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Yep. I think it was best described as Pirates of the Caribbean meets Army of Darkness/Evil Dead. I think of it as a horror-comedy game. You can kill undead and snort their powdered bones to get psychic powers. This is not a “serious business” game. It’s beer & pretzels at its finest.

Make sure you have a ready supply of NPCs to recruit/promote to PC status. Have a stack of pre-gens ready. Print and hand out copies of the rules summary. The rules aren’t complicated, but they are just different enough in places to catch you out. If you can, get some faux doubloons or pieces...

I’m from Portland where basically everyone has tattoos. The only tattoo I’ve ever wanted to copy was a guy who had BOOK ENDS tattooed across the backs of his fingers. One of the first books I worked on was a local tattoo artist’s memoir / art book. I gotta say I’m not sure what people mean by...

Right? I didn't really get the whole FOMO as applied to RPGs thing until I tried to pick up a few older games or books I missed back-in-the-day. There's some serious "get it while it's new and on the shelf or forever hold your peace" secondhand prices out there.

Antagonistic players will always find a way...

Yeah, it's just one of those things. I'm glad we've moved to a point where we understand that we should be sensitive to other cultures and how they're represented. But I'm not sure how much exposure I would have had to some of those cultures without the admittedly mostly bad representations of...

Yeah, that's really tough. Have to go with either the PHB or the DMG.

I didn't misread you. But I did mistype. If the dice are rolled, the situation should change regardless of the result. The null result is a boring waste of time. Even if it's only one of several possible results. Your person on the rope example. To me, it should be either the person falls or...

That's generally how it works. Does it taste good? Then it's bad for you.

Steve Cropper, Stax Records and Blues Brothers guitarist, dies at 84. Hall of Fame session musician played on dozens of hits, ranging from Sam & Dave to Otis Redding to the Blues Brothers.

Well, that’s me changing my mind about 2-way ignore.

Some people are absolutely committed to misunderstanding everything you say or interpreting what you say in the worst possible way. There’s nothing you can do about it. No amount of explaining will ever get through. Just put them on ignore and walk away.

Same idea with Dark Sun, Spelljammer, and Maztica. Would love to see some (big or small) screen adaptations of those settings.

Always the right answer.

Eberron: The Blackwheel Company. Planescape: The Great Modron March. Against the Slave Lords. Against the Giants. Queen of the Spiders. Desert of Desolation.

Sorry. That's one I completely agree with. I'm so tired of rolling dice just to hear the sound they make when they hit the table. If the situation isn't going to change regardless of the result, don't bother rolling.

Yeah, it's just one of those things. It's a great insight into just how little grasp on storytelling a lot of gamers have though. "Why not just have Gandalf summon the Eagles and fly the Ring to Mount Doom?!" This epic thing that's the epicenter of so much of geek culture. Yeah, let's...

That’s the Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen with a fantasy coat of paint. It’s a game of competitive lying.

I think that’s great encapsulated advice for everyone at the table. It’s collaborative storytelling. If you’re not interested in collaborating, this is not the hobby for you.