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Soak it up. It goes by real fast.

I think it's tied in to what you were saying before about level comparisons. Every DCC level is roughly 2 levels of other old-school games. They realized this and wanted to preserve that deadly old-school feel, so they made funnels. I love funnels. They're so chaotic and fun. I do agree about...

My wife and I have similar childish senses of humor. We're basically stuck as 12-year-olds in that regard. Though she can be serious when she needs to be, I'm almost allergic to seriousness. I don't trust it. My sense of humor also has a mile-wide black streak to it. So I kind of live in a...

My wife keeps telling me I’d love it, but I just haven’t gotten around to it yet.

Absolutely the same.

It’s mostly an own goal with the Judges Guild stuff and the rest is out of their hands like the ascension of Shadowdark.

The main thing DCC has going for it is the warrior’s mighty deeds and the wizard’s roll to cast plus mutations mechanics. Other games have done what DCC did in half as many words with more coherent design, see Shadowdark as one example. To be honest, I’d not willingly play, run, or buy any...

It’s hard to argue against the notion that RPGs are based in colonization when so many modules, campaigns, and entire settings are firmly rooted in settler colonialism.

They haven’t said. Toon Deluxe was 210 pages. At a complete guess it’ll be around that.

That’s not how that works. It’s a common myth people have about horror games when they don’t play horror games.

Some people have the most intense feelings about the dumbest possible things.

Guess that means Miracle on 34th Street ain’t a real Christmas movie either. It was released in June. Whoops.

Dropping them into dissonant contexts is also a lot of fun. Cranky old George Carlin as a librarian. “I get no respect” Rodney Dangerfield as a petty noble. Ace Ventura as a dwarf miner.

Just finished Strong Female Character by Fern Brady. It’s a memoir of her life as an undiagnosed autistic woman. Time in a mental hospital, time as a stripper, and time on Taskmaster. If you want a bit of insight into Fern Brady or autism, this is the book for you. Short, quick read that’s well...

1. Either Scrooged or Muppet Christmas Carol. 2. Gremlins. 3. Die Hard.