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Because it's D&D. It's the same reason I saw an awful lot of Sailor backgrounds in D&D 2014. It wasn't so much about optimizing for story, it was about having access to Perception. I imagine this is a problem that will continue to plague backgrounds so long as you attach skills or attributes...

I don't know about anyone else, but I think Call of Cthulhu is really going to take off.

Still working on skiin. I put on a few layers of lighter skin and finally a flesh wash on the left half.

This is just a reminder about opacity and the importance of a good base coat. I'm putting the flesh colored base, Shadow Flesh from Pro Acryl, over a rather dark grey. On the left, you see one coat of flesh color. Notice the paint isn't completely opaque as you see the grey coming through on...

For Call of Cthulhu, I do very much recommend you have the players create their characters together, or at the very least, give them some parameters to work with. If you've got an antiquarian, a cab driver, a private detective, and a real estate lawyer investigating Cthulhu nonsense, it really...

I don't build a lot of terrain, but I love it! We always used flat maps for BTech and it's nice to see buildings and hills.

I don't care for apocalyptic cults very much. Or at the very least, I don't like cults whose goal is to destroy the world. Rather I prefer cults who have more realistic, human goals like attaining paradise, improving their lives, getting closer to god, etc., etc. Gumshoe has influenced me...

My advice is not to sweat it. Has it happened to me? Yes. But it's never been something that affected the scenario in any significant way. Is it really important to know the electric starter became near universal on new automobiles in the 1920s? Is it important to know the the started...

The very fact that it's both familiar and different is one of the reasons I think the 1920s make for a great setting. It's the modern era, so it's very familiar to all the players. We share a common language, eat similar foods, have the same history, we're familiar with the religions, and they...

One of my first experiences running CoC was "The Haunting," a classic adventure included in the core book for many editions. My players were have some exceptionally poor luck rolling, having failed pretty much every single investigatory roll they made whether it was Library Use at City Hall or...

I'll plug Vaesen as well. While you can certainly punch a troll in the face, most of the vaesen can't be taken care of in a permanent manner via physical combat. And the game play really encourages PCs to investigate via talking to NPCs, examining clues, doing research, etc., etc.

Another thing to consider is a failure on a skill roll, even driving, isn't necessarily a catastrophic failure. A failure could mean I was unable to switch lanes and take my exit off the highway, maybe I swerved a bit and now I've attracted the attention of a police officer, or perhaps I'm...

In most games back then, you weren't expected to roll for mundane tasks like walking across the street, going for a Sunday drive, buying a cup of coffee, or anything else whose outcome was a given. You were supposed to roll the dice when something exciting was happen. Driving grandma to church...

I have a soft spot in my heart for old school miniatures from the 70s and 80s. There's just something so charming about those hand sculpted miniatures that overshadows any technical flaws or the inconvenience of working with metal. I generally prefer plastic these days. But if the entire...

While I was painting that snail, I kept wanting to paint it's teeth a metallic color for some reason. While looking at the snail last night, it dawned on me it's a xenomorph snail. I'm pretty sure someone sculpted that to resemble a xenomorph from Alien.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd0yn5gyndo.amp I loved Fawlty Towers. Scales had a good run.

Does the Gorn ever run a game or is he a forever player?

There's a new edition of GURPS coming out and I can find Cyberpunk, Shadowrun, and BattleTech on the shelves of my local game store. Obviously Star Fleet Battles is poised for a big comeback.