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First a small introduction about this post from me. After receiving my Player's Handbook about the 23rd or so of August I have to say that I am immensely pleased by both 5E and the way characters are able to be designed and developed in this edition of the game. Secondly, although I...

I’ve only had three cats in my life. One when I was a teenager, named Eric (the Red). And now Alex (the White), a white and gold Maine Coon, and his mother, also a Maine Coon (or as I like to call em, Carolina Coons.) The two males, Alex and Eric always acted (act) more like dogs than cats...

THAT WAS SO FREAKING BEAUTIFUL!!! I recorded it. Felt just like I did watching the moon shots and the first Space Shuttle flights. The most amazing thing to me was that he broke Mach coming in and yet tiptoed to the gorund on landing. 24 miles up, straight in hard fall, yet he just floated in...

A long, long time ago (as a kid) I saw a Star Trek cartoon that involved Kirk and Spock seeking to recover a Slaver Weapon from a stasis box while the Kzin were also trying to get the weapon. It was a sort of covert mission by the Federation to prevent the Kzin from obtaining a powerful weapon...

I don’t know if any of you have seen Pillars of the Earth, the excellent book by Ken Follett that was then turned into a mini-series, but soon, in October, World Without End will be broadcast. World without End is sequel to Pillars of the Earth. But if you enjoyed Pillars of the Earth (I both...

Things I have done so far for 5th Edition (or whatever it will be called) based on the design paradigms I have seen thus far: 1. Designed a Universal Character Sheet that can be applied to any type character. Two pages long. 2. Designed an Important NPC Sheet that can be used to track and...

Below is the assessment of the first Playtest my family and I did on the 5th Edition of D&D. Before I get to the game itself let me briefly describe was I was shooting for. My family and I have played D&D before and the only ones who cared for it were me and my oldest daughter. My wife and...

I've been out of the loop due to my wife's surgery and her recuperation. However, in my not plentiful free time I've been working on the Achievement War, detailed below. I thought it might be of interest to some of you, especially the Wargamers. You're welcoem to make any comments you wish...

Okay, this here is a game. You name a Monster, who he would eat (for breakfast, lunch, or dinner), and then who he would crap out again. I'll go first. I choose Grendel. See now, Grendel would eat the Wolfman for breakfast and then crap out 2 Kobolds and a Water Naga. He'd also probably cough...

I'm number one, I'm number two I'm number three and four, how 'bout you? The best goings-after don't leave the state If you can find the door don't be late, All of the telephones rang at the call When all the waters rose it seemed kinda small, Letters are the better things to...

Anyone play Flames of War? The World War II era miniatures Wargame? If so, then what do you think of it? I ran into a couple of guys playing it (one British, one American) at my local comic book/gaming store. They were playing it, and Blitzkrieg. I observed, talked to them awhile, shook...

Tonight after watching The Thing with my daughter (the prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing) I had a sort of bizarre and I think horrific and creepy idea for a series of adventures, or a campaign. On one of the worlds of my game there is an ancient city, long deserted, and which was...

Do you think that 5th Edition will herald the return of the player (the emphasis on the game returning to the Player) versus the majority of game emphasis being upon the Character? I am very hopeful that the 5th Edition will lead to the return of the player and will mean a lessening of the...

Let's say, for sake of theoretical conjecture, that Class, Race, and Themes all exist in 5E. And that it is possible to advance them all, in some way or fashion. My assumption, based on the history of the game is that Class will be advanced by "Leveling-Up." Should Race and Themes be similarly...

I have already decided, based upon the likely speculation about 5E Classes and Races which of these will be used in my game and setting. If 5E introduces new classes and races I find interesting I may introduce those things as well. If you would like to post on what races and classes you...

What follows below is part of a response I made in the Return of the Sneaking Man. It is something I had meant to address before regarding Classes and the way I'd like to see them operate (more or less - no matter how they actually operate I'll modify this for my own milieu) in 5E. It is I...

I had to go into town today to pay some bills and taxes. While out the sky was clear and the weather warm and bright. (Yesterday, even though it was overcast I went outside and maintenanced the cars without a shirt on, and was perfectly comfortable doing it, so warm was the weather - and if...

Today the family and I went to the library. I was really there just renewing stuff, but decided to look around anyhow. On the new book shelf I saw Carte Blanche: 007. Now I've never been a big fan of the James Bond character, not as presented by Ian Fleming. Buddies of mine used to try...

One thing I'd really, really like to see in 5th Edition is the return of the Thief. The Rogue was to me an interesting NPC Class concept, but it was far too ambiguous and ineffective a character class, in my opinion, as either a Team Member, or as a Lone Operative. I am hopeful that 5E...

One thing I'd really like to see in 5th Edition would be some sort of system or design parameters for the creation of and how to handle Lone Adventures. When my players want to play an adventure alone, or possibly with a small team, say one other player, instead of with a medium to large...