BigFreekinGoblinoid
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I was just going through my latest stack of d20 books, and I decided I probably won't have enough time to read them, much less actually "play" them.
That reminded me of an old Frog & Toad story I read as a kid. IIRC, the premise was that one of them ( frog or toad, I don't remember which, this was over 20 years ago I'm sure ) needed fresh tears to make the scrumpt-dilious Tear Water Tea. But he wasn't sad, so he made himself cry by thinking of all kinds of silly stuff, including a spoon that fell behind the stove, never to be used by anyone again.
I buy a lot of books, and I know the third party product distribution runs are not very large. I know there are a lot of collectors like me, and that probably means that a lot of gaming isn't getting played in those settings, or with those products that could be played.
That is kind of sad, but not sad enough for me to get rid of them. Well, I get rid of a lot of them ( Like my contests last year - Almost time to do that again! I have about 40 or so books I'll be giving away this time. No ENNIE judge candidacy for me this year though, my wife has a baby due in early August - Our first!
) but some I just llike to fool myself I'll use or read at sometime in the future.
I have two big spoons that fell behind the stove. Midnight and Mutants & Masterminds - I own and have enjoyed reading all the books for these imprints. Ah, I wish I had the time and players for these games.
So what book, game or setting is your spoon? Or what are you playing/have played that is kind of obscure, but you think qualifies as the spoon behind the stove? Please mention other systems, genres or even boardgames if they are your spoon...
That reminded me of an old Frog & Toad story I read as a kid. IIRC, the premise was that one of them ( frog or toad, I don't remember which, this was over 20 years ago I'm sure ) needed fresh tears to make the scrumpt-dilious Tear Water Tea. But he wasn't sad, so he made himself cry by thinking of all kinds of silly stuff, including a spoon that fell behind the stove, never to be used by anyone again.
I buy a lot of books, and I know the third party product distribution runs are not very large. I know there are a lot of collectors like me, and that probably means that a lot of gaming isn't getting played in those settings, or with those products that could be played.
That is kind of sad, but not sad enough for me to get rid of them. Well, I get rid of a lot of them ( Like my contests last year - Almost time to do that again! I have about 40 or so books I'll be giving away this time. No ENNIE judge candidacy for me this year though, my wife has a baby due in early August - Our first!
) but some I just llike to fool myself I'll use or read at sometime in the future. I have two big spoons that fell behind the stove. Midnight and Mutants & Masterminds - I own and have enjoyed reading all the books for these imprints. Ah, I wish I had the time and players for these games.
So what book, game or setting is your spoon? Or what are you playing/have played that is kind of obscure, but you think qualifies as the spoon behind the stove? Please mention other systems, genres or even boardgames if they are your spoon...
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