Quote from: grimshwiz on December 18, 2023, 02:15:04 AM
Candela Obscura is such a scam, but Critical Role will make mad cash on it. It is BARELY a game, but there are so many weirdos out there who love CR they will gobble it up.

Just seeing the cast of CR I knew it was going to be woke nonsense and I downloaded the quick start rules and imagine my shock when the character sheet had pronouns. Anything they put out should be RED.

I dunno what Ocule's policy is, but anyone doing this should at least be on the list and not in green, right?

So at this point we have Matt Collville and Critical Role, both of whom used 5e mostly as a vehicle, creating their own offset RPGs with even more rules-holes than 5e had.  I watched Matt Colville's latest video a few days ago (the one about the version change in 5e), and he, when discussing OSR stuff briefly, did a brief plug of Shadowdark?  I don't know there's always something strange going on.

Regardless, I think both of those offshoot games will not be very successful, even if 5.5 crashes and burns.  Most players want to play what everyone else is playing, and when they watch a livecast of a show they want the stuff to work within the game world too.  I can't predict what will happen, but there's no way that everyone who is a notable 5.X player and immediately crowdfunds their own 5.X is going to be successful in the long term.  It's also hard to conceive that these games will be able to avoid doing political preening.

Quote from: Cathode Ray on November 30, 2023, 09:08:52 PM
SJG's petty and very childish rant against Twitter persists.  It reminds me of some of the un-professional antics from Howard Thompson after Steve left Metagaming Concepts, and took his hit Ogre with him.  Posting on his new crowdfunding project, he dreams of bringing Twitter back to the sewer.

It does and it's quite sad. I'd been buying and playing SJ designs since JHS. I was very big into the rebirth version of TFT having loved it back in the day, but Steve's inability to shut up are making me not want to support several games I love.

Quote from: Cathode Ray on December 01, 2023, 09:15:30 PM
On a lighter note, I just sold another RPG bundle.  At this rate, maybe I can buy Steve Jackson Games from Steve Jackson and rescue the company!
Probably not.  Dag nabbit.

Now, that's funny!

I'll admit if I obtained a large fortune and decided to make a small one in RPGs, I'd buy Palladium, lock Kevin in a room to think up stuff, and hire some other people to develop the completed games.

You can tell he wanted to go into comics first and if you view the game lines as comics, specifically things like Seige of Tolkeen as comic miniseries, a lot of Palladium's choices make sense.

Quote from: pawsplay on November 30, 2023, 09:18:59 PM

Oh, come on. That's funny.

It's also, as pointed out, the same behavior he was subjected to, and complained about, 40 years ago.

It's sad to see him at 70 engage in behavior he rejected vocally at 30.  It's another case of living long enough to become a bad guy.

It's just sad.

Quote from: Brad on December 18, 2023, 11:12:09 AM
Is there anything communists can't fuck up?

Cigars and Rum?

Quote from: THE_Leopold on December 18, 2023, 04:41:20 PM

Quote from: Brad on December 18, 2023, 11:12:09 AM
Is there anything communists can't fuck up?

Cigars and Rum?

Yeah... no.  All the good rum makers left Cuba.  If you want good rum get Don Q from Puerto Rico or Zacapa from Guatemala.

Quote from: BadApple on December 18, 2023, 06:05:16 PM

Quote from: THE_Leopold on December 18, 2023, 04:41:20 PM

Quote from: Brad on December 18, 2023, 11:12:09 AM
Is there anything communists can't fuck up?

Cigars and Rum?

Yeah... no.  All the good rum makers left Cuba.  If you want good rum get Don Q from Puerto Rico or Zacapa from Guatemala.

Theres a distillery near me that makes world class rum, made by a guy who was a computer developer. Worth picking up if possible. Can recommend highly.

Americans can do it better than their carribbeans brethern.

I digressa and now I want spiced rum...

Quote from: Cathode Ray on December 01, 2023, 09:15:30 PM
I guess it could be funny if things weren't so serious these days, and to the contrary, I'm often told the best humor is rooted in truth. 

It could be funny, if you didn't think everything was so serious. I know gloom and doom is the favorite drink around here, but honestly, the rigid orthodoxy risks becoming boring.

Quote from: pawsplay on December 22, 2023, 07:00:34 PM

Quote from: Cathode Ray on December 01, 2023, 09:15:30 PM
I guess it could be funny if things weren't so serious these days, and to the contrary, I'm often told the best humor is rooted in truth. 

It could be funny, if you didn't think everything was so serious. I know gloom and doom is the favorite drink around here, but honestly, the rigid orthodoxy risks becoming boring.

Aliens on the far side of the Galaxy must be really confused why their hypocrisy sensors randomly explode.

Quote from: Grognard GM on December 22, 2023, 07:51:00 PM

Quote from: pawsplay on December 22, 2023, 07:00:34 PM

Quote from: Cathode Ray on December 01, 2023, 09:15:30 PM
I guess it could be funny if things weren't so serious these days, and to the contrary, I'm often told the best humor is rooted in truth. 

