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It depends on the game, but I think many campaigns benefit from the players having had input into the setting initially and continuing...

Yeah, I think of all genres, superheroes is one where players should have veto power over these kinds of events.

Agreed. In fact I'll go so far as to say any game where the players are going to contribute meaningfully to world building should...

Finally saw it. It’s really good, a great example of a film that’s more than the sum of its parts. In no particular order: Brosnahan...

There are some clear examples of advancement in superhero comics but they’re mostly to do with growing up. Nightwing is a better...

Advancement is superhero fiction is so weird. Sometimes there’s an obvious skill or power increase over time while sometimes there’s...

Y’know, I ran my Champions 1900 campaign for 18+ months, and I never once considered having the heroes deal with some kind of natural...

As with any campaign, I think discussion with everyone about what sort of campaign you want, who the PCs are, and what they do, pays...

The DCAU is a very specific take on the DC universe and it’s pretty fun, I’m a big fan (mainly the Justice League stuff where Dwayne...

Just finished Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire by Peter H. Wilson. It’s amazing! At 934 pages/34:03 in audio, it’s a...

As a representation of Batman, of the DC universe, or both? Solid grounds for both.

A fairly popular opinion, that. I don’t agree, but it is rather popular.

Yeah, honestly Timm was being pretty skeevy with that. I think my DCAU OTP there is Bruce-Diana, that had a lot of potential. Dick gets...

Oh, that’s an interesting one. It was in the 90s/00s and some Batfam members didn’t exist then, but we still get Alfred, Dick, Barbara...

Speaking as someone who got very firmly sorted into Ravenclaw* at 12 and stayed there until I was at least 25*, and who therefore got...