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    Who is your favorite James Bond?

    Moore. Mostly because that's the Bond I grew up watching with my dad. Dalton was also very good, though.
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    Hang on to that one for a bit. It's currently selling on eBay for high retail (based on actual sold listings, not asking prices). I imagine you'll be able to get much more for it a year or so down the road.
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    D&D General In this day and age, people still laugh when you invite them to play D&D.

    My main group plays in public and we have a pretty diverse makeup. We've had pretty good luck asking new players to join (or sit and watch before they make a decision). I don't think anybody has ever laughed at an invite.
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    Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED]

    Diamond has absolutely earned their reputation as one of the most hated wholesalers.
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    Judge Rules That AI Training Doesn't Violate Copyright

    It's nice to see the courts speed running to that Cyperpunk corp-o owned dystopia that I've always read about.
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    RPG Archive: Boot Hill Wild West RPG

    Boot Hill 2e and 3e are both good games that I think hold up very well. I'm glad they're both POD now, too, because I sold a copy of 3e a few years ago for more than $300.
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    Cool Comics by Enworld Standards...

    I am currently a big fan of Head Lopper (to the point that I picked up a set of the limited edition Head Lopper RPG dice for my birthday).
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    OSR What does OSR mean to you? What do you value most in an OSR game?

    I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this point.
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    OSR What does OSR mean to you? What do you value most in an OSR game?

    Tables can be good, labor-saving, tools, but relying on them too much often makes for random, non-sensical, game play in my experience. This is obviously less of an issue in games designed to be weird/gonzo (e.g. Troika, Into the Odd, etc).
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    OSR What does OSR mean to you? What do you value most in an OSR game?

    "Rules light" and "rulings, not rules" games aren't quite the same thing, to me. They do inhabit a lot of the same space in a Venn Diagram, though. Games that focus on "Rulings, not rules" are, to me, packed with good advice on how to implement the rules that do exist or how to be a better/more...
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    OSR What does OSR mean to you? What do you value most in an OSR game?

    The two big ones for me are: Rulings, not rules. A game that does not attempt to provide a rule for every conceivable situation, but rather light set of rules that provides for common situations expected to arise in play and acknowledges that a referee's judgment (and consistent application...
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    Tomb Raider RPG Cancelled For Creative Differences

    This is true. It is, after all, what happened to the last try at a Tomb Raider film franchise. Which is a shame. That Alicia Vikander vehicle was pretty good.
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    D&D General Best D&D product of any edition (non-core book)

    I don't know if they're the best, but they're my favorites: FR6 Dreams of the Red Wizards. This setting supplement is the best of the FR series in my opinion and has actually seen a lot of use outside of FR at my tables over the years. I've also run two entire campaigns just inside the...
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    What other fantasy games are out there?

    Oh, damn! I should mention my own game, Front Range Minimalist. It doesn't assume any particular races by default, but The Book of Words (the first supplement) includes a lot of non-human races/lineages). It does have elves and dwarves, but they are very easy to ignore (the list of...
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