Recent content by seskis281

We were in a C&C game across the street at the Hyatt when this happened - If what I was told by several vendors is accurate, a pizza caught fire in a small oven at one of the food stands in the center, fire alarm was pulled because of that, didn't take long to clear and get everyone back in...

It is a struggle and a challenge I can tell you, and pedagogically speaking many of us do indeed adapt and change. It is easy to say "these damn kids today," which has probably been uttered by older generations for centuries in some form or another. It is difficult to sometimes reconcile the...

Just a little bit based only on my own experiences.. I've been teaching freshman entering college now from 1992 to the present, so my own perceptions are this: "Intelligence" isn't as easily locked down... Over the past 17 years I can say I see an increase in "knowledge" in some areas...

The big point of contention rests on perception - especially perception of such words as "broken," "wonky," "balance" etc. To some people, unless the core mechanics seek to "balance" all characters equally, the system is flawed. Others see the balancing as a flawed concept. Neither or...

Why try 4e? Beacuse it's always good to try things out. For that matter, give OD&D, B/X, Savage Worlds, GURPS, Aces & Eights, Castles & Crusades, Swords & Wizardry a try.... I personally am very anxious to give Jeffrey Talanian' & Matthew Stanham's new RPG "Astonishing Swordsman &...

Dude - being tongue-in-cheek there.... :D (This is where I wish ENWORLD had more emoticons sometimes) On the serious side, I think the value is pretty high - so much so that I catch wind on many of the boards dedicated to the OSR, where people are happy with the "alternative channels" for...

Oh, I think having the brand "Dungeons & Dragons" to put on a product might help just a teensy bit.... B-)

Actually I didn't think there was amongst the publishing side - so my amends if that came across that way - but it does keep coming up around the various online communities amongst posters, and I've definitely seen it thrown as an argument against C&C, True20, etc., so I was just pointing it out...

Wow, I guess I'm just lucky - never had that happen face to face as of yet.... Then again I'll be at GenCon for the 1st time ever.... (Passes metaphorical beer across to everyone.....) :lol:

You should keep an eye out for Jim Ward's upcoming "Tainted Lands" box set.... It's a SIEGE game, but should have plenty of ideas to mine for anyone or any system for this very sort of application... a couple of guys playtested some of it this past weekend at Troll Con so you might give a...

Yep - which was actually the gist, however he got there, of the original vent on the blog. Absolutely - in all deference to Erik and Mike M., they have enormous advantages today that smaller publishers don't have. The one fallacy that does get me cranky, self-admittedly, is the "if it were...

Actually you're probably right :p I probably am jumping in on this myself because the dude is such a great guy personally, one of the best GMs I've every played with, and.... He got married this weekend. Congrats James! :D

Actually I have no problem with discussion - I just think it devolves into the personal too much - and I mean this on all sides. I appreciate Erik's clarification today, because it explains alot, and everyone can get snarky and too defensive - we're all just human - same thing with James...

Fair enough. But that means everyone associated with the business, including yourself as a publisher, needs to give "facts without interpretation?" My own experience (and this is just MY opinion lol based on submissions, etc.) is that the 3-5 cent per word is pretty accurate for RPG writing -...

See I don't get this part of the argument. James does have experience and does have some interesting facts - could his perceptions of the meaning of these be wrong? Sure. He also has the facts that he's been exposed to, which don't include everything and are certainly an incomplete picture - but...