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I love the Barbara Remington LOTR triptych: Was hoping someone would mention this one. Seeing it in comic and book stores made a big impact on me.

I did not. I had just purchased a new hardcopy of the core book, and as much as its cover is darn cool, couldn't justify it.

I got my Purple Planet crowdfunding package yesterday. Combining the official Purple Planet release, plus a bunch of third-party products, was super-ambitious. But Goodman Games and everyone else pulled it off. Looking forward to all the Purple Planet goodness. Being a huge fan of Barsoom, I...

Yeah, even tweaking a few things, a victory by the Confederacy just wasn't going to happen. The greater industrialization of the North was always going to tell. The Great Ghost Dance is that it caused four volcanoes to erupt at once. Magic had only been around for six years at this point. The...

There will likely be a ton of Adventurers League games at Gen Con, so signing up for one of those should be easy. As far as where to stay, my advice would be to go for a connected hotel if at all possible. Other sundry advice - wear comfortable shoes. You do a lot of walking at Gen Con. Also...

I'd buy that. In some cases, all it would take would be a few subtle tweaks, though I think some of the changes required might need a stronger hand. Interesting. I am not that familiar with Deadlands. I played it back when it first came out and loved it. These days, way more into Cyberpunk Red...

Shadowrun's lore (and, debatably, its mechanics) are rooted in the late 80s and early 90s. A time not necessarily known for its cultural sensitivities. Now, let's be fair, they were not alone in this. Some of the more cringey World of Darkness books spring to mind as well. However, huge amounts...

Most of the time, but not always. It's Ben Riggs and Dr. Scott Bruener's new podcast, spinning off from Plot Points. It grew out of reading the 1e DMG, page by page, sentence by sentence, and discussing it.

Even as a teenager, I noticed the compartmentalization at work here. I remember talking to a hyper-christian classmate in high school who thought D&D was the work of the devil, but was completely fine with Marvel and DC superheroes. I argued the similarities and hypocrisies (Mephisto, anyone?)...

I tune into: Reading D&D Aloud Tabletop Cyberpunk (alas, over, but full of good ideas and advice) Vintage RPG Slovenly Trulls Spellburn

I finished reading Jack Vance's The Languages of Pao. It felt a bit like Vance's take on Dune, except focused on philology instead of ecology. And a whole lot shorter. Now I'm reading Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. Everyone has told me I am long overdue in reading it.

Our parents (as I've mentioned before, I have a twin brother) encouraged gaming as a way to expand our math skill, reading, creativity, and socialization. They didn't necessarily understand it entirely, but they saw that it had positive effects. Later on as teenagers, our parents didn't care a...

If I recall correctly, he was going back and forth between this and filming Requiem for a Dream. That had to be a headtrip for him. There was always that one kid. It still boggles my mind that they greenlit a 7' long toy. Even for the excess of the 80s, that just seems so absurd. My brother...

I finished reading Barnes' Gorgon Child. This book delivers action, character growth, expanded worldbuilding from Streetlethal. It also delivers a much better cover than the first one. And the choice of villain...well, written in 1989, it's an eerily prophetic choice. Now I'm reading Jack...

Watched the original D&D cartoon when it came out. I also remember being super-excited to discover it again in the early 00s on syndication. I remember starting to watch it on VHS, pausing the tape, then calling a bunch of friends because I knew I couldn't make it though watching it alone. In...

Ah, the great Falling Damage Wars of the 80s. Each person chasing realism with an abstracted system (Hit Points).

Throughout TSR's history, it was either that or people with games experience and no business expertise! Had they managed to thread that needle, TSR might still be around today.

It's from Tom Wham's Snit Smashing and Snit's Revenge: