Recent content by mmu1

Assuming we agree that D&D is, at some level, a game, then it follows that some level of skill is involved. All things being equal, I prefer to use the fact I know how to play the game well to my advantage, and to be effective. Having a DM change how the world works from round to round because...

It's a very close adaptation of the table top rules to the computer, and for me it was a dream come true - I always wanted to play Blood Bowl, I think it's one of the best games GW every made, but very rarely had the opportunity. It's pretty much a must-buy for any Blood Bowl fan. On the other...

Are you calling people liars? Watch out, Rehan doesn't like that kind of thing... :hmm::D

Way to try to misdirect the discussion... again. Sorry, but as can be clearly seen from the responses so far, no one really cares what someone said to you at your gaming table, when there's a somewhat broader issue at hand. You decided to start a discussion about 4E and WoW here. So it'd be...

I don't see many people here claiming anything is "just like" WoW except the ones on the "4E is nothing like WoW" side putting words into others' mouths, because they are badly in need of a convenient strawman.

Actually, you have it backwards - really long WoW fights are HORRIBLE analogs for D&D combat encounters. Fortunately, 99% of the combats a WoW character is going to be involved in are NOTHING like the massive affairs you need in order to recharge anything but the shortest timers. And 4E does...

This thread shows, once again, what is wrong with most of these kinds of discussions. "Is 4E like WoW?" is not a "yes" or "no" question. It's really disingenuous to make those the only options on your poll, and then, when people say "yes", to try to prove to them they're wrong by describing...

Last time I went, I had to get a place outside the city because everything was booked already, and I just ended up taking cabs to and from the convention center. No traffic to speak of, since it was either after the morning rush hour or really late at night, and it probably took about 20 minutes...

So how does an assassin work in 4E, anyway? Is assassination a Daily power that kills the target... until it makes its saving throw? ;)

The only game I'd positively, never ever play short of some really extreme circumstances: Grey Ranks - A game where you play as child soldiers during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. It's a system that basically models childhood innocence being destroyed by war. I find that obscene, and the fact some...

I like the idea behind Rituals, even if the way they're implemented would actually work better as part of a 3E rather than 4E game. (they'd be a nice addition to a 3E magic system, but they're not enough to fill in the gaping holes in the 4E system) Other than that, I can't off-hand think of...

They're not going to go into the "science" of these simulations, because there isn't any. Their "simulation software" has been made by some game studio that makes crappy B-List RTS games like this: Spartan PC Review, Spartan Player Reviews The consistency of their testing and the complete lack...

You know, reading some of these discussions about the new Trek movie has made me realize something: If I liked Star Trek, it was despite all the things many "hardcore" fans are so passionate about, not because of them. I grew up with TNG and DS9 (the original series was just too campy, old...

You know what annoys me the most about the guys who play rogues who steal from the rest of the party? Not even the fact that they do it, but that they usually expect everyone else (PC and player) to turn their brains off just because they succeeded on a die roll. Never mind that the...

That would have been better than the mass next-best-thing-to-suicide we got instead, but it'd still be rather silly. Obviously, high-tech energy sources will run down, electronics will fail, etc., so if you really want to settle down, rather than, say, go back to the colonies and see what can...