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I finished it yesterday evening. I enjoyed the last third a bit less than the rest. I thought the ending was a bit underwhelming, lot of handwaving and in the end I was left with ... a shrug? Rand think its finished, but clearly its not really, but we as a reader are left out of how much danger...

Can you expand on that or maybe describe an example? I do not precisely understand the difference you desribe here between drawing a make based on what makes sense vs what supports gameplay. Because the old school maps you describe they DONT make sense, at least thats how I understand you...

Thats too bad, the journey aspect is so fun to me. Although I am surprised that the first book already introduces a "fast travel". I am always a bit annoyed when these system get introduced in novels, it feels a bit gamey. Although I thought that "the ways" were implemented in a cool way, they...

Proving in a scientific way, yes it is difficult. But I was just responding through the premise of the thread - I think its much more reasonable that back wards time travel is impossible as an explanation for missing time travelers than they explanation they destroyed every timeline where its...

Really interesting snippet and I think I can see hints of these already in the first book. I am right now in the Caemlyn chapters of the first book, and I really hope this "Ta'veren" concept gets explored further, because right now it just seems to be a plot device to explain how all these...

I thought the simple answer is that time travel backwards isn't really possible. Not just in our timeline, but in general.

I am European, so no I don't observe Thanksgiving, definitely not the American holiday. There are though of course European Thanksgiving tradition which don't anything have to do with pioneers of America and genocide of Native Americans, but just... thanking for the "giving" aka the harvest. But...

I've just recently rewatched the prequel trilogy and The Phantom Menace was even worse than I remembered. Are you sure about that comparison? Ep I doesn't even have a real plot, things just happen in a weird unconnected way and you always wonder: who is supposed to be the main character? Its...

I loved the book and I am very curious how they will do it. Ryan Gosling is a great cast for the role IMO.

Most of the decision could be reduced to "Do I use this now or potentially later", "Do I pick this up" or "Do we go further?". Do I use this now is about timing, the tactical use of resources. If resources are getting tracked it is relevant to decide on the right time to use them. Do I pick...

That is the main reason I have like 10 unfinished books right now - not counting the ones I completely DNF. But these books I feel I will read at some other time, but not right now. I read much more and more happily since I started to stop reading a book if it doesn't feel right and don't force...

I did oversee that, but it doesnt change anything about my answer. Class-based games - like D&D - have the thiev as class because the distinction of character mechanics is done via classes. Skill-based games don't have this "problem" because they don't have any classes at all. It is a...

Yes, because it is a class-based game. You could do everything with skills, but then its a different game. So the easy answer is we have a fighter and a thief because the distinction of character mechanics is done in D&D via classes.

I mean that depends whom you ask. The "dark age" is famously misrepresented in modern media. The peasants did not work more than us today (8-9 hours), but had MUCH more holidays, often for multiple weeks outside of hard-demanding timeframes like harvest. They did a lot of merrymaking, they died...

Because these systems are about survival and decision making in dangerous environments. Equipment is a big part of that. For me the sweet spot is a system that is easy to handle and still supports the exciting parts of these decisions without going too much into details and turning into an...