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If she already said how she'd do it what do you need a conversion document for?

Exactly. At worst the current setup might need neutral third parties to host some general-purpose threads to avoid people being locked out of general-purpose threads.

Or some people are simply evil and root for the bad guys. The two you mentioned for example. See also people missing the anti-capitalist messages of cyberpunk for the kewl neon and katanas. Not that they’re evil per se, but they’re certainly missing the forest for the trees.

That sucks. The Naked Ape is such a great book.

It’s important to distinguish between rules and mechanics. The rules are, generally speaking, one player is the referee and they control the world, control NPCs, set TNs, set scenes, end scenes, etc. The other players control PCs. And the three-step play loop (referee describes the scene...

It’s a slight coat of paint away from Final Fantasy and Sword World. It’s both pulp and noir. It’s set between two wars and pulls heavily from Europe between WW1 and WW2. It’s filled to overflowing with factions, story hooks, interesting locations & NPCs, etc.

RIP Lou Zocchi.

Purely optional.

Art Spiegelman, the man who created the graphic novel Maus, is also the brain behind the Garbage Pail Kids. I loved those things as a kid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_Pail_Kids#History

“The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.” —Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon

Risky Nonsense is the best name for a skill ever. And Pooka Magic sounds really interesting. The more I hear about this the more interested I am.

My brain's need for symmetry wants to put in something more, another criteria to get a spread of: 1. Automatic fail. 2. Roll with disadvantage. 3. Straight roll. 4. Roll with advantage. 5. Automatic success.

Most of them are. Especially when you're talking about RPGs.