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I would tend to think that most who were first introduced to Asgard via the artwork of Jack Kirby would immediately accept that magic is...

It’s probably my favourite MCU film, I didn’t find it boring at all. 2 was also good, despite the change in tone. 3 and 4 where...

It was a good movie. It just wasn't using a formula and was in a different paradigm, which makes sense because of the director being...

That quote resonates a lot with me. The older I get, the more I think about how basic realities like untreated, untreatable chronic pain...

I don't think they represent injury, and I'm not being disingenuous. Generally I think the loss of hit points consists in being set...

There’s also Hyperlanes, which is similar but doesn’t have its own Mass Effect like setting IIRC. It’s notable for Gambits (basically...

Thanks. I had forgotten about Esper Genesis.

I recently did a simple 5E based Star Wars RPG based on the first SW d20 rules (the ones with Wounds and Vitality). There are plenty...

I’m generally pretty OK with metacurrency and tend to include it in any RPGs I design, but am more interested in how they affect the...

This is actually one of the reasons I sigh heavily whenever metacurrency comes up. I completely agree that "I know it when i see it" is...

It’s just that constraint can help focus things and shape creativity. If someone says “tell a story”, that’s a pretty broad request. If...

Read Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey, a Scottish rapper and writer who has written prominently and eloquently about his...

I'll agree (ish) that Thor 1 was not a good movie. It was passable super hero action nonsense. But of course Asgardians use horses and...

Yeah, sorry, elaborating on those takes doesn't cool them down any.

That's part of why I hated "Torchwood." All the swearing didn't feel like adults swearing--it was more like teenagers. Same with the...