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It’s a better known term than “novels and movies from the first half of the 20th century that are not fantasy”.

It wouldn’t matter if the starter set cost $1. It’s still a waste of money if you are not a beginner or going to use it to introduce...

Not that old. Some of us were born before Pong!

That's interesting. I actually feel like most health bars I encountered were either yellow or green or white. (EDIT: Back in the day...

Its all fun and games until the Familiar Unions start acting up. Or the Artificer's toaster starts going ye olde Skynet.

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks by someone Gygax had radioactive waste leaks. It's a very pulpy take though.

Well, the first game was super fun. Keep in mind that these games are less than two hours, after school. The players formed a party...

Three Hearts was the trope in the 80s. Health bars came in later - 90s? The red colour, with it's obvious association with blood, has...

Yeah, it's a generational thing. Whilst most younger folk will be familiar with depleting red health bars from video games, older folk...

Whist your example is somewhat extreme, I think most people do this to some extent. I know I do, which is why I very much prefer text...

Oh, keep reading, Campion goes off in all sorts of different directions. Wait until he has amnesia whist involved with a nest of...

That sounds more like grimdark to me. There certainly some noir stories even before the 50s were protagonist can’t win, it’s not a...

These both feel kind of over the top. Why not just get one Starter Set, like Gleemax intended, look through it before you meet up, and...

To be fair, this will a problem for some people who are simply not visual. I use a lot of diagrams in my teaching, which is great for...

If it is, plenty of Canadians picked it up from our shared history. I was just telling my son, once or if you can retire with your wife...