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  1. Riley

    What is the single best thread of all time?

    I absolutely adored watching this 3/31/2008 moderator/admin/owner flame war [April Fool's performance art] unfold: Rel's OD&D 4 me (April Fool's) http://www.enworld.org/threads/od-d-4-me-april-fools.222759/ Morrus: Rel: Piratecat: and on. and on. and on. IIRC there was a temporary...
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    D&D General Luke Gygax Brings Back Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg

    I’m imagining one of the crazed residents of Castle Amber, with an executioner’s hood and a very big axe.
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    Best LP/8-Track/Cassette/CD/ Digital/Opening Song

    Same! It’s the only Madonna album I’d ever play from start to finish.
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    Best LP/8-Track/Cassette/CD/ Digital/Opening Song

    Which reminds me…. Today I want to endorse Madonna + William Orbit’s Drowned World/Substitute for Love (and it is absolutely a single ‘song’) as one of the very best album openers. I listened to (at least the start of) it nearly every morning for many years - as my wake up alarm - yet somehow...
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    Best LP/8-Track/Cassette/CD/ Digital/Opening Song

    Okay, I'll post my list (for today). My answers will be completely different tomorrow. A tiny part of my mind keeps urging me to cite U2's Zooropa, but I'm dismissing that. I'll also dismiss Massive Attack's Protection as someone else's correct answer (from "High Fidelity"). Today I'm...
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    Best LP/8-Track/Cassette/CD/ Digital/Opening Song

    Awesome. I was really curious/wanted to see the Joe Strummer-fronted incarnation of the Pogues. I'd hope they played many Joe/Clash songs, and I imagine the Pogues could've produced amazing arrangements. I'll be difficult now and endorse the big-band-sound Gridlock as my personal favorite...
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    D&D General Luke Gygax Brings Back Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg

    I own both Yggsburgh and The Upper Works (apparently I preordered that through "FRP Games" for a mere $23.95!), but I am still thrilled to see this re-release. And then perhaps on to The Dungeons!?!
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    Moria Campaign Module Coming for TOR2e and LotR 5e

    Perhaps I can place a minimal pledge, and upgrade in the PM. Or just pay the two dollars. ¯\(ツ)/¯
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    Best LP/8-Track/Cassette/CD/ Digital/Opening Song

    The Pixies do not jam (AFAIK). When I saw them in ~1989 and 1991, they played everything By The Album, But a Little Faster. The only unexpected performance was a slow Wave of Mutilation… but even that reproduced an existing “UK Surf" B-side. (At risk of derailing the thread… when did you see...
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    Moria Campaign Module Coming for TOR2e and LotR 5e

    The delay is good for my wallet! It’s been an expensive summer.
  11. Riley

    Best LP/8-Track/Cassette/CD/ Digital/Opening Song

    It’s an incredibly bold opening! (Luckily, it worked.)
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    Best LP/8-Track/Cassette/CD/ Digital/Opening Song

    Oof. Loudness can be bad, very bad. I saw Smashing Pumpkins at Milwaukee's tiny The Unicorn in 1992(?) while they were working on Siamese Dream. It was so loud my ears were ringing 2+ days later. I've brought earplugs to shows ever since, and was surprised/relieved a hearing test 2 years later...
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    Best LP/8-Track/Cassette/CD/ Digital/Opening Song

    Those are very good choices! (I'd probably substitute Bone Machine for Debaser myself, but it's a very close call. Two perfect albums.) And now I realize I've seen each of those bands play those songs live! Great memories.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Are you going to buy the new 2024 D&D Core Books

    I am fairly certain I’ll buy the new Core Books. I predict that based solely on the presence of OD&D, B, BX, BECMI, 1e, 2e, 3e, 3.5e, 4e, 4eE, 5e2014, Pathfinder 1… and several other variants already on my shelves. 😳
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    AD&D 1E 1e Monster Manual signed by Gygax, Trampier, Sutherland, Wham. One of a kind. Unique.

    That’s a great set of autographs; I wouldn’t bid on it though. I have a couple autographed items which I cherish because of my memories of the autographing. Without that, I have minimal interest in them.
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    Dragon Reflections #69

    No, I needed a substitute character for a day of dungeon crawling. What he did in the dungeon was: be fairly annoying. Even to other 12 year old boys.
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    Dragon Reflections #69

    I was about to write that this was an issue that I found pretty useless, but then I realized I was entirely mistaken about that! I didn’t own it, but it seems my group made good use of several articles! My primary DM loved runes almost as much as he loved heraldry. He started dropping a lot of...
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    OSR Necrotic Gnome's Dolmenwood coming to Kickstarter on August 9 (with fancy limited edition slipcase set)

    Agreed. I’d also clarify, for myself: I don’t feel “offended.” I’ll reserve a personal “offended” state for things of greater personal importance to me than an OSR Kickstarter book. I’d rather say, again for myself: “I am bothered by the implications I perceive in what that author has casually...
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    OSR Necrotic Gnome's Dolmenwood coming to Kickstarter on August 9 (with fancy limited edition slipcase set)

    I like weird folk tales, but I am also generally in favor of miscegenation, I play with a diverse set of players, and one of those players is my “half-____” spouse. That (stuff) is not well-received at our table. YMMV. 🤷🏽‍♂️
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