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A pre-release version has been released to the Kickstarter backers in the past couple of days. I have to admit, there is a lot more here than I thought there would be. Given the volume of materials released to the Kickstarter backers, I have just browsed through it. The Fate version they...

I have to nominate Greg Stafford. From him and his works have spawned: Glorantha - One of the most creative, mythological RPG worlds. Runequest - One of the most successful fantasy RPG's after D&D. Pendragon - An innovative RPG, where you not only roleplay a character, but also can roleplay...

This is my main issue with them. When I search or browse for a specific product type, I hate wading through pages of entries for these tiny products to find the sort of product I want. The big sales at RPGNow is the most common example of this. I want to page through and see if there is...

As it turns out, a favorite book/game store in Delaware announced it was going out of business last week, Between Books. Yesterday the local paper even had a story covering it. While there is another game store further south, I had a good relationship with the owner, Greg, and it is a shame he...

Actually, the story is in the RPGNow description of the book, which points out that TSR willing pulled them from the book after coming to an agreement that allowed them to be published. As of this moment, 10 of the top 15 at RPGNow are all D&D titles with the Basic Set being number 1, and B2...

And there was much rejoicing. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0864.html

Which is ironic because Kobold Quarterly started as a PDF magazine. Wolfgang decided to arrange to a some print copies produced for those who wanted only print. By the second issue, if I recall correctly, they produced enough to get into gaming stores at an excellent price.

However, if there was only one Ancient Greek Art museum, wouldn't it be odd to have none in Greece? The sentimental choice is Lake Geneva. The practical choices are Seattle and Indianapolis. Of the practical choices, I go for Seattle, as there are more roleplaying resources in that area...

Actually, I was on today looking at the final bits of the Hillfolk kickstarter and noticed that it is labeled as table-top games. I don't think that is sufficient for my needs, though.

In my experience, it is much better when the player automatically has a buy-in of the area you want them to flesh out. If you give an overview of the area and a player decides his player is from an area that hasn't been fleshed out, while developing his character he can develop that area.

Perhaps the issue here is that while gaming stores might be someplace you mean to go, it's not the sort of place you often look up. If you know where one is, you will investigate and periodically return. If you don't know where one is, you don't often search for one.

Two games come to mind when I think about elegant games. Greg Stafford's Prince Valiant is one. A very simple system, that can cover a wide range of actions. It is an excellent beginning game system. It even use the most basic randomizer, coins. The second also has ties to Greg Stafford's...

As has been stated before, the best game stores become the center spot of a community. You are going to return anyway, so you will be there to pick it up. This way you also avoid shipping fees (or having to meet a minimum to get free shipping). As to the community issue, location, location...

Brass and Steel Quickstart: The Case of the Croquet Mallet

In Eberron Xen'drik, Q'barra, Droaam and the Shadow Marshes could all work well.

Solo adventure means 1 player, no DM. An adventure for 1 PC and requiring a DM is usually a "one on One" adventure.

Well, we certainly could discuss and argue when the OD&D era ended and tje AD&D era began, as the full complement of books for AD&D didn't hit until 1979. You couldn't even play AD&D until 1978 when the PHB was released. Regardless, it seems pretty clear that many more Judges Guild...

Not quite true. There were no TSR modules, but there were third party modules. Judges Guild produced the majority of those. Given that, my vote would be for Tegel Manor.

All in all this is a pointless question until you define terms. What is an "edition"? The dictionary is not a lot of help as none of the definitions (at least at dictionary.com) come close to what people expect. Most of those definitions would have multiple editions just within say AD&D as...

That would make sense. Most people consider buying a product shortly after it is released. Obviously reviews are most useful to people who are considering buying the product, so reviews based on thorough playtests over a length of time will be of limited use.