handofdumb

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[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

My pal growing up had a dad that repaired arcade games. He had one of these in his garage a while. It was glorious!

I’ll never forget Aerosmith tossing the keys to you through the TV screen - “if you’re watching this, they’ve taken us” or whatever. Perfectly cheesy, wannabe-Duke-Nukem stuff. Love it.

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is some classic 80’s stuff!

I love the dark, fantastic, and scantily-clad imagery right next to those gems that look very much like Dungeons and Dragons dice. It feels like a little treat for the true nerds that could see it for what it is - as if to say “yeah, we got the art to draw in more normies, but this is for the DnD crowd, babay!”

Thanks for posting :)

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

WHO DO YOU GOT!?

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude you said it! That was absolutely nuts. It looked like a rough landing.

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not me! But that’s only because I can’t roll for shit.

Looks real good, man!

Also, way to take a nice picture, man. Framed it real well.

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

There's a lot to it! But I think I have a good start....

In DnD, you and a group of people are imagining things + crafting a story together.

As a player, you can be any type of character in this story, though there are often boundaries that depend on the group (for instance, youre unlikely to be a 43 year old human computer programmer with a hobby of collecting faberge eggs if the story you're taking part in happens to be in a Lord Of the Rings' Middle Earth-style world - instead, you might be a svelt dwarf with a peculiar love of elven music).

You determine what your player does in a variety of situations, from mundane to fantastical. If there's something you'd like to do, there's a way to do it that's (somewhat) balanced and fair for everyone else participating. For instance, you can't just declare you're the strongest and destroy all of the goblins - you have to prove that by rolling dice. Players interact according to guidelines and rulesets.

One of the people in your group acts as the Dungeon Master. Ideally, they essentially control everything else about the game - the setting (they'll describe the city you're in, how a cavern wall feels cool to the touch, the scars on the face of an orc you've battled before, the enormity of rhe giant in the distance, etc) and, when interacting with aspects of the game (shopkeeps, opponents, wildlife, sentient flora, elder gods, ferrymen, etc), they'll become those aspects of the game and role play accordingly. These also follow the same guidelines and rules you follow - so a goblin horde cannot just overtake your party, they'll have to prove that by rolling dice and the like against you all in combat.

I hope that helps a bit!

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Wasn't Santnam in the ring?

I know it's probably not true, but I like to believe it was Reese. The YET-TAY himself traded in his mummy wraps for a leather mask and went nuts.

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol YEP I'm right there with ya. That sweet product-tie-in match has a good chance to be a great spectacle.

Also, every time I see the Ass Boys, I like em more. I'm not sure what it is but I'm really rooting for 'em.

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We've all been there.

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is gonna be great!

Also, I bet Kenny Omega is gonna be fighting none other than Will Osprey. They'll be on his home turf after all, right?

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I dunno when people started getting put in-between the ring and the apron so frequently but I'm glad it keeps happening.

[–] handofdumb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Promo picks for The Young Bucks look like shots from Zoolander and I love it.

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