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Youngest is 20, the eldest is nearly 60.

I think the copyright still stands, held by Hearst Holdings instead of the original creator or his heirs. The Trademark (which, as you mention, is different) is also active, and - depending on actually what form of mark you are looking for - is held by Hearst Holdings or King Features...

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It arrived, but haven’t read it yet. The slipcase was mangled in shipping, but the books themselves came through mostly intact (on book has a slightly bent corner).

That Fantasy Games Unlimited game was weird. There was like, no game there (but it did make a for a pretty cool little Mongo sourcebook).

For The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit specifically, Christoher Tolkien has no say - Middle-earth Enterprises (Zaentz Company) holds the rights. Chris holds the rights (I think) to everything else his father wrote though.

BRP? https://www.chaosium.com/basic-roleplaying/ Used in RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu, Delta Green, StormBringer, SuperWorld, and others - including my favorite, The Laundry Files (http://cubicle7.co.uk/our-games/the-laundry/). Mer stuff to be found here...

At least once, in any Pulp Adventure game that runs for more than a few sessions, the heroes will end up somewhere in the Caribbean. There's just too much potentially unusual stuff to not. btw, I'm seriously digging these "Journey to..." posts.

It's not really as rough as you think. The system is EXTREMELY front loaded. Almost all of the complexity is in character creation. Once you have a character actual game play reasonably straightforward, and most of what you need to know is on the character sheet.

Well, I've got a Champions game starting this Sunday - but the five hour drive might be a bit much. :p

I'm with you here. Not a GURPS fan, but I love the GURPS settings books - particularly the licensed stuff. Well researched, and packed full of good stuff.

Genre probably comes first for me (although the line between genre and setting can be pretty fine): I will look at any superhero or pulp adventure RPG. I will look at game product for Hero System, Ubiquity, or GUMSHOE (and eventually buy anything Hero System)

While I agree with the statement, it flies in the face of customer perception. The near ubiquity of discounted online sellers (of everything) has caused a cognitize disconnect for many customers regarding MSRP. I look at the price of books on Amazon and when my mind wanders I do the math and...

Ok. Just tested through my iPhone. It works better than expected (but I still wouldn't do it that way).

Roll20 does support video. I've used it for games with larger than average player count. Things become dicey as the party size increases unless everyone if very cognizant of the platform. You have to learn to not talk over people. I've never tried using it through a mobile device (like a...

(Not quite thread necromancy. It's still the same calendar year) Psionics in xD&D always seemed weird to me. In 1st ed they were this odd bolt-on that just tipped the already precarious balance, and in 2nd ed they just became the class that didn't really fit into most fantasy settings (Dark...

Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes just hit DrivethruRPG. It uses a variant of the Tunnels & Trolls rules with a beefed up skill system.

The Amazon thing is kind of what I suspected - it is kind of the bane of game stores right now as its hard to compete with that deep of a price cut (and still pay your rent). I suppose its good that the pay for play thing is working for them, but based on what I've seen in my area it won't work...

Is it generating sales for the store?

What you describe sounds pretty typical of what I see in my town. Tabletop gaming is pretty much supported by board and card games - which is not really a bad thing, but becomes a disheartening if your primary interest is RPGs. When I last visited one of our local shops (two weeks ago) and...