Recent content by Manchu2

Is Martin on there for his writing or for his "mainstreaming" of the genre by getting HBO to produce the show? He has had a huge (recent) impact, but I can come up with a dozen off the top of my head that are better writers, have had more impact, and have completed a series... not trying to...

I'd love to vote this up multiple times; this is a tough list. All-time greats? Influencers of the modern influencers and drivers? What left and right limits? I enjoy Bob Salvatore's books for what they are, but they are not in the class of Tolkien and others on the proposed lists; Dead...

Movie updates As for Undermountain: As I've said elsewhere, since rumor has it the D&D movie is going to be based around Waterdeep/Undermountain, my guess is they're holding this adventure back so they can release it with the movie. ...but there has been no new news on the movie for a very...

5 out of 5 rating for Tomb of Annihilation From the original content mixed in with familiar names and the exotic location, this is by far the freshest story line yet for 5e and WotC. This is brief w/o spoilers, but from the official podcasts and a deep reading of the book, it is clear that the...

Always good to hear new start point ideas! Great post.

Not sure it will matter if there aren't any new FR novels... I hope they are just waiting for the movie plan to come along, but I think Hero is the last one for a while.

There is a lot of information regarding Gary and Dave's relationship souring and then getting really bad (3 lawsuits); there are a couple of good books about the history of D&D; but I can't find anything to support an idea that when Gary died they had at that point reconciled or were on speaking...

Can there be a PF 2.0? They didn't invent a game, they just maximized use of the old OGL and created a new setting for D&D 3.0/3.5 and advanced it a bit. They don't have anything to borrow from this time; I think the new OGL and SRD will prevent Paizo or another company from re-branding 5e and...

10 of Amazon's top 20 are D&D 5e products; Here is their list as of today (Best Sellers in Fantasy Gaming): 1. I Dare You: 30 Sealed Seductions 2. D&D 5e PHB 3. D&D 5e DMG 4. D&D 5e MM 5. D&D 5e Starter Set 6. D&D 5e DM Screen 7. SCAG 8. Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia 9. Sexy Truth of Dare...

Do you have a good email / phone number for that? I am stationed in Italy and don't have all of my files to track down the info. thanks,

I have a ddi account, but I lost the password and username and haven't logged in for two years, but it just renewed and charged me... argh.

I disagree with most of your analogies. Though your overall point is still somewhat valid. Someone making "A" boardgame is not stealing/copying, but someone making an almost exact copy of one and selling it as their own is. Copyright laws don't apply due to the OGL, but the other items you...

Love that they aren't taking themselves too seriously. It's a great game, but it IS a game. Loving Mike Mearls' direction of the brand so far.

Knowing the high percentage of gamers in the military and also recognizing that the the numbers 80 and 60 million are irrelevant to the number that are on this site... basically, what I was suggesting is not the % of Germans/Italians that are US service-members, but the number or percentage of...

Competition does indeed make everyone better; but basically stealing a game and repackaging it, even if strictly legal is still a shady way to make money even if it was in response to a desire to keep playing 3.5 and bypassing 4E.