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Finished Wintersmith, which was a really wonderful Tiffany Aching novel, maybe Pratchett's best, and a very seasonal book. Strongly...

As much as I loved Alien: Earth, it took a huge gamble on getting a second season with its storytelling. Heck, I recently re-watched...

More geek things should be stand alone. One season of a show. One movie. One novel. One comic miniseries.

So much agreement. Stories should end and new stories should begin.

Those weird utility items are always way more interesting than a flat plus item. Having to go find a wizard and negotiate, risking the...

I would 100% rather give my PCs an alchemy jug and wait for the shenanigans than give them a +2 sword.

Yeah a magic shop that you just walk buy downtown is kind of demystifying. A wizard with a particular item that maybe he will part with...

Magic item shops can server as means to give PCs something to spend their gold on, bur I positively hate those. To my mind, a magic item...

I admit to liking a bit of domain play and proper war gaming in D&D sometimes but I think I basically agree with this. But I don't see...

As much as I love 1e, it doesn't always make running it easy. 2e mechanics still live rent-free in my head. Before 5e came along, it...

My best campaign as a DM was with 2e. My most enjoyable campaign, as a player, was with 1e. Since 1980, I welcomed all the new D&D...

My first 1e character was an Assassin. I played some Thieves, but they were a class that really took a lot of leveling for their...

I have always (almost exclusively) played multiclass characters, so I've played a lot of Thieves... but it was never really my "primary"...

Whoops, temporary brain jam-up there! Thanks for correcting.

Guessing you're referring to the Jeff Easley covers of the Orange Spine version? Larry Elmore didn't do any AD&D 1E covers. I think all...