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My royalty checks are not straw. I don't think you really understand how IP works.

Actually, the Japanese were on the verge of giving in before the bombs dropped; they were still holding out hope that the USSR would act as a intermediary for terms. Operation Chokehold (the sea/air blockade of the Home Islands) was far more effective than the Americans understood at the time...

So utterly untrue. At least IME.

Speaking from experience, the fact that you are facing fanatics who just won't quit is not all that impressive, or even a recognizable factor until after the fact. What matters is how well they fight compared to how well you fight. If you want a historical example, there's none better than the...

Odd how you keep using that phrase. People owning property isn't usually considered evil, or oppressive. Nor is making money off IPs usually viewed as evil, as I can personally attest.

Ah, no, I know where they live, and the sound of their voices. You are aware that online gaming uses audio, right?

Except none of those involved the death of a national leader. Or involved the Hollywood image of a trained assassin. Yamamoto was killed by regular aviators, chosen because their squadron was equipped with P-38s. Mossad uses nerds and untrained locals, for the most part. In the 70s they did...

There's a difference between hired/outside assassins, and internal power plays. Hitler, for example, survived a dozen+ assassination attempts, but all were internal matters, not external. There are very few examples of a national leader being killed by an assassin hired or sent by outside...

I wasn't replying to you, to be clear, but to aramis erak. As I said before, my advice is write your own material.

Truth. Even in less modern times this held true.

In 1980, I discovered Rolemaster. :cool: You young guys just don't appreciate good systems. ;)

Normally, I would say no, but recently that became untrue. I have always wanted to the use the Morrow Project system (I've used the core setting concept several times), but never had the right group. Recently I discovered that Roll20 has a wonderful PC sheet for MP 4e, and so it is in the...

Truth. A lot of the games of the 70s are still soldiering on. WW isn't likely to recapture the position it achieved in the 90s, but the system has good bones, and the setting still has fans.

For you, that's true. I find online/electronic socializing superior to in-person, with a couple exceptions. The best part, for me, is the elimination of third parties, such as intrusive pets or feral offspring. Or viruses borne by said feral offspring. Plus, gamers can play while sick.

To be honest, the ruling really changed nothing.

Not long. The USSC could issue a temporary restoration until the case gets heard, as they did with the Venezuelan deportations. Given the composition of the USSC, the outcome is fairly certain, and just in case, the Senate is considering action that would eliminate the issue entirely by allowing...

Its already being appealed. Ultimately the USSC will decide.

Online gaming has been the best thing for my hobby since I started in 1979. I was tired of the hassle of trying to assemble and maintain a like-minded group of gamers week after week, years after year, lugging my stuff to the game itself (I live in the country, and also I am not interested in...

Yeah, the original poll was too generic.

Sounds like a lot of trinkets in play, plus an obliging GM. Of course, I quit D&D back in the early 80s. The failing of most D&D settings is that they hack a real world setting, but they make scant allowance for the game mechanics. No one would waste a decade and vast sums of money to built a...