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I started Wheel of Time #2 and I am already 60% done with it, its a bit shorter than the first one. Unfortunately its a bit of a...

Finally finished The Fifth Season, which may be the only five star unsatisfying book I've ever read. The world-building is incredible...

I'm different than many here in that I don't (usually) simply decide what is in the world (easy or hard encounter-wise) and let the...

Interestingly enough I enjoy videogames much more that don't do scaled leveling too. I was really annoyed by the scaling in Bethesda...

I'm definitely in the camp where combat encounters tend to be an organic thing whose particulars are decided by the narrative. I don't...

My father got a stent in his 50s - he is 84 now and in really good shape and health. Stents are awesome. Perfect example of the wonders...

I had one day and night of finding out out many times one person (in particular, me) can vomit and pee in one day and night. Then I got...

I promised someone here I’d take a look at The Darkness Comes Before, now that I’m out of the hospital with a new stent in my heart, I’m...

Thats my approach. Not just in OSR-games, but also in 5e. Balance is an illusion anyway in TTRPG. Chess is a nearly balanced game where...

Wasn't that the opposite of math and just three oracles sitting in bathtubs of magic milk? Felt like a modern version of the oracle of...

I love when modern media and communication don't just get circumvented (battery empty, no service etc.) in horror stories but get...

Going further, as we’re all aware, disinformation is still a thing online. In The Ninth Gate, there’s all kinds of disinformation on...

I would love an action adventure by Naughty Dog. Eberron screams for pulpy adventure action in great setpieces, it would be great!

So, like, The Beatles? (Sorry Ringo! Forgive me!)

Yeah, I think this is the crux of it for me. A lot of games want to put everything into a neat little box these days. That can work for...