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Mannahnin replied to the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly.Nice catch! From what I read in there it does look like Gary did a lot of travel back and forth between WI and CA; maybe more before he... -
Mannahnin reacted to JLowder's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with
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One of the constants at TSR, no matter who owned and ran the company, was the inability to deal fairly or constructively with creators... -
Mannahnin reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
Minor correction, here: Gary was in the process of moving to California in mid-1982. According to Flint Dille in his book The...
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Mannahnin reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Geek Confessional Thread 2024 [NOW 2025!] with Like.
Yeah it's a very disappointing film. The writing comes alive briefly a handful of times in the movie, but for the most part it was...
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Mannahnin replied to the thread What are you reading in 2025?.Some of the quotes in there (such as from Robert Louis Stevenson's essay A Gossip on Romance, about the nature of adventure fiction)...
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In 2Es defence, if i was invited to play both it would be the campaign concept and DM that would swing it, not the system.
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Id play 1E over 2E because im already houseruling the bits 2E improves, rolling my eyes at the bits 2E makes worse, and ive made my...
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Mannahnin reacted to ludonymist's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
Or Occams Razor - Goodman is a sell-out. This product is tied hand-in-hand with the inaugural GMG Day - and elicited such a negative...
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Mannahnin reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
Sorry, but that is still completely nonsensical to me. Any such clause has pretty limited enforceability. The realistic worst case is...
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Mannahnin reacted to DaveMage's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
Unlikely. The Wilderlands is much, much bigger than the City State and Environs. (The City State and the surrounding area is all in...
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Mannahnin reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
I definitely remember this - as kids who didn't always have regular D&D games, that fiction was a connection that we still had to it. A...
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Mannahnin reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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A Texan took a vacation to New England. He had only been at the hotel for 2 days, but everyone was already sick of hearing about how... -
Mannahnin reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Haha.
Yes, but the Alaskan sized king bed is 108"x108" (11664 inches-square) compared to the meager 80"x98" (7840) of a Texas King. As per...
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Mannahnin reacted to Doctor Futurity's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
I was very much a 2nd edition AD&D fan. I have fond memories of puzzling out 1E, then referring to B/X to solve mysteries such as...
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Mannahnin reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
I remember when 3e came out, and some of my players were griping about movement rates being converted into 5' squares, saying it was...