Recent content by tzor

I can't say I would be "offended" but I can say I would be dissapointed. I've gone through the exercise a number of times, and the last one involved massive web searching to get olypic records to justify the numbers. Is there a difference between male and female ... I would say a definite yes...

I have had several PP minis that glued together quite well. On the other hand I've given up on a number of small GW minis. For me the problem has always been the right glue and the size of the problem. Getting a good super glue is not easy, I use a kind of thick superglue and even then the...

The problem with this and the reason the argument is actually somewhat moot is that there is no such thing in the first place. There is no generally agreed upon "white male" model to base issues off of, and secondly a place like Astrid's parlor is based on "gaming issues" not on "women's...

Writing adventures is different from writing rules and rule supplements. Whether or not the economics supports the idea, writing adventures requires a serial mind set. The mind set was more popular in the early editions of the game when the rules were more or less what were printed in the hard...

I don’t think you want to eliminate clichés but I think you need to consider them as cards in your hand or as moves you make in chess. It is the context and use of the clichés that keep the game exciting and fresh. Properly used clichés can allow players to focus on the key elements in the...

I will preface this by stating that I haven’t been to Astrid’s Parlor in quite some time, but that is really because of a specific (male) person and not the forum itself. In fact I’ve not been to the forums in general. In the spirit of full disclosure I am a guy. I thought Astrid’s Parlor was...

I have to echo the comments. That's really great artwork.

As far as I can recall there was no new rule changes between the printing of the editions, if there was no one noticed. :p I'm not sure there wasn't any fluff changes between the printing in addition to the larger print. There was a number of minor formatting changes IIRC. Generally...

Can't really vote, I like them both. When everyone is lined up nothing says hurting like a lightning bolt. When everyone is disbursed around an area a fireball is best. Back in the really old days (early 1980's) our 1E gaming group had the "keyhole" fireball, which was a fireball centered on...

One of the problems of the alignment system is that one really needs a third axis in order to fully define relations between sample members of one alignment and the other. That third axis is extrovert and introvert. You can have, for example a LN introvert who believes in the rule of law and...

I typically have a bad time predicting OOTS polts, but I'm convinced Roy has failed an INT check. His father always appeared to him in his dreams. So I will say sleep time.

I got it at the last Gen Con along with Gygax's module. I haven't run any games with it so far but I've used it as inspiration for the last NaNoWriMo I was making. In many ways the game is very simple. The layout is reasonable, and the use of two books intstead of three (Player's book and...

First of all, the segment was on Marketplace, which is from American Public Media. Marketplace is known for financial news given in a down to earth manner, with a lot of Califorinaisms thrown in because that's where they come from. This is completely different from National Public Radio which...

I will not be going. It was sort of an odd feeling when I let my VIG discount pass me by. Several of my friends will not be going in 2008 and with the new release of 4E, the potentially crowded space because of the destruction / construction of the old stadium into useable convention space and...

I certanly don't want to insult anyone especially the RPGA, but I'm afraid it's not the right environment. It might have been, or perhaps it used to be, but it's not anymore. I remember many years ago the RPGA trying to actively recruit various local gaming groups for just such a purpose...