RogueModron

Hi folks, I'm a native English speaker but I'm a bookseller in Germany and I can't for the life of me think of an English word for the German *Leseexmplar* (lit. "reading copy"). I know about ARCs (advanced reading copy), but this is different, just the normal books on the shelves that you ask the publisher for a free copy of because you're a bookseller and you want to read it. I assume this is normal practice in most places. Here we get what we ask for about 9/10 times.

Is there a specific word y'all use for this when you ask a publisher for a book?

I'm interested in AM, and I see a lot of edition comparison between 3, 4, and 5. But I generally get curious about first editions, where the vision was at its purest.

So, have you played 1e? Why wouldn't you or would you play it now?

Hey folks,

I'm an experienced miniature painter (28mm, mostly), and I want to start making dioramas, boxes, and scenes. Obviously Youtube is a resource, and I'll be using it. But nothing replaces a good book or magazine. Any indispensible resources for the beginner?

...and it's KILLING me. Some important things from my past are coming back into my life, ways of being and making art, and it's as if I have a fire lit under me but am a bit lost as to the direction to go in. I asked the oracle for help in this, and the answer: do not act. Wait in patience.

NOT the answer I wanted. But very likely the one I need. Waiting is hard and feels like actively failing. But I trust to the wisdom here.

I'm continually surprised by the oracle.

Hi folks,

Sorry for the extremely basic and extremely general question, but I'm totally new to this world. Well, not totally--I come from miniature wargames and scales like 28mm, 32mm, and even 10mm. But I recently "discovered" 20mm (1:72) and am astonished at all that exists for it. Coming as I do from minis games and Warhammer in particular, I place a lot of value on really well-sculpted figures.

So, that said: who makes the best human/people/non-vehicles in your opinion?

Thanks!

Hi folks, I've played both Mother 1 and 2 and I love the rolling HP meter mechanic. Do any other JRPGs use this mechanic?

In an earlier thread,, I talked about how I've been trying to finish this game for 25 years.

Well, I did it. Here are the things that stick out to me about the experience:

• The battle system is SO good. As everyone knows, it's "just" Dragon Quest, but it's tuned super well and the rolling HP meters just add another level of interest. Honestly, more games need to experiment with rolling HP meters. It's not like the concept belongs to APE/Hal/Nintendo. I want a super grindy, technical RPG that uses this technology to good effect.

• T H E M U S I C. Listening to the music in this game a

I've been trying to play this game for 25 years, ever since I discovered emulators that allowed me to play the games I could never afford as a kid. I've started the game maybe ten times. It's not the game's fault. If anything, it shows how good it is--after being an enthusiastic videogamer in my childhood, I lost interest in my 20s and despite attempts, never came back to it. Games just weren't interesting to me anymore.

But somewhere in all that, and in all the re-beginnings of Earthbound, I ended up playing through Earthbound Zero and loving it. It's just so...it's got this...cheeky heart to it. It's so deeply felt but not overstated. And the fighting is fun! Some of the best classic JRPG

Topic. Do you do it before opening, or during opening hours? Thanks.

Hey folks, I'm in the Lost Underground fire cave, and for a while now Ness has been missing a LOT on physical attacks--definitely more than half the time. He has no status effects and he's not homesick. He's lvl 66 and has the Casey Bat.

Any ideas? Thx!

Hallo Zusammen,

da ich US-Amerikaner im Jahrgang 84 bin, weiẞ ich fast nichts über die Geschichte DDRs. Ich lese aber momentan Christoph Heins Roman *Das Narrenschiff* und bin plötzlich fasziniert. Wo fängt man an mit dieser vielfältige Geschichte? Gibt´s überhaupt ein Klassiker davon?

Ich danke euch im voraus.

Hi folks,

My daughter and I came across a lizard sunning itself today on a walk, and I began to explain cold-blooded and warm-blooded to her. I realized, to my surprise, that I couldn't get very far beyond "cold-blooded animals don't produce their own heat, warm-blooded animals do". I've since done some wikipedia research, as well as searching on this sub, but I can't find anything explaining why the blood and related systems of warm-blooded animals produce heat, and why the blood and related systems of cold-blooded animals do not.

Can anyone help me? You can bump up the explanation if you want, I'm trying to explain it to a 7-year old. ;)

Thanks, y'all!

In 2017 I had to go to drunk school to get out of jail time for my DUI. I completed it so successfully I convinced my counselor I didn't have a problem--when we said goodbye she said, "when you go out to dinner with your girlfriend, just call an Uber next time".

Needless to say that WASN'T the end of my drinking journey, but that story is beside the point here.

The point is, during that class, I learned about the stages of relapse. I don't remember them all, but I do remember the first stage: pre-contemplation. I'm going off the top of my head here, so don't take this as gospel (do your research if you actually want to be informed), but it describes the stage before you start actually t