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Splicer: Oct 16, 2006; from hell's heart I cast at thee
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His food obsession was because he wrote for blind kids, so he tried to include a lot of non-visual descriptors.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 01:57

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# ? May 24, 2024 21:27

DigitalRaven: Oct 9, 2012

Yay! MSG� is back in print.

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# ? Aug 7, 2015 10:43

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

Splicer posted:

His food obsession was because he wrote for blind kids, so he tried to include a lot of non-visual descriptors.

This explains why he picked animals. Blind kids would have an easier time understanding that vermin are evil than that blacks and Arabs are evil.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 13:58

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

Blind child: "I don't really know what an uncivilized savage is."

Brian Jacques: "They're crazy ethnics with skin so dark it makes them evil."

Blind child: "Uh."

Brian Jacques: "Okay, look, they're uh... rats and stoats. Have a pastie."

# ? Aug 7, 2015 14:00

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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FactsAreUseless posted:

This explains why he picked animals. Blind kids would have an easier time understanding that vermin are evil than that blacks and Arabs are evil.

D+, you can do better

# ? Aug 7, 2015 16:34

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

Captain Foo posted:

D+, you can do better

It's been so long since I read a Jacques book that I couldn't think of anything more specific.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 16:44

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

When you think about it there are 14 books with 88 chapters total... HH brother.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 17:02

Gau: Nov 18, 2003; I don't think you understand, Gau.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 19:46

Dr. Quarex: Apr 18, 2003; I'M A BIG DORK WHO POSTS TOO MUCH ABOUT CONVENTIONS LOOK AT THIS

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Alien Rope Burn posted:

My GenCon Blurry Recollections:

Signs We Still Have Further To Go: Zak S winning Ennies wasn't nearly as bad as Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder stomping the ceremony, yay for samey old fantasy, gently caress innovation, etc. The fact that Guide to Glorantha only won one award is just hideously embarrassing, not to mention all the wonderous and innovative stuff that's been hitting the shelves. Alas. Also, still have companies like Kamikaze Games, Blind Ferret, Soda Pop Miniatures, Kingdom Death, and stuff like dakimakura sellers making GBS threads up the exhibit hall. Still, there are positive signs, like the Game of Thrones CCG, which could have been skeevy as its source material but chose not to be. So there's a lot of positive stuff going on nonetheless. The Zak S walkout, lauded by his supporters as some sort of victory (because of course it is), is a sign poo poo's changing.

Huh, I remember from the conversations I had back earlier this year about Gen-Con, it did not sound like That Part Of Gaming was really even represented there. Were Zak and his Simultaneously Pro-And-Anti-Everything Alliance actually present for this?

Gau posted:

This is nice

# ? Aug 7, 2015 23:17

Slimnoid: Sep 6, 2012; Does that mean I don't get the job?

Quarex posted:

Huh, I remember from the conversations I had back earlier this year about Gen-Con, it did not sound like That Part Of Gaming was really even represented there. Were Zak and his Simultaneously Pro-And-Anti-Everything Alliance actually present for this?

Zak won some Ennies (big whoop) and there were some "Zak Saved D&D" t-shirts being sold/passed around.

I don't think the stinkbat himself was present, but those who sided with him were, if in small numbers.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 23:33

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
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IIRC, one of Zak's books won an Ennie and a bunch of people in the audience went "ugh, gently caress that" and walked out, which is just proof that Zak is right and something something SJWs.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 23:47

Rockman Reserve: Oct 2, 2007; "Carbons? Purge? What are you talking about?!"

Are the Ennie's actually taken seriously, at all, by anyone? I am legit asking, I have no idea.

Gau posted:

this reminds me

i bought frostgrave yesterday but have yet to really dive into it

i realized that what i wanted wasn't necessarily a game but an excuse to kitbash sweetass airbrush-van-wizard models, which i plan to do.

but someone who knows even one iota about it, convince me that frostgrave is Cool and Good, thanks

# ? Aug 8, 2015 01:39

Slimnoid: Sep 6, 2012; Does that mean I don't get the job?

FMguru posted:

IIRC, one of Zak's books won an Ennie and a bunch of people in the audience went "ugh, gently caress that" and walked out, which is just proof that Zak is right and something something SJWs.

Three rows of people, from what I gather, with Cam Banks among them.

