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timbannock replied to the thread OSR The Monster Overhaul (now including The Treasure Overhaul).I actually just pulled the trigger on Magical Industrial Revolution and got the book a week ago. I was really questioning it for a long... -
timbannock replied to the thread Ravenloft, the Movie.They sold off their studio. That's very different from licensing IP.
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timbannock reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run? with
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I don't even bother with the wall-of-text modules anymore. Just not interested. EDIT: Here's the thing...even if I never actually run... -
timbannock replied to the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out?.All of this. Perhaps related: Based on my early formative experiences in RPGs, I wish "roll out in the open" and "don't hide...
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I say tv series would be better and unlike Dracula and some previous posters it hasn’t been done before First 1 You do a predator...
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timbannock replied to the thread Ravenloft, the Movie.IMHO, a Curse of Strahd series would be really neat. You've got the various vampire spawn that have all the classic vampire weaknesses...
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timbannock reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show with Like.
So I don’t think the budget was an issue or at least not in comparison to other similarly budgeted movies. I’m just looking for whether...
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timbannock replied to the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show.Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love that sequence. But I also can't deny it was expensive as heck and wasn't the necessary means of...
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timbannock replied to the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+].Repeating what others have said, but maybe with my own spin... Absolutely brutal editing. Whatever words the author things are...
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State of the Mongoose 2025 Mongoose Publishing is just finishing its 24th year in business and our silver anniversary is just a year...
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timbannock replied to the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show.Yeah, all of that. The D&D movie was a victim of timing and over-budgeting. Strip out stuff like the Themberchaud sequence and you still...
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timbannock reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show with Like.
To be fair, that worked out badly because of the people involved, not because it could not be done.
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timbannock reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show with Like.
The reason HAT is considered a failure was it cost too much too make. (Which should serve as a warning with regards to any attempt at...
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timbannock reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show with Like.
Indeed, it stands as proof that success is based on good writing and good acting, not dredging the past. Xenk was also a good...
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timbannock reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show with Like.
Non-success by people using a pre-streaming measuring stick. The movie is 100% in the public consciousness. I remember Taylor Tomlinson...