Recent content by Sossij

The linguistics aspect is really interesting. How much do general literacy, recorded audio, and video slow down language development? 1000 years ago English is closer to Beowulf than to Chaucer, so it would have to be a lot.

Man, I thought Fear of a Daily Planet was going to be the Public Enemy/Superman crossover I always wanted.

It depends on how they worded it. I wouldn't say a 3D tabletop w/ minis interface is "video game like" even if it does some of the math for you. If they just showed "look it looks like minis and terrain on your computer with some sfx" without mentioning "we will nickel and dime you to death...

I'm only getting my feet wet GMing, and we've been using D&D Beyond with Owlbear Rodeo for maps, but I did get subs for some of the other big players in case I want to try new systems. However I feel like with the dice in Owlbear Rodeo and a spreadsheet, I could probably be fine 90% of the...

Yeah, I think there are communities that love their minis and have decent gaming PCs and stuff like Talespire is there for them (and actually it runs on my M1 laptop, too), but it seems be kind of niche. There's also the issue that Sigil seemed really obsessed with doing virtual sales of minis...

Is it even Traveller at that point? (I kid)

I don't think I would like the game without mandatory quests. They add a lot to the competitive nature of the game. The best is when someone gets pinned with an "awful" one, which they promptly fulfill to advance their score dramatically.

How compatible are 3rd and 4th edition material? I will admit that I read all the fluff for a bunch of the books (especially Aliens, Alternate Earths 1&2, and some of the licensed ones) without knowing the actual ruleset.

Nice. I have so many gurps sourcebooks I have read but I should probably sit down and read the actual rules and see how to play.

I didn't even know it was out of print until today. Insanity not to keep something this fantastic available.

Ah, thanks for that! I do like my rules Cyclopedia. Probably easier than trying to dig through BECMI individually. (note: I've never tried to run a BECMI campaign but I am thinking of it)

"Androids" was originally used by Philip K. Dick to refer to biological humanoid constructs rather than mechanical ones. Then again, "Robots" was originally used by Čapek for pseudo organic humanoid constructs and not mechanical ones, too.

I've been a little curious as to how B1-9 compares to the original separate adventures. Big difference there?

"You may have defeated me, but I will be avenged by my brother, Argle!"

That is what my dog looks like trying to roll himself all over the bed.