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That's really all I was ever trying to say.

To be honest, I haven't seen any evidence. Just an assumption that the folks at TSR who were involved with these awards, and with reviews, lacked integrity and/or were outright dishonest. I'm not trying to die on any hill. I'd love to be proven wrong, and would gladly admit it if I was. But so...

Never implied that you were. And I have been looking for sources. But since you seemed to have some already, I saw no harm in asking. To be fair, you are the one making a claim by implication (i.e., that TSR staffers and magazines were not trustworthy when it came to reviews or awards), not I...

Yes, and TSR was the most popular and successful game company at that time. Were the Gamers' Choice Awards similarly slanted towards TSR every year? Or just this year?

You're being both pedantic and insulting, for no good reason. My point does stand, because I've never said that it got any "glowing" reviews. Merely that it wasn't as hated upon its release as it would become. And while I understand your cynicism wrt Dragon, I respect Ken Rolston's integrity...

Yes, but let's not assume that the staffers and writers at Dragon were incapable of impartiality. Were the Gamers' Choice awards voted on by readers? My point stands. WG7 was not as hated upon its release as it would become in the decades that followed.

In Dragon Magazine, Ken Rolston had some nice words to say about WG7: It also won the Gamer's Choice Award in Dragon Magazine #151 for "Best Role-Playing Adventure" in 1989. Time has not been kind to it, but it didn't always seem to be so reviled.

With Strangers In Game Store

The forces, and in some cases the organizations behind The Satanic Panic of the '80s never truly went away. Changed targets and/or tactics, maybe. I'm of the opinion that you can draw a straight line from the moral panics of the '80s to those of today.

"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim" -Elie Wiesel

Strongest man in the kingdom!

I had a brief interaction with Bill Webb a while back regarding this. I don't claim to have any privileged info, or know Webb. But he did say that he was under an NDA, but would love for Frog God's side of that story to come out, if not for that. Someone named Aaron Bledsaw, who said they...

The old I Spy TV series holds up very well. It's been a favorite since I was a kid. I don't recommend it to people anymore, though, because Bill Cosby is in it. And there's just no getting around that ick. Wizards and Warriors was a short-lived series from 1983, that was partially inspired by...

I have been saying for a long time that the satanic panic never ended. Though it isn't starting with gaming this time, I figured it would eventually come back around.

I don't know that I have a "limit"," per se. I have spent as much as $250 on new stuff (The Fantasy Trip I Want It All Box) and on used stuff (various purchases). Haven't ever spent more than that, though.