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It's been a long, long while since I posted here but for those interested, I ran a panel at PAX Australia about Games Mastering. Sort of a hints and tips hodge podge. It turned out pretty well overall and we've learned a lot if we do one again next year. The audio of the session can be heard...

Care to share some specific examples (for the first point, maybe give an example where they could make a proposition that didn't require a judgement call)? Like yourself I played AD&D for some time back in the day and 3.5 is our current flavour of choice. I'm also planning to run an AD&D...

Did this actually happen? I mean, I've been in (and run) sessions where there was no combat but they were still fun. But you need some combat during the course of the game. For me, I don't like games where nothing happens because the DM and the players are too busy sharing anecdotes or...

The answers to these questions may change slightly depending on the system I'm running (usually either 3.5 or bD&D). 1. Ability scores generation method? (4d6, drop the lowest, x 6) x 2 (ie roll up 2 complete sets of stats), choose one set and then arrange as desired 2. How are death and dying...

It's taking me lot longer than I thought it would to find images of my "quintessential D&D" art but here's what I have so far, in no particular order. Some of this art may not be "good" technically but for me they really capture the essence of D&D. There's so much more I could add to this...

And I had such high hopes for this thread ... :( In an attempt to steer this back on course, after taking a look back at some of the art in Basic, 1e and 2e I am certainly keen to see more vignettes, landscapes and "in the moment" art. Conversely, I'd like to see less highly-stylised stuff (2e...

Even if the art direction of D&D wasn't very close to my heart I would rate this as one of the best D&D articles I've ever read. Very impressed.

Given the scant info we've got I'm inclined to get 5e because it sounds like it - - pays respect to its forebears; - innovates inoffensively where it needs to; - has some solid art direction. Plus, I usually like Monte's style.

I had the impression this thread was about stating our preferences on what races we'd like to see in the PHB. Getting upset because people don't want your furry/half-flumph/boobasaur or whatever is just as silly as saying you're not buying 5ed because one of the races is a...

I'd much prefer the classic four races to be in PHB1 (and maybe even the half-orc and gnome), not because I have a problem with saying no to players but because this sets a precedent on the "feel" of the core 5e books. I like my traditional Tolkien-esque fantasy and I like the feel of those...

Somewhat inspired by MerricB's initiative I kicked off a Basic D&D campaign last night with a couple of friends. We all agreed that it was great night and just so ... refreshing.

This is an excellent thread, MerricB. I'd love to play in one of your games ... it's a shame you're not closer to Brisbane. ;)

Unsurprisingly my votes created AD&D but with critical hits and fumbles.

I'd just be happy to see spells names with "Mordenkainen's", "Otiluke's", "Nystul's" et al in the title.

I just hope there's a way for non-US fans to get a copy of each book. Like us grognards in Australia.