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JWell in 1977 I bought my DMG for 20 dollars that would be 106 dollars in todays dollars. We are actually paying 1990 prices for books...
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JJML replied to the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions.I know a lot of people whose Unearthed Arcana and Oriental Adventures books have busted spines and pages splitting out. (I'm still...
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JJML reacted to MGibster's post in the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions with
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In terms of purchasing power, that $10.95 in 1977 was equivalent to $60.00 in 2026, so the price of D&D hasn't kept up with inflation... -
JJML reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions with Like.
Yeah, WotC is a lot of things, but pushing the cost past inflation is not a historical trend for the. In other threads where we have dug...
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JJML replied to the thread Secret Wars Expansion for Marvel Multiverse RPG Deets Revealed.I'm not surprised that they're doing this based on the Hickman Secret Wars, but I have residual fondness for the OG and hope it doesn't...
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JJML reacted to RealAlHazred's post in the thread D&D General How Much D&D Stuff Is There Anyway? Part 3: Magazines with Like.
I have a huge fondness for the gaming magazines of the hoary days of prehistory (ca. 1980s-1990s), and while the Web has pretty much...
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JJML reacted to heptat's post in the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions with Like.
1e. No, 2e. No, 1e. Can't decide. Actually I started in the early 80s with the BX red box and played a lot more BX/BECMI than 1e, but...
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JJML reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread Daggerheart Sold Out in Two Weeks, Has Three-Year Plan in Place with Like.
I think that there are two sources of this, there is the anti corporate crowd, I think what they envision for that post corporate world...
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JJML replied to the thread Tell your overdue Kickstarter story.Got mine 2 weeks ago, and they look great. Very fun trip down memory lane, and looking forward to running a one-shot for friends who...
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JJML replied to the thread Exploring Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn.I've enjoyed these books quite a bit. Much stronger than the Sword Coast book from the early days of 5E and a better pair of books that...
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JJML replied to the thread Dragon Reflections #100.seriously. it's really rare for him to have a dog, especially in the early years of his contributions to the magazine. Roger Moore's...
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JIf memory serves me correctly, before 3e the covers rarely and only vaguely had anything to do with the internal contents of the magazine.
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JReading a couple of hundred articles in Dragon makes you realize how good Greenwood's material really is.
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JJML replied to the thread A Deep Dive into Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun.You're quite obsessed with declaring other people's opinions as "wrong" with you as being "right". Maybe the Forgotten Realms in a...
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JJML reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread A Deep Dive into Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerun with Like.
Because English is mostly a nongendered language, any unnecessarily gendered noun sounds archaic. For example, I was surprised to...