Recent content by Reynard

That isn't what any of those words mean. This seems to happen a lot: any "suggestion" (this here is a pertinent word) that WotC did not hit s home run is refrained by WotC fans as an attack. It's exhausting.

I still don't entirely understand what "franchise model" means.

That is a pretty broadly damping definition of clickbait. It suggests that all speculation is ultimately crass and cynical and only exists to lure in the easily duped. And that is obviously not true on its face. I think you are being notably uncharitable here. I just can't figure out why. So I...

What i really think needs to ho is the massive interwoven tapestry of the MCU. I deeply enjoyed it leading up to Endgame, but they will never recapture that, so they should not even try. I want them to let people experiment and put their own spins on these characters and stories. And to be...

Did you read the article? It isn't a histrionic screed. It is just some thoughtful conjecture on what could be happening.

That is a nice little article; definitely less click-baity than I expected (not having any exoerience with the blog previously). Of all the arguments, I think the one that makes the most sense is that leadership changes caused some strategy shifts, thereby pushing back planned releases and...

My guess is that we will not be able to avoid hearing about this movie over the next year.

Sure, but it is still weighed down by all the multiverse nonsense. I would have rather seen a clean start like FF.

I wish they had just given the Averngersverse a rest and turned back to the X-Men.

There is a Thor one as well.

We had the session 0 for my Monday night group tonight. We landed on a setting where the PCs will be part of a "second wave" of colonists to the New World (specifically landing in a desolate Roanoke analog as a spur to adventure). The Old World is a roughly Europe where the Western Roman Empire...

I have seen the term "opinionated design" before, too, and it is surprisingly difficult to find a concise definition of the term. It looks like it comes from the world of software development, and basically mean "constraints." But if anyone has a good blog post, substack, whatever digging into...

The War Machine mass combat system from BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia can be used with any D&D adjacent game, including Shadowdark. It is a really great abstract system with just enough depth to make choices feel important with getting bogged down in minutia.

It's possible that the "fun" part of development is over and he's done. And it seems reasonable that his "consultant" status is for the Exodus TTRPG. One asssumes it will get revisions and maybe tie in stuff when the video game releases.

I will get to the 2nd season of Arcane eventually, but IMO the first season is perfect as is.