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I agree, I loved the options and variety of 3.x, its the closest DnD has gotten to a 'build your own' system while still being class-based, and I liked that. I didnt like the presentation of 4e, got turned off and so didnt play it (Pathfinder and FATE were there). However after (reluctantly)...

Ship of Theseus, Odysseus boat wasnt in question :)

D20+ maths, HP bloat, over generous healing ubiquitous Magic everywhere :)

Everything is Forgotten Realms - even Earth. Elminster has been to Toril (duh), Sigil, Greyhawk, Krynn, Realmspace and Earth and he knows of the Far Spheres (Mystara, maybe Eberron)

Even in the depths of grim dark despair, people can find small victories, acts of perseverance, friendship and humanity that bring hope that life is worth living and that people can overcome the darkness . Warhammer Fantasy is a great setting

In checkers each counter is an amoeboid organism in a microscopic war for dominance inside a single droplet of blood, each move the organism takes to engulf and digest its rivals seeks to claim the host before the immune system sterilizes them both

Constantly, I enjoy doing it during boardgames, or playing cards as a cowboy or international man of mystery:) My nephews and nieces occasionally get annoyed when I play fishy fishy like I'm on the deck of a trawler in the Berring Strait! Even just in conversation around the house I'll use...

I wouldnt - I actually think the Captain should be the Ship NPC, making the Command rolls that determine weather and heading etc. Then PCs are officers who get to manage the crew as abstractions of parts of the ship -Propulsion (Sails & rigging), Steering (Rudder and wheel), Deck Crew (Morale)...

The singer of that song is now persona non grata following a series of convictions, so I left it off my list.

Same, definitely these 2.

I asked the same question re Godzilla and King Kong Id say Kong isnt - theres no science in that monster, its pure pulp fantasy but the atomic radiation warning in Godzilla pushes it to yes.

Metropolis Planet of the Apes (Heston version) Mad Max Rocky Horror Picture Show Terminator Notable: The Blob, Lost in Space, Forbidden Planet, They Live, Short Circuit, Back to the Future, Total Recall I consider Star Wars more fantasy than Sci-fi so it didnt make the list :)

is the Internet Archive legal? you can read it there

Genshin Impact has a Papilio Charontis quest where the player explores the border between the realm of the living and the afterlife. Have you played that game?

First mention of Harryhausen - he was my number #5

medum rare or charcoal 'Pittsburgh' been getting lots of venison lately so medium rare, quick fry

I participated in a oneshot 'rail wars' game where I was inspired by the song Sixteen Tons to create "Old Mama Line" -an old rusted train golem, an original track layer who lies hidden half forgotten in the canebreak of the scrapyards. Noone goes there, she's tough, dangerous and full of ancient...

which does raise the point of - just what is and isnt geek culture, and does it differ between differing communities? Black Geek culture in particular is relevant here as the likes of Biz Markie, Fresh Prince Will Smith, De la Soul and more recently Childish Gambino made the stand of reclaiming...

Homer - it was the Greek/Roman myths that first sparked my interest in Fantasy The Brothers Grimm - their collection of storys is the true wisdom literature of Western Civilisation Edgar Rice Burrows - Tarzan got me in to Pulps Danny Kaye - first actor of whom I was a childhood fan, sparked my...

yeah I assumed they want to get a feel of the Mystara World not a new rules set the OP explicitly says that the only Mystara product they have is 2nd Ed. AD&D Monstrous Compendium - which leads me to believe they do not want to do the full BX/BECMI dive.