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Like several others, I almost exclusively buy PDF. In print, I very strongly prefer digest size, and it’s been years since I bought a letter-sized or larger book.

I have several arachnophobic friends, and I would react VERY BADLY to that on their behalf, much as I would to people messing with their medication or slipping something they’re known to be allergic to into their food. That’s well beyond tacky, through rude, and into genuinely threatening.

That’s a good point too! I would talk differently about QuestWorlds to an audience that’s all fans of story-oriented play than to a more general one. Knowing where you are is a skill that takes practice, too.

Black Easter is a classic, IMHO. Blish was one of the best practitioners of theological sf. Theories of International Politics and Zombies by Daniel Drezner. This is a serious work that is also a lot of fun. Dr. Drezner is a professor of international politics, and was active in the blogosphere...

Doing sustained advocacy for a game one loves without a bunch of dissing others can be surprisingly hard. I had to rewrite and re-rewrite so many posts in my days of unofficial net repping for White Wolf, and I’m temperamentally not a grudge holder or enthusiastic hater. This isn’t to excuse...

Very much so. True also of games like Fate and Everway. For spy games by the way, even though I dislike the Gumshoe system, Night’s Black Agents is the gold standard. It’s got real system support for both George Smiley and Jason Bourne, and excellent discussion of how applying the options...

Not just you. When Cook started describing the project, I was hooked. I love all his inspirations, and had tried to base campaigns on several, but they’d fallen flat. The idea of a game putting such ideas front and center made me want it right then. The concept art only made me happier. And then...

It is the spirit of our time. https://hombrand.com/products/hom-smart-chernobyl-humidifier-miniature-power-plant-inspired-air-humidifier-for-bedroom-living-room-and-more-ultrasonic-humidifier-and-aromatherapy-diffuser-with-3-mist-modes-and-7-color-modes

Wow, that’s pretty. Thanks!

I would be all over a vampires, robots, and wombats setting.

I want the fantastic woven into the fabric of life. Fictional touchstones include Randall Garrett’s Lord Darcy stories, Stephen Donaldson’s The Land, Gene Wolfe’s Urth, and the setting of Michael Swanwick’s amazing short story “The Edge of the World” (helpfully available online, link approved of...

I prefer not to use AI stuff, but it’s not something I thought about, so thanks. @Spectral Anomaly : Hey, that’s neat! I’ll have to give that a try.

@Cordwainer Fish : Not this time. Its time will come, though. @Staffan : Thanks! I’ll give that a look.

I’ve been reading Into The Wyrd & Wild and Into The Cess & Citadel, and having a great time. The setting generation part of each calls for some drop table action. And that’s a problem: I don’t like the noise and am far too prone to having dice go where they shouldn’t. Does anyone know of...

We all flow down here, yes.

We’ll fix your box with any grade of sand as long as it’s concrete. Or something.

I love these things about Wrath & Glory, and I’m a big ol’ grimdark fan. I’m just one who prefers fewer mechanics, rook for a lot of action, and non-determined outcomes for the part f the setting where play is happening.

To celebrate the end of a four-year run of massive serious dental work, I got to make a very rare game store visit. I came away with print copies of Into The Wyrd & Wild and Into The Cess & Citadel. I already had them in PDF, but I occasionally want print volumes for various reasons. They’re...

Where’s my petard?!?

The term in this context is segue, not Segway, by the way. Also, per se, not per say. Yours in pedantry, Bruce And for single season wish lists: Mac Headroom.