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King Lear is probably my favorite Shakespeare work. And my favorite performance is this one: It's got one heck of a cast, including James Earl Jones, Raul Julia, and Rene Auberjonois.

Hahahahahah, brilliant! That also shows a sense of humor and a lack of preciousness about his work. He clearly loves the genre, but is still able to lampoon it. I hopped off not long after 2e came out, then years later tried 5e and found it not to my liking. I dig Shadowrun Anarchy, but it's...

I don't know about player intelligence, but every player, regardless of character creation choices, should know what their characters abilities do. And it's a really hard thing to tactfully tell a player that maybe they aren't ready to play that particularly complicated class, and go with the...

I would go with The Lords of Quarmall or Ill Met in Lankhmar, if you haven't already given those a shot. If sci-fi is more your thing, maybe The Night of the Long Knives.

Love it. The designs on the LJN D&D toys were tops in my book. Bold colors and designs. This one is probably a big part of why I love carrion crawlers:

Likewise, his stuff doesn't do much for me. Maybe it's his thing with spiders.

"Author of Heartthrob in Hobbiton," ahahahahahahah! He's looks like when he'd open his mouth, Dom DeLuise's voice would come out.

I think baking power advancement into level advancement is part of 5e's secret sauce. That being said, I still find myself handing out more magic items than the baseline amount.

I mean, DCC does have a table for minor corruption...

Yeah, they paid to sit there not playing Shadowrun. I was aghast. In hindsight, we should've all just stopped and shown some solidarity at the table. But it was one of those things so far beyond the pale that I think we were all a little flummoxed by it. One of the reasons I stopped playing in...

My first Tolkien read unfortunately had this cover:

Agreed. Depending on the number of players and the game, it can take anywhere from 5-20 minutes until you get a chance to do something. If you sit out more than three rounds, that easily spills into over a half an hour of sitting there not playing the game. And no one enjoys that. At a con game...

That is a very important point. In 1e and 2e, magic items were very much a part of how you increased your power, whereas now, leveling up provides way more.

It's interesting that the most recent edition of D&D has moved in the direction of having fewer magic items. When you look at older editions, there are so much more handed out. And I totally agree that you shouldn't be able to waltz into Ye Olde Magic Shoppe and buy a flametongue.

I love the Barbara Remington LOTR triptych: Was hoping someone would mention this one. Seeing it in comic and book stores made a big impact on me.

I did not. I had just purchased a new hardcopy of the core book, and as much as its cover is darn cool, couldn't justify it.

I got my Purple Planet crowdfunding package yesterday. Combining the official Purple Planet release, plus a bunch of third-party products, was super-ambitious. But Goodman Games and everyone else pulled it off. Looking forward to all the Purple Planet goodness. Being a huge fan of Barsoom, I...