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Cold iron typically was thought to be able to damage the fae—you saw this in works by Poul Anderson who was a direct influence on Gygex.

There’s a lot of games I want to run, but don’t have the time or energy to learn, so I feel you, I feel you dee.

I can respect people who say they will never game face to face again, but it isn’t for me. I hope to never play (unless I’m getting paid) online ever again. Some can experience social validation and engagement through a zoom game or whatever, but I can’t. I find my online games, my players, less...

I know it won’t mean anything to internet strangers, but my Trek newbie wife really liked this week’s episode.

Me and my group had a blast playing it, I highly recommend. We had newbies and folks who have been playing rpgs for over 30 years. It is a well written campaign that is well integrated with Kobold’s Midgard world, both which are huge pluses for me. The writer has put together some resources for...

I feel you. My wife just took a job on the other side of the country, and we move this fall. I leave behind my beloved game store and my fantastic gaming group (whom I am currently running through a Star Trek Adventures campaign. I think to end it I’m gonna bring back the WHALE PROBE. When I...

I made an obvious joke about Discworld being indebted to Fritz Lieber’s Lankhmar, something that even Prachett admitted in both The Colour of Magic and in the name of the city Ankh-Morpork itself. What I got in response was this weird defensive aggression to defend the brilliance of Terry...

It was a joke. As indicated by the emoticon. You wrote all those words in response to a clearly demarcated joke.

George Lucas tried to do something radically different in the prequels, and the nerds turned on him because it wasn’t derivative enough. Lesson learned: don’t trust nerds.

Fritz Lieber would like a word :)

Your first Advanced Unpopular Opinion hit me right in the gut, well done :) you’re wrong, of course, but well done, regardless.

I think some folks didn’t get the memo that this is “unpopular takes”, not “bad takes”, nor an excuse to be plain old nasty.

This is a next to impossible conversation to have, because some folks always get real worked up about an objectively subjective opinion. But obviously the correct answer here is Star Trek and The Lord of the Rings.

You’ll never know :)

1. The alignment system is good 2. The D&D “culture wars” are kind of pathetic and show symptoms of terminally online syndrome. 3. AD&D Second Edition is better than people remember.

Seems better than most of their other recent releases. I haven’t picked up a WoTC product in years, maybe I’ll check this out. The art is delicious in that 2e old school goodness way.

The idea that British folks have somehow evolved past in laws is simultaneously absurd and hilarious.

It’s a fantastic book, I picked it up the other day, and I already see things I’m going to add to the campaign I’m running for my friends. Star Trek Adventures is such a fun game, I’m really excited to play it solo as well.

I was a competitive powerlifter for about ten years, but I recently switched to fighting, primarily boxing and BJJ. It’s a lot of fun, even for an old guy like me. Most of my other free time is spent with my little kiddos, reading whenever I can squeeze in the time, and playing videogames when...

It is all just getting to be embarrassing.