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I mean, I could take a whack at it point by point, or I can just go to... Nope. I mean, lots of people play videogames. You're right there. I play videogames. I have played D&D since 1982, and T&T before that. I play and run 5e gladly. I don't find 5e to be like playing a videogame. I don't...

Because these days, being edgy in a videogame is expected, but not so much in print game materials. Different markets, different products, different expectations. Well, that is why they went to the "full franchise model" - to coordinate different efforts.

It might not, at least not in game setting form. F'rex, this could be about plans for a computer game. Baldur's Gate 4 is followed by Dark Sun 1, or something.

I think you may miss an important point of your own question. Chesterson was talking about psychological novels - which, in his context, is about the spiritual, emotional, and mental lives of his characters. Willy Loman, from Arthur MIller's Death of a Salesman, is a quintessentially "normal"...

Heck, folks at WotC just breathing is considered kinda sketchy in some quarters.

Thanks for the suggestion, but the folks in my gaming circles are generally not big on playing in worlds based on media properties. LotR, Trek, Star Wars, are all hard sells.

Brendan Frazer is currently 56. Luke Ford, who played Alex O'Connell in the 3rd movie, is currently 44. Freddie Boath, who played younger Alex O'Connell, in the second movie, is currently 30, and isn't in the acting business anymore.

Getting really close to what you want is usually achieved by narrowing down to a dozen people in your home (or other curated space), not hundreds on the open internet.

I don't have a specific campaign, or genre, I want to run/play. I'm flexible. However, there is one thing I'd like... I've been a bit of a forever GM, but in what longer-form play I have had in the past many years, play has been largely... I don't have a good word, so I'll use "tactical" -...

We really need another GOOD Mummy movie. Which, I'm pretty sure these actors can provide, given a decent script.

"Given exactly controlled conditions of temperature, humidity, light and medium, the organism will do... exactly whatever the hell it wants," is a truism in biology. But, even with those fixed, the concentrations of any particular pharmaceutically-interesting chemicals will vary wildly. You...

With respect, quality control is generally better enforced in processing, rather than in growth. The amateur herbalist is kinda like the person who represents themselves in court. These are medicines we are talking about - herbal origin doesn't make them safe to futz around with.

Oh, Morrus, I'm so sorry but... Never, in the history of gaming, has anyone said, "Oh, yay! D&D! I get to track hit points!" :P Hit points are not interesting. They are simple, and for something so central they also stay out of the way, which is awesome - it is the strength of the...

Yes, but what is "IT"? "A fun game centering on X?" is not really specific enough. Games need more focused design goals. A fun logistics simulation game around survival preparedness, and a fun action game around getting from point A to Point B where the obstacles are not sapient beings, and...