Snarf Zagyg
Notorious Liquefactionist
Has it been that long? Why yes, yes it has been. Time for another roundup of ... Snarfticles?
Yeah, I guess that works. If you're looking for the past archives, you can find them here ....
First Archive
Second Archive
Third Archive
Fourth Archive
Fifth Archive
Old Rules and How They Explain Current Problems (Or Don't)
Random Thoughts about 5e, or Why No One Reads the DMG
Theoretical Theories about Theory- Assorted Puffery and Argle Bargle Passed Off as Essays
Talkin 'bout a New Edition
Law 'Spainlin'
The Media, Pop Culture, and the Streaming Wars
Potpourri
Yeah, I guess that works. If you're looking for the past archives, you can find them here ....
First Archive
Second Archive
Third Archive
Fourth Archive
Fifth Archive
Old Rules and How They Explain Current Problems (Or Don't)
D&D General - Druids and Path Dependency: Why the Scimitar Helps Illuminate D&D
In another thread, people are having a great discussion about what, exactly, a D&D (5e) scimitar really is. Like many D&Disms, the inclusion of scimitars is ... well, it's certainly a choice. But reading the thread, I saw a great comment by @Gradine ... They're swords that druids can use I...
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D&D General - Lethality, AD&D, and 5e: Looking Back at the Deadliest Edition
I saw a comment in my favorite meta-thread a week or so ago that, roughly boiled down, was, "Yo. AD&D wasn't that difficult. Heck, combat was much less lethal than later editions like 5e. AD&D was practically easy mode. By fourth level, you really couldn't die in AD&D." Now, when I first read...
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https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-original-reason-for-spell-components-balancing-bad-jokes.698873/
Random Thoughts about 5e, or Why No One Reads the DMG
D&D 5E - In Search Of: The 5e Dungeon Master's Guide
Lost civilizations, extraterrestrials, myths and monsters, missing persons, magic and witchcraft, unexplained phenomena, and unread roleplaying game books. "In Search of..." forum posts are traveling the internet, seeking out these great mysteries. This thread was the result of the work of...
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D&D 5E - The 5e DMG Part 2- The Purpose of the DMG
Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process. 1. Introduction- What Does "No One Reads the DMG" Actually Mean? So my undying love of Leonard Nimoy, long-running jokes, and the many nifty and obscure things tucked away in the 5e DMG led...
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Theoretical Theories about Theory- Assorted Puffery and Argle Bargle Passed Off as Essays
D&D General - What is Good for D&D ... is Good for the RPG Hobby- Thoughts?
Just when I thought I was out, @Scribe dragged me back in. A long time ago, there was a famous quote- What's good for General Motors is good for the country. Which is a mostly untrue quote in terms of historical accuracy (albeit it was likely said by Abraham Lincoln), but 150% true in capturing...
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https://www.enworld.org/threads/understanding-history-why-serious-scholarship-of-d-d-matters.698849/
https://www.enworld.org/threads/jargon-revisited-why-jargon-is-often-bad-for-discussing-rpgs.699397/
D&D General - And the Druid Explodes: Understanding the AD&D Design Space's Legacy
A few brief words are necessary to insure that the reader has actually obtained a game form which he or she desires. Of the two approaches to hobby games today, one is best defined as the realism-simulation school and the other as the game school. AD&D is assuredly an adherent of the latter...
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Talkin 'bout a New Edition
Law 'Spainlin'
How to Do Your Own Legal Research: Worried about the OGL?
Greetings, fans of turning discussions about unicorns and dragons into protracted legal-ese (all three of you). As you might remember, I have previously cautioned people against tackling complicated legal issues and/or going pro se (roughly translated as “I like to lose without knowing why”)...
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Law is Hard: Worried About the OGL (Part 2)
Now, my good readers, we have come to the second in the occasional series on the Law (having been roused due to the OGL nonsense). In order to understand why the law can be so gosh-darned difficult to understand at times, we must first answer a more simple question, as first posited by the Hon...
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Why do lawyers write like that: Worrying about the OGL (Part 3)
So we are now on part 3 of the occasional series on the law- again, this is a general explainer about litigation, but has application to TTRPGs due to the current kerfuffle over the OGL. How to Do Your Own Legal Research: Worried about the OGL? Law is Hard: Worried About the OGL (Part 2)...
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Understanding the In Terrorem Effect of Litigation
So this part of my ongoing and series of law-splainer threads tangentially discussing legal issues and related to nuTSR and the OGL kerfuffle. For prior threads, see the end of the post. Disclaimer: This is about litigation in the United States of America. Not other common law countries (the...
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Boilerplate Language: Worrying about the OGL (Part 4)
Well, I made a promise to @LordEntrails ... so, you're welcome, I guess? I've previously posted some explainers on some fancy lawyerin' topics, and the two that are relevant to this brief(er) post are as follows: Why do lawyers write like that? Why does litigation cost so much? One of the...
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The Media, Pop Culture, and the Streaming Wars
Doctor Who: Past, Future, and Thoughts on the End of the 13th Doctor (SPOILERS!)
(Note- I originally wrote this as a comment on this thread. I ended up writing a lot about Doctor Who in general, so I am posting it as a separate thread) I watched the finale of Season 13 (and the Whittaker era) the day after it aired (recorded on BBC America) and I've been thinking about the...
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Disney- The Past, Present, and Future with the Ouster of Bob Chapek
(This was originally going to be posted in this thread, but I ended up writing a lot) So, what really happened with Bob Chapek and Bob Iger at Disney? As a threshold issue, and I mean this in the nicest possible way- if your youtube algorithm/facebook feed/googling for news sources is...
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Potpourri
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