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    Citizen, You Have The Clearance To Read This Paranoia Review

    Paranoia has mechanics? TIL ... Dammit, no, I take that back! I don't want to report to the disintegration chamber!
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    Peregrine's Nest: Taking Charge

    See? Perfect D&D adventure material.
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    D&D General Penguin Random House To Stop Distributing D&D [UPDATED!]

    caveat I've no special knowledge of book publishing or game distribution, and the following is hearsay. I saw some other reporting on this topic (iO9, I think) that suggested the issue to be concerned about wasn't access through distribution -- there are plenty of channels -- but that the...
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    Peregrine's Nest: Taking Charge

    Not to mention most A-team episodes are the scripts of D&D adventures themselves.
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    It’s puppy day!

    Awww ...
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    What's your favorite Urban Fantasy series?

    I'm a Dresden Files guy. The Shiverspouse has been enjoying Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series.
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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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