Recent content by Olaf the Stout

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    RPG Evolution: The New Miniature Era

    Yeah, I got screwed by the Blacklist Games kickstarter too. So it was nice to at least get the STLs so I can print them myself.
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    RPG Evolution: The New Miniature Era

    I spent a lot of money on the pre-painted D&D minis back in the mid-2000’s and own well over 1,000 of them. However, we’ve used them in every session for almost 20 years now. So I’d say they have been great value for money.
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    Greater Than Games Shutters Due to Tariffs

    Yep, I totally agree. Know one knows what the tariff situation will be a month from now, let alone 6-12 months from now. It makes it all but impossible to make any informed business decision without taking a huge risk.
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    Do Tariffs Apply To RPG Books? Maybe, Maybe Not!

    Yeah, business growth and unpredictability generally don’t go together. At the moment the whole world doesn’t know what the US will do tomorrow, let alone next week or 6 months from now. That makes it all but impossible for businesses to commit to new projects with any real certainty.
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    Do Tariffs Apply To RPG Books? Maybe, Maybe Not!

    I think the reality is we don’t know and, if we think we know, the US government may decide to change the rules within the next few hours anyway. That’s just the reality of the situation and how quickly and often it is currently shifting. I have no horse in this race. I just pity those that...
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    WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons

    I’m not sure as it’s been over a decade since I ran those adventures. Flood Season (which I think is the name of the opening adventure) has a memorable exploration of the gnome underground city of Jzadirune, but it is still largely a dungeon crawl. I’d have to reread Drakthar’s Way to remember...
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    WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons

    I hope this is an actual retirement, rather than a “retirement”. I have lots of fond memories of Chris Perkins adventures. Running The Shackled City AP is still probably the high point of my DMing career, with Perkins writing 5 of the 12 adventures in that campaign. My group still fondly...
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    D&D 5E Which was the most recent Wizards adventure you consider a classic?

    Interestingly, I think our group loved the hex crawl, but I know our DM put a lot of work adding extra stuff to it (both with additional DM’s Guild material and his own), so I’m not sure if we loved it because of all the extra stuff added into it. The final dungeon was fun too (although I found...
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    D&D 5E Which was the most recent Wizards adventure you consider a classic?

    Nice work. Our party defeated Acererak, but we found the final battle a bit underwhelming. The 50hp regen and the powers you got from your chosen god made it feel a bit too video-gamey to me. It was like the designers wanted the final battle to be more epic than could be achieved with...
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    RPG Evolution: Clear Gaming Paper Tiles

    I backed these via Kickstarter years ago and I’m happy with my purchase. I have other non-clear tiles that I use for most games, but occasionally my clear tiles will get a run when the GM has printed a map out on paper and we want to use it as a battlemat or “write” on it without it being...
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    Has Wizards of the Coast Given Up on Sigil?

    Apologies. I seriously failed my investigation check in reading the article! 🤦‍♂️
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    Has Wizards of the Coast Given Up on Sigil?

    What was embarrassing about the live demo?
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    Has Wizards of the Coast Given Up on Sigil?

    Cheers. So, based on the quotes, the integration wasn’t that easy?
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    Has Wizards of the Coast Given Up on Sigil?

    More how did Sigil differ from Fantasy Grounds or Roll20?
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    Has Wizards of the Coast Given Up on Sigil?

    How did WotC’s offering differ from Fantasy Grounds or Roll20?
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