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    TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR

    Typical. Haters gonna hate. Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Dark Sun, problematic content, and 5E…

    First post = last post, I guess. Very efficient. 🤷‍♀️ I do like Dark Sun, and still wish for a chance to play the 4e version of the Dark Sun rules. I feel it could be used for a great wahoo version of the old Thundarr The Barbarian cartoon!
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    To be fair, my comment was 1) I’m really looking forward to receiving this!, and 2) after that, I’m out of here because you violated your own right-good-and-proper 2020 pledge. So that bridge was already burned, by one or both parties.
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    GG is deleting critical comments regarding the CSIO on the page promoting CSIO on their still-undelivered Backerkit campaign for Jennell’s Caverns of Thracia. Well, they deleted my comment at least. Not surprising. But I feel like noting that here merely because I can’t do so there.
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    My queer teen daughter had/has(?) an intense love of the world of that school of wizardry. She is still really struggling to reconcile That Woman’s acts with the stories my daughter so dearly loves. There’s no easy answer for her. But it is very easy for me to walk away from Goodman Games.
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    We bounced off that 9d6, 8d6, 7d6… system from UA when it came along, as being just too inflated for us. My system of choice was the 1e DMG’s best-of-3d6-rolled-6-times, rolled in order. IIRC, I determined that averaged about 14(!) in each ability, based on a Basic dice-rolling program I let...
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    We… had adopted some house rules, and habits, that favored above-average stats. ;) And I’m now remembering that was probably/actually a 5th level fighter when switched over, but as I dual-classed immediately after gaining 5th, I misrecalled as 4th because I never actually played that character...
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    My one viable 1st-to-5th level 1e Thief was only reasonably viable because 1) 18 Dex, 2) wearing no armor for the additional bonuses to Thief skills, and 3) dual-classed into Thief only after first gaining 4 levels as a fighter, and obtaining 42hp and bracers of AC6-7ish along the way. Those...
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    For me: This. DIGRESSION: Your question has me realize I'd love to have (and play from) the text/rules of a 2e PHB, but reformatted into the form of the 1e PHB - with the 1e PHB's art, typesetting, etc. It'd be brilliant! I have the official pdf reprints of both. If only I had either the time...
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    I suspect Wizards listened to their crisis management team on that one, moreso than their customers.
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    100%. Goodman could still cancel this, but he seems set on going down the "we're not the baddies, you're the baddies" path. While advancing his business deal with a Holocaust denier. 🙄 Alas GG. We hardly knew ye.
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    Thanks for the tip! They sent me an email today, with just such a link.
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    I’ve habitually followed every GG campaign just as soon as it is announced. I automatically did the same again the moment I received that email. And then I thought… “Wait a minute…” I’ve tried to unfollow CSIO, but I haven’t figured out how to do so.
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    Judges Guild Makes Statement About Goodman Controversy [Updated]

    Cook Expert IS available POD, at your link. It’s perfect bound, so it doesn’t lay flat like the original, but it’s otherwise great! Wish they’d do the same with Moldvay’s Basic.
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