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Agreed. I think that the Funnel remains important in that it sets the expectation, the possibility, that death waits around the corner. Regardless of whether or not it actually does, that dramatically changes how people interface with the game, makes it more thrilling. Mighty Deeds are so good...

The dice rolls are very important in DCC RPG, arguably more so than in current D&D. You really get those high highs and low lows. And that's okay. You are no hero with a grand destiny, but a reaver trying to make their way in a strange and deadly land. Though D&D in all its forms has the...

One of my favorite things as a player is the Mighty Deed of Arms. I almost always play a Warrior or Dwarf if I can. The ability to take a narrative approach to combat and translate it into mechanical effects is awesome. Am I playing a swashbuckler that slashes an opponent's belt to hamstring...

It's been a while since I ran a game, but I think in hindsight I was a little too stringent with Paradox when I ran it. But I did love the magic system and the themes of the game.

Going from D&D's ultra-specific spell descriptions to the free-form cosmic jazz of Mage had to be wild.

That would be a great way to leverage the technology to bring the character to life.

CGI Peter Cushing was a mistake. Like so much bad CGI, they thought about being able to do it, not being able to do it well. Having a new actor take the role would've been far less intrusive.

I thought about playing a mute character from time to time, but have always shied away from it. I know myself and that I enjoy interacting with NPCs and the world, frequently playing a face type. It's a cool concept to be sure. But you really need to commit to it over time, and that's not...

Wrath of the Dragon God is a smaller movie than the original D&D movie. But while the original looks bad, the sequel, if you go back and watch it today, looks cheap. It's got under a third of the budget of the first movie, and it shows. Does it still punch above it's weight? Absolutely. Had you...

Provided I have decent other stats, I can think of plenty of characters that could work with a dump stat that bad. Though, I do remember an instance where a player thought it would be funny if they couldn't speak Common at all. They learned that not being able to talk at all got really old...

That's generally why I use Fee Foam, unless I'm using the whole egg in a drink. Back when our dog was still alive, I'd just cook the yolk and give it to her as a treat.

Apparently it's important to get the no salt chickpeas, as the salted kind can drastically affect the cocktail's taste. I'm a fan of Fee Brother's Fee Foam when I want a vegan egg white, though you really need to keep it in the refrigerator.

2025 is notable for me as the year I walked away from the current D&D edition. Not the first time I've done so, and I imagine at some point in the future I'll be looped back in (though it would require a new edition that is dramatically streamlined from what it is now). I had been running...

TIL that there was a novelization of the D&D movie. I think he knew it was going to be a bad film, both Irons and Wayans, and chose to ham it up, chew the scenery. One of the deleted scenes on the DVD ends with Irons finishing a take and walking off the set with such a look on his face. Heh...

One thing I'd point out is that the article indicates that "Irons was having his “Raul Julia in Street Fighter” experience here, otherwise you can’t explain his presence in the movie or his constant over-the-top acting." However, there are interviews with Jeremy Irons where he gives the reason -...

Yeah, I've yet to find a game with a balancing mechanic or recommendations that is accurate. You just have to develop a feel for the game and the PCs over time. I generally err on the side of caution, especially when trying a brand new game, then eventually start throwing tougher encounters in...

I get a lot of that vibe too, especially from the 1e grey box version of the Forgotten Realms. The Realms are suffused with lost and fallen kingdoms.

I finished reading Weiss' Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie. Oh man, I knew that the owner and other higher ups were sentenced for fraud, but I had no idea how endemic it was to the business. Just about every sort of fraud you could imagine, they committed. If you...

Slaps down Necronautilus on the counter

I know a lot of people knock them, but I think that the Greyhawk series improved greatly when Rose Estes started writing them. Yeah, reading Greenwood's articles, it's no wonder TSR went to him when they needed a new setting. I think it's important to keep in mind that he was embarking on...