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I had no idea what "ochre" was, or how to pronounce it (och-er-y?) when I first started playing D&D. What's wrong with Yellow Jelly...

Interesting, I would say the vast majority of UK kids are playing S&N from the age of 3. There is no copywrite on it of course. Oh, I...

Well, Yahtzee is a form of poker dice, and is therefore much closer to ancient historical dice games. But its age skews much older, S&N...

Here's a quick inflation-adjusted price comparison of some D&D Starter Sets: And here's the same list sorted by adjusted price:

Like “The Realm” it is supposed to be as setting-agnostic as possible. If the DM drops it into a campaign setting they can choose...

It seems more likely that Snakes and Ladders is most people’s first encounter with dice.

Yup. And Andor has completely muddied the waters by being the best Star Wars since the original trilogy by completely rejecting its pulp...

The mind is far heavily influenced by external factors than we would like to admit. As the mornings get darker my opinions get gloomier.

Many creatures (including us) have mental programming that comes from our genetics. Our natural "instincts" are not all taught, some of...

No, but if you simply look at the boards and how they work it’s obvious they cannot be extended to higher levels or all classes. You...

Yes, but in addition the name change reduces the reading age.

That's a selling point for me. Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon are in Star Wars's DNA, and if they go for that kind of cheesy high...

“GROGU’S ALIVE!!!”

Yes it does, which was my point. Far more people own an iPhone, even though a phone at a tenth of the price would work just fine. People...

Bill made it safely back to Rivendell, as per the book.