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Ever heard of Stalingrad? The deaths were a lot more than 10%. I believe Angkor went from about 1,000,000 people in the 12th century to less than 30,000 by the 16th. When the French "discovered" (it never really was lost) it in the 19th century, the inhabitants had no idea how big it used to be...

I second City of Death. A lot (as in nearly all) of the classic Doctor Who's are slow. In some of them the Doctor doesn't turn up until halfway through the first episode. My recommendations from the available DVDs (considering you want decent pacing): Carnival of Monsters. Complex plot. Slow...

I suppose you want a myxomycete option as well to cover intelligent oozes. No pleasing some people :p Anyway, vegepygmies reproduce via russet mold, which is a fungus :confused: Maybe they're a form of semi-intelligent lichen?

"Aeryn is with child" - oops wrong show... (starts again...) Started off crap, then became wonderful. Definitely worth a rewatch. Plot hole:

Thanks. I aim to please. Interesting that no-one who's chosen the pedantic option has posted - I know there are a few seaweed monsters out there. Speak up! One of my favourites too, but I thought they'd be too obscure to get an option (but then I did put Volodni up there).

Damn - forgot about them, otherwise they'd've been in the poll too.

So, what's your favourite intelligent plant? Not necessarily D&D, as some of the poll options show. EDIT: Some people have mentioned shamblers, vampire roses and other monsterous plants. By intelligent, I mean something with a society or that you could hold a conversation with.

Races of the World. Not actually a game supplement, but an anthropology text book as Hasbro commission Wizards to make educational material for obscure tax reasons.

Expedition to the Forest Oracle Expedition to Castle Caldwell Expedition to the Needle Expedition to the Throne of Bloodstone

No. It's Lederhosen or nothing. Anyway, Belgians are firbolgs, not kobolds.

Those are two of the most awesome suggestions I've ever heard :cool:

Art of Dungeons & Dragons, Stereogram edition Best of All Dungeons & Dragons, edited by Jack Chick Best of White Dwarf (Issues 101 to present) Complete Enemancer Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition Races of the Farm: Brownies, Killmoulis and Phooka (Brownies are +4 ECL)

The PG version will have a soundtrack by Nine Inch Nails? :confused:

Good point - I hadn't noticed it either. Counting Torchwood, that'll be five black/white versus two black/black (both defunct). And back to topic: Great opener! Freema reminds of Liz Shaw with her attitude.

Thanks! Once again, Gutenberg delivers, but unfortunately the English translation is a bit of a mess and my Italian is quite rough. Nonetheless I see what you mean - Atlante is definitely a wizard who lives in a tower (and uses it as a prison). Any advance on 1520 then?

...by the king, who wants her to spin it into gold. Rumpelstiltskin then comes to make his bargain. Thanks - that's enough to search on! Courtesy of Project Gutenberg: That's pretty close, considering that the "Castle" certainly is a Zoroastrian fire tower. Now, why did it take another 600...

I'm sure the magi are the main inspiration, but I still can't find a pre-20th century story featuring a wizard in a tower. "Ivory towers" are probably another inspiration, but they've always been metaphorical, not literal. BTW, in which version of Rumpelstiltskin does he have a tower?

Wow, what a badly designed site! Fortunately, the content was funny enough to warrant checking the whole list, and they haven't mixed up "camp" and "gay". Might have to be rewritten if anyone releases a Fushigi Yuugi RPG.

My list: Arabian Adventure. Much maligned, but terrific fun. Loads of cliches, but deft with them. El Hazard anime series. Vaguely Arabian. Thirteenth Warrior. Better than most critics make it out to be. Hearts and Armour. European film which makes Hollywood films look historically accurate...

Creatures with a tradition for magical theory and research being sorcerers instead of wizards - like aranea and phaerimm.