The Gaming Den

Three groups. About 4-6 hours per session. 1. Me, my wife, 2 other friends. D&D Tome. 1/month. 2. Me, my wife, another couple. Board games and card games. (BANG!, Munchkin, Settlers of Catan, Citadel, Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, etc.) 1/month. 3. Me, my wife, my best friend, occasionally other fol...

I didn't back the Kickstarter, but I did watch the first episode when it aired. My google search has revealed that there is some controversy but no specifics. Anyone got the story, or a link to some one else's telling? Game On, fbmf EDIT: okay, so I did find this . Is there more to the story? I've n...

A friend of mine is going through a very nasty divorce. So far, the only divorce lawyer that has responded to her inquiries wanted $1,500 up front (which might be a deal because I literally don't know how much legal services cost other than "a lot"). My fathers second divorce was $2500 al...

I'm sorry, Koumei.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/08/08/bernie-sanders-10-ways-to-mess-with-the-economy/2/ Came across this seeming "debunk" of Bernie's economic policies, but I don't know enough about Economics to really make sense of it. Can someone more economically with it than me read and ...

Ancient History wrote:No, but at this point you should be able to smell the crazy.

This.

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I've thought for a while now that D&D's tiered spell series should be collapsed, ie, that Cure Light/Moderate/Serious/Major Wounds should be condensed into just Cure Wounds and either the spell slot used or the caster level dictates how much you heal, and Summon Nature's Ally/Summon Monster sho...

According to Lucas, he had established Wookies as being to sophisticated by the time RotJ rolled around, and wanted a primitive tribe to beat the highly mechanized Empire. So he took the word Wookiee, reversed the syllables, and invented Ewoks. Maybe it's my 4 year old nostalgia, but the concept of ...

The Truce at Bakura sucks.

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Given the choice between a Surface Pro 3 and a Chromebook, which would I rather have?

It is for work (and provided by them), so I will not be playing games on it, but I get to take it home, so I will likely watch videos and surf the net.

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Prak wrote:So, Tome of Necromancy makes several references to "Lifesight" but I can't find anything called "Lifesight." Is that supposed to be the feat Life Sense?

http://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Lifesight_(3.5 ... e_Ability)

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Can anyone explain why in the fuck FFG uses the system that it does? But I think the real answer is "to convince people to buy...funky dice. This. If your game is the STAR WARS logo emblazoned on it, the fan boys are going to eat it up. Why not also make them buy your proprietary dice in the b...

I thought that when "power fantasy" came up in this forum, people meant to say a kind of activity that provides free gratification / without any chance to lose or similar. If thats not the case, ok. [The Great Fence Builder Speaks] Why would you think that was the intended meaning of POWE...

If you're travelling in bear country, you roll for bears each day (or each hour) and that's okay. . . Now quantum bears is when you decide to check for bears (or shard your purplz, or scratch your ass) and the presence or absence of the actual bear is derived from your Spot/Shard/Scratch result in ...

I didn't notice any positive arguments for the rejection and "oh my god this gqme sucks big time" position at all. [The Great Fence Builder Speaks] This is trolling, even by the lax standards of TGDMB. Just a few posts above the one I quoted,Flatline lays out his ( and others, I assume) a...

Shrapnel wrote:I just wanted to apologize, profusely, for overreacting the other day. Most of it was uncalled for.

That may be a first for the Den.

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Kinda hard for the kids to obey that order, since the father ran away to another country just after the court session. Again. Despite Kaelik's propaganda, they were put in a no-win scenario where prison is the only "lawful" path they were offered. My "propaganda" that it is real...

Under what circumstances would Bernie Sanders actually have a legitimate chance? I'm thinking perhaps if the Republican Candidate is batshit crazy enough...

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"It is so ordered."

Sure.

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My only experience is the old DC Heroes game, dimly remembered from 8th grade (1992-ish). IIRC, Batman/Green Arrow/Badass Normal Guys had their powers cranked up to compensate not being able to compete with Wonder Woman/Superman/etc. For example, if Batman spent a hero point (or whatever it was call...

RelentlessImp wrote:Someone is going to want to be able to play Superman. Another will want to play Darkseid. Or Martian Manhunter. And those are three very iconic comic book figures that you need to be able to emulate.

This, and also Batman...in the same party as Superman and Wonder Woman.

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Where, chronologically, does Fury Road take place in the series? Between 1&2, or between 2&3?

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Both words are defined in the first paragraph of the intro.

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(I always hear the chorus 'A black sheriff?' from Men in Tights when I read his NPC entry.)

Men in Tights? Have none of you younger generation seen Blazing Saddles?!

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