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Real life terminology doesn't always equate to the same meaning in RPG terminology. This could be a case study for not adopting a plain text descriptor for critters. Without data descriptors folks could be left guessing what something means. My first thought was the dwarf had some Otyugh...

"Example: Borf is a chaotic neutral, non-binary shield dwarf berserker with darkvision out to a range of 60 feet." Maybe it is too early in the morning and not enough tea but WTF is a 'non-binary shield dwarf'? Did a 2 get into a Boolean logic discussion? While the new format seems easier...

Momo, Tide Pods, Jackass movie stunts, Mentos-Diet Coke, chain emails, chain letters, etc. Long line of stuff encouraging/threatening folks to do stupid stuff. And I don't see how Momo is any more scary then the Tasmanian Devil that Bugs Bunny had to deal with. The Tasmanian Devil was watched...

Suggest the following modifications: Under Constructed Nature, add 'Requires light to operate. Can survive limited darkness but long term darkness can prove fatal.' Add an Ability: Hibernation: when faced with unsuitable conditions, can hibernate for long periods and resume operations when...

Kind of scary that something this good was created that fast. Takes me several days to paint a flat wall one color as that one coat covers all paint rarely does.

A quick security test for your non-email accounts - if they require the use of email address as your account name, they aren't taking security serious. Fairly easy process for bad folk to take the list of 4 million accounts stolen from Roll20 and run the email addresses against other sites that...

Accused <> guilty. I seems to me that the person writing the 2nd list linked to has their own agenda and their own politeness issues. Something rather ironic about accusing someone of using the Internet to harass someone by using the Internet to harass someone by compiling a list of...

So the millions that Hugh Hefner and others made by providing books with pictures for 'big boys' didn't happen? And let's not overlook that whole fantasy sports industry thing. And a fair number of folks still drive big wheels. They just have 4 tires and sit 3 feet off the ground. I long...

One of the comments says a lot about how much the hobby has grown: ". . . I felt that MDG did an outstanding job in the face of multiple adversities and deserves full credit for holding Origins together under the weight of so many attendees..." The comment is talking about a total attendance...

One concern not mentioned yet is the energy cost of some of these blockchain 'currencies'. Some of them are showing up as whole number percentages on lists of major world energy users. Pretty sure I don't want D&D and other RPGs getting dragged into the energy use/climate change debate over...

Once magic becomes tech, it becomes fairly easy to introduce unintended consequences. Similar to the modern smart phone being a personalized tracking device monitoring where you go, what you eat and who you are with. Maybe that magic wand can be monitored by the MSA - Magic Security Agency...

Seems the #1 goal of lawyers is to produce product that requires more lawyers. And having members of a group that enjoy the parliamentary process more then actually getting things done is far too common. Been part of such a group. Seems a common trait among gamer types. 14 years is a good...

This one started yesterday for a 2 week run ending on Jan 14th: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warehouse23/the-fantasy-trip-adventures Adventures for SJG The Fantasy Trip that was Kickstarted last year. Also includes options to buy the game itself if you missed out on the KS.

In an economy where millions of folks happily lay out $750+ for new phone to replace a 2 year old one that still does the job, a $250 ship seems fairly affordable. My problem with a lot of cool stuff is where to store it. Using the ship as an example. It would be great during a pirate...

In many recent game systems, magic has become standard equipment and as characters go up in levels, they are supposed to get a certain amount of magic stuff. It quickly loses the feel of 'magic' and becomes just another tech thing. It has also been so well defined it is almost boring. You...

Fast test. Which cover art suggests action and adventure vs a boring reference tome. The cover of Pathfinder V1 Core Rulebook or the cover of D&D V3.5 Players Handbook? And who can forget the iconic cover of the first AD&D players handbook?

Filled up several plastic storage bins with out of the box collectable D&D minis when WOTC was supporting the Miniature Combat game. A lot of the commons were 10 cents each. Painted numbers on the tops of the bases to aid in tracking HP and other items of note when there were a bunch of the...

The first reference I saw on Gremlins was a Bugs Bunny cartoon I watched as a kid. I think it was made during WWII. Bugs was doing something with US planes and a little gremlin kept messing up the works.

Read several issues of Knights of the Dinner Table : https://www.kenzerco.com/index.php?cPath=22_23 Concentrate on issues that have the players at the table. Amazingly accurate on how real players can rapidly get off track or misunderstand a simple clue. Try to eliminate all non-game...

Sometimes the Hotel doesn't do proper research on what a Con is. I went to an Okon in Tulsa OK in the 80s. It was held in one of the more upscale hotels as the long time host hotel had closed. The poor hotel staff had no clue how to deal with folks running around in full costume or lack...