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Wow... it’s like watching Jobs and Woz meet for the first time... 😀

Today I learned that Khonshu was an ACTUAL Egyptian deity. I had always assumed he was made up whole cloth by Doug Moench, and never bothered to check!

Congratulations, Russ! Thank you for keeping this community touchstone alive and kicking for all this time. No matter how life keeps taking me in all sorts of directions, it’s always been comforting to be able to drop back in and catch news, see familiar names, and catch up on the gaming pulse...

I watched the video, and agree with some of his points, but for me the illusion of choice wasn't with the combat or encounters -- those seemed to work relatively fine - but for me the illusion was with the feats and magic items. I honestly did not feel any stake between one feat and another --...

In the Before Times, we would game on alternating Saturdays and Sundays, under different GMs, to give the GM a break; now, still same, but I've only gamed a few times due to Quarantine, and lately since the numbers in my locale have JUMPED THROUGH THE DAMNED ROOF, it's gone to "not at all." I'm...

1980s. A lot of my reasons are influenced by me living in the U.S. Making assumptions that (1) I am still living where I lived, and (2) I could have skillsets I have now that also exist in the decade, then: U.S. Economy was doing phenomenally, and the U.S. still had a pretty healthy middle...

@Morrus , I hope your holiday is a great one! Merry Christmas to you you and the family, man! As for all of ENWorld, Happy Christmakwanzakahdan, and may you receive all you are expecting, and a much better 2021.

I do consider it work, but I also enjoy doing it, and personally I’ve always believed that every player owes it to themselves and their other gaming friends at the table to try it at least once or twice. Even if they find they don’t enjoy it, they’ve gotten a more well-rounded experience as a...

Good old Claudio “Klaus” Pozas - I hope he and his family have been doing well? Haven’t spoken to him in years.

I long for the days of the Satanic Panic - THAT level of bat**** conspiracy theory I can handle. 🤪

Honestly, those kinds of problems don’t worry me terribly, because STEMies are fiendishly clever when you give them a definitive problem to solve. 😁 doesn’t matter if it takes a few billion dollars and a truckload of volunteers to do it in the most convoluted fashion possible the first time...

I used to love my 12-inch GI Joes (Adventure Team) back in the 70s. It’s because of those and the old “story book records” that I never saw 1980s GI Joe as “real” GI Joe when I was a kid. EDIT: I had forgotten that those did NOT age well... 😀

Personally, I think WotC should just open the setting to DMs Guild and be done with it. Independents could publish the material they wanted, and if something was a runaway hit (in DM Guild terms) try a collaboration with the author for a full book product on the schedule (it worked for Keith...

Ah, I remember those - I believe a 20th level Wizard (excuse me, “Magic-user”) took something like 5 DAYS to memorize all spells from scratch. Basically, he had to cram like a college student before Finals. 😀

Oh, I remember how — it was because I played without using even half of the rules as written, because they were too hard for 10-year old me to understand. Fueled off of the art, the class concepts, treasure descriptions, and descriptions of role play and encounter examples in the Moldvay Red...

I am always happy to hear people who have found those oases in time in their lives; for me, it was one particular place I worked where I knew the name of everyone in the building, where I knew seemingly every little private joke or nickname for rooms or memes in the building, and every bit of...

Now all I can think of are images of Dairy Queens dotting the landscapes of Thelanis, thanks for that imagery! 😂

That is a FLOOD of nostalgia bowling me over to look at those signatures. 🥰 I think I do recognize Keith Strohm’s signature on File 05, left hand page, at top. Also, file 04, Mik (Archon), was dating Gertie (Xath) back then, and they later married. Assuming that’s the same person, his spelling...

A long time ago, ENWorld had a book club of sorts, and (Was it SHARK? Maybe) and others reviewed the book Caesar’s Legions which talked about some of the “life in camp” for the Legions, including their unbelievable conditioning, even by Caesar’s time.

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!