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I’ve been looking at a lot of modules lately and something quickly became glaringly obvious. There are two broad categories of modules: those meant to be read and those meant to be run. Now, of course, those meant to be read are also eventually meant to be run by some fraction of buyers, but...

Yeah. Even within geek spaces there are, unfortunately, ridiculous hierarchies. Raiders look down on regular pve players. Pvp teams look down on pvp battleground players. Etc.

It’s one of those things that I like the results but hate tedious paperwork involved to get there. I like that encumbrance rules can maybe eventually push hard choices about what to keep and what to toss in dire circumstances. That can be tense and fun. All the paperwork required to maybe...

Linear fighter, quadratic wizard. It’s what people call Monty Haul refereeing when specifically applied to handing out wizard spells like candy.

I wonder if MMO players give people who play single-player games the same kind of side eye that group RPG players give solo RPG players.

Every damned time.

Noirvember - Wikipedia The month of November is dedicated to noir. I'm re-reading some old noir and hard-boiled favorites. Re-reading my copy of Hard City, a noir RPG from Osprey Games. And re-watching some old favorite noir films. Anyone else participating?

My dad was a lefty, too, and he had teachers doing that crap to him back in the 50s. His mom showed up at school and threatened to beat the teachers if it continued. They left him alone after that.

I have an autographed copy of the original book somewhere in a box. I hope he's able to do something great with the property. Can you imagine? Making something cool, it hitting big, then being locked out of using it for 35 years. What a terrible system.

Right-handed scissors are the worst. So many appliances and gadgets are made for righties. Spending more on guitars or not being able to find any. Ugh.

Yeah. I’ve been looking at a lot of modules lately and the amount of note taking, rewriting, reading, and re-reading you’d need to do to make most modules even barely functional is astronomical. Thankfully OSR/NSR modules are designed for use at the table with lots of bullet points, succinct...

A local indy bookstore has several on the shelves. The nearest Barnes & Noble stores have copies as well. Maybe it’s a shop problem.

It’s also up to the author what edits they accept. The editor cannot force the edits on the author. The editor’s job is to improve what’s there, not change it. And the house always sides with the author. So if they want that 25-page pointless side quest / diatribe to stay, it stays. Yep. Most...

Picked up Morbidly Curious by Coltan Scrivner, PhD. Basically, a scientist goes through all the relevant research about why people like horror as a genre. I'm just finished with chapter 1 and it's an absolute banger so far. Well worth the read for anyone who's a fan of horror and for anyone who...

I started in 1984 with B/X and quickly switched to AD&D. My brothers were collectors and already had TSR's Top Secret and Star Frontiers along with other games. It wasn't even months before I grabbed up whatever I could find at the local game store. FASA's Star Trek RPG and TSR's Marvel Super...

Yep. Computers are exceptionally bad at "don't include this." Anything with a "don't include this" will inevitably have that thing. Boolean searching only seems to work some times.

At times it seems like the average person's ability to read is greatly diminished in recent years. Simple questions like, "I'm looking for X, not Y" are invariably met with, "You totally want Y."

Yep. When anyone says something is broken the first question should always be if it’s broken in theory or broken at the table. If it’s theoretical, it should be dismissed out of hand. If it’s from actual played experience, more information about context and circumstance are necessary.