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  1. Clint_L

    What Are You Listening To? - Reprise

    Been listening to a lot of funk lately, and specifically Betty Davis's small but incredibly impressive catalogue. Woman was ahead of her time, and deserved a lot more fame and glory than she got!
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    Our Physical Fitness

    I am a creature of routine, so not doing my workout is not an option unless I am so sick that I am physically incapable - I think I've maybe missed one workout in the past year or so. This is actually a problem, because I will work out even when it would probably be healthier for me to rest. And...
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    Do Tariffs Apply To RPG Books? Maybe, Maybe Not!

    This is what I don't agree with. I think that will make everyone poorer, aside from the folks at the very top. I definitely think it would make our hobby substantially more expensive, for everyone. There's no way that an American company can make miniatures, for example, in the USA without...
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    What Game Publishers Are Saying About The Tariffs

    The first category includes just about every responsible business, though I doubt any of them anticipated the ridiculous extent of the tariffs. The latter category is nonexistent, as far as I am aware. Unless you can cite a KS who claim they'll have "no problems" dealing with a 145% tariff? Are...
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    Do Tariffs Apply To RPG Books? Maybe, Maybe Not!

    Agree to disagree. I don't see how moving production from China to a country that is openly trying to break mine will help Canadian TTRPG fans or producers in the short or long term. It just sounds like moving games production to a hostile nation that will tariff us on a whim. Respectfully, I'm...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Enhancing Vecna: Eve of Ruin *SPOILERS*

    Right? Especially since WotC has already done a deal with Stranger Things. This entire adventure seems to be built assuming that the players will be significantly composed of giant nerds like us who immediately recognize why Brynn is significant, etc.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Some Terms Removed From 2024 SRD... But Is 'D&D' Really Supposed To Be In There?

    I would assume that this means you can now use the term "D&D," but not the logo?
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    Wizards of the Coast Says That China Tariffs Will Have Minimal Impact on D&D

    To clarify, Dungeons and Dragons products are probably okay. Hasbro is screwed if this continues. They're a toy company, and most of their product is injected molded plastic, which almost all comes from China and can't be done in the US any time soon. Hasbro was already struggling, prior to...
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    The Last of Us (HBO Max)

    Joel's death certainly hit my spouse hard; I didn't warn them it was coming.
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    The Last of Us (HBO Max)

    I love how so much of Part 2 is told from Abby's perspective - I think that's what makes the revenge theme hit so hard. From her perspective, Joel is a monster, and it's not like she doesn't have a point. Having the player play from her PoV was a bold choice and I love it!
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    Do Tariffs Apply To RPG Books? Maybe, Maybe Not!

    Their American customers. China isn't the only country that the US has launched a trade war against...
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    D&D General How would you make "finding out how to break the spell" interesting?

    I don't suppose you own the boardgame Quacks of Quedlinburgh? What if the players have to successfully brew a restorative potion using the rules of that game? But that only works if failure is an option. Edit: like, what if the potion is almost impossible to brew unless the players can use...
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    The Good Sandbox Thread [+]

    I run every campaign as a sandbox, trying to build story hooks out of what the players give me, and then adapting as they make different choices or things unfold in an unexpected direction. I also use random events generators, some of which have led to multi-game adventures as the players took...
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    The Last of Us (HBO Max)

    Huh...I think the series works because it almost lives up to the standard of the game. Part 2, in particular, is a masterpiece, IMO.
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    RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Loot Tavern, Hit Point Press, Nat Two Press, and more

    Thought more on this though...and a setting based on Egyptian culture without any Egyptians involved...not sure how I feel about that.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Enhancing Vecna: Eve of Ruin *SPOILERS*

    Yeah, the underlying concept is cool but the execution is dumb and lacks meaningful stakes. I completely reworked it to make it meaningful to the party, I added in Hawkins from Stranger Things as the only locale/Vecna that anyone in my group aside from me would know anything about, and I...
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    RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Loot Tavern, Hit Point Press, Nat Two Press, and more

    Wise. I'll never back another first time KS - been burned before. I didn't realize it was their first time - thanks for the head's up.
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    RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Loot Tavern, Hit Point Press, Nat Two Press, and more

    That Pocket RPG campaign is very interesting to me. It's very ambitious - trying to miniaturize and make portable miniatures-based gaming. That's my passion, and it's a side of RPGs that goes back to their beginning, so I am rooting for them. Seems most likely to be a novelty, but I hope I am...
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    Our Physical Fitness

    My pec injury turned out to be the intercostal muscles of my rib cage, which is good in terms of recovery time, but bad in terms of pain, specially during allergy season. My workouts are now half physiotherapy.
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