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I accidentally oversnipped in places. Repairing: Oh, man, I remember liking those a lot. This looks suspiciously like something made to sell right to me. :)

Let’s catch up. You may wish to secure refreshments: this could take a while. What about it, huh? Well? Huh? It’s a great idea, that’s what. Stewart Crowley was an early influence on my visual imagination, and Wayne Barlowe another. A friend. Gave me Barlowe’s Inferno years ago, and it’s my...

I’d probably be happier if I had more of that attitude about revisiting, honestly.

I like to quote Roger Ebert: “It’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it’s about it.” Makes sense that long lists and short ones could work that way too.

Thanks to y’all, too. Substantial reply got delayed but is coming. Anyone want to suggest modern/sf entries, by the way?

Eyeballing it, looks like about 50/50 random ambience and moments stuff (which I do find useful) and the resources for building up an overall map of the area, factions at work in it, and such, which I also find useful.

So many great suggestions! I will make actual replies this afternoon. In the meantime, thanks! You can’t see me suddenly smiling in the middle of a very stressful time, but I am.

I need to check out Ave Nox and Vast In The Dark, because I love the other two to bits.

Interesting. Thanks!

You get an experience check for Summarize Discourse, depending on what rules we’re playing in.

Thanks! I need to see how much Ptolus I have tucked away here.

Sure. It was - in my memory of my experience, so double-qualifier there - a lot of stuff. It felt like a phone book arranged geographically, when I want a guide book - something that would tell me about the neighborhoods, give me some highlights, explain local ways that might be interesting...

They can. What I prefer games provide is a solid framework to hang participants’ inventions. Part of the problem is that a lot of things often found in mega-lists, like D&Doid spells and GURPS or Csll of Cthulhu skills, are badly designed. Frameworks like Ars Magica and Mage: The Awakening make...

I’m not very impressed. Of course, realistically I wasn’t going to buy a new edition of City State of the Invincible Overlord anyway - for my gaming interests, it’s basically junk, and was at the time. I don’t have fond memories of the short lived campaign we played set there. I also think that...

I’ve been thinking about setting books that are either genuinely free of mechanics, or close as darn it. Favorites of mine include things like the systemless version of Freeport, a bunch of the Glorantha books for HeroQuest, and settings for Amber and Lords Of Gossamer & Shadow. My experience...

White men. We’re about thirty percent of the US population. Look at all the books and games and shows that aren’t about us at all, or that subordinate us into stories about others. So unfair! What other 30% of the population has so little representation?!? Man, if I keep putting my tongue into...

This comes down to a matter of priorities. Among gamers, as in many other fandoms, there are at least four distinct categories: 1. Hardcore bigots, who hate and fear other groups so much they wish their targets were dead or, failing that, suffering as much as possible. Some of these engage in...

10 posts a day for fifty years, and there you go. Happy birthday!

Hey, @Snarf Zagyg , if you got off your lazy butt and trained an LMM in your posts, you could have it write more while you take a well-deserved vacation.

Darn it, you’re right. Well, someone can explain at some length how vile that makes me.