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Sometimes a story simply needs a longer space to run. Sometimes it doesn't, but suggests successor stories. The biggest risk is when...

"Stone and Sky" the latest Rivers of London book (though ironically, this one takes place in Scotland). As usual, the author manages to...

Gotta admit that "How ripped was Conan?" is one of the more entertaining thread derailments we've seen.

Used to be the common case, at least with books and movies. Always gone up against some economies of scale when it comes to comics and...

We bought a house in the spring, and the backyard was fenced on 3/4 sides. I finally got around to purchasing and installing the last...

In Classic Traveller, the closest service to a "fighter" is Army or Marine. The closest to a "thief" is Other. On the Service Skills...

Discussing some related stuff with a friend:

It didn't have to be an entirely separate entity though. In a more expansive system, it'd have been something that could be attached to...

Player who cancels at the last minute frequently also cancelled on the group's Friendsgiving plan at the last minute. It's getting to...

I don't know about bands (that is to say groups), but I get the feeling a fair number of individual musicians make their money fron...

Based on the largely uniform response, it probably should have been market research.

He used D&D, I suspect, because its the first game to consider "thief" a class unto itself (and honestly, once you get out of the D&D...

It could be fun for a while, but after a bit it didn't feel good to know if you were taking some of the races as you main race it was...

Maybe not the entire hobby, but it certainly doesn't need to be a defined character structure in a lot of games. Even some classed...

I thought he was insinuating it could be removed from the entire hobby, as this is the "TTRPG General" forum.