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A big issue is that Dragonlance itself has shifted and changed a lot over the years from when Gary and Tracy first came up with the idea of a long running module series focusing on dragons. I still have my poster of a chained up Laurana with dragon-Takhisis behind her. And guess what? She...

Disappointing, but not surprising in any way. Like I said before, you can't expect a $250 buy-in to succeed. The problem isn't that they wanted 2 million, the problem is how they expected to get it. Heroquest made almost twice that amount of money because the price point was so much lower...

I can't believe I forgot to mention 'Can't Watch This'.

I always like the songs Jerry Springer, Slime Creatures from Outer Space, and I Think I'm a Clone Now. I also have the various Polka's on a playlist so I can listen to them all in chronological order.

IMO, it was never a very realistic goal. There are Kickstarter projects that have had that many backers and games that, with add-ons, can cost many hundreds of dollars. But when you look at those campaigns, most backers only ever back at the "base" level; usually $50 - $100. Generally, only a...

Originally, Dragonlance didn't have any special rules at all; it was just bog-standard 1st edition. That's why in the original modules the Laurana and Flint pregens never advanced past 5th and 6th level respectively. I don't see that what did or did not exist in 1st edition (or any other...

Many of the games initial ideas came from Arneson, but he was otherwise barely involved at all. He did none of the writing and fronted none of the money for production. I'm glad he ended up getting the money for the ideas that were his, but he was completely absent from everything that would...

I agree. Any attempt at showing 'how you should play' or even showing pros and cons of various styles will almost certainly come across as gatekeeping. D&D paints fantasy with a very broad brush and doesn't even assume that you're using one of the "official" worlds. If I'm playing a Conan...

8000 backers seems like an awful lot to hope for. The Monsterpocalypse game earned 1.3 million dollars on Kickstarter but only had 6370 backers. I'm going to back it and I hope it succeeds but 8000 is pushing it IMO. Especially since they don't have the benefit of KS advertising.

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Gary made some questionable decisions, but not as many as are attributed to him. People think he was in charge because he was the president, but he was never in charge. There are a lot of stories from the 70's about people who were getting to meet Gary and they were nervous because he had a...

Gary was always beholden to the Blumes. When Gary and Don wanted to publish, they needed a third member (the Blumes) to help cover the costs. When Don passed away, it was the Blumes who bought out his ownership shares. Despite being given the title of 'President', Gary was an employee of the...

The Powers of Matthew Starr or nothing! Oh, and The Phoenix.

I have the most recent edition (whatever that is), but it's packed away somewhere and I don't feel like looking for it. I got it a couple of years back on the secondary market for a good price. It's wild and crazy and completely over the top, but it never feels multi-genre at all. It's for...

Being apolitical just prevents change from ever happening. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Nothing exists in a vacuum and you either support something or you don't. The only point of being apolitical is to prevent good people from doing...

To answer the OP question, no, it won't stop me from watching. HBO had very limited rights to make up their own stuff for the show. That was fine until you got to the point where the show caught up to the books. HBO's contracts with the actors didn't allow them to delay so they had to go with...

I like the three book format fine, but I agree that 64 pages doesn't justify an hard cover; especially in this era of paper shortages. I would have been happy with softcover if it's going to sit in a slipcase most of the time anyway. I've never liked the 'time doesn't flow in the Astral' bit...

Well, one lore change is the idea that good dragons don't want to fight the Draconians because they're "their children". In the original modules and the book trilogy, the good dragon eggs were captured before they woke up and held hostage to keep the metallic dragons from interfering. Once it...

I agree that people should not sleep in hotel lobbies. I also can't think of a single way to prevent it. There's nothing GenCon can do. Even if they're rented space with a hotel, they have no authority to police what goes on in the hotel lobby. If someone needs an alternative place to stay...

I'm in the US. Right now I have Prime. It's unlikely that I'd get rid of it as the ancillary benefits are (for me) too valuable. I also have the BritBox add-on so my mom can watch her British mysteries. I also have the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle. Mainly, this is for Disney+. I use ESPN+...