Who does he think played RPGs in the 80s?

Theater kids were there since D&D gained escape velocity from the 70s wargame scene.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

Very cool!

I contributed some chapters to the TOON TALES supplement way back when. Still one of my favorites games for the way its mechanics match the style of what inspired it.

Nice to see it getting a refresh.

This means you’ll have time for that true Christmas classic, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES.

And now that I think of it — is anyone maintaining a list of available Carved from Brindlewood games?

I’m starting to think of them as “focused rules.” Tight, structured rules about certain things, and free form play for most others.

D&D can seem like a giant LED wall. Brindlewood and Apocalypse are more like a few well-aimed lasers.

As a veteran of TTRPG amateur press associations of the 80s and 90s, I can assure you that never before did any RPG enthusiasts get upset over how other people they don’t even know were playing the games.

No, wait. Actually they did. They did a LOT.

Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.

That’s the one I found! So, so good.

If the CBS show “Fire Country” is about people who fight fires, is its spinoff “Sheriff Country” about people who fight sheriffs?

"I hold a baseless and ignorant assumption.

Here is a fact that runs contrary to that assumption.

Isn't that interesting?

Not interesting enough to reconsider my assumption, though. Of course not. No need to be hasty."