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I think it's too soon to tell for me. I'm shifting our 2014 Radiant Citadel game to 2024 on the fly, but it's not super-impactful yet...

If you want an examination of how Spotify is evil: Mood Machine by Liz Pelly. If you want a slightly-credulous take on orientalism and...

Empire of Blue Water, Under the Black Flag, Republic of Pirates.

That first one is Empire of Blue Water, btw. Which looks really great. Thanks! (I have read the other two.)

I really need a new audiobook for my commute. I have kind of run out of WW2 era espionage books, and books about the history of video...

Yeah, it seems very strange to me that some people think OSR=low level and that's the defining feature.

Even at the lowest levels the differences in rules-style-tone-intent between a 1e-like game and a 4e-5e-like game are big enough that...

I went with 5 as well. It's... fine, I guess, but also not fine in places. And after I finish my current campaign I won't be running it...

The longer I thought about it, the lower the score was going, so I dropped it at 5/10 where 10/10 is best in class, and 1/10 is...

The books certainly look great.

On a scale of 1-10. EDIT: where 1 is the worst and 10 is the best. Just a simple, non-scientific poll. Of course, if you have more...

A genre I just can't seem to care about: anything "cozy." I need stakes.

So, I suspect a potential reason some people seem to be struggling to grasp rolling for effect vs intent, may be due to viewing through...

That is a helpful explanation. Thank you.

Session 3 of our Age of Umbra campaign last night -- which started as a "test the system" one shot, then a "pick up game" second session...