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Michael Surbrook has an outline for a whole organization, The Tarot Council.

Donald Glover to Star in, Produce Spider-Man Movie Based on Villain Hypno-Hustler
 

Bob Barker is 99.

That's as close as he can get to 100 without going over.

Greetings fellow HERO System fans! I know these updates should happen more often; and I’ll try to improve upon that. But for now, here’s what’s going on with Hero Games and the HERO System at the end of 2022.
 
1) First of all, if you haven’t joined our Patreon account (https://www.patreon.com/hero_games), please consider doing so. By becoming patron you will not only help fund the creation of of new books, but also gain the ability to review and comment upon unreleased material before it becomes available to the public. Right now we have a little more than fifty patrons; but I envision Hero Games having more like one hundred in 2023. Then we would be really “cooking with gas,” in terms of getting manuscripts turned into books more expediently.
 
And I really prefer Patreon for Hero Games as a crowdfunding method over Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, or any of the other platforms. Though that is admittedly a personal preference.
 
2) Have you seen our Champions Complete bundle on Roll20 (https://roll20.net/)? It has everything you need to play Champions with your friends online, including all of the material from Champions Complete and Champions Begins usable in Roll20.
 
3) Carlos and I got in a proof for Thomas Stadley’s new champions universe organization book Institute For Human Advancement: Pride & Prejudice, and there were some issues. So we’ve made some changes, resubmitted it, and I have a new proof on the way to me right now. If everything checks out, we should have that book available in the Hero Games store, DriveThruRPG, Amazon, Indie Press Revolution, and at a game store near you.
 
4) With Christopher Hackler’s Gaslight: Horror & Heroism in the Victorian Era having been through the Patreon account, Carlos and I have begin editing and laying it out. We’ll be presenting finished chapters on Patreon before taking it to print early next year.
 
5) Steven Otte’s Heroes In A Hurry is currently being run through the account. It is in nearly final form, and will go straight to press afterward.
 
6) Michael Satran’s final work Imperial Throne has been reviewed by fans on the Patreon account, and the response has been quite positive. Carlos and I will begin work on that when we’re done with Gaslight.
 
7) We will continue to put out chapters from renowned game designer Scott Bennie’s final novel The Last Orc, at which point I’ll copy edit it in preparation for publication sometime in 2023.
 
8. We’re going to start putting up chapters of Phil Guinchard’s Gemini System soon. It’s a genre-agnostic game heavily influenced by the Hero System and OpenD6; and, like Champions Now, is the sort of experiment we’d like for you to see.
 
That’s all I can think of here at the end of 2022. As always, if you have a Hero Games manuscript, email me at jason@herogames.com and let me know.
 
- Jason Walters, Publisher
 

That could make Dr Fate a Dr Strange variant. 

"What did you do after they threatend you?"
"I ran so far away!"

Okay, my take on the D+ series. As has been stated before, a low ranking doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. I've enjoyed all of the D+ series, albeit for different reasons. But some stand out more than others.
 
1. Hawkeye - Marvel's version of Die Hard. Great character development for the most overlooked Avenger.
2. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - I found the analysis of the legacy of Captain America very compelling. Plus, Marvel's version of Jason Bourne.
3. Moon Knight - I've always loved this character, and I thought the portrayal of his/their different personalities was powerful. Oscar Isaac nailed it.
4. What If...? - I confess, this one's ranked this high just because it gave me the opportunity to hear Chadwick Boseman's voice in a new work one last time.
5. WandaVision - The sheer audacity of the concept has to be admired. The ending was a little week, as was the Bohner joke, but we got Monica!
6. Loki - Marvel's buddy cop movie through SpaceTime. Brilliant acting by Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson. The ending was necessary, but unsatisfying. 
7. Ms. Marvel - The powerset change bugged me initially, but I got over it. A bunch of trolls on the Internet panned the series for all the cultural bits (e.g., refugee, Islam, and teenager). I thought the cultural bits were one of the strongest things about the series.
8. She-Hulk, Attorney At Law - Fantastic acting by all parties concerned, and true to the spirit of (at least one run of) the comics. But the ending was over the top, even for the concept, and I don't know if this series will even be considered canon going forward. But still quite enjoyable. 
 
Still haven't seen Wakanda Forever. Maybe this weekend.

Police have arrested the World Tongue-Twister Champion.
 
They said he'll be given a tough sentence.

Inside you there are two wolves.
Inside Mozart there were like ten or twelve.
 
 

Inside you there are two wolves.
Inside Mozart there were like ten or twelve.
 
 

My boss has threatened to fire the employee with the worst posture.
 
I have a hunch it might be me.

I know I'm coming to it late, but ST: Lower Decks is the best Star Trek series I've seen in...maybe forever.