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Reminded that the Microsoft ebook store closes next week. The DRM'd books will stop working.

I cannot believe that sentence.

"The books will stop working."

I keep saying it and it sounds worse each time.
There will be refunds, and reasonable voice says to me it's just business, but the book voice wants to burn it all down.

I'm kind of with the book voice on this one.
Source: support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/449…
Oh, though I had missed this gem.

Remember: Free with DRM is not the same thing as free.
The.

Books.

Will.

Stop.

Working.
Get a copy of Calibre. medium.com/@angeldan1989/…

I don't endorse piracy, but your moral obligation to tolerate DRM on things you've bought is nil.

(Unless you find the "you license everything" to be moral, in which case, it's impossible to steal anything anyway, so no worries.)
And, look, I love ebooks.

I do.

Epubs. Gaming PDFs. The whole shebang.

I see no contradiction between that and loving physical books, and I don't get those who do. They each have wonderful advantages.

This is not about ebooks. It's about bullshit.
There are plenty of publishers and bookstores who offer electronic books in reasonable ways that respect their readers. Hell, I like to think we're one of them.

But there are also plenty who don't. And to hell with them.
To counter my own ranting, shout out to good actors like @nostarch and the @bitsandmortar program.
Got a great link from @trissylegs for some great DRM free resources

More places I get great DRM free ebooks:
@leanpub leanpub.com
@DriveThruRPG drivethrurpg.com/index.php
@itchio itch.io
@abookapart abookapart.com

Also, shout out to the RPG publishers, esp folks like @EvilHatOfficial and @PelgranePress
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This is true, but I want to give a challenge:

The *easy* solution is to think of b plots as "hooks for one character".

Those are C plots.

Your B plots should engage *at least* two characters. Don't force it to engage them all - rather, just rely on the ragged edges.
Magged edge means using multiple overlapping subgroups to cover the whole.

So if I have characters A, B and C, my A plot should engage all of them, but if I have 3 B Plots that engage AB, BC and AC, then with 4 plots I have just brought a HUGE level of very organic engagement.
"Plots" being used very loosely here to cover a multitude of gaming elements.

Also, the ABC example is both tidy and comprehensive, but add one more character and it will be messy by necessity, and that's good.
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Honestly, I had expected the publisher to just breeze past this one on the strength of their Witcher 3 writing chops.

I mean, that’s double edged. I love W3, but I will not pretend it’s flawless. But I’m kind of hoping for about the same level of flawed.
It’s an interesting illustration of the power of words.

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One little point on Safety & Communication tools in games.

These are not weird SJW ideas, these are things that get serious investment from business and government in the interest of high functioning teams and badass warriors.

It’s serious stuff and worth catching up with.
You’re not obliged to take games seriously.

But if you do (and I do) then safety & communication are simply practical concerns, like logistics, scheduling and snacks. They’re not a source for drama, they’re just good practices.
This is not because it helps anyone else (though it does). It’s because it’s how we help ourselves. These things lead to better interactions and better play, and their payoff is substantial.

I don’t need to exaggerate this. It’s genuinely very basic stuff.
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