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I find that people rolling dice gets them into the game. So I just I want to see more and more of that. So I am constantly looking for roles and things. But I also don't allow 20 people to open a door. And so a game like Deadlands, where it does a nice job of saying there's a help system. And one of the players is actually very good at the table. She will often say, well, I'll help you with that.

I find that people rolling dice gets them into the game. So I just I want to see more and more of that. So I am constantly looking for roles and things. But I also don't allow 20 people to open a door. And so a game like Deadlands, where it does a nice job of saying there's a help system. And one of the players is actually very good at the table. She will often say, well, I'll help you with that.

Sort of takes that help slot. Right. It reminds everybody at the table. Oh, yeah, we shouldn't just jump in and everybody do this. You know, we can take someone can take the lead and someone can assist. And that's it. Right. And so and so everybody kind of falls into line that way. And that ends up being a really nice for our group. Right. That works really well.

Sort of takes that help slot. Right. It reminds everybody at the table. Oh, yeah, we shouldn't just jump in and everybody do this. You know, we can take someone can take the lead and someone can assist. And that's it. Right. And so and so everybody kind of falls into line that way. And that ends up being a really nice for our group. Right. That works really well.

There was a great player I played with in third edition who played a bard. And he would, like most bards in third edition, make bardic knowledge checks about just about everything. But when he would get it wrong, he would come up with whatever he believed was true. You know, here we are in the desert. Oh, these are the tracks of ice trolls. And everybody would say, ice trolls? Oh, yes.

There was a great player I played with in third edition who played a bard. And he would, like most bards in third edition, make bardic knowledge checks about just about everything. But when he would get it wrong, he would come up with whatever he believed was true. You know, here we are in the desert. Oh, these are the tracks of ice trolls. And everybody would say, ice trolls? Oh, yes.

They're very dangerous. They fade over time, but they're very cold, so they last quite some time. These are their tracks. And we're like, okay, we're all tracking ice trolls. And the DM would just go, what is happening? We'd have a blast, right?

They're very dangerous. They fade over time, but they're very cold, so they last quite some time. These are their tracks. And we're like, okay, we're all tracking ice trolls. And the DM would just go, what is happening? We'd have a blast, right?

Well, distribution of how the books move around is a big complex beast, and it's like the hidden engine you don't think about, right? You go to your local gaming store and you pick up a book and you go, great, but you don't think about the fact that there are all these steps taking place of how that book got there. And these are all lifelines for various parts of the industry.

Well, distribution of how the books move around is a big complex beast, and it's like the hidden engine you don't think about, right? You go to your local gaming store and you pick up a book and you go, great, but you don't think about the fact that there are all these steps taking place of how that book got there. And these are all lifelines for various parts of the industry.

Diamond is best known for distributing comics, but they also distribute books and games and toys and miniatures and all sorts of stuff to all kinds of stores of different sizes, including your local gaming store, but also other larger places to convention suppliers. You know, you name it, all kinds of places.

Diamond is best known for distributing comics, but they also distribute books and games and toys and miniatures and all sorts of stuff to all kinds of stores of different sizes, including your local gaming store, but also other larger places to convention suppliers. You know, you name it, all kinds of places.

and when they file chapter 11 that means they are running out of money and they are facing imminent failure so they are asking for protection against their creditors right they owe money and they want to continue to operate while they attempt to fix it because the idea is hey everybody in in let's say the united states is better off

and when they file chapter 11 that means they are running out of money and they are facing imminent failure so they are asking for protection against their creditors right they owe money and they want to continue to operate while they attempt to fix it because the idea is hey everybody in in let's say the united states is better off

If we don't pay a bunch of people we owe money to, but remain solvent, then if we collapse, and we'll talk about sort of the whys of that, but that's kind of what's at the heart of this, right? This is an engine that runs a lot of our industry.

If we don't pay a bunch of people we owe money to, but remain solvent, then if we collapse, and we'll talk about sort of the whys of that, but that's kind of what's at the heart of this, right? This is an engine that runs a lot of our industry.

Well, so this comes from their approach during 2020. And Diamond has sort of bad and good sides to it, you know, reviled and hated in some ways over the years, but also admired because they often do things like let small businesses sort of accumulate some debt so that they can...

Well, so this comes from their approach during 2020. And Diamond has sort of bad and good sides to it, you know, reviled and hated in some ways over the years, but also admired because they often do things like let small businesses sort of accumulate some debt so that they can...

get going and then pay off and so on so there's positive negatives to them but in 2020 during the pandemic lockdown phases diamond made the decision um the other thing that should say is they've sort of propped up the industry and did it by saying well we will take exclusive deals if you just deal with us and we distribute everything uh you know you comic book company right marvel dc

get going and then pay off and so on so there's positive negatives to them but in 2020 during the pandemic lockdown phases diamond made the decision um the other thing that should say is they've sort of propped up the industry and did it by saying well we will take exclusive deals if you just deal with us and we distribute everything uh you know you comic book company right marvel dc