Ryoshi posted:

Are the Ennie's actually taken seriously, at all, by anyone? I am legit asking, I have no idea.

No, not really. It's only taken seriously by people who want to prove a point that is beyond the scope of the award show. Most of the time D&D/PF just stomps all over whatever category they are in, which is expected from a set of awards coming from what was is a glorified D&D fan site.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 01:43

Rockman Reserve: Oct 2, 2007; "Carbons? Purge? What are you talking about?!"

Slimnoid posted:

Three rows of people, from what I gather, with Cam Banks among them.

No, not really.

I'm going to ignore the entire rest of this post because these two sentences make me a little bit happy and by god I need it.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 02:03

Rand Brittain: Mar 25, 2013; "Go on until you're stopped."

As with most awards, the Ennies are taken seriously when they produce results we agree with and derided when they produce results we don't like.

(Regarded neutrally, they are still pretty bad.)

# ? Aug 8, 2015 02:06

The Vosgian Beast: Aug 13, 2011; Business is slow

Forums Terrorist posted:

And that game idea strikes me as being very Fantastic Mr Fox.

Now that you mention it, yeah.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 02:40

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Stop talking about Zak S and butthurt about the ENnies and instead talk about the new D&D movie that I hope to Jesus Christ that gets Jeremy Irons and Marlon Wayans again

# ? Aug 8, 2015 02:49

Ewen Cluney: May 8, 2012; Ask me about
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Ryoshi posted:

Are the Ennie's actually taken seriously, at all, by anyone? I am legit asking, I have no idea.

The Ennies are decided by a popular vote held by a D&D fan site. It's hard to take their results seriously at all, and doubly so when it comes to D&D material. Some people undoubtedly take them seriously, but for example David Hill (from Onyx Path) said that winning them just made him feel dirty.

The Origins Awards are by popular vote by Origins attendees. From what I've heard they tend to be bent towards whatever games are doing a good job of demoing at Origins that year, but they're a step above open votes from a D&D site on the internet.

The Diana Jones Award is decided by an anonymous committee of industry luminaries, and they deliberately exclude commercial success from their judgments, which is probably why (for example) a Polish larp was among this year's nominees.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 02:55

fool of sound: Oct 10, 2012

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

Stop talking about Zak S and butthurt about the ENnies and instead talk about the new D&D movie that I hope to Jesus Christ that gets Jeremy Irons and Marlon Wayans again

Hell yea

# ? Aug 8, 2015 03:05

LuiCypher: Apr 24, 2010; Today I'm... amped up!

Rand Brittain posted:

As with most awards, the Ennies are taken seriously when they produce results we agree with and derided when they produce results we don't like.

(Regarded neutrally, they are still pretty bad.)

I just read them as E/Nnies in my mind, and that automatically tells me everything I need to know about them.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 03:40

drrockso20: May 6, 2013; Has Not Actually Done Cocaine

if anything gets done with this Redwall meets D&D idea, this better be a viable character option;

# ? Aug 8, 2015 06:08

Simian_Prime: Nov 6, 2011; When they passed out body parts in the comics today, I got Cathy's nose and Dick Tracy's private parts.

I want the D&D movie to be centered entirely around a brutal dungeon crawl.

Imagine the Mines of Moria sequence from Fellowship padded out to 2 hours, with the entire party dying horribly before they can escape.

Then a second party goes down to follow rumors of the first. All except one dies, who we find out is the only one to survive to tell the tale.

The End! No moral!

Dungeons and Dragons: a Lars Von Trier film

# ? Aug 8, 2015 07:53

Tulpa: Aug 8, 2014

Simian_Prime posted:

Dungeons and Dragons: a Lars Von Trier film

Made me think more of Nicolas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising, which is essentially the wilderness-adventure equivalent of such a D&D movie.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 09:38

Splicer: Oct 16, 2006; from hell's heart I cast at thee
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drrockso20 posted:

Redwall meets D&D

<-dibs on this guy

# ? Aug 8, 2015 09:45

Simian_Prime: Nov 6, 2011; When they passed out body parts in the comics today, I got Cathy's nose and Dick Tracy's private parts.

Tulpa posted:

Made me think more of Nicolas Winding Refn's Valhalla Rising, which is essentially the wilderness-adventure equivalent of such a D&D movie.

Hell yeah! I came *this* close to mentioning Valhalla Rising in my last post.

It's on Netflix streaming, watch it now if you haven't already, thread.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 09:56

paradoxGentleman: Dec 10, 2013; wheres the jester, I could do with some pointless nonsense right about now

I would appreciate a piece of media depicting both the players bantering and playing IRL and the characters in the world of the game. Frankly I think a comic would be the ideal medium for this.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 10:04

Elector_Nerdlingen: Sep 27, 2004

Simian_Prime posted:

I want the D&D movie to be centered entirely around a brutal dungeon crawl.

Ghost Ship with a D&D aesthetic? I'm in.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 10:05

Splicer: Oct 16, 2006; from hell's heart I cast at thee
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paradoxGentleman posted:

I would appreciate a piece of media depicting both the players bantering and playing IRL and the characters in the world of the game. Frankly I think a comic would be the ideal medium for this.

Have you read dm of the rings?

# ? Aug 8, 2015 10:28

paradoxGentleman: Dec 10, 2013; wheres the jester, I could do with some pointless nonsense right about now

Splicer posted:

Have you read dm of the rings?

Yes I did, and yeah, I meant something of the sort.
I am not as much of a Tolkien fan as it is expected from tabletop enthusiasts, to tell the truth.

paradoxGentleman fucked around with this message at 10:32 on Aug 8, 2015

# ? Aug 8, 2015 10:29

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

paradoxGentleman posted:

I would appreciate a piece of media depicting both the players bantering and playing IRL and the characters in the world of the game. Frankly I think a comic would be the ideal medium for this.

I actually do think this would work super well in a film, but one that isn't The Gamers. There could be absolutely no drama revolving around the IRL group, that would kill it.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 10:31

Splicer: Oct 16, 2006; from hell's heart I cast at thee
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My Lovely Horse posted:

I actually do think this would work super well in a film, but one that isn't The Gamers. There could be absolutely no drama revolving around the IRL group, that would kill it.

So something kind of like the format of the princess bride?

# ? Aug 8, 2015 10:34

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

Wasn't my first thought, but yes exactly. Play the fantasy story straight and make it the center of the film, use the IRL group to poke fun at it and provide some sight gags. Princess Bride by way of MST3K.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 10:45

paradoxGentleman: Dec 10, 2013; wheres the jester, I could do with some pointless nonsense right about now

This discussion made me reread DM of the Rings, and holy poo poo is everyone much more of an rear end in a top hat that I remember. The GM is the most likeable character and he's completely tone deaf to what his fellow players want, which has got to be one of the cardinal sins of GMing.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 10:46

Simian_Prime: Nov 6, 2011; When they passed out body parts in the comics today, I got Cathy's nose and Dick Tracy's private parts.

paradoxGentleman posted:

This discussion made me reread DM of the Rings, and holy poo poo is everyone much more of an rear end in a top hat that I remember. The GM is the most likeable character and he's completely tone deaf to what his fellow players want, which has got to be one of the cardinal sins of GMing.

Yeah, I think there's much more of an equitable player/GM relationship in Darths & Droids.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 11:14

Splicer: Oct 16, 2006; from hell's heart I cast at thee
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DMotR is funnier though.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 11:45

90s Cringe Rock: Nov 29, 2006

Simian_Prime posted:

I want the D&D movie to be centered entirely around a brutal dungeon crawl.

Imagine the Mines of Moria sequence from Fellowship padded out to 2 hours, with the entire party dying horribly before they can escape.

Then a second party goes down to follow rumors of the first. All except one dies, who we find out is the only one to survive to tell the tale.

The End! No moral!

Dungeons and Dragons: a Lars Von Trier film

The post-credits scene is a third party rolling up, stealing the bling off the front doors, and spending the proceeds paying down their bar debt.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 13:03

DalaranJ: Apr 15, 2008; Yosuke will now die for you.

drrockso20 posted:

if anything gets done with this Redwall meets D&D idea, this better be a viable character option;

a necromouser

# ? Aug 8, 2015 18:09

jadarx: May 25, 2012

paradoxGentleman posted:

I would appreciate a piece of media depicting both the players bantering and playing IRL and the characters in the world of the game. Frankly I think a comic would be the ideal medium for this.

It needs to be a Fell's Five movie. Those comics felt like part of the dialogue was from the characters and other parts were from the players.

But like most DnD things from that time, it was too good for this world and taken from us