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I was meandering through the archives and noticed the "Q&A with Gary Gygax" series of threads. I didn't take much interest in them when they were current, but wouldn't mind reading them now. They're a bit messy, though, with lots of questions interspersed with occasional answers - which, of...

I wonder what proportion of gamers posts on gaming forums regularly. I do, so I tend to assume that board chatter represents the general attitudes and interests of the gaming majority. On the other hand, only 2 of 5 people in my group bother with internet discussions, so online acitivity may...

Is there a way to view ENworld in mobile mode? It's an option at some VBulletin sites, selected via the skins tab at the bottom of the page.

I went to see the preview show of this at the Melbourne Performing Arts Centre last weekend. Very, very funny, and written with a true affection for the game and its players. Tripod is going to Massachussets to workshop it into a full-fledged show before going on tour. Book tickets as early...

An old question but a good one. I'm asking how you began playing RPGs in general, not the system/edition you're currently using. My introduction was a bit unorthodox: my primary school ran Basic D&D as lunchtime activity, with a teacher DMing. I started at age 8 and never looked back.

Forked from: No 5e threads for now, please I've always thought it would be a great idea to have a non-violent, more "cutesy" D&D edition for children. The elements are all there: gnomes, trolls, pixies, halflings, toy soldiers, magic and big adventures... If it was supported by colourful...

Forked from: What was your irritating DmPC's backstory? This question has cropped up before and, to my recollection, players' experiences of "pet" NPCs have been largely negative. As a player, have you ever had a good run with a DMNPC/PCNPC/whatever? Or as a DM, have you ever successfully...

Forked from: What is so special about Greyhawk? I generally regard myself as a fan of low-magic settings, but I'm still not sure exactly what that means. The definition low- or high-magic seems to be a largely subjective thing. So, for illustration, what do think would be the real world...

Outside America, only two demographic groups are familiar with the Imperial system of measurement: octogenarians and gamers. Gaming's popular in Europe and Australasia, so why are games there published with system of measurement that is both redundant and illogical? The general assumption is...

I almost always set my adventures in villages or "on the road" because when I run urban campaigns I get caught up in over-describing the city and its inhabitants, and forget basic details like where the inns are. What are your tips for providing players with a rich city environment without...

My office was throwing out a pile of polystyrene boxes so I grabbed a few to cut dungeon scenery out of, but I'm short on ideas for what to make. So far I've thought: Boxes/crates Sarcophagi Pillars ...and that's about it. Got any suggestions for what I can do with it? Or links to websites...

As a proud grognard, I was quite negative about 4E when it came out. I initially resented Hasbro for taking a shotgun to my most sacred gaming cows, but I'm quite sanguine about it now. The important thing is 4E's survival. If the newest edition increase its popularity there will always be...

Forked from: Attention Hobbit & Gnome Lovers! Out of curiosity, how do you think members of small races would have to fight in order to hold their own against larger opponents? What strategies and techniques would they adopt to survive? I'm thinking in terms of: as members of adventuring...

Despite my pre-release negativity, I’m really enjoying 4E. However, I’m also one of the (seemingly) growing number of D&D players who is considering a return to an old edition of the game. One of the primary reasons I’m turning off 4E is the relative power level of the PCs. They are...

...apart from OD&D, of course. I just can't deal with the scrappiness of the original books, and BECMI/RC is too prescriptive for the rules-light game I want to run. I checked out Swords & Wizardry, which seems fairly faithful to the original - plus some good tweaks to the rules. What other...

When I asked the question a year or so back, I was surprised to find that hairyfoots had largely survived the 3E Kenderkrieg and still featured in a majority of campaigns. So how about now? Has the resizing and recasting of halflings led you to drop the Tolkienoids from your game?

3.5 didn't do too badly in the realism stakes. The PCs tended toward superheroism, but nothing that couldn't be toned down by the DM. How are you finding 4E in that regard? I haven't absorbed all the rules yet, but I was particularly taken aback by a power (can't remember which) that allows...

Right. I've had enough of ruminating over the pros and cons of 4E. I'm going to run an old-school adventure for the group before we decide what system we want for our game. It's come down to a choice between Basic OD&D or Basic Fantasy RPG, but I can't decide. Here's the breakdown as I see...

Not as bad as it sounds. The Chaser's War on Everything is an enormously popular comedy program in Australia. For its website, the writers could have gone for a cheap, predictable poke at socially retarded gaming nerds, but instead they penned a funny and respectful article.

"Shazam!" "Abracadabra!" "By the power of Grayskull!" V, S, M. What does that signify? What does a wizard actually do when a spell is cast? I once played a dancing illusionist who cast spells by crumbling material components onto the ground, then performing a jig on top of them while...