Curmudgeon in the Cellar **172**

A somewhat windy dissertation on the following: Memorable PC's; black powder era games; the wimpiness of 1st Lvl Illusionists and Color Spray; time-traveling adventures; city campaigns as cops; praise for Fat Dragon; XP for treasure; What is the nature of Play?; in-game timekeeping; eating gnat poop; more nuances on the nature of HP- would it be better called Close Call Pts?; co-op games; using Illusion in game design; projectile-delivered Healing; playing in your head vs. elaborate table layout; Sex? no thanks--we play D&D.