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Contrarian @pataverse.com · 1d

I just backed Gary Gygax Memorial Game Table for Dungeons & Dragons Fans on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/617...

Gary Gygax Memorial Game Table for Dungeons & Dragons Fans

Building a memorial gaming table for fans of Dungeons & Dragons, in Lake Geneva, WI, dedicated to the game's co-creator, Gary Gygax

www.kickstarter.com

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · 5d

I swear, the lifestyle #gamers just never know when to stop, do they?

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · 5d

"Video Games" Really, @bsky.app ?

Blue Sky "Suggested Accounts" screen listing "Dungeons & Dragons" in the "Video Games" category.

Contrarian @pataverse.com · 6d

Does this explain why so many old gamers think like cavemen? It was the #miniatures all along!

newatlas.com/biology/nean...

Lead exposure influenced ancient human brain and behavior evolution

Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed to lead for millions of years, shaping how their brains evolved and overturning what scientists thought about our toxic history.

newatlas.com

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · 12d

My barely gaming-related purchase at this month's #Ypsilanti #FleaMarket was some half-priced Kamandi comics. The Last Boy on Earth is about as #GammaWorld as a Silver Age #comicbook ever got.

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · 16d

Looking to refresh the #art in my living room, I found this poster. Doesn't fit my living room's vibe, but it does make me want to play old #scifi #ttrpg like #StarFrontiers. Maybe I'll buy it for my home office.

www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/next-st...

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · 18d

R.A. Salvatore and I have very similar complaints about #ADnD Second Edition. I went back to 1E because TSR wouldn't stop adding dumb stuff to get players' money.

www.polygon.com/ra-salvatore...

“I said, I think you’re going in a direction that’s going to crash your game,” Salvatore said. “The beauty of D&D, when you’re bringing someone into it, is all they have to do is read a few pages of the player’s handbook and they can play. Like five pages, and they’re in. Now you’re adding all these things to the players instead of giving the dungeon masters the tools they need. […] I don’t think they listened to me. They also went bankrupt, so maybe that was their fault.”

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · Sep 21

If you don't enjoy this story about a #gamer dedicated to an ancient #boardgame, you have no heart. This guy here? He's the real deal.

www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...

Kōnane: Meet the Man Keeping Hawaii's Native Board Game Alive

Kōnane was once a national pastime, played by peasants and rulers alike. Now John Kaʻohelauliʻi has made it his mission to bring it back.

www.rollingstone.com

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · Sep 14

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

"That's the most unrealistic piece of Star Frontiers art ever, because it shows a girl playing #StarFrontiers."

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · Sep 12

Fortunately for me, #HeroesUnlimited is still in print, and the #PalladiumBooks website even has an errata page for the rulebook... where they misspell "errata."

Yep, same old Palladium! Pride of Detroit, right there!

palladiumbooks.com/heroes-unlim...

palladiumbooks.com

Contrarian @pataverse.com · Sep 12

I'm currently signed up to play #ADnD and #HeroesUnlimited at U-Con 2025, so I figured I better reread the rulebooks before the con.

Turns out I don't own a copy of Heroes Unlimited. Oops! Is it still in print? You can never be sure with #PalladiumBooks.

tabletop.events/conventions/...

U-Con 2025

tabletop.events

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · Sep 7

Nothing good at the #Ypsilanti #fleamarket today, so I visited some nearby #vintage shops. Made a pest of myself at one, showing the cashier which #DnD and #GammaWorld books were actual antiques, and which were POD reprints. (I didn't buy any, either, because I already owned copies of all of them.)

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · Sep 7

I try not to wear clothing that advertises my hobbies when I shop at #fleamarkets and #garagesales, because I don't want sellers to see me coming, so to speak. One problem with this plan is that 90% of the t-shirts in my closet are #gameconvention souvenir shirts.

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Contrarian @pataverse.com · Sep 3

I placed an irrationally large order with gamescience.com today, just because I was excited they had gem dice in stock again. Bought all the colors I thought were too weird 20 years ago!