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Watched it last night with my brother, and overall was disappointed. I enjoyed Falcon and Winter Soldier, though I felt like it made a couple of significant missteps, and with the CA2: Winter Soldier spy vibes this one gave off a bit of, I had hopes it would follow in that one's footsteps, as...

I'm not sure that would have even been necessary if they: 1. Got rid of the factoring agreement, which took 20% off the top and hobbled their ability to respond in real time to sales data. 2. Had functioning cost and profitability data for products. It's true that some boxed sets were sold...

How does this one Umbran suggested grab you?

No, I totally get that. But getting into those three categories like you started to there I think is a digression, not directly germane to what this particular discussion is about. Those are stances, attitudes, agendas. Assume for a moment that my theory is correct- Reynard didn't mean...

It's always helpful to have shared understanding, but I think diverging off into GNS or GDS theory would be a bit of a tangent from the thread. I think the OP was using the word "narrative" in its colloquial meaning rather than the specific theoretical jargon of either one of those theories.

Are you thinking it would have helped for the OP to have linked to the discussion of Daggerheart Hope and Fear mechanics for more direct context?

Well, it seems to be a bit more complex than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNS_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threefold_model I think for the purposes of this particular discussion Reynard is talking about a "narrative mechanic" as being a rule which explicitly enables and...

Yes, I've seen Flight of the Conchords (in concert as well, but I mean the TV show), so I'm aware of the perfidy and oppression of the Aussies toward your people. ;)

It's become increasingly common as a meme over the past decade or so, at least. Despite D&D in the past 25 years having no core fumble rules (even though critical hits are official in every WotC edition), and skill checks at no point having had either fumble or critical rules, players...

Well, it was up and then down, remember. They produced a ton of gaming stuff and were the biggest publisher of fantasy/SF in the country for a while. They absolutely failed at cost containment, though, and the factoring agreement with the bank cutting 20% off their revenue handicapped them...

20% off certainly still does today, even if the book is $50 or whatever!

The reason the Englishman who created the poll made it that way was because he didn't remember ever hearing it before, so assumed it must be foreign and his leading guess was that it was American.

I am not a big actual play consumer, but I did make it all the way through the first Adventure Zone campaign (the Balance arc). One observation I remember having was that they dropped close adherence to D&D rules PDQ and by the end of the campaign weren't really even using them at all...

You mean like I noted in the paragraph above the one you quoted? ;) Edit: I did some digging into archived online department store catalogs a few years ago during a related discussion, and confirmed the Sears annual Christmas Wishbook kept TSR stuff until 1984, but it looks like Penneys and...

The main cultural referent I had for it, growing up, is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_of_Hearts_(poem)

A friend of mine just introduced her 2.5 year old daughter to it, and the daughter is super into it.

In danger of being banned nationally? Probably not. In danger of being condemned and in effect banned locally? Happened all over the place. James Dallas Egbert III's disappearance in 1979 and the sensational theory invented by P.I. William Dear about Egbert playing in real life and...

I just had the new Caverns of Thracia show up from Goodman over the weekend, and this time I went for DCC stats, so today I thought of this thread. I've only played one convention game of DCC so far, and never run it. While I don't think I can dive into it just yet, does anyone feel like...

In his recent interview on Ben Riggs' show he talked about the re-org of the book. IIRC the first edition had the creation of D&D "main stuff everyone wants" split between sections 1 and 5 of the book, and for the revamp he put those together in volume 1 and put the more in-depth precursors and...

TBF, turnover in leadership is a common thing in those businesses too. Gary and the Blumes didn't know what they were doing (and worse, were arrogant about it and actively shunned good advice- like the incidents with Dave Megarry), but plenty of professional managers flame out too.