Recent content by ThrorII

Between shoulder issues and tendon issues in my dominant arm, I don't lift anymore. I do pushups (incline, decline, wide-arm, standard, etc), crunches, dips, and other 'body mechanic' type strength exercises. Then I jump on the recumbent bike for 30 minutes/6 miles. All of that 4x a week.

Yes, S2, E1-3 were VERY weak. Essentially 1 episode worth of story stretched over 3 episodes. And again, yes, there was no real 'arc' to E1-3. I also was very disappointed . Arc 2, E4-6, is better, but not great. They are building to a flash point, but taking their sweet a$$ time doing it...

I do "cowboy" historical reenactment. I write published historical articles about Old West history. I give lectures on Old West topics. I do a podcast on the Old West. I do non-competitive shooting. I drink whiskey and smoke cigars.

I am a big fan of Season 1, and I hope Season 2 rocks, but I had issues with the "4BBY" episodes. 1. It felt like 1.5 episodes of material strung out to 3 episodes. 2. I don't mind fractured and unorganized rebels, but the level of Three Stooges antics and space rock-paper-scissors was...

The Beat Star or alternately.... 3-EDM

Heroes is the quintessential answer to this question. I grew tired of the 'world ending disaster of the season' plots. They should have either ended at season 1, or (as I was hoping) go the full 5 seasons and show us how The Future that was shown was inevitable and how we get there despite...

First, B/X doesn't have multiple attacks for fighters against 1HD creatures, that is OD&D (AD&D does 1 attack per level against monsters with 1-1HD or less. Second, even when using the OD&D rule of 1 attack per level for monsters of 1HD or less, there are several limiting factors. (a) All...

And this, class, is why I play B/X-OSE.

Regardless of system, and actual rules written for said system, I'd probably run it in such a way that each character involved has tasks to accomplish that will aid one or more other characters if successful. An modern-game example of which would be the ' Overwatch' character hacking the CCTV...

YUP!! I can't tell you how many times my players needed 100 feet of rope, but only had a 20' piece, a 10' piece, and a 30 foot piece. We track rations per day in the wilderness, arrows, rope, etc. If you just hand wave away these things, there are much fewer, if any, difficult non-combat...

Yes, but I have them do it. I remind them at the end of every combat (as DM). Yes, also, as a player.

System-wise: FATE and Savage Worlds. I cannot grock either one, and I've tried. Genre-wise: Cyber-punk, Paranoia, and transhuman sci-fi type games; also "Weird West" type games. If I'm playing a western game, I want a traditional western. I love Super Hero games (ICONS is my go-to). I love...

The Cook/Marsh Expert book explicitly tells you to use OD&D's "Swords & Spells" miniature rules for mass combat.

When it debut on Vudu/Fandango (last year? two years ago?) it was in the top 5 watched movies for a month straight.

Don't get us started on Melee.......