Recent content by Mannahnin

I'm going to count OSE, The Nightmares Underneath, and Shadowdark as D&D, so the only non-D&D game I've played this year is my increasingly-sporadic Pendragon game, which we've only gotten to play a handful of times this year, in 3-4 hour sessions. So I think I'm only in the 11-20 range this...

A weekly, 3 hour session 5E 2024 game easily takes me over 60, even though we miss an occasional session here and there. I've also played some OSE online and in person on top of that, and a bit of Shadowdark and The Nightmares Underneath.

For clarification, Old School Essentials is a clone of 1981 Basic/Expert D&D, typically referred to in shorthand as B/X. The ones written by Tom Moldvay, David "Zeb" Cook, and Steve Marsh. With the Erol Otus covers. BECMI is the re-launch and expansion of B/X, from 1983-1986, into Basic...

These are not movies but I love this choice (and you) anyway.

It's a fairy tale. In real life sometimes people DO feel moral shame and turn away from evil, but it's not reliable and it's not normally going to be at a dramatic moment. I think the message of the original story is sufficiently ambiguous that we can choose to take away a better one. I never...

Agreed. Luke was right. And he was winning when he was calm and controlled. It was when he lost faith in himself and in his father and let his anger take over that he nearly failed. The strength of passion and rage allowed him to beat down Vader (and even that was probably because deep-down...

ASE seems more goofy/gonzo than you're aiming for, but I still think it'd be useful for you to check out in terms of organization and structure.

Any ordering? Given how few real trilogies are out there, maybe the meat of the discussion is in the ordering. :LOL:

Spun off from the top 5 sci-fi films thread. Like that one, I'm asking for "your" top 5. So you can factor in historical importance and critical reception and all that, but I want your personal preferences and biases in there too. I'm not going to go as rules-heavy as Snarf. You can define a...

I always felt like that was implied, between their original intent to cook our heroes and the presence of empty storm trooper helmets being used as drums during the end celebration. :)

I have to disagree. I think they stick the landing despite the Ewoks. Even the battle on Endor has classic moments like Han and Leia and the bunker blast doors. I think the only film trilogy which tops it is LotR. Heck, I'm going to spin that off as a new thread.

Brava! Still a great post and series of thoughts. Thank you. :)