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The usual disclaimer: Not edition waring. Please keep it on topic etc. I think with each subsequent edition there was (at least) an attempt to improve the science of DM-ing. I would acknowledge that not everyone likes the changes in the rules. Lets leave it at that as this not what this thread...

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Play running-DM using a published adventure to run a game for himself, including creating and running multiple DMPCs. Some parallels to the “Choose your adventure” style gamebooks prevalent in the 80s and 90s. Some reasons in no particular order There is only so much time for gaming, and...

The usual declaimers: This is NOT an edition war! The only wrong way to play is to not have fun. Greeting all. I found the attached article and while personally not agreeing with authors conclusions it does seems to raise interesting topics for discussion. In particular how has the focus of...

The more I read treads that devolve into edition war the more I am convinced that many a time it is not any particular person fault (thought occasionally here there be trolls). I come to believe that most often the disagreements happen due to all participants having an unique perspective. I...

I have seen problems stem from misaligned expectation and simple misunderstanding once too many and decided to write a post about it. As always the opinions are only my own and does not represent universal truth. The “Uncanny valley” of gaming if you will. If you are not familiar with the...

Do enemies always fight to the death? Some thoughts through editions and my experiences. As the title says i only cover the putting the fear in them aspect. By all means try Diplomacy first if you wish or sneak around if you can. Second edition has Morale rules. Lists of check triggering...

Preamble: This is not an edition war declaration. The examples and opinions below reflect only the opinions and experiences of the author and make no clams to be universally correct in any shape or form. Thank you in advance for not threadcr***ing. Let me start by stating that I had played...

Lately I been reading trough my old Dragon magazines and happen on number good articles, no real surprise there. Of particular interest was the title article found in #79. It deals with advise for better survival in edition neutral way. Now I would like to ask my fellow enworlders: Do...

Hello all, Tell me of the way you use music to enhance your game. Follows my examples: (I draw from Mercedes Lackey's music. Lyrics can be found on http://www.geocities.com/Ravenfield_vale/lyrics.html) I my game the resident bard has several signature songs tied to his bard abilities. We put...

Hello, I been trying to make a MKR conversion to BESM 2ed for some time. The bellow notes are all that I could salvage from my posts on GOO Guardians' site. SO if you are MKR fan (I could not be the only one right? right?) please post your opinion. My conversion was done is Word, unfortunatly...

Hello fellows, I happened to the following article: "Born to be bad" "If some children seem like they were born to be bad, new research suggests it may be true. ... The new findings suggest it's more a matter of genes. That is, parents who are naturally argumentative pass on these traits to...