Ryan Howard

Designer and publisher of RPGs. Proprietor of RGH Press. Still King of the Boneheads.

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My latest article covering Star Wars from the millennial perspective is now available! Check it out and be sure to subscribe for more articles like this!

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@YoDanno I've heard a theory circulating for years that Athas was Krynn so, yeah

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The fact that "Choosin' Texas" is such a huge crossover hit should be a wakeup call for country music. It's a story song with traditional country instruments. Country never should have abandoned those things.

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Read the article here: https://t.co/zSoH3RqFeH

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My latest article covering Star Wars from the millennial perspective is now available! Check it out and be sure to subscribe for more articles like this!

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@Disyouskol Seriously, the CGI in AOTC is horrific. Throughout most of Phantom Menace, there are physical sets. Basically the first and last acts of AOTC are entirely green screen and look like it.

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To help with my articles, I've been rewatching Star Wars for the first time in several years. There's a lot of unfair and inaccurate criticism of the Prequels, but Attack of the Clones is absolutely hot fucking garbage with almost zero redeeming qualities.

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@Vomitronz You can get better coffee and donuts from any gas station

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Dunkin is shit, it's always been shit and its popularity makes me question if yankees even have taste buds

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@LL_929 Hand out props at the table? Who am I, Gallagher?

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@Percival2187 I've never even attempted to explain the idea of the Soup Aisle to my family but my daughter just has that inborn female disgust for it without me saying anything.

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"I'm gonna kick him in the tomato cans! He's gonna be reading soup cans instead of books!" - my 4-year-old trash talking during a game of Mario Party while accidentally discovering the Soup Aisle from first principles.

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It's been a long time since my last article, but I've got one today that will be the first in a series outlining my thoughts on Star Wars and the generational divide within the fandom. Check it out and be sure to subscribe for the future installments in this series.

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Dave Filoni will not rest until every single sneeze, bowel movement and midnight snack had by Ahsoka Tano is rendered in 4K at the expense of everything else.

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The decline of Favreau and Filoni’s corner of Star Wars has been surreal to watch.

It technically started with S2 of The Mandalorian, but no one noticed over the cameo fest. Every story since, from Book of Boba Fett onward, has been a creative clusterfuck.

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@GrampsToolshed It's pretty lean so it's easy to overcook, but it's good.

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I understand what you're saying, but I don't know that you've taken this idea to its logical conclusion. There's a huge difference between "Jimmy thinks D&D is 5th Edition but Bill thinks it's AD&D 1e," and "Jimmy and Billy have two completely different home games with completely different rules but both are still valid D&D."

I have a lot of respect for Professor Dungeon Master. I've shared a meal with the man and consider him one of the nicest guys in the industry. He's wrong about this though and I've told him as much to his face.

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@RPGStrata @dm_serious @Gingerblast It also makes it impossible to discuss the game if one term has a thousand different meanings.

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Fantasy roleplaying is far too broad for "D&D" to be an appropriate generic term. There's little meaningful difference between a Puffs tissue and a Kleenex, so calling all tissues "Kleenexes" is fine. Games are defined by their rules though. It would be like calling every board game "Monopoly," or saying "We're gonna play some poker," only to start playing blackjack.

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Sumptuary laws in all settlements larger than villages. Armor is not permitted in town unless under siege conditions, you must dress according to your station and you must display some proof of your profession (Guild sigil, regimental colors, etc). When given an audience with nobility, you must dress accordingly.

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Dave Grohl belongs nowhere even close to this list. There's some serious Brit bias here too. Keith Richards is not a top 10 guitarist and Brian May is not number 1 even though he does belong in the top 10. Drop Grohl and Richards, put Richie Blackmore at 10 and Eddie Van Halen at 1 and shift everyone else down by one position and it's a more accurate list