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Small Gods was my first Discworld novel, but I can’t call it my favorite. Because, even though I have enjoyed some more than others, I...

For Monstrous Regiment, it helps if you know what the title is a reference to.

I think the problem isn’t that published adventures have to be railroads. It’s that most of them are written as pre-planned stories...

I had a chance to play a 5e whispers bard with 2024 rules, who's a lot more easy to play since you can focus on charisma and still use...

It's my own personal experience, I am blissfully ignorant of the "meta", I just like fun art cards that I can good around with.

This reflects my IRL experience of MtG players for sure. All the "serious" or "sweaty" players (at least in my age range) burned out and...

The vast majority are casual players who pick up packs occasionally at the drug store and goof around with friends and family: but...

Only somewhat: a lot of people will just like getting cool cards. The percentage of people who are serious about any sort of thing like...

Part of the dopamine hit comes from seeing what you get as valuable.

Convenience and dopamine from just opening the packs. And mostly just to play the game.

I mean, the game mostly sells in small packs at pharmacies and grocery stores for kitchen table play. The collectable market is not as...

I guessed too early!

Ah, I’m on the US East Coast, and the post you replied to showed up to me as from last night. My bad for assuming.

It depends. If you believe that the continued sales growth of the game requires robust participation by resellers in the secondary...

By all of 42 minutes, lol. The tension, it is palpable.