Recent content by Stouthart

Excited for the Scarred Lands Kickstarterd. Backed for both PF and 5e.

I was trapped somewhere deep in the rotting pungent bowels of the great western Babylon called New York City. I had planned on writing my next column about the New York City Comic-Con from this stinking destitute location, surrounded by nerds, geeks, cosplayers- and the most horrid of all...

I'll also be keeping an eye on what you have to say in the next few articles. I'm a tech geek at heart but have always had a hard time justifying using anything but just battle-mat,markers,minis and rulebooks. The main reason for this is, as you mention, random encounters/'winging it.' I've been...

At the moment the main focus is being humorous. I've been trying to establish the GM's persona (crazy, frantic, rude, etc.) so readers will know where he's coming from in future columns (and hopefully find him more funny than offensive.) I would like to continue the 'story' as time goes on, but...

And I appreciated it! To be honest, even if I had some comments I would have said the same thing. This is an experiment in gonzo journalism and I know it's not been very accesible. I've been trying to channel Hunter S. Thompson (... well more like rip him off!) and focus his style through the...

It was a good old-fashioned mexican standoff. Sitting in my sanctum sanctorum (a.k.a. living room), I silently eyed the three goons from across the top of my GM screen. They warily eyed me back. I slowly reached into my bag of Cheetos and grabbed a handful of the golden nuggets... ...which...

Another vote for The One Ring. Good rules that capture the feel of Tolkien's ME stories.

Thanks for the post, MerricB. I just purchased this over the weekend. Picked up 1 starter set plus 2 TIE Advance, 1 Y-Wing and 1 X-Wing. Planning on playing some warm-up games this weekend, then the following Saturday six of us are planning on playing a huge 3-on-3 game. Should be interesting...

Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy it. I found it to be thoroughly entertaining- it was funny, fresh, exciting and a quick read. It's no literary masterpiece, I'll give you that, but I still think its the highest level of brain-candy/popcorn fiction.

I second the comment about cats. One of my friends has an infamous d20 he still uses we christened "cat-poop die" (but use another word for 'poop'... you know the one.) This poor die was swallowed by his cat and he later found it while cleaning out the litter box. Don't ask me why he decided to...

I hope it's the original 1st printing. Cheesy nowadays, but I still like them more than the 2nd printing.

I am thoroughly enjoying both of these titles- especially Grant Morrison's Action Comics. I would recommend you check out Batman, Inc. If you decide to, start with the pre-New 52 volumes (i think there are two.) They lead directly into the new series that just started a few months ago.

I like this idea. My number one item on the list (at least for D&D 3/3.5/PF) would be... When in doubt, FLANK! :)

I disagree about the lack of desire for 2nd ed reprints. I'm sure there is a sizable fan base for 2nd- maybe not as large as 1st or 3rd, but it was around for 11 years. And sure, original copies might still be available on ebay, but I've found that my 2nd ed (as well as old 1st ed) books fell...

I purchased the rules when they were released last year and have read over them a few times. Currently trying to sell one of my groups to let me start up a game. We meet once a month to play a Pathfinder campaign and are currently looking for another system/game to play on one of the off weeks...