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This show feels so confident right now. Loved episode 5 and thought it was a great follow up to 4, slowing things down while building on the repercussions. I take the Aiel as more polyamorous than polygamists and that they are a fairly good representation of the former, so was glad to see that...

DDB is not perfect, but I find it to be an invaluable tool for running my campaigns both in the time it saves me in prep and in facilitating a game that flows in session. Maps has been an absolute game changer for me in both of those areas as well, effectively cutting my prep time in half from...

Condition markers are at the top of the list for me. And they should have round counters attached to them. It would be great if one of those 'conditions' was 'flying' with an easy way to note how high from the floor. A simple map builder would be awesome as well.

I've managed to stay away from spoilers this long, so another 3-4 weeks to get to the end of book 9 won't kill me! Looking forward to seeing what you are hinting at here :)

Unfortunately not. I actually spent quite a bit of time looking at opening a dine-in theatre in my area (which, while close to LA proper, doesn't have one within 40 miles) when I first lost my job and put together a solid biz plan, but didn't have the capital to get a loan sufficient to get it...

No, I was having a side conversation about the declining theatrical experience in the US, which relates to D&D through the problem of AAA titles being a much bigger crapshoot due to fractured audiences (ie Sigil). How movie theatres fix that probelm is very different than how video game...

Okay, well, I'm ready for it! Watching S3 has got me pushing through 'the slog' at a quicker pace now. And yeah, I don't dislike the prose, just the conflict/resolution cycle of individual scenes.

Alamo Drafthouse is the model. At the very least, theatres need to realize they are competing with restaurants as a fairly inexpensive way to enjoy a night out from the house. You attract customers with atmosphere and food offerings, not necessarily the content on the screen. But most US...

Finally finished book 8! From the end, feels like book 9 will start things ramping up again. Is that the case or does 9 spin it's wheels?

Appreciate the sentiment. Honestly, I've been very lucky in my career the last 20 years and have little to complain about. I'm also enjoying going back to school and getting into a field where my natural aptitude for science and math will get to play a bigger role. And yeah, the...

Beautifully said. It's like you've been following all of these threads being woven together, and suddenly this episode comes (or the moment in the book comes) and you're like, 'OH!' that's the pattern being woven, 'Wow!'

The weirdest thing about the ending is that after all of the supposed 'realism' of people making bad choices leading to severe consequences is that the White Walkers didn't win in the end. I would have totally believed an ending to SoIaF where Westeros ended up covered in ice.

Same thing that's going on in the film industry. I'm a 20 year marketing veteran for feature films who lost his job last summer and is now pivoting into nursing as a new career after I sent out 400 resumes and landed only a single interview for a job way below my level of expertise, that I...

Yes, but I've come to realize that the historical inspiration is just cover for Martin's preference of the fantasy of extreme violence towards women and homosexuals. Yes, Martin, we know that's how our world was (is) but Westeros is your Fantasy world and you are choosing to add those elements...

I've been enjoying S3 overall, but yeah, this episode is just next level, and worth a watch on it's own even if you're not going to watch the whole series. Honestly, I remember how I felt when I read it, and was pretty blown away, but I'd say what I just watched hit me even harder. My brain...

S3E4 is an absolute masterpiece of storytelling and perhaps the best hour of filmed fantasy I've ever seen.

There could be a case for integrating the 3D terrain, map builder and minis into Maps, and ditching the fancier Sigil UI for the existing Maps one (which I think is great because of its simplicity).

Exactly. The problem Sigil was trying to solve was not enough people playing D&D. It was a bold attempt that ultimately proved too expensive given the current economic climate, so now a simpler version that only aims to be a tool for existing players who want to use it is what Sigil will be for...

That’s a really good point, that given current economic concerns as a whole for Hasbro, the ROI on Sigil is too far in the future to continue to spend on it now. In that case, it’s tellingvibthink that they kept any of the dev team. Perhaps they will be willing to expand the team again down the...

In my mind, that's a different issue than a 'a solution in search of a problem'. Again, I think the goal of Sigil was clearly to be a AAA piece of software whose ROI would be realized by attracting new customers to D&D primarily from existing video game players. That is, they knew the only way...