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I don't really follow gaming history closely, but I know there were tons of lites and ultralites long before this, an obvious one being Microlite20 in 2006. And there were "official" lite games published in the same timeframe, and probably before. (e.g., I think Fate Accelerated came out in...

Accidental house fires maybe, but trash fires are on the rise. Apparently that's due to discarded lithium ion batteries, and vape batteries in particular. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/lithium-ion-battery-waste-fires-are-increasing-and-vapes-are-a-big-part-of-it/

There are probably others, but Empire Strikes Back is the one that immediately springs to mind, both because it was the first time I ever went to a movie theater, and also (of course) because it was Empire and absolutely gobsmacked my 7-year old self: AT-AT walkers, tauntaun guts, Bespin, bounty...

Yeah, exactly. And as the prices of pretty much everything keep seeping upward to match the new "low" tariff-imposed level, the inflated prices will be branded as a "big beautiful win for everyone!!" (But in ALL CAPS, of course. Because apparently that's all it takes for certain people to...

What?? Inconceivable!

Making the macguffin the one thing neither will give up just to spite the other is brilliant! Initially I was thinking about the tomb/monument itself (analog to the house in the movie) in that capacity, as the rationale why neither is willing to leave. But making the curse-breaker into a...

This is some good stuff, thanks! I think I'm finally getting a handle on how to structure this. The cardboard BBEGs' motivations aren't terribly important, imo, but helpful to frame things. They are obsessive and straight-up evil; that's why they've been cursed, after all. Their main concern...

Looking for suggestions. Aim is for a short one-shot sword & sorc type adventure only. The backstory of a tomb: It appears for a single night every 10-ish years or so, emerging from the sand at dusk and melting away at dawn. It is the tomb of a ruler and consort, who died hundreds of years...

Sorry I can't help with the actual question, but my next D&D campaign may very well start in a tavern with a gentlemanly old scholar ambling up to the PCs' table and saying, "I need assistance finding a possibly imaginary box set."

"Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler, and other stories in her anthology of that same name.

I know there are publishers on there who sell PDFs on DTRPG and provide a link to their own website in their profile where they make POD available elsewhere, often by a link to Lulu. (And I know Lulu isn't too picky about what software is used to make the submitted PDFs, just as long as the file...

I think "naughty word" is an automated forum filter. The post-per-page used to be setting, but I can't find it anymore. You could start a thread in Meta and ask about that.

I haven't played either of these, but two "claustrophobic underwater" games off the top of my head are: Deep Dark Blue, a Fate Core setting Pressure, a standalone industrial sci-fi RPG from Osprey Games I also know a number of writers have made underwater horror adventures/settings using...

Yeah, some people have always been self-deluding, and other people have always exploited that. I think this gen AI stuff just cuts out the "middlemen" so to speak, ie the cult-leader or propagandist or whatever. Now I can just fire up an app to get a friendly voice to feed my confirmation biases...

Are you referring to this case? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/chatbots-posed-as-therapist-and-adult-lover-in-teen-suicide-case-lawsuit-says

I think jumping spiders are actually kinda cute, in a "Oh look at the tiny mutant yorkie!" sort of way.

Oh! In that case, i've got a dozen other gross bug stories for your amusement....! ;)

Sorry! I spoilered my story.

For gaming materials, it depends on how the text and illos are formatted. If images are generally simple and if the text is large enough, uses bullets/indents, tables, etc, or otherwise mostly highly formatted, I don't mind smaller sizes. For denser things or more traditional "rulebook" styles...

Years ago, I was helping my brother renovate his house. We went at one wall with hammers;