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  1. Professor Murder

    D&D's The Book of Dragons Comes Out in August

    And yet its still clearly far too small to represent the size of the creature.
  2. Professor Murder

    D&D's The Book of Dragons Comes Out in August

    I mean, the mini proves my point. It is a gorgeous, massive piece that is visibly crammed onto that base.
  3. Professor Murder

    Judges Guild Makes Statement About Goodman Controversy [Updated]

    It's better this way. A bad actor is called out. People shun them. Years go by and you wonder if their time out in the cold has changed them, helped them learn to be a polite community member. And then they come out of their bag and you know. It's better to know.
  4. Professor Murder

    D&D's The Book of Dragons Comes Out in August

    As the first pick shows off, scaling in DnD can sometimes be an impediment because of the face that creatures need to function as 5x5 squares. That dragon is larger than a football field. No way you could place that on your game table.
  5. Professor Murder

    Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th

    I am fascinated by the choice of a more "ArdKore" setting conceit for the series. Some of the design aesthetics so far for Daggerheart have read as very cute, and I have to think this is to highlight how the system is more versatile than one might assume.
  6. Professor Murder

    Eberron: Forge of the Artificer Alternate Cover Revealed

    I kinda think I need to see it in hand to judge.
  7. Professor Murder

    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    We all have our own lines. Dealbreakers that might make us shy away from a given product or artist. But like in all things, we are judged by the company we keep. We are judged by what we accept and condone to at least some degree. Yes, there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but seeing...
  8. Professor Murder

    D&D (2024) You Can Now Pre-order Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

    The lower price point somehow makes me uneasy. It makes me worry that there won't be much here beyond an update to 5+ ed.
  9. Professor Murder

    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    I just don't trust people who claim to be just reasonable and wanting to hear people out when we have already heard people out and made reasonable judgements as to the nature of their character. Unless things have changed, why change how you react to such scoundrels? I am very warry of people...
  10. Professor Murder

    Let's Talk About Short Campaigns

    Again, these terms have no clear definitions in the space, but it does lead to an interesting thought. Is a "normal" campaign one which lasts the entire lifespan of a given group of PCs? Can characters be played over multiple campaigns?
  11. Professor Murder

    What Show Should Have Only Had One Season?

    Firefly. By being only one season, it was all killer, no filler.
  12. Professor Murder

    Let's Talk About Short Campaigns

    So for me, a campaign can have a singular goal, but has steps towards that goal and can have intermittent side quests that may or may not advance the primary goal.
  13. Professor Murder

    Let's Talk About Short Campaigns

    Also, as a further muddling point, what is short is point of discussion in and of itself.
  14. Professor Murder

    Let's Talk About Short Campaigns

    I agree that many modern modules published by WotC are campaigns, not adventures. Curse of Strahd is a campaign.
  15. Professor Murder

    Let's Talk About Short Campaigns

    So I am at this point a big advocate for brief campaigns between longer ones. I'm not of the "This game has been going for 20+ yrs" school. More like 2-4 yrs max. Then on to something new. But a palate cleanser, with an eye to running a completely different game, is very much how my mind is...
  16. Professor Murder

    DriveThruRPG Print-on-Demand Prices Going Up By As Much As 50% In The US

    For me, this is a double edged sword. One of the things that soured me on 4th Ed is that they kept making small changes. I sometimes feel that, similar to video games, having online access for publishers to make later changes means they can feel encouraged to release an incomplete product and...
  17. Professor Murder

    DriveThruRPG Print-on-Demand Prices Going Up By As Much As 50% In The US

    That all may be true for you, certainly. But physical media is superior in that when I have it, I own it. As for owning games I will never play or run, yeah, but I like to READ games. It makes me a better GM all around to be exposed to numerous ideas, even if they are paths I don't go down...
  18. Professor Murder

    What Game Publishers Are Saying About The Tariffs

    Folks, whether gamebooks are exempt or not, game stores are going to break simply because most of them are highly dependent on TCGs to keep their doors open. And from what I can tell, those will go up. And when the shops close, new TCGs will die off because there is no free demo grounds to...
  19. Professor Murder

    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    It is wild how there is going to be a knock on effect in that this may be the final nail in the coffin for independent game stores. And without them as breeding grounds for interest in TCGs, many TCGs may wither on the vine. The big 3 can weather the storm most likely, but it's going to have...
  20. Professor Murder

    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    If you have been eyeing a physical product, buy it now. Like this week. When in hand stock is depleted, some of these products will not get another print run under these conditions. Also, if there is a small studio which you enjoy or wish to support, do so now. It's entirely possible they will...
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