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Welcome to the Frontpage Convention in the DFW area. Bedford, to be precise. Focus is old school / retro games, but the community is great. It's very not-commercialised from what I've seen so far. This will be my first year to attend. Anyway, if you end up going, I'd love to see some of your...

Nice looking dice! Might put that on my birthday or Christmas list ;) I see you're not terribly far away from me--are you planning on going to NTRPGCON? Maybe showing off these dice in person and taking orders?

Check out ConstantCon There are a ton of games happening on Google+ Hangouts. If you're on Google+ already, add me: https://plus.google.com/106423294933249271024 We all have 100+ people circles and there are plenty of games. I played three games on last weekend and had a blast.

Ahh, I see. Can you use the encounter tracking bits of Hero Lab designed for PF when running OD&D? I mean, the key bits of combat are mostly the same--init, hp, etc. If you do end up creating something for HeroLab, be sure to share it here. ;)

I like Hero Lab a lot... but I just can't see why it would be useful for Basic D&D. AD&D? Maybe a little. More useful with 2e. There's just not much you need to pick for OD&D / B/X or even 1e AD&D. OD&D / B/X you can roll a character in a whopping 2 minutes, then spend another two or three...

Not sure what system you're running but you should look at the Chase Rules in Savage Worlds (Deluxe edition.) You can adapt the system pretty easily to any system, as it's based on a modified initiative roll/draw system. Might make things more abstract but still allow for combat.

One of the biggest reasons I love getting magic items is that I don't know what it is until I screw with it. My least favourite DM habit is to hand you a card or page number with the stats for your magic items. Takes all the fun out of it. I need to, by trial and error, research, consultation...

At work: Seriously... discrimination for what you do in your own free time? That is absolute bullcrap. No one is shunned or ostracized for watching football all day every Sunday, are they? It should be no different. I am very open about my gaming. However, as we've all said, there are...

I'd check Welcome to Dragonsfoot for them... not sure if any of those are super close to the original, but they work really well. Also, there's a nice character sheet in the OSRIC book / PDF. (OSRIC) that would work very well. But... if you're going for the retro look and feel, I'd just...

It'd cost you money, but HeroLab has nice support for SW now. I don't have it but one of my players does. (Since I'm GMing I didn't feel the need to spend money just yet.)

When I'm DMing, I hold off on actually tracking initiative until it's really necessary to know exact order of actions. Assuming no surprise, though, I usually go straight to tracking init. If one side, for any reason, definitely gets to act first, I often just say "What do you all do?" and...

You trust us? Nice ;) I think you'll enjoy it. To me, making it a bit "harder" to do thing untrained means people are likely to be more creative rather than just saying "Okay, I'm not trained in acrobatics, so I'll make a Dex check." (Granted, this speaks more to the thing I hate the...

I figure between the d4 and your wild die, you have a pretty good chance. Just don't forget to roll the wild die...

Good man. Support the Shiner! ;) I'm just going to chime in and +1 the suggestion you might want to crash at the DM's house or maybe find another friend who lives closer so you're only on the road for a little bit. Personally, the amounts you're talking about drinking wouldn't phase me at all...

That's awesome. I often come across copies of classic books like this in bad shape but for next to no $, so knowing that $5ish will get them bound in a better format... win. Means Half Price Books is more valuable to me again. ;) I picked up the I3-5 compilation last weekend and might want to...

Did the holes punched for the spiral take up any content space? I can't remember how wide the margins are on UA right now. That would be my only concern. Did you just hand over the book or did you break the pages out of the binding first?

Don't. I find that with less time to play, it's best to deal with play style issues out of game. Just chat/call/email the player and say "Hey, I know this is your character, but I just want you to be aware of these potential issues." Don't say "You are doing x, y, and z. Stop." Just tell him...

I borrow my wife's Android tablet a lot while GMing and just use the browser to look up random tables and generators online. No need to use an app for what websites cover. (My favourite is Main Page - Abulafia Random Generators)

Love S&W... but don't forget OSRIC for AD&D, too.

Okay first off... your uni has a "D&D day?" That is freaking phenomenal. I am quite jealous. Glad to hear you all had FUN at the table. That's what it is all about, after all. I have yet to play AD&D 1e or 2e, but have had a couple sessions of B/X and loved it! My "with the wives" group (four...