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Post Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 12:48 pm 
 

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I used to believe that.  Bread lines are going to suck.

Bread lines, mass unemployment and the violence that comes with it. The beauty of socialist utopia. But wait.... It'll be different this time. We'll may a trillion $$$$ coin and get rid of cash. Or better still... Lets give everyone a living wage without them ever having to do any work ever. Why not just make every citizen and millionaire. Millionaires don't starve or riot do they? Oh wait... they did in Germany, Zimbabwe, Argentina, Venezuela. Ah... but those are all backward countries and they just didn't do socialism the right way. The way that socialism should be done will make everyone happy and free. You will own nothing and you will be happy (Provided you have your papers and permission from your Government to be outside.) Auswies bitte.

The funny thing about food banks in the my local area is a lot of those who use them have mobile phones, dogs that eat more than my kids, and TV entertainment subscription packages. They'll actually stand and check their Facebook while you're packing their bag for them. These are the riches 'poor' people in the whole world! Like, given the medical benefits in the UK, I suspect it is better to be 'poor' in the UK than in the US. Based on annual income alone, they are in the top 20% of the richest human beings who have ever lived on this planet, and yet they figure feeding their children is not as high a priority as feeding their pitbull, paying for something to watch when they are sitting on their sofa, or having a bit of bingo money (is that just a Scottish thing? Do yous have Bingo halls in the US?)

Still, its free food, so why not spend your spare money on Netflix instead of vegetables?

It'll be interesting to see what happens in a country full of billions of rounds of ammunition when compared to countries with only hand tools. Wouldn't want to live the next 20 years in a US residential neighborhood tacked onto the side of a major metropolitan area.


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Post Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 2:27 pm 
 

Not sure why the popularity of D&D is seen as a bad thing. Having played D&D and AD&D as a kid, in literal basements in shame/embarrassment,  it's no sacrifice to say that 5e is the best version of the game. The popularity and new fans supporting the game is amazing from a community constantly putting out art, game aides, storylines, etc. the vast majority of it free and high quality. Plus they are interested in the old stuff. The 20 and 30 somethings are buying up the older games at high prices which is actually keeping the hobby alive. It's good for the hobby for aftermarket sales to be strong. Gone are the days of throwing out books and dice in the trash because they were taking up too much space. I see no downside and that entire article reads as get off my lawn.

  

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 5:57 pm 
 

I just finished Game Wizards. Highly recommend for those interested in the games business!

My earliest interests in collecting were periodicals for just this. I find the competition between early game publishers and designers fascinating. Sniping through editorials. One-upmanship over cons. Gamers running their companies like PCs. The Venn diagram of creators and businesspersons back in the day, just not much overlap.

Jon, thank you for the effort, I can’t imagine what a task pulling all the source material. Great stuff :)


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:37 pm 
 

Yeah, it was definitely a drama-filled period.

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