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What interested me most about Acid Rain was the cool sci-fi vehicles. They just seemed so weirdly utilitarian. Or utilitarianly weird. Figures by themselves don't spark anything in me, and I am over-vehicled in thy 1/12 scale display even if they did offer them.

I started reading the Expanse a while back. Was really entranced by its real-world space science setting. And then it abruptly got super sci-fi towards the end and I never got the 2nd book. I keep hearing about the show's adherence to real science, but I'm skeptical.

@Felonious Monk, that's...yeah. Basically yeah. I think a lot of these shows suffer from weak villains or villain let-down at the end. The Flagsmashers, fer instance, were ill-defined despite the show trying for the whole "good people on both sides" bit. But since they really only existed to...

I watched a review of Brancalonia a while back that had me really intrigued. Same with Dolmenwood which doesn't seem to be in any hurry to come out on pdf. I'm basically just collecting settings at this point.

Falcon & Winter Soldier is one of my favorite of the Marvel shows, yet I really do agree I wanted more Bradley. I would've happily traded in the "guy who saved the world can't get a boat loan" plotline for more time with him. I don't have them all ranked, but I'll say that F+WS, WandaVision...

How do you mean? We already knew it'd have to be a super-spy thriller; it just felt like a dialed-up Manchurian Candidate. It's still about stopping a hidden organization from toppling world governments with planted agents, just now their base is flying. It's basically View to a Kill.

@JakeEkiss, I get you. Like a neck adapter. I bet there'd be some interest in that.

I'm not expecting it. When Bill Murphy was talking about plans for the Soldiers of Fortune as a customizable line, and the swappability of the whole FMF catalog, he said Naughty or Nice was the exception because it was developed by someone else through FMF. I'd assume the NPCs will continue to...

I disagree. I think the show really started to fall apart after the trip to Pakistan, but not for that reason. I really enjoyed how the show gave me a view into a Pakistani family and the journey back to the Partition served both the story and that insight. So I like it conceptually, but the...

Holy carp! A swappable torso AND a plank to walk? These guys really go all-in. AND I just noticed Geordi comes with an arch. That's great. I mean, I'm not interested in "alternate looks" for the characters, but they really brought it. But I am super-in for that Romulan commander. You...

Not being allowed to fail is its own issue with me. A risk of failure is what makes playing adventures fun and what makes rewards valuable. For me. Tangent, there's a game system called Gumshoe that I'm interested in trying. It's designed specifically for investigating (and has an extensive...

I selected 'one definitive version' but what I really mean is that I've picked a single point in time for Marvel Comics and that's the look. My Marvel shelf is all Secret Wars/OHotMU costumes. That's the formative years of my comic reading so for many it's the default look in my mind.

Goddammit, @Goldbug! You said Episode 4! This was five!! Otherwise, heck yeah what an awesome episode. A real, honest to God exploration of the unknown with puzzles to solve and aliens to fight. It really had me guessing to the end. Except for Goldbug's spoiler, I guess. I even liked Pelia...

I personally really like a good skill system because of how it outlines how characters interact with the world when not trying to kill it. It highlights interests while reining in options. What I don't need is something too granular, where we're concerned about his Arcana 16 vs. her Arcana 12...

Barely a nitpick because it's just a personal preference, but I find these weapon rune rules to be the logical extension of the handholding trend in Pathfinder. I was excited that there were magic item creation rules in 3e. They were little recipes where you had to know the right mix of spells...

There's a version of Pathfinder that's right for me, but I don't actually know if it works. In PF2e, there are a couple alternate rules I wouldn't play without. I hate that level is added to attacks, AC, and skill rolls. It gives everything such a narrow window of validity. Using the...

Welp. Only one way to resolve this. Pistols or swords?

I just finished watching Scavengers Reign on HBOMax, and I'll just say... maybe don't. It's constant anxiety until an unintelligible non-ending.

Is this normal? My gaming days are long behind me; what's the slow-up here? Too many options or status effects? I'm trying to think back to my old gang, and I think the biggest delays were us screwing around or when we were trying to learn a new system.

I think the risk of character death makes you appreciate them more. A gaming quote that still sticks with me from some years back was "you can kill my character, but I'll make another one just like him, and he'll hate your guts." A joke, of course, but it pops into my head when I look at...

There's a lot I like about D&D 4th, especially after the Essentials releases, but the system didn't do much to support play outside of combat. The grognard in me really liked a good delve, with resource management, environmental challenges, and the like. Fourth edition just kind of hand waves...

Exactly! But a free Cannonball head is a start. I wonder if it would go on a Tri-Sentinel wave Xavier. Then it's just some gloves, boots and paint.

Grrr... I was all set to pass on the '97 Sunspot because I didn't think the art style would match any future non-'97 New Mutants figures. Now he's going to be a "just in case" buy.

"Beginning of September"? But that's forever. I've got seven figures pre-ordered for this wave. However, depending on the tariff tax, I may cut the two zombie soldiers. Zombies are kind of fundamental, though, so I'd hate to lose them. Come to think of it, I was able to pre-order the...

Schizm hit (almost) all the points I wanted to, so I'll just load everything into a bulk reply: