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In checkers each counter is an amoeboid organism in a microscopic war for dominance inside a single droplet of blood, each move the organism takes to engulf and digest its rivals seeks to claim the host before the immune system sterilizes them both

Constantly, I enjoy doing it during boardgames, or playing cards as a cowboy or international man of mystery:) My nephews and nieces occasionally get annoyed when I play fishy fishy like I'm on the deck of a trawler in the Berring Strait! Even just in conversation around the house I'll use...

I wouldnt - I actually think the Captain should be the Ship NPC, making the Command rolls that determine weather and heading etc. Then PCs are officers who get to manage the crew as abstractions of parts of the ship -Propulsion (Sails & rigging), Steering (Rudder and wheel), Deck Crew (Morale)...

The singer of that song is now persona non grata following a series of convictions, so I left it off my list.

Same, definitely these 2.

I asked the same question re Godzilla and King Kong Id say Kong isnt - theres no science in that monster, its pure pulp fantasy but the atomic radiation warning in Godzilla pushes it to yes.

Metropolis Planet of the Apes (Heston version) Mad Max Rocky Horror Picture Show Terminator Notable: The Blob, Lost in Space, Forbidden Planet, They Live, Short Circuit, Back to the Future, Total Recall I consider Star Wars more fantasy than Sci-fi so it didnt make the list :)

is the Internet Archive legal? you can read it there

Genshin Impact has a Papilio Charontis quest where the player explores the border between the realm of the living and the afterlife. Have you played that game?

First mention of Harryhausen - he was my number #5

medum rare or charcoal 'Pittsburgh' been getting lots of venison lately so medium rare, quick fry

I participated in a oneshot 'rail wars' game where I was inspired by the song Sixteen Tons to create "Old Mama Line" -an old rusted train golem, an original track layer who lies hidden half forgotten in the canebreak of the scrapyards. Noone goes there, she's tough, dangerous and full of ancient...

which does raise the point of - just what is and isnt geek culture, and does it differ between differing communities? Black Geek culture in particular is relevant here as the likes of Biz Markie, Fresh Prince Will Smith, De la Soul and more recently Childish Gambino made the stand of reclaiming...

Homer - it was the Greek/Roman myths that first sparked my interest in Fantasy The Brothers Grimm - their collection of storys is the true wisdom literature of Western Civilisation Edgar Rice Burrows - Tarzan got me in to Pulps Danny Kaye - first actor of whom I was a childhood fan, sparked my...

yeah I assumed they want to get a feel of the Mystara World not a new rules set the OP explicitly says that the only Mystara product they have is 2nd Ed. AD&D Monstrous Compendium - which leads me to believe they do not want to do the full BX/BECMI dive.

I'd take inspiration from the Batman villain, give it a 20ft Spore Cloud attack (DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened), the ability to Disappear into fog, becoming heavily obscured and moving freely (no opportunity attacks), and a nightmare image illusion causing psychic damage oh and a...

English raiding of Hanseatic shipping on the Flemish and Baltic coast was rampant, in the 1400s and through the Hundred Years War. as was piracy in the Mediteranean. For DnD I have no problem with ships having access to Greek Alchemist fire, chinese rockets, primitive cannons, achimedes solar...

Fair enough, but all this make it on to Christmas Albums and even televised via Christmas in the Park events. The whole Christmas song industry is pretty niche

yeah Christmas where the gum trees grow has a whole verse calling that out "From England came our Christmas fare They even said what Santa should wear But here down under for summer’s cool Santa should dip in a swimming pool"

a man named Pukunui should know Pukeko in a Punga Tree! Mele Kalikimaka was once kinda popular (though Bing and the Andrew Sisters are a bit dated now ) Aotearoa New Zealand Christmas in New Zealand - "the time is right for barbecues and swimming across the bay" country singer Dennis Marsh...