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The site and messageboards have a wholly different skin than last I saw... what happened? I thought I was at Dragonsfoot.org for a moment!

Ken Rolston, designer for the Paranoia RPG (and other TSR, Games Workshop, and Avalon Hill credits), and lead designer for the Morrowind and Oblivion video games, currently lead designer at Big Huge Games producing the upcoming Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, talks RPGs on the Weekend Confirmed...

The discussion on D&D's past, present, and future along with Ryan Dancey's thoughts on the matter and the subject of how to introduce new players to the game made me think of my own introduction to the game. When I was in 6th grade, I met a student named Dan. Until that grade, Dan had attended...

A few months ago there was a thread on sexism in D&D. I mentioned in passing a reference to Women's Lib in OD&D, but couldn't find the original reference. Here it is! From Greyhawk, D&D Supplement I, page 35 (misspelling and emphasis in the original): DRAGONS: These additional varities of...

I have not played 4e, yet. I have a campaign that goes back to 1991, with generally the same players/characters. The campaign has been low to mid level AD&D/D&D 3e (highest character level 7). I did not plan it as the theme, but the result of the players' character choice and actions made it...

How do you create that nifty spoiler drop down box?

I'm quite a fan of Talisman and I've been recently looking for other fantasy board games suitable for two or more competing players. Since the new revised fourth edition of Talisman is by Fantasy Flight Games, I've been browsing their catalog, and Runebound has caught my eye. What's your...

Today is September 22, Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday, "Our Birthday" . . ! Each year on this date, I begin rereading The Lord of the Rings. Does anyone else reread LOTR on a regular basis? Let's share our love of this fantastic story!

Shouldn't the new edition be 4D&D?

The Waldorf Saga, from the pages of the letter column in the Dragon Editor's response follows each letter in italics. Dragon #137 Dear Dragon: Recently my AD&D® game character, Waldorf, a 358th-level magic-user, created the nuclear bomb. Due to this action, all of Greyhawk has been utterly...

I'm thinking of purchasing Mongoose's pocket guides in place of those of WotC. I think I would prefer a bare bones presentation that lacks the 'dungeonpunk' illustrations in the offical books. Anyone have these books? Are they reasonably errata-free? Do they stand-in adequately for the...

I've seen the second printing Conan book at my local game shoppe. Do you know if this printing repaired the editing errors reported from the first printing?

When 3e premiered I bought the core books and played a few games. I have been away from the game for a while and I'm gathering that the changes between 3 and 3.5 are more than cosmetic. What do you consider the fundamental differences or even the "nitpicky" differences between the two...

Cleaning out the gaming files on my PC, I came across this editiorial: REAL MEN DON'T PLAY GURPS ========================= Back in the good old days -- the "Golden Era" of roleplaying -- it was easy to separate the men from the boys (sometimes called "Real Men" and "Quiche Eaters" in the...

Who is Crothian? And why is my post count set to reflect how many more posts he/she/it has than me?

Do you know of any 3rd party monster resources that have most of the "standard" D&D monsters (goblins, orcs, dragons, demons, etc)? I'm wondering if there is a monster book out there similar to Mongoose's Player and GM pocket guides.

I'm an old school AD&Der who has played d20 and is thinking of renewing a long standing campaign, converted to d20. While d20 has many similar elements to AD&D, it is quite different, especially in character power and level advancement. What d20 experience level would you consider to be "name"...