When the door finally opened, Zwerdling heard a remarkable tale, matching in almost every detail the story that simultaneously unfolded to me in Utah.

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Finally, the screen door opened a few inches.

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The door finally opened, and Gomaa emerged.

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Then Kickstarter came along and a door opened this was FINALLY our chance to sidestep the publisher model and get financing directly from the people who want to play an Obsidian RPG.

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Eventually, this opened the door to technology for me when a regular named Andrew Saxe finally listened.

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When Grom opened, the New York Times ran an article about how finally, an authentic gelateria from Florence had opened in New York, and as a result, the lines were out the door for the first few months, and though I walked by it all the time, I could never bring myself to wait that long.

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