow out myself, one final point about the lawsuits. The lawsuits that TSR filed under Lorraine Williams time as head of the...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Ondath's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
While I appreciate the nuance Snarf points here, I'm kinda with Alzrius with this one. Too many bad decisions seem to have piled up...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Count_Zero's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
In my case, I generally consider Gary, Kevin Blume, and Lorraine Williams to all be terrible for different reasons. I never moved in the...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
And this is where I have to respectfully disagree with you, Snarf. While some of those stories come off differently now, the majority...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
I've been making a habit of reading various nonfiction titles about our hobby for several years now, everything from personal anecdotes...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread AD&D 1E What is the cost of one night at an Inn? with Like.
So like @haakon1 I build my assumptions about prices from wages. One reason for this is that D&D price lists are historically jacked up...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Milieu's post in the thread AD&D 1E What is the cost of one night at an Inn? with Like.
If you're using the Player Character expenses on DMG p. 25 (100 GP per level per month), you might assume that includes the cost of...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread OSR How to make dungeon crawls interesting with Like.
I'd have to say that sounds like a really sad summary. - Broadly, exploration: A good dungeon crawl is an exercise in exploring new...
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howandwhy99 replied to the thread OSR What's more important for a retroclone?.The highly particular rules and the subjective feel of the simulation are nowhere near as important as the actual school of game - the...