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Bart Carroll

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Bart Carroll has spent the past 20+ years writing, editing, and producing content for digital and tabletop gaming. In this time, he’s managed the Dungeons & Dragons website, published Dragon+ digital magazine, and worked on brands including Magic: the Gathering, Star Wars, and G.I. Joe. He’s also proud to have written several adventures in support of Extra Life, benefiting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. He is still afraid of the dark after watching Poltergeist as a child, and once struck out in Little League while simultaneously getting hit by a pitch.

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What Exactly Was Luke's Plan?

Welcome back! For new readers, I started this Substack mostly as an excuse to play with my action figures—but in order to have something to say about them, I also consider how these figures might serve as prompts for fiction and TRPG writing.

Today’s action figure honors Mark Hamill, and his admitted love of toys. And my admitted love of Mark Hamill.

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