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Its not an invalid point, but at some point you have to decide there's some standard to go on assessing trends. Otherwise you're pretty...

Its not that the construction was complex; its that the idea was weird and off the wall.

Yeah, I really value your input whenever I see it too. My contention in general is more about when we're collectively allowed to make an...

I meant "have" as in "if you want it to really fit the genre you're trying for."

That was occasionally suggested back in the day. Almost everyone hated it because of the potential for some characters to not get...

It seems like that, but I dont really think its working out that way. I mean, the internet, like Pepperidge Farms, remembers the OGL...

Though sometimes its really striking when they do. Bob Charrette and Paul Hume wrote a couple of RPG systems in the 80's called...

They need to not clash with the lore. For example, using a game system with inappropriate levels of mechanical detail (too much or too...

Personally, I love Tolkien, and LotR is probably the greatest fantasy influence on me bar none. But I think that it's difficult to...

Part of the problem is that certain categories have characteristics that fans often ignore (fans usually going off the tone of the story...

Yeah, I expect the fact even if they aren't decision makers, mecha pilots have almost always a disproportionate impact. That also...

Note I said "requires some work" not "impossible". :) Note that combination is not simple. (Note I'm reasonably willing to nuke a...

My take (and I'm not really caught up on the discussion) is that I broadly agree about the OGL and 2024 triggering a major generational...

Right. AD&D, up to and including UA, is really pretty thin on resolution mechanics despite its many many pages. There are thief...

She started The Honest Company in 2011 too. I think that, and her kids, may have been more her priority. Maybe she is trying to get back...