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I'm not the only one?!?! Fun books. Does it count if we have adventures or splat books, but not the core rules? Because then add AD&D 1 & 2 and SAGA to the list below. (I purged Cyberpunk 2020, and most of 1, 2, 3/3.5, and SAGA in a "downsize" years ago, about halfway through the lifespan of...

Having trust issues just means you have a DM that's good at building suspense. Right? FWIW, it took me three days before I noticed it was "true" not "trust."

I think this would really force a paradigm shift in a lot of the groups I've played with, those whose approach is to "Leeeeroy Jenkins" everything they come across. I kinda like it, TBH.

Yeah, but that also has a lot to do with how the state incorporates municipalities. Here in Illinois, population has very little to do with it, and we only really have "Villages" or "Cities" (there's 15ish "Towns"), and the only real difference is a villiage's governing board is exactly six...

Ah, yes. I too have driven around Houston, Texas.

Oh, for sure. And my experience is that we Chicagolanders are the worst offenders. (e.g.: I don't know many Wisconsinites who say "I'm from Milwaukee" when they're from Kohler. But using "Up North" might be a close enough localization of the effect for argument.) Reminds me of the old cliche...

As a Chicagoan, I get the precedent in defaulting to the city. (I mean, I live 40 miles west of The Loop, but I still tell folks from anywhere else that I'm from Chicago as shorthand. And then they ask me how many times I've been shot at. And I sigh.)

Oh look! My two favorite categories of TTRPG products to throw money at: "Starter Sets I'll Never Play" and "Free League Products"! (Seriously. I have two intertwined problems.) I've been half-seriously developing a bard with a duck familiar (for the one time I get to pull off the "Put it on...

Oh, yeah. Sorry. :) This is my base: Homemade Luxardo Cherries But this one is functional: Luxardo Cherries Recipe | Boozy Cherries | Liqueur Syrup | EmilyFabulous I use fresh squeezed lemon juice from the "Emily" recipie in the "Nerd Cooks" mix, plus a few pinches of dark chili powder and a...

Amazing, for sure. I was inspired and I now make 'em. Luxardo's not super expensive, cherries have been dirt cheap this summer, and I found a base recipe online that I've made a few modifications to. I have a few friends that now get jars every year and they're great to have on hand as a host...

Huh. Also missed this one the first time around. Well, it's exciting to see so many folks praising the virtues of the Sazerac and the Boulevardier, two personal favorites. Murray's in Minneapolis, MN made a damn good Sazerac last time I was there. My go to "wedding drink" is a G&T, and if I'm...

For D&D, I have always been a greater fan of DL's one pantheon with "same deity, different name" and greater or lesser influence over a geopolitical area than FR's "We have seventeen gods of death*". *Admittedly, that's partially due to them constantly killing each other off. Ironic, no? I've...

As a Chicagoland resident, I feel targeted. I also think that I know of at least three Italian restaurants that I could get that at, as "side order of meatballs"

A Boy Scout overnight lock-in at a (now decommissioned) Air Force Base, and a poster here (as DM) frenetically introducing us new 5th graders to the idea. Don't remember a damn thing about PLAYING that night. ETA: This would have been around 89, I don't think he had 2nd Edition AD&D yet.

Shadowrun hasn't been the same since they took "Turn to Goo" off the core book spell list the first time.

No ICE MERP? Kidding. I have not yet played, but I have read through everything for One Ring 2E and the core book for Lord of the Rings RPG 5E. I would lean toward One Ring 2E for all the reasons given here: flavor, rules, and the books are just dang beautiful. Also, they've turned me into a...

I was coming up with "nothing" from 5E that stands out like the Githyanki ( Fiend Folio ), the statue's gem eye (1E PHB), the party with the young green dragon (inside 2E PHB), or Lord Soth's ride, but I'll give that Strahd a vote for art remembered once we're on 7E. @Uni-the-Unicorn!'s...

Following. The .pdf link is sitting in my inbox, hoping to make time to look at it starting Friday.

Laughing: this was exactly my reaction. It's a pleasure to see I'm not the only one.

Same. And I got the same feeling with "Witcher: Blood Origins," but in "Willow," I felt the PLAYERS were more experienced and mature, just learning a new system. "W:BO" felt like less mature players who know how to abuse the system.