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He's so mysterious! What's the game?

I don't think anyone overlooked this. I haven't read through this thread in a while, since 2023, but some people, either in this thread or others on the subject, have argued against republishing Dark Sun because it might allow some tables to play it the wrong way. i.e. Maybe in someone's game...

I thought we were past this as a people! Darn it, folks. If you can afford to go to Origins you can afford clean clothes and bathing facilities. There's just not many excuses not to smell like a bouquet of flowers. The biggest convention I ever went to was a trade convention, Workday...

"Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives! It's 1183 and we're barbarians." -- Eleanor of Aquitaine The Lion in Winter. I suppose this hits onto some worldbuilding. What's a weapon? It's very often defined by culture. When I go hiking, I often carry a folding...

Asking me to name my favorite D&D product is like asking me to single out my favorite Snarf post. No mortal has had time to read all of them! The Random Harlot Table should make AD&D 1st edition DMG the clear winner, but it's a core rulebook and is therefore disqualified. While there were a...

It doesn't count unless it actually made it into the movie.

My current Greyhawk campaign features an organization of monks known as the Fat Boys. They travel the land in search of new recipes and new things to eat. The older and more experienced they get, the larger their beltline. My group has adopted the Fat Boys and end up spending a lot of...

I don't listen to live plays very often. When I do it's typically to get an example of an interpretation of how a particular game or scenario is run. I listened to LA by Night to get an idea of how Vampire 5th edition is played and another for Twilight 2000. I'm trying to think if I've...

When Netflix first released Stranger Things, I stumbled across it without much about it other than it was some sort of supernatural thriller. I didn't even know it was set in the 1980s. As I watched the opening credits, with the neon type lettering and synth music, I started to wonder if I had...

When I first heard this movie I was quite surprised. I really only remember two things about the original Toxic Avenger movie. It was pretty bad and the woman who played Toxies girlfriend was beautiful. I don't think she appeared in anything else.

And just think what happens when you encounter someone casting Heat Metal! <shudder>

I just assume companies producing licensed games take that into account as part of their overall cost of production. It's often fascinating to me what seemingly insignificant aspect of a game can drive people away from it. I cast no aspersions here, I do the same thing. I remember getting...

They're dressed like they belong in a 1990s syndicated science fiction television show. If they had appeared on Babylon 5 I wouldn't have batted an eye.

You played D&D with a monk? What level was he? It's not too dissimilar to the Hays Code which was a guideline for American movies from the 1930s until the late 1960s. Because D&D proved so popular with kids, I imagine TSR was pretty adamant about keeping things somewhat family friendly for...

In the Wheel of Time series of books, the best scout in Mat's army was a bald, obese man named Vanin who had a habit of spitting between the gap in his teeth. He was described as being especially light on his feet for such a large man.

My LGS charges $10 but gives $5 of it in store credit to the GM and the other $5 in credit to the player. I don't think anyone at the event runs any of the adventures given out for free RPG day. I'm running a Call of Cthulhu adventure called Servants of the Lake.

Maybe I haven't played enough Tomb Raider video games. I didn't really know there was enough for it to have its own distinct setting. I'm sorry it didn't work out for Evil Hat, but I'm happy they're going to use what they've worked on so far to make something out of it.

You're absolutely right. The same is equally true of death metal. I think if D&D is ever unseated, it'll come as a surprise, but when we have a chance to look at it with a little perspective we'll figure out why.

Corpulent. She's corpulent.

If D&D ever gets dethroned as the #1 RPG, it's probably going to come as quite a surprise like the death of hair metal or the collapse of the Soviet Union.