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  1. damiller

    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    i figure Vernestra will bury whatever comes of the info. She seems to be very interested in hiding things that put the Jedi Order in a bad light. I hope Sol doesn't die. But I kinda figure this is a "samurai" tragedy story.
  2. damiller

    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    As I thought about it more. I can really see that Star Wars in general, currently, is YA fiction. Yea there are outliers like Andor. And I realized that is a small but important shift. It started with pulps, and I think the pulps are the grandmother/father to YA. They both have similiar...
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    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    Scooby doo is right!! And I loved the episode, but don't like scooby doo. My friend (a librarian) pointed out that the Acolyte is basically YA fiction. The Top 10 YA Tropes & How to Avoid Them I looked at that list and said - omagosh!! It is! No wonder I like it so much. I'm glad to have it...
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    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    on a walk I was thnking about Ep4 and the criticism about Mae's sudden turn. And I find it believable to me IF she was in a double bind. And I think she was because she says twice that the task is "impossible". Now from what I understand from Zen Teacher Alan Watts, and what I have experienced...
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    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    i just checked. in the scene when Mae goes to see Kelnacca. He has no lightsaber attached to his belt. His lightsaber is at his side in a previous scene in this episode. I wonder if he is saying that the to get the "drop" on the jedi and beat them before they have a weapon, is the ultimate show...
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    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    Im rewatching Ep4. Im at the part where Mae and Qimir are on Khofar. It seems like the scene from ESB. Yoda training Luke. Giving him impossible aphorisms: Zen Koans. Making here doubt herself and her commitment. As Alan Watts would say: Putting her in a double bind. Till she realizes that it...
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    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    well i can say when I read this, my attitude was there is nothing here to discuss. You didnt like it. What is there to debate? You spoke your mind. I read it. I'll not engage. No arguing taste.
  8. damiller

    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    I continue to be really interested in this series. I love the noir aspects and the mystery aspects. I find that each episode reveals more and more of the plot, like a delicious onion!!! I don't think that Qmri(sp) is the "Sith". Mainly because its been so telegraphed, not telegraphed. It is so...
  9. damiller

    Any Supers Game that feels Super?

    Make mine marvel multiverse. The damage mechanic is kinda clunky, but its the best supers game I've played. I base that almost solely on the fact that I actually want to learn how combat works, and am interested in challenging my players in combat. The way reactions work make team tactics...
  10. damiller

    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    ooo. thats right. I like that mystery rule. My guess then is the Mother Aniseya.
  11. damiller

    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    I am appreciating in Episode 3 that neither group is presented as "good". The Jedi are institutionally arrogant, able to not even take into account the perspective of others, and have political backing. And the witches seem to have that special kind of arrogance that comes from persecution (in...
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    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    Episode 3 was very good. Im getting (in a good way?) a Medieval Church vibe from the Jedi. Now I want Spaceballs: The Inquisitortion!!" And I enjoyed seeing a different Force Tradition. Could you say, Darth Sidious learnt these techniques to say make a Vader?
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    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    yea, no... I am not suggesting its a retread, but more of what myth does well: reiterate and enhance.
  14. damiller

    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    So I rewatched the 1st episode Does anyone else get some strong Empire Strikes Back vibes? Snow, Dark Twin, Descent into Caves, Transition Cut Scene Swipy things, a former master. I don't think this is bad, I'm loving this vibe.
  15. damiller

    Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

    im really enjoying it. so much I am rewatching the two episodes. Am I right in understanding that in this era the Jedi are an Arrogant Police power? Im hoping that Master Sol isn't actually involved in whatever dark doings happened at the fire on Osha and Mae's planet. And I am wondering what...
  16. damiller

    D&D General My Journey with D&D

    Hmm..Mine strays from D&D a teeny tiny bit... and like any adventure Starts before breakfast or second breakfast Red Box Erol Otus cover. Loved the art. All I remember from that was a long hallway that my hafling adventurer, cleverly named, Lerrad Rellim, died after inspecting a skeletal...
  17. damiller

    What keeps uninterested players showing up each session?

    I hope all of them. that don't play in the games i run. I've tried preinterviews, questionaires, I've tried talking about playstyles, giving quizzes about playstyles, and none of that worked. Then I started thinking about what I really wanted from the people who showed up at the game I was...
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    What keeps uninterested players showing up each session?

    i've played online now for like 13 years, and until like the last couple of years i really struggled to find players it felt like. But then I started writing my online campaign pitches like personal ads, and i've found players who meet those needs. For example: I'm looking for players: who show...
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    What keeps uninterested players showing up each session?

    Yea I wondered that too for myself for a long time as a GM. Then I just decided what I would put up with, and started letting players go who didn't meet those criteria. I run games online, i know players will be doing other things. heck I am sometimes doing other things. But if I have to...
  20. damiller

    Welcome…To Jurassic Murderworld

    i haven't had a chance to grab this adventure, yet, but I am thoroughly impressed by this game. It comes off as a casual game, but with the addition of reactions to the game it has given it a very cool team coordination that I have not seen in many other games, especially superhero games. I am...
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