Recent content by Willie the Duck

Agreed. Other than a preference for 'Gygaxian prose,' exactly what 1e has that is positive (especially if the point of comparison is 2e, the basic/classic line, or retroclones/OSR games) is a pretty wide and wild topic without consistent agreement.

Oh, there are quite a few that I have no recollection of too. I just don't like the framing -- "literally so forgotten," "no one remembers," "most people forget." Not everyone remembers every one of them, but plenty of people remember the ones that were kinda big/ubiquitous for a while (Real...

I hate the framing they did with that (while at the same time understanding why they did so). Frame the article as you the reader are special (cue endorphin rush) if you remember this completely-not-obscure thing (people don't remember The Real Ghostbusters, really? or Aaron Sorkin's first...

From people in my sobriety group who have partook: "it smells like you need some more." That's the one consistent thing I hear -- any other DoC you get some level of euphoria, cocaine you just immediately start needing the next hit.

I didn't see his childhood acting, and his appearance in The X-Files was a played straight, but he was playing a prototype of the same character at least as far back as Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.

I'm all in favor of minimizing use of knives, ovens, and other heating elements while non-sober. So assuming the sandwich doesn't require massive amounts of slicing (or a panini press), I whole-heartedly recommend this over the traditional frozen pizza. Same way I missed screwing up...

If you're into OSR-qualities like combat being deadly and finding money being important, but also want to have built rather than emergent characters, and also lean into quasi-'realism,' a solid choice is GURPS Fantasy.

I know what you mean. Today I found out that my favorite doughnut shop is shutting down. Apparently they're tired of the hole business.

Depends on how good an apron you have, and who you are grilling for. ;)

I think the point was that characters don't end up with the same Con scores as they did in 3e*, not what the table looked like. *everyone not having an item of +6 con and +5 from manuals by level 20, as part of an expected treasure loadout filtered through wealth-by-level, etc.

Hmm. I don't feel like they bring back the feel of early editions (so much as we can generalize about them) so much as just plain tamps down on the so much discussed 'low risk mode' quality of 5e. The two are not the same. In particular, any time you raise a safety measure but then raise the...

There are specific decisions in the development of GURPS that contributed beyond simply being a universal system. By making each weapon type a separate (if interrelated, through defaults) skill, it leaves open the question of 'but what if I just throw a rock/drop a brick/etc.?' necessitating...

{Watches the supper club discussion morph into burger and fried chicken fast-food. Sips his spinach and broccoli smoothie. Hits ctrl-c,ctrl-v on trappedslider's gif.} I first read this as 'Coloblock' and thought it would be a great name for a constipation drug (for or against, you be the judge).

This is super subjective, but I feel like there was a shift in either the game culture or in the game presentation that started during 2e and carried on into 3e. AD&D 2e started with a strong aesthetic about making the game be what you wanted it to be. Use any or all of these...