Recent content by jolt

It's also hard to distinguish between the different entries with the first word of every line being orange.

So much of the Tomb Raider IP is based on Lara Croft. If you're not playing Lara Croft it would feel somewhat strange, I think. In Conan, even if you aren't playing him, there's still a fantasy world to explore. Even with Indiana Jones, you can take him away and still have generic pulp. If...

Even before 1980, the Blumes were already tired of Gary. Gary was given the title of President by the Blumes, but ultimately it was the Blumes who were in charge (they had well over 50% of the shares) and they were quite happy to subdivide TSR into quarters and shuffle Gary off to Cali in '83...

I'm glad the supers are already established in this movie. I don't need or want an origin story movie or series for every character that gets introduced. I get why the MCU did that - for people less familiar with supers comics. But 12 years after the Avengers movie I feel supers are commonly...

White Box signed (separately) by Gygax and Arneson.

I find that as I get older, I like effects-based system less and less. I don't want to worry about how three different characters built their fire powers differently (or how I'm going to do so). I don't want to have to build Fire Blast, I want it to be there already. I also don't like fishing...

In the early days, people not only incorporated Star Wars stuff into their game, they used D&S to play Star Wars. Especially early on, there weren't many other options. It wasn't that people were dissatisfied, but as time went on, there were more options with more directed play, or companies...

My recollection from buying the old grey box was that it was very good, but not really needed. At the time, everything was Greyhawk and DL. For the 2E stuff, the Greyhawk diehards generally didn't want all that meta plot stuff, and the people who did had already switched to FR. It wasn't that...

I would expect the art to be completely different. Art licensing is tricky and not very permissive. That's why reissues and remasters of both books and games almost always go with new art. Frequently, they have no choice.

The problem is that, even in 1E, Strength represents more than just upper body power. In any case, the attribute system isn't nearly granular enough to even begin to model the biological distinctiveness of male/female. When someone tries to do so anyways, it feels arbitrary and shoe-horned, if...

I have very mixed feelings about that. Many people will jump on a bandwagon for no other reason than they can. I remember from decades ago when the, "Our rivers are filled with dihydrogen monoxide! The government knows and they aren't doing anything about it!" was going around and drew...

The problem with conversations about AI is that there are different types of AI and it isn't usually clear what someone is referring to. People are generally worried about Generative AI - using existing work to create something different and calling it "new". I personally don't know anyone...

The Blunes were businessmen, but they didn't really understand the gaming aspect of the business. They were already sick of Gary before Advanced had even finished coming out; that's why they spun off the businesses and shipped him off to California. Gary didn't get rid of the Blunes - he...

And spending money they didn't have. The boxes sets were high quality, but they didn't have the money and their entire plan was based on future sales being so unrealistically high that is had no chance of ever being met. I've talked to people to worked under her (like Brom) and very few had...

In the next game I'm playing, I'm making a Bard who's an orator. Their name is Snarf Zagyg. I've submitted it to WotC I. I hope they make it the iconic Bard for the next edition. I think I've got a shot!