They created it so right now there is only one pow wow punk band.

I’ve gone exactly once, and that was because I won an online contest that gave me a badge and two nights of hotel.

Fuck yes! And I didn’t even have to wait for tomorrow.

Hey, cheese is always relevant to my interests. :)

I failed to mention in the first post that I was talking about the Cosmere RPG. Whoops!

I quit Erik Stevenson's Malazan Book of the Fallen after the fourth book (again, of ten) because I wasn't willing to commit to 6,000 more pages to learn the million year history of his RPG campaign setting. We'll see about the Stormlight Archive.

...and still understand the thoughts and feelings of the characters. There are four more that have been released after this one, and five more projected to make it a ten book series. Each one is longer than the first, so I need to decide if I want to keep going with it.

As for the novel itself, I enjoyed the world building, setting secrets, plot development, and cosmology but the endless introspection and self-blame of the main characters got tiresome. This was a 1200 page book and I swear you could cut 300 pages out of it...

...and by your actions choose a class to level into at the end of it. If you're going to take inspiration from previous designers, Aaron Allston is certainly a fine choice. Anyway, we enjoyed learning the game and agree we'd play it again if Brian wants to start an actual campaign.

It also points you towards a heroic path, which is like character class, but you aren't forced into any particular one. The was all reminiscent of the classic AD&D adventure Treasure Hunt, where you start as 0 level characters shipwrecked on a dangerous island...

You pick where you and from and a name, but the rest of character creation happens as you play through the adventure. It's in a choose your own adventure format, with the GM noting what choices you make and then handing out attribute and skill points based on that.

I worked at Kim's Video in NYC for a few years in the early 90s and the store was a magnet for those looking for hard to find movies. The buyer knew people who'd go to various parts of Asia and bring back laser discs of movies not available here that'd they'd then dupe on VHS for us.

Same!

I watched it a few years ago and enjoyed it. It's one of the reasons I thought Yamato merch would be easier to find.