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Heh, I just watched a "history" of the Star Wars galaxy (old EU) . . . and yeah, it reminded me of the same thing. Super convoluted and our heroes of the rebellion could never catch a break!

While Rogue One and Andor can be tough viewing and are certainly different from our usual Star Wars style storytelling . . . this is what I love about both shows. They don't pull many punches. I think few of our characters, good or bad, are going to make it past the finale tomorrow except Andor...

Good point. I've also "judged" Williams' decisions as if TSR was publically traded. Doesn't really change my opinion much, but you're correct, she was well within her legal and ethical rights to push Buck Rogers. And we got some good products out of it! Wish we could get digital PDFs (legally)...

Yeah, "nepotism" isn't quite the correct term, but it's close enough for me. Instead of promoting a family member, Williams "promoted" an IP owned by the family. Buck Rogers wasn't developed at TSR because it was going to be a good franchise for TSR, it was to take advantage of the Dille family...

The TSR Buck Rogers franchise was Nepotism 101, for sure. And ultimately, like many of TSR's product lines, fizzled out and was mis-managed . . . But the initial launch that included an RPG, board game, and novels (comics too?) was AWESOME. Or at least, I thought so at the time. Still have the...

Both Syril and Dedra were strong imperial partisans . . . until the horror of the Ghorman Massacre. I'm not sure if Syril was headed for redemption . . . maybe . . . but once he saw Andor, he lost control and found a target for his rage and horror. Dedra, we'll have to wait and see, but she...

Well, each prison is different. Some allow polyhedral dice for TTRPG gaming, some don't. Some allow spinners, some probably don't. You are right that dice vs spinners, it's a bit silly to allow one and not the other.

They didn't mislead anybody. They simply rolled out the 2024 udpates to DDB in a way that bothered some folks. Then they changed it in response to the upset. That's about the beginning and the end of it.

It was not that D&D Beyond wouldn't continue to support the 2014 rules . . . it was always going to do that. But rather, the default compendium and tool tip entries were going to be 2024 only. This sparked outrage, and WotC decided to include both 2024 and 2014 in the compendium and other...

As D&D and other tabletop RPGs have become more popular . . . there are a LOT of alternatives to dice out there on the market, in addition to what @talien lists above. Dice spinners come in towers, disks, cubes, and other bizarre shapes. I've seen a roulette wheel dice spinner even! And of...

Does this benefit Judges Guild? Yes. It makes good business sense for JG to have this debt cleared, even if legally they are not required to do so. The Judges Guild as a brand or IP is less valuable with this albatross hanging over its head. But with the only (likely) benefit for JG being the...

Huh? Of course it's not objective fact that Goodman Games is making a mistake here. Whether you are bothered by what's going on and choose to support GG or not . . . yeah, that's your personal call. But I really can't get worked up about folks righteous upset over GG's choices and the natural...

Yes, really. Textbook whataboutism. Edited after seeing @Umbran's post.

Ah, more whataboutism. Gotcha!

As a current teacher . . . purposefully adding struggle to tasks is not effective for learning. But, we do have a growing problem with students not being able to handle things that are hard . . . they are more likely to just give up on a difficult task than pre-pandemic . . . so, trying to...

Wow! I like it! Kudos for WotC to be willing to change up the trade dress, logo, and art style of the setting. That's a bit risky!

That reminds of of a Tom Morello story, the guitarist for Rage Against the Machine. He was once called out for Rage getting too "political" . . . if you know anything about this band, "political" is a part of their DNA from their first released song. MCG has been supportive of LGBTQ+ issues...

I think the current political climate in the US certainly has some folks thinking they can get away with publicly being terrible. But as Goodman is learning, it's still not a good idea to let the world know you are a bigot or are willing to work with bigots.

Ah . . . I still don't get it. That's okay.

The wonderful line from Austin Powers, "There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch," isn't an example of the Paradox of Tolerance. It's humor based on folks ability to compartmentalize, consider themselves not-racist, and yet...