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Well, considering the other comments you have made in the past, I suspect I know exactly what side of the pedophilia argument you're on, and can probably guess your sentiment on actual child molestation. ...Or, neither of us has a helm of telepathy, meaning that your comment was a veiled insult...

The core films of Star Wars are taking a hiatus on the big screen, partially because Disney did such a good job killing the franchise. The most recent movies are lackluster at best, incoherent at worst, with directors like Ruin Anderson (misspelling intentional) showing they don't understand...

Wow. OK, this will be the first year since 5e released that I haven't bought any D&D products. Maybe next year...

We should do it for all of the editions of D&D: OD&D- Let's add dragons to the wargame. Basic- Elves are classes, not races, dummy! AD&D- What the hell does THAC0 mean? 2e D&D- Everybody gets their own splatbook! 3e D&D- Everything you do should have stats. 3.5 D&D- O.K., let's try that again...

Rolemaster had a chart labeled "Ram/Butt/Bash/Knockdown/Slug." The game was golden, just for the chart hilarity alone.

re: pemerton I agree. I think there are a couple of things that directly inform this problem that haven't really been solved (though have been mitigated somewhat by players). D&D has always played better as a cooperative game. When the game was "simpler" (in concept, if not in mechanics)...

Sadly, this is an unsurprising idea to see in a modern role playing game. There is a modern cultural movement where some adults seem to believe that they are not responsible for their own lives. These cards (especially the X) are the embodiment of the flight from responsibility and the...

Blame game aside, I have always been a big fan of Robotech, but Palladium never really did anything with the property to do it justice. I'm not completely convinced that the kickstarter wasn't an attempt to get HG to renew the license when Palladium was worried about losing it ("you wouldn't...

That's what worries me. An early access PDF sold to us to playtest is NOT the template that I'd like to see. Neither is hamfisted corporate IP-sharing products designed to "expand" the player-base, potentially at the expense of the core audience and the long-suffering fans who have put 5e in...

Hmmm, I seem to remember someone from WotC suggesting that grognards would be happy with this release. "Grognard" = French for Napolean's "Old Guard." Old guard does not translate to me as a setting developed for 3.5. That said, Keith Baker is a talented dude and produces some good stuff...

It's always turned out well for D&D when corporate decided to leverage the brand to create crossover fans, or am I the only person here old enough to remember Buck Rodgers? I don't know when the "settings" info was teased, but I hope the other two "settings" for grognards weren't supposed to be...

The categorization of D&D as a "toy" was more a feature of the fact that it was a new genre of game than a description of the product. Many stores did not have a concept of what the game actually was, nor how to categorize it. Plus, toys and games have frequently been conflated in the retail...

This seems to track well with what I have observed. As the game has become more about heroes and less about logistics (remember all the debates in the early nineties about "games as sport" vs "games as war"?), the focus has narrowed to the PCs and their exploits. Yours is a very good explanation.

What parts of his quoted statements are incorrect? I don't know a thing about this guy, but what he said reflects the game as I remember it back then. This knee-jerk acceptance of ad hominem attacks as an alternative to debate that seems to be endemic to the Internet is getting old quickly...

No. I've played since '81, mostly without miniatures. We used none for 1e or 2e. The rules set could have been used for minis, but the flavor of the game didn't require them (more on this in a moment). When 3e (and especially 3.5 and/or Pathfinder later) landed, miniatures contributed to the...

And I don't see much (if any) gatekeeping at all at local tables and tournaments. I see new players experimenting with role playing games in veteran groups, with some deciding they love it and some deciding that RPGs aren't in their interests. And I do see lots of articles on various websites...

You've said a lot, but not really anything to the purpose. I'll try to simplify my issues (as admittedly I've written voluminous posts to this point): When a new player joins an established group, how much of the responsibility for helping that player fit in falls on the group and how much on...

Sorry, duplicate post.

Hyperbolic? Absolutely, but intentionally. When someone has a guest over, they often will make strides to make that guest feel more comfortable. They might change certain habits or practices (like changing the food offeringsat their meals for someone with a different diet). The guest, were...

That is your opinion, which you have every right to. But I personally do not believe that those who join an established culture have the imprimatur to expect the culture to bear the totality of the change. I believe that's the definition of colonization...