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The way those chess covers (technically four if you include Gygax magazine) unite to tell a story over the years is fantastic. I wish they had done that more.

D&D really needed a pronunciation guide in each book back then. What were kids supposed to do when presented with words like Pseudodragon, Svirfneblin, Blibdoolpoolp, and of course, Ixitxachitl? I generally go with cave lizards for replacements. Though in some adventures, like Out of the Abyss...

Yeah, the whole spoilers in the headline thing needs to go away.

The Imaro series is quite good. It's a bummer that Trail of Bohu is both out-of-print and hellaciously expensive.

At this point, for D&D, I've got enough kitchen sink settings that if I'm not going to use Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk, I want it to be a specific, themed setting (whether it's homebrew or purchased). Looking outside of D&D, some of my favorite settings are the ones that are purpose-built for...

I'll be honest, I do that as well. Training and educational videos do tend to move at a slower pace than I would like. For shows that come out once a week, there is frequently a window of just a few days before spoilers start leaking out. I hate that, and the pressure to watch before something...

On the pronunciation of drow, I go with the cow pronunciation. One thing I've learned from years of going to cons is that there are a million different pronunciations of all the different made-up words (and unfortunately, sometimes not made-up ones) of D&D. But I am increasingly fond of Poul...

It also notable for being one of the only, if not the only, fantasy stories with a psychologist for a protagonist.

On the origins of the Drow, it's never been confirmed as far as I know, but I think Edgar Rice Burroughs also should be cited. Specifically A Fighting Man of Mars, which introduces the spider-haunted kingdom of Ghasta. Ghasta has a cruel and mad ruler, makes fabric out of spidersilk. Torture and...

Different people have different approaches to consuming media. I am take my time and savor it kind of guy. My wife is a binge-watcher. What I don't understand is people watching shows at faster playback speed to get through them more quickly.

If we're talking value, in my collection it's got to be my copies of Wilderlands of High Fantasy, City-State of the Invincible Overlord, and Installment J. But if I had to pick which to save, I'd still go with my aforementioned original red box booklets over them. As much as it would pain my...

Yup, painful that. For every moment of greatness, there's a moment that falls short. I think my "favorite" is them keeping the person doing mocap for Aragorn tripping on his sword while running in the animation. So much for Strider. Yeah, compare that to the Balrog's first appearance in...

As much as I can recognize Bakshi's LOTR as being frightfully uneven, I have a soft spot for it. It's ambitious, its reach exceeding its grasp. Many corners were cut. But every time I re-watch it, the moment the prologue hits, I'm wrapped back up in its version of Tolkien's tale. And those...

Not a fan of the, ahem, changes to the plot, but I do love the artwork (not sure I can call it animation). Reminds me a bit of Cor Blok's Middle-Earth art.

While each character's attire is up to their player, one thing I think about is all the lines and lines written about how adventurers exist outside of the bounds of common society. They might show up to the royal ball in worn leathers or help out with the harvest in gaudy silks. Some people...

I was about 12 or 13 when another kid in my gaming group told us all about Elric and how we had to read his books. I've been returning to those books ever since. Michael Moorcock is a massive influence on gaming, on geek culture. Looking at the rest of Appendix N, I'd say he's the primary...

So, got another gaming-related tattoo. This one is the Zhirafa Technical Manufacturing symbol from Cyberpunk Red. I haven't gotten a new tattoo in too long: