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The background to Glenn Cooks Garrett PI series involves a war with massive magical use in a distant area (the Cantard). It does feel / seem like an extended version of WW I, with a 1920s detective noir vibe to the settings city back home. The male population are all (angry / depressed) veterans...

The best part of this issue for me was the cover. I don't care for psionics (going back to Eldritch Wizardry) and I've always run / made my own adventures (and setting for that matter). The adventures do make interesting reading though, and I'm not above cribbing some ideas :D

Hmmm... OK. 1. A crusading order of knights who protect indigenous peoples from conquest by hostile neighbors (but don't control the locals). The locals may be pacifist or just not very capable militarily. The Order moved into the area, received permission to establish strongholds and protect...

Again, the article is not about the morality of colonization. It is about the reasons (good or bad) for colonization. The only time the article refers to the campaign / players, it states "Player characters could be colonists arriving in a new place, or might be pathfinders who explore an area...

The original article doesn't say much about colonialism being either positive or negative. It's about the types of colonialism and the motives for it. Its existence in settings. It talks about various PC roles including being the indigenes who oppose it (or the colonists or explorers who engage...

If so, I apologize. Still, I don't see them spreading review copies around with no restrictions with subsequent actions. That would be a screw up on their part. In any event I'm not going to take down my post. It should serve as a warning to read the entire thread before you post if nothing else :)

I haven't read all 33 pages of this thread. I did read the first 3 or so and skipped through a lot of the rest to get the high lights. I'm sorry, but if you get a review copy with some restrictions maybe you should not cross those boundaries. But apparently it was a win / win situation for...

Unreal 5 needs some graphics horsepower to do detailed environments / character. I'm sure they can / will optimize to give it as broad a user base as possible, but school hardware... kind of sucks. A high end phone has more processing and graphics power than typical school chromebooks. I just...

I had to check my Dragons and yes, I have it in hard copy and I have the CD Rom as well. And this cover is just... unmemorable? Weird because a lot of Dragon covers get an immediate response / memory recall. And I really liked the Tarot article too. That I remember clearly even if the cover...

They didn't exactly produce anything close to medieval or Renaissance Europe to be blunt. They cribbed some ideas and pasted it together. Popped in some film / TV / fantasy book ideas and "boom." Nobody really complains about that. They did stay away from current religion / religious figures. I...

I'm familiar with the video game industry. I teach economics (along with political science and history) :) "Small" is relative compared to the giant pile BG3 made. Then too, I doubt a full-blown sequel would have made less than BG3. I think Larian's decision was more about artistic freedom than...

If Larian wanted to do more BG3 conteent or a BG4 they would have made new contacts not moved on. They wanted a fresh start. As for WotC, I doubt they are averse to making money and a BG3 expansion or a sequel would have been coining money for WotC and Larian. Well, color me silly. Firing off a...

Because the Redshirts... er lieutenants are expendable :)

Yes, my game has been on the silver standard ever since this issue. Thanks indeed, Mr. Pulsipher (and Dragon Magazine)!

Thank you, a print / PDF bundle is exactly what I wanted.

It wasn't just D&D art. Look at the covers from fantasy novels published in that period. I started buying paper back science fiction and fantasy in the late 1960s and armor was, for the most part, not a thing on females.

I would agree, but we only have this information from one side. I think EGG is drumming up support to get a settlement. It may, or may not, be justified. The "evil corporation" is a trope, but generally corporations don't act without sufficient money being involved. And this doesn't sound like...

It's been quite a while and I didn't go back and research the particulars, but this sounds right. They released material they were not supposed to and their license was canned.

They were releasing material in sync with the current movies, and then they got ahead of the movies... oops. They released a couple of Star Trek the Next Generation titles. there was a lot going on between Paramount, Rodenberry. and FASA. The conflicting thoughts on Star Trek figured into it...

Most of you are probably too young to remember FASA and the Star Trek license fiasco. The Star Trek RPG was doing very well, a cash cow for FASA and probably worth a few bucks to Paramount as well. Then FASA inadvertently violated an NDA / product embargo by releasing a product early. No more...