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    Reviews that didn't age well.

    Siskel & Ebert's original review of The Fellowship of the Ring was fairly far off the mark, in hindsight.
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    What's the best adaptation of Beowulf?

    The ancient tale of Beowulf has been adapted many times across many types of media. What's your favorite or the one you think best? For me, in print I like what Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle did adapting the story to interplanetary colonization in The Legacy of Heorot. In film I like the...
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    D&D General Why the resistance to D&D being a game?

    It's not a game ... it's a lifestyle. Or at least that's what Hasbro, WotC, and all the influencers want you to think.
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    OOTS 1287: Play the Hits

    Love the Dungeon Crawlin' Fools title drop.
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    D&D General What do you NOT want systems for?

    Bathroom breaks.
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    The strike spreads

    You know about the rebellion against the Empire?
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    OSR Old school wizards, how do you play level 1?

    It's intimidating AF, and keeps my hands free for throwing darts or casting my light spell in the eyes of an attacking kobold.
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    OSR Old school wizards, how do you play level 1?

    Guarding the rear with a dagger in my teeth.
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    Moria Campaign Module Coming for TOR2e and LotR 5e

    It explains so much ...
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    RPG Crowdfunding News – Dolmen, Shadow of the Weird Wizard, Shadowdark, and more

    What about Free League's Moria -- Through the Doors of Durin for The One Ring and 5E? It started today and runs through 14 SEP. Back in the first 24 hours for some free artwork.
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    What is the single best thread of all time?

    ... and why is it this one?
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    What is the single best fantasy novel of all time?

    Yep, exactly: one book, forced by a publisher into smaller pieces due to length and printing expense. Available today as one book.
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    What is the single best fantasy novel of all time?

    The Lord of the Rings. Not even a question for me.
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    OSR How do you run your combat? (B/X, BECMI, OSR)

    Side-based or individual initiative? Player sequence or action (shoot, move, melee, spell) sequence? Back in the day I ran B/X and 1E with side-based initiative, action-sequence combat ... more or less as written in the Moldvay Basic book. When 3E came out, I was taken with cyclic individual...
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    Aliens vs Predator: The Survey

    There are movies after Aliens? I think you've been huffing your moldy copy of Moldvay too much.
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    Moria Campaign Module Coming for TOR2e and LotR 5e

    Nameless. Things.
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    Dolmenwood ks has over 7000 followers

    Dunce cone, or wizard hat? Or Cone of Dunshire? Or is the Cone of Dolmenwood like The One Ring? It'll make it -- it's what, less than a week into a four-week campaign? I'm guessing $2-3M at end.
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    Other D&D Variant Dolmenwood: An Interview with Gavin Norman

    This was so pretty, and the ideas so well executed, I couldn't not back it.
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    Record Attendance at Gen Con 2023

    That's crazy. I'd love to go to GenCon. But I don't handle crowds well, so this screams "stay away!"
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    Moria Campaign Module Coming for TOR2e and LotR 5e

    SQUEEEE! I wants it, precious. MORIA! Wonder of the Northern World. The Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. I hope it makes it before awakening shadow and flame, as TOR 1E folded just before delivering Moria.
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