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    Mongoose acquires Twilight 2000 and 2300 AD

    With all three sets of IP under one owner, it should be much easier to mesh all three into one system. But it may take a while.
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    Longshoreman Union Strike Could Affect EU/UK Games Shipping To USA

    Strikes for more money are more common in high inflation times. After the 2008 oops, inflation was low until Putin invaded Ukraine and oil prices spiked(US anyway). After that, unions normally have to wait until the current contract expires before they strike.
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    Worlds of Design: How Lethal is Your Magic?

    One also has to be aware of possible interactions of spells with things in the environment. Older versions(and maybe current) of the web spell created webs that were flammable. Casting one in a tavern to get control of the party's barbarian who decided now was a good time to rage, could well...
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    D&D (2024) Here's The D&D Cartoon Characters' Stats!

    I looked. From the 2nd Ed PHB: The overall class is Priest. A Cleric is a priest who worships/serves a particular mythos/religion. Druid is a type of priest who serves nature(also kind of defined as a religion). Possible later supplements changed things.
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    D&D (2024) Here's The D&D Cartoon Characters' Stats!

    Based on the picture, Nico could also be a Native American character.
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    Dragon Reflections #81

    Doesn't seem bad at all. He was asked a question and answered it. Not all games are ran solely to kill things. Kind of curious about the source that says "... eleven breast milk tastes minty..." and why someone needed to know about the drow product. Real life factoid - where I last worked...
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    More Details About Pathfinder: The Dragon's Demand Video Game Revealed

    Another hope for a GOG version. Trailer kind of reminds me of the old 'Gold Box' CRPG games of the late 80s~early 90s. As for graphics, I would prefer better game play over better graphics. Eye candy is good for a few minutes. Bad game play is forever, or at least until you uninstall.
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    Worlds of Design: Before the Fight

    As a player, I like for there to be options to bypass some encounters via diplomacy type things and/or stealth type things. Or even inventive spell use. I have seen some GMs announce before the session starts something like "Ok, we have to get through 3 combats tonight...". Adventure paths are...
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    Worlds of Design: Prestige Goods

    Trade is often the bread and butter of many a Traveller game. Trying to impress the locals with various magic items/spells can be risky. "Its a witch! Kill it!" or "Fools, don't you know we outlawed magic after the armageddon wars of 200 cycles ago? Strip them and take them to the combat...
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    Traveller Creator Marc Miller Passes Ownership To Mongoose

    Glad this got resolved while Marc Miller is still with us. Instead of having a bunch of lawyers hired by surviving heirs tying the whole thing up for years with lawsuits. As for "Six guns in space", at least 3 of the Original Star Treks featured projectile weapons, one had six guns.
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    D&D General D&D Player's Handbook 2024: The Official Advance Review

    Are the characters from the original V5 Players Handbook interchangeable with the ones created using PHB 2024 for things like organized play? If not, then new edition. May only be a .1 increment but new edition. I find this "Not a new Edition" new edition trend more as a money grab then...
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    Paizo Spicy hot take: Golarion isn't a setting...

    I consider the variety a good thing. It would be boring if everything was the same no matter where you traveled. Having things change makes the place seem more real.
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    Worlds of Design: Not-So-Friendly Fire

    Friendly Fire is a thing in most game groups I play with. Adds a bit of realism and player decision making. We don't normally track arrows and such that miss the main target/scrum. Same for that ray spell that missed the touch roll. Its not just ranged attacks. Swinging that sword into the...
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    TSR Elf Stranded on the Warden: A Short Gary Gygax Story

    If so, says a lot about Gary's foresight on the possibility that the group would make the one way trip through the portal. Plus he guessed correctly on the Warden material being available at that game session.
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    TSR Elf Stranded on the Warden: A Short Gary Gygax Story

    If so, says a lot about Gary's foresight on the possibility that the group would make the one way trip through the portal. Plus he guessed correctly on the Warden material being available at that game session.
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    Worlds of Design: A Time for Change

    I think one of the reasons Tolkien got away with a near static world is the lack of diversity in his world. Sure he had Elves, Dwarves, Humans etc. but in most cases each race only had one or two outposts. Contrast that with Earth in any era with significant recorded history. We had many...
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    Pathfinder 2E Here's The Official Pathfinder 2E Character Sheet

    If your only reason to avoid a game is Action Points, they are normally a easy mechanic to leave out. Played lots of games without them and lots with. The most common in groups I play with now is the one per session version. Easy enough to track. I haven't seen anything in PF2 that...
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    Pathfinder 2E Here's A Pathfinder 2E Goblin

    IMO - a stat block should never reference a different stat block. The point of a stat block is to have everything needed for a basic encounter in one place. If I have to go perusing a book for all of the out of block references in a stat block, then it isn't a stat block. I can imagine...
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    Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Core Set: A Review

    I find this review helpful if you are the type of person who, like me, didn't know there was an Adventure Card Game. A lot of us see stuff on the shelf of a FLGS or a listing on a website and wonder if it would be worth picking up. With a MSRP of about $60, nice to have some idea what one is...
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    Matthew Sprange, Mongoose Publishing, Discusses Traveller and Paranoia

    It reminds me of what you might get in high school when the teacher says "Please submit a 1 to 2 page report on the topic of your choice. Please interview someone as part of your research." Also hard to pin down whether this was a quick review of Mathew or of current and future Mongoose products.
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