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Tell the players "No offense, but I'm getting tired of taking notes for the party all the time. I'm going to stop, so please take your own notes from now on. Thanks." If that gets them upset, too bad. It is not your responsibility to take notes other players and the other players have no...

Sometimes you can't know whether you should until you find out that you could. Much like life, technology always finds a way. In other words, not only can you not put the genie back in the bottle, but you can't even keep it in to begin with.

I always advise against building storylines ahead of time. The danger is in telling a story that no one other than you finds interesting. Collaborate with the other players during and between game sessions to create your story together, organically. That way, each player, including the GM...

The Force Awakens The Last Jedi from his nap Fanboys are enraged Splash All haiku must have "splash" tacked on. It's like a rule, or something.

That's just creepy to me. There's something so wrong about mounting the head of an intelligent creature, even if it's fictional. :) On the other hand, a dragon's head? No problem. Yeah, I know most dragons are smart enough to carry on a conversation, but somehow because it looks more...

I don't think I'm a problem player of any sort. Sure, I sometimes do things that I wish, in hindsight, I didn't do, or that I had done better, but I can't recall the last time anyone called me out on that stuff, so it must not be that big of a problem. I guess I've played the game long enough...

Weird Al

Please God, no. It's not that I thought Firefly was bad, it's just that the fans are insufferable so therefore I can't tolerate them being allowed to have any sort of joy in their lives. :) Obviously, the problem is them, not me. What's the right term for someone who would deny a Firefly...

It's weird, I was having a conversation with someone the other day about the "feel" of 4e vs. Pathfinder and he found it unbelievable that no matter what version of D&D my group plays, it always ends up having the same "feel." Because as a group of people we always focus on the things we enjoy...

If you want someone to change, you have to ask them to change. You can't make them do it. flat out tell him that he's playing annoyingly Explain to him the specific things you don't like and ask him to change, because good friends don't make the game less fun for each other. If he won't at...

Yes. But after that maybe he could take a year off before returning for another 20 years. Not trying to be unreasonable here; I understand he's not a young man anymore. :)

Weird how synchronicity works ... I was just thinking about her and Fantastic Voyage last week when someone mentioned Jared Martin in the War of the Worlds TV series. Men of the Dragon ... wasn't that supposed to be a pilot for a series or something? I recall seeing that featured in one of...

Bring back Tom Baker. Let him play the Doctor again for the next 20 years. Pair him up with a pretty young girl reporter to keep him in line and a maybe a tough young Scotsman to take care of all the action parts. The classic formula. One can dream.

I simultaneously loathe that possibility and wish for it with all my heart.

You can watch them on youtube, I believe. It's not very good, but it's definitely meant to be a kids' action cartoon and not really targeted to Battletech players or fans. Also, there were toys.

One house rule I do I guess is somewhat capricious, but then again, I do it for what I think is a good reason, and I've put some thought into it based on my experiences over the years. After years of seeing some people in my games get short changed on treasure simply because the players weren't...

My personal list is very similar to this with one addition: 5. Arguing with me about any of the above has a very high likelihood of you never playing an RPG with me again. I've had people actually try to tell me that my intolerance for sexual violence, torture, (and to a lesser extent PvP) in...

Been listening a lot to Transformers: The Score. It's the orchestral score from the first Transformers movie, not the regular soundtrack. Pretty amazing.

I thought it was Man-E-Bothans, who a cousin of Man-E-Faces from Masters of the Universe, who coincidentally, is also a sort of spy-type character.

I skipped over to the old Battletech novels I bought years ago but never read - The Jade Phoenix Trilogy. "Way of the Clans" was passable junk, "Bloodname" was a complete waste of time (I'm actually angry that I bothered finishing it), and now I just started "Falcon Guard" which at least for...