It could be funny, if you didn't think everything was so serious. I know gloom and doom is the favorite drink around here, but honestly, the rigid orthodoxy risks becoming boring.

Aliens on the far side of the Galaxy must be really confused why their hypocrisy sensors randomly explode.

Totally agree.  It's a shame he didn't seem to get a kick out of my joke in the very next paragraph I wrote right after "doom and gloom" moment he quoted!  We at The RPG Site aren't the ones who killed comedy.

Quote from: Cathode Ray on December 22, 2023, 10:31:00 PM

Quote from: Grognard GM on December 22, 2023, 07:51:00 PM

Quote from: pawsplay on December 22, 2023, 07:00:34 PM

Quote from: Cathode Ray on December 01, 2023, 09:15:30 PM
I guess it could be funny if things weren't so serious these days, and to the contrary, I'm often told the best humor is rooted in truth. 

It could be funny, if you didn't think everything was so serious. I know gloom and doom is the favorite drink around here, but honestly, the rigid orthodoxy risks becoming boring.

Aliens on the far side of the Galaxy must be really confused why their hypocrisy sensors randomly explode.

Totally agree.  It's a shame he didn't seem to get a kick out of my joke in the very next paragraph I wrote right after "doom and gloom" moment he quoted!  We at The RPG Site aren't the ones who killed comedy.

We, who

Quote from: Cathode Ray on December 22, 2023, 10:31:00 PM

Quote from: Grognard GM on December 22, 2023, 07:51:00 PM

Quote from: pawsplay on December 22, 2023, 07:00:34 PM

Quote from: Cathode Ray on December 01, 2023, 09:15:30 PM
I guess it could be funny if things weren't so serious these days, and to the contrary, I'm often told the best humor is rooted in truth. 

It could be funny, if you didn't think everything was so serious. I know gloom and doom is the favorite drink around here, but honestly, the rigid orthodoxy risks becoming boring.

Aliens on the far side of the Galaxy must be really confused why their hypocrisy sensors randomly explode.

Totally agree.  It's a shame he didn't seem to get a kick out of my joke in the very next paragraph I wrote right after "doom and gloom" moment he quoted!  We at The RPG Site aren't the ones who killed comedy.

According to your profile, you joined in 2022. So I guess you do comedy, after all.

Quote from: pawsplay on December 22, 2023, 07:00:34 PM
It could be funny, if you didn't think everything was so serious. I know gloom and doom is the favorite drink around here, but honestly, the rigid orthodoxy risks becoming boring.

Are you really pretending that wokery isn't the orthodoxy now or that it isn't a rigidly conformist orthodoxy?  Has anyone ever been banned from this forum for being a "bad fit'?  It's pretty routine over at TBP where the woke orthodoxy rules.

Quote from: yosemitemike on December 23, 2023, 09:34:10 PM

Quote from: pawsplay on December 22, 2023, 07:00:34 PM
It could be funny, if you didn't think everything was so serious. I know gloom and doom is the favorite drink around here, but honestly, the rigid orthodoxy risks becoming boring.

Are you really pretending that wokery isn't the orthodoxy now or that it isn't a rigidly conformist orthodoxy?  Has anyone ever been banned from this forum for being a "bad fit'?  It's pretty routine over at TBP where the woke orthodoxy rules.

Take the words pawsplay casually throws around, then post their antonyms on the big purple. Not only would your ass not touch the ground on the way out, they'd probably contact the FBI.

Quote from: Grognard GM on December 24, 2023, 12:13:18 AM

Quote from: yosemitemike on December 23, 2023, 09:34:10 PM

Quote from: pawsplay on December 22, 2023, 07:00:34 PM
It could be funny, if you didn't think everything was so serious. I know gloom and doom is the favorite drink around here, but honestly, the rigid orthodoxy risks becoming boring.

Are you really pretending that wokery isn't the orthodoxy now or that it isn't a rigidly conformist orthodoxy?  Has anyone ever been banned from this forum for being a "bad fit'?  It's pretty routine over at TBP where the woke orthodoxy rules.

Take the words pawsplay casually throws around, then post their antonyms on the big purple. Not only would your ass not touch the ground on the way out, they'd probably contact the FBI.

I am tempted to make a throwaway account to say that I like PbtA but I don't feel represented because the trannies insist on making about themselves.  Maybe do a pool where people guess how long it takes for me to be permanently banned.   

Quote from: yosemitemike on December 23, 2023, 09:34:10 PM

Quote from: pawsplay on December 22, 2023, 07:00:34 PM
It could be funny, if you didn't think everything was so serious. I know gloom and doom is the favorite drink around here, but honestly, the rigid orthodoxy risks becoming boring.

Are you really pretending that wokery isn't the orthodoxy now or that it isn't a rigidly conformist orthodoxy?  Has anyone ever been banned from this forum for being a "bad fit'?  It's pretty routine over at TBP where the woke orthodoxy rules.

I guess if you want to call it pretending. Certainly there is no rigid orthodoxy ruling my life.