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Huh? So, an alien race like the betazoids can't have individuals with different disabilities? Like being deaf? I mean, it is weird that everybody speaks English and the sign language the betazoids use is ASL (American Sign Language), but . . . that's a sci-fi trope that impacts virtually all...

There are valid concerns when turning fossils into something to be sold as collectibles . . . But the folks behind these T-Rex dice have covered that concern. I'm not bothered by this, at least not from the "rare fossil" angle. You can find all sorts of fossils and things made from fossils in...

The betazoid leader was deaf. The other betazoids (outside of his family) only used ASL when communicating with him. Both of his children used ASL when talking with him, and with each other. It's only about being able to communicate with the betazoid leader, and the two siblings used it with...

I did Convergence Station, the Denver Meow Wolf location, this past fall. Wow. All of the different Meow Wolf attractions are now on my bucket list. One of the coolest things I've ever done, way cooler than the "Secrets of Waterdeep" experience at Fan Fest last year. Although, I did enjoy that!

I picked up the Bag of Holding and the dice scroll bag and I love them! Fun, pretty well made! I don't use the Bag of Holding because, ironically, it won't fit all the stuff I bring to my D&D games, but I've been using the dice bag ever since last spring. I was disappointed in the t-shirts and...

Can't? Is there something preventing you from subscribing to Paramount+?

I want a full binder class that, like the original, makes pacts with multiple vestiges. That book, the Tome of Magic, was one of the coolest books in 3rd Edition.

Well, yet another reason to subscribe to New Edge Sword & Sorcery! I'd like to read that article! Are you filming your talk at the Philly Area Game Expo, maybe throwing it up on YouTube? I would love to catch that also, but won't be anywhere near Philly this weekend. As always, really...

I like how the first and second Coriolis games are like different games, and the second game is also kinda sorta a "new edition". You get to have a new, updated experience that doesn't invalidate the original game. Neat. I'm not sure that would work with something like D&D, but I dig it.

What would be cool . . . . I wanted the tarot deck and the PDF books, so I made my main pledge the deck with the PDFs as add-ons . . . but there was no bundle of the two PDFs together as an add-on . . .

Despite having important romances in their plots, Baldree's books, Legends & Lattes and its two follow-ups, are generally considered "cozy fantasy" but are not considered "romantasy". Romantasy is a very different genre with a very different focus. In Baldree's books, the romance subplots are...

It is! I highly recommend. It's gotten tons of accolades and two sequels for a reason! Well, one sequel and one prequel. And the books scream D&D! From the titles, to the genre assumptions, to the character backstories . . . . I want somebody to write a traditional action-adventure epic...

I noticed the sorcerer thing also . . . Apparently, when they are playing D&D in the last episode, they have Dwarven Forge terrain on the table. I missed that, but will be looking when I rewatch . . . It both doesn't bother me at all, and at the same time drives me nuts!!! :LOL:

The over-the-top bullies in Stranger Things are over-the-top, but genre appropriate. Stranger Things is a love-letter not just to the 80s, but to 80s TV and movies. And . . . jock vs nerd bullying was a thing back in the 80s, moreso than today. I remember, I'm the same age as Will, Lucas...

Oh, and I wanted to add . . . if you are interested in a little romantasy in your D&D . . . check out Blue Rose, a setting from Green Ronin! It actually predates the current romantasy craze but fits squarely in the genre, IMO. There is a 5E version, a AGE version, some older versions for I think...