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Actually, that is Bargle's first name, Bargle is his last name. The dark wizard Argle Bargle.

When your parents name you Bargle, you are probably going to grow up to be a villain.

Council of Wyrms was originally released as a boxed set, then later re-released as a hardcover book. I'm fairly certain the content was mostly the same in both versions. The setting is a archipelago of islands populated by dragons and their servant peoples, including realms ruled by all the...

Jakandor was three books; Jakandor Island of War, Jakandor Isle of Destiny, and Jakandor Land of Legend. Jakandor is a large island with two warring cultures, a culture of barbarian warriors and a culture of necromancers. The necromancers are interesting, because they aren't your garden-variety...

Red Steel's "Savage Coast", like the "Known World" of the main Mystara setting, has a hodge-podge of nations loosely based on real-world cultures. That's either going to bug you or excite you . . . IMO, they are awkwardly placed next to each other without rhyme or reason, but some of the...

Red Steel is a coastal setting, but didn't really involve ocean-going adventures . . . you could certainly do that, but it wasn't a focus of the setting. Jakandor and Council of Wyrms are island settings, but as with Red Steel, didn't have a focus on ocean-going adventure.

Is Curseborn part of the World of Darkness setting? Or the Chronicles of Darkness setting? Or it's own setting, but same genre?

There isn't a single world-book for the setting, but rather there was a series of regional sourcebooks, the "Gazeteer" series. This series is why Mystara fandom exists, IMO. They're not all solid hits, but overall the series is pretty good. The Gazeteers are all BECMI D&D...

For those not in the know . . . Nimble is a 5E hack to make 5E more, well, nimble and quick. There are two versions, the original Nimble which is a book of alternate rules systems for 5E, and a newer version which is a separate game to itself.

Grew up near the garden . . . the whole area is incredible geologically . . . and it's also super nostalgic for me. In addition to the red sandstone, there are limestone deposits nearby with some amazing caves, "Cave of the Winds".

Wow! Maybe it's just an increase in marketing then . . . or maybe my exhaustion is catching up with me since 2023 or so . . .

It's just anecdotal . . . but I feel the same way. There has certainly been a lot of 5E material put out all the way back to 2014, but relatively recently there feels like an uptick. I mostly notice this on Kickstarter, where there are a LOT of 5E projects constantly churning through. I do play...

Honestly, schools are way behind on this and other societal changes. Schools are conservative institutions, not politically so much as adapting to change. Teachers are not consistently given the resources, training, and time to identify, adapt to, and instruct students in how to effectively use...

Hey, if dragonborn have boobs, than dragons can have boobs, and therefore milk. Drink up!

We haven't been for quite some time . . . generative AI is just accelerating our decline . . .

Yes. Both to guns and the use of AI. How folks use the tools is problematic. So are the tools themselves, their easy availability, and the lack of controls on their use.

But are they learning how to write, or how to copy from ChatGPT? Are they learning how to research effectively? As a teacher . . . while generative AI may have it uses in the classroom, overall it is a bane to education and is contributing to the slide of American's knowledge and skill...

So, yes. "Performative" playtesting involving actual playtesting, surveying for feedback, and incorporating that feedback. Okay. Is WotC also using these opportunities for some marketing? Sure. Shrug.

I would love to try the brews . . . but yowza, those prices! Probably reasonable, but too rich for me! The dice tower is kinda boring. Not that I'm going to purchase these drinks anyway, but I'd love to see some in-universe brew names . . . Waterdeep Stout or something like that . . . Now, if...

Yup. I fail to see the problem with D&D Crochet. It's not bumping a game book off the schedule, and it's going to sell very well, in my expectation. But you know, we gotta complain about something!