Recent content by Dannyalcatraz

My personal break with M:tG was about redefining the ways cards or even mechanics worked. If they hadn’t mucked around with how the game played, I’d probably still be buying all of the mainstream releases. The only releases I saw that I wouldn’t even consider buying were the ones that seemed...

This is absolutely true. I sometimes refer to myself as a meta-collector: in a very real sense, I collect collections. Some I’m VERY serious about, others are casual. (Never caught the bug for Funko Pop, Beanie Babies, and the like.) When I went looking for books about evaluating the...

I can think of: Finding treasure Finding mundane or arcane resources Finding new lands to settle/leading settlers to same Finding new trade routes Hunting rare or exotic critters Scouting for the military

I was thinking along these lines. My (partial) solution was to use a RPG with mechanically simpler PC design. For example, if I wanted to run this kind of campaign in a traditional fantasy realm, I’d probably default to using The Fantasy Trip/In the Labyrinth, with players controlling 3-5 PCs...

I just had a vision of elves brawling over some BS. It was glorious!

I met a deacon in a class who brought his melted cheese dip to the semester-end potluck. I know he used velveeta as one of the cheeses, as well as some kind of beer and some ground beef. Not only did we kill the pot, when everyone was helping with the cleanup, we were all just scraping the...

MOST folks don’t. Most.

We rarely used Velveeta on burgers. It was more often an ingredient in casseroles, grilled cheese sandwiches, and such.

The 2 campaigns I did the most work on that have never even been CLOSE to being run are a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting for 3.5Ed and one based on M:tG using HERO as the mechanical underpinnings.

D&D-style? The Fantasy Trip for something simple, beer & pretzel style or HERO for the Full Monty. Sci-Fant? Shadowrun or Star Wars D20. Sci-fi? Traveller or Prime Directive.

In August, WC announced it’s opening its firstTexas location sometime next year. Not far from me, but not close, either.

I haven’t seen a White Castle in person in 30+ years.🙁

For several years, there was a chiropractor a few miles from my home that had window signage claiming to treat all kinds of things, including infectious diseases and cancer.🫤 OTOH, for 20+ years, we used a vet who was also a main lecturer at a local chiropractic school. He didn’t use...

I’m with you on all of that except burritos.🤷🏾‍♂️ There used to be a sandwich chain called The Hip Pocket which used pitas as their only bread. They used large, thick ones, sliced in half with the contents stuffed in the pocket. A generous amount of shredded iceberg and some sliced tomatoes...

I understand the sentiment, but don’t belittle your own burdens.