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    Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game

    Such a great game. Loved the character creation minigame, death and all.
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    Where’s The Death Race 2000 Roleplaying Game? Part One

    CarWars? CarWars. Modern version: Gaslands.
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    Spoilers What do people get wrong about Tolkien?

    Plus Bilbo notes the big giant bees that if they stung him he'd swell up to twice his size.
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    Fans of long series of big novels, sound off!

    Very much depends on the quality and content of the series for me. I finally finished Feist's Multi-War (Riftwar, Serpentwar, etc) series recently. The latter part was meh, but Riftwar through Serpentwar are great. I liked Eddings' various series. Wheel of Time I only got through books 6-10 on...
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    The Mandalorian & Grogu Trailer

    I'm still waiting for the Hardware Wars sequel.
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    Greenland 2: Migration

    Greenland 2: Frozen Boogaloo?
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    Spoilers What do casual fans get wrong about Star Wars?

    The downfall of Lord of the Rings is the lack of explanation of Aragorn's trade policy.
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    Spoilers What do people get wrong about Tolkien?

    Balrogs don't have wings. But they're objectively cooler with wings.
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    What Makes Something A "Classic"? EDIT: TO YOU

    It's played on oldies channels or Turner Classic Movies.
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    Spoilers Hey look, there's a new Robin Hood show coming with Sean Bean as the Sheriff!

    Sean Bean is a spoiler that the Sheriff dies in the movie.
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    Spoilers What do casual fans get wrong about Star Wars?

    The story I'm referring to within Foundation is from the perspective of the "natives". Narrator changes multiple times through the initial Foundation book, since it spans many generations. IIRC most of the sequel books -- Foundation's Edge and beyond -- stick to a traditional novel format of...
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    Spoilers What do casual fans get wrong about Star Wars?

    That might actually be Asimov's original Foundation novel (which is really a connected set of shorter stories). The middle part of the book -- where the Foundation manifests as a group of traders in high technology but who don't assimilate with the locals -- sounds much like what you're...
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    Spoilers What do casual fans get wrong about Star Wars?

    Star Wars (and Trek, but I digress) are space westerns and samurai movies. Or the good stuff mostly is, anyway. If you think Jar Jar is weird, you should meet Jaxxon the green anthropomorphic rabbit.
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    Happy Hobbit Day!

    Now go have second breakfast.
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    What's Your Idea of a Party?

    Where are my balloon animals? And bounce house? Noobs, all of you.
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    RPG Evolution: Weight, What?

    Just wait until they make contact, have to drop rucks and run ... what did they leave behind? How far are they from resupply?
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    Streaming services, which do you have or are you getting rid of?

    We use Amazon Prime (for free shipping, so streaming is a bonus), and have YouTube TV which has some streaming stuff and substitutes for cable/broadcast for us. We'll turn on other services for a month or two periodically to watch shows we're interested in, then turn them off until we accumulate...
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    What constitutes a "hit" in your mind?

    Popularity + reach. "Popular within its genre" isn't a hit -- has to attract people from outside the genre and in-built audience.
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    Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review

    You need to read more Bored of the Rings.
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    D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?

    Kobolds are draconic because the kobolds said so? The game world is changing the real world now. Have I fallen down the rabbit hole into the world of TRON: Ares? I'm going to take a spear with me into the back garden at night, in case there are kobolds around.
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