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  1. Parmandur

    Will there ever be new editions of the major systems?

    Eh, it's a pretty obscure flash in the pan, to be honest...but interesting. In addition to the rules controversy. Which seems to have been intense, GDW made some metaplot Setting decisions that were extremely unpopular, to the point that subsequent Traveller iterations reset the Setting to the...
  2. Parmandur

    Will there ever be new editions of the major systems?

    No. Actually, Traveller: The New Era replaced Megatraveller entirely. It...didn't go well. So much so, in fact, that itnis a pretty direct analogy to 4E D&D. I think you basically are right thouh: Traveller has a history that parallels D&D pretty closely, a Rollercoaster to an evergreen present.
  3. Parmandur

    Will there ever be new editions of the major systems?

    Here's the thing though, with Beyond theybseem to have finally nailed that.
  4. Parmandur

    Will there ever be new editions of the major systems?

    They really seem to be pivoting more towards Beyond as a service to customer for business purposes, rather than a rules treadmill.
  5. Parmandur

    Will there ever be new editions of the major systems?

    On the contrary, I think the next iteration will be another take on 5E, but they will try to move away from edition numbers and just call it "D&D"
  6. Parmandur

    Netflix announces deal to buy WB and HBO

    The Betflix offer splits off all of the Discovery cable channels as an independent cable channel company, Discovery. Paramount wants to buy them, too.
  7. Parmandur

    Will there ever be new editions of the major systems?

    We can go a step farther: while new variants do get released, Backgammon and Chess are fairly stable at this point. I thinkt he Crearice Commons release of D&D makes wild change to D&D-as-D&D sociological improbable.
  8. Parmandur

    What's the best potato?

    Never heard of scalloped potatoes without butter, whipping cream, AND cheese.
  9. Parmandur

    What's the best die type and why is it the d12?

    Pretty simply a matter of material culture: injection molding was only invented around WWII, and then soon people figured out they could make dice easily in any shape. People.made dice in other shapes throughout history, but cubes are thr easiest to carve. Still the easiest to store and ship...
  10. Parmandur

    What's the best potato?

    I'm sorry...box and powder???
  11. Parmandur

    Netflix announces deal to buy WB and HBO

    Right now, I'm just annoyed that this is going to be constantly in the news for the next two years.
  12. Parmandur

    What's the best die type and why is it the d12?

    Thar has more to do with ease of manufacturing.
  13. Parmandur

    What's the best die type and why is it the d12?

    Edited, it should have said d30.
  14. Parmandur

    What's the best die type and why is it the d12?

    The Catalan solids, like the d30 or the Rhombic d12, are acceptable.
  15. Parmandur

    What's the best potato?

    Boiled potatoes seasoned well can be great.
  16. Parmandur

    Eberron: Forge of the Artificer - First Impressions

    Yeah, even the most AD&D 5E Setting, in a lot of ways but Mercer was definitely using that 3E stuff when world building.
  17. Parmandur

    What's the best die type and why is it the d12?

    No, I mean two isohedrobns with 0-9 twice over.
  18. Parmandur

    What's the best potato?

    I can only presume you haven't had scalloped potatoes prepared properly. My goodness, it's cheese mixed with potatoes! Thwt was a bad experience around a potato, however I am sure that potato would have been great if you subsequently cooked and ate jt.
  19. Parmandur

    What's the best potato?

    Scalloped potatoes are crazy delicious.
  20. Parmandur

    What's the best die type and why is it the d12?

    Not only ia the d10 not a Platonic Solid, it isn't any kind of named polygon at all. Anathema! 2d20 with the proper notation is far superior for rolling.
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