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Ugh. Typo - was supposed to be "remakes" but I wasn't awake enough to proofread

I think I have to give it to Heart Gold, though it's not an easy choice. Those remakes just really captured the spirit of the original but with all of the improvements to the format that has been made since. It's a fantastic game to replay.

In fact, my oldest kid and I are making our way through Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee right now, and after we finish we'll be moving to Heart Gold and Soul Silver. I'm really excited to walk through every generation with him, but that duo is the one I'm looking forward to most.

I believe you mean "borb"

I finished up Terry Pratchett's Equal Rights the other day, and have moved on to Mort. As much as I enjoyed Equal Rights,I think Mort takes the title of my favorite so far. Lots to read yet, though, so we'll see if it gets displaced

If you want something simple, you could try Peril in Pinebrook. It was designed to be used in schools to teach kids to play. It uses a much simplified set of rules and pre-generated characters. I'm going to be using it with my family in a few weeks

Since I didn't really have time to play D&D right now, I finally decided it was time to dig into Baldur's Gate, so I'm continuing my foray through that. I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Oh, and to be clear, in talking about Baldur's Gate 1: Enhanced Edition.

5e is fantastic. It presents the standard combat-centric D&D rules, and provides a lot of freedom for players and DMs to fill in whatever rules they find most enjoyable.

Levels 1-3 are designed for the express purpose of onboarding new players, so complaining that it doesn't fully represent D&D, is pretty silly - it's supposed to be simplified.

I will agree with the facts behind your comments on the skill system, if not the exaggerations. I would prefer a looser system, akin to those from Fate, Cypher or Daggerheart, to allow for more creative freedom.

D&D doesn't suck - it's a combat centric system, as it always has been.

I believe it's a weapon type thing from Ninjago

I have finally committed. I've started Sir Terry Pratchett's Disc World, starting with the Color of Magic, and I intend to proceed by publication order. We'll see how long this one takes to finish. 😛

Absolutely hilarious. A friend of mine has been resisting the urge to get into LEGO for quite a while now. We were talking about it this morning and he mentioned that one of the things that would cause him to give in is the existence of UCS Start Trek sets. 😛

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So, these cars don't really do much for me - I'm not a big racing fan - but for those who do enjoy them, what do you think of the sheer quantity of stickers? It's the only way we'll get representation of the ad placement on the real cars, but is that a desirable thing to have? Personally, I would prefer a cleaner look, but again, I'm not really the target audience here.