Recent content by HailToTheThief

I signed up for their OP program awhile back and have not heard back yet. I'm planning on running a session in about a week and would love to review the previously published adventures. If anyone that has them is willing to send them my way please PM me - I really want to spread the word about...

All: I would not normally dig this up from the grave, but felt this was worth mentioning. Today I found out that less than 2 months after I originally posted this letter, the game store in question has closed their doors for good. Despite my differences with the place I never like to see a...

Don't have a whole lot of faith that this will pan out, but I figured I'd give it a shot! My wife and I are relatively new to the North Florida area and looking for a gaming group. We're open to playing anything, but a D&D 4E campaign may be the easiest place to start. I'm willing to host, GM...

I can see where you're coming from, and I could be ok with it, it's just a slippery slope. One of my favorite gaming stores in upstate NY originally had all open gaming upstairs. They then moved a couple of tables downstairs, but had a separate area with a single table and typically it was...

While I don't feel there is any way anyone could be making money on pay to play computers anymore, I would be ok with it if, and only if, the employees never touched the things AND they were kept in a separate room...it's just one more thing that takes away from the welcoming atmosphere a store...

Agreed completely. Not to pimp my thread, but this certainly falls under the category of "run your gaming store like a business'. A good web site with an up to date event calendar and a forum is invaluable.

I think pay-to-play computers is a terrible idea. Maybe 10 years ago such a thing was a decent idea, but at this point the number of people that don't have a computer (but have enough disposable income to 'rent' one at a game store) is so few that the only thing the computers serve to do is...

I would like to point out again that I am in no way attempting to bash every gaming store. On the contrary, I am attempting to create (and, I think, have succeeded in creating) a constructive conversation aimed at improving local game stores and helping them succeed. The other option, of course...

I am incredibly pleased at the response this has gotten, a lot of great and intelligent replies. Wish I could respond individually, but in general: I'm not trying to throw every game store under the bus, but in my experience (which I, at least, feel has been fairly vast) these are all common...

Hello all. I don't post here very often, but do frequent these forums, and due to their popularity thought it might be a good place for a minor rant. This is primarily directed to those that own game stores, or frequent them and know those that run them, but I would love to hear others...

Like many on here, pure combat grinding is not our style, so most of these adventures aren't out style. When we started Shadowfell, half the group hadn't played any roleplaying game of any sort before, and none of us had played 4E, so I pretty much let that play out without changing much. It...

Just my two cents: Our group (which has been gaming together for 9 years) has always mixed drinking and gaming. Gaming is just another social event for us, so it's come naturally. This has always been the case whether it was playing CCGs, board gaming or roleplaying. We've never had any...

Firstly, this has been a hugely helpful thread to me. I have been out of D&D since 2nd Edition and, having come back for 4th, I've found Eberron to be a really cool setting. Unfortunately the Player's Guide provides diddly for campaign background, so I've bought a few of the older books for the...