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Also, do not forget skills, particularly Knowledge skills, and the abilities of specialists. The initiative bonuses that diviners get can be very useful, both to a character and a party.

Back when I was in high school at the height of the popularity of 1st Editon, a friend and I ran regular games at a library by our school. We increased the branch library's circulation as people checked out books, particularly fantasy novels. (I recall that the Elric series by Michael...

Yes, we are. Products like the Beginner's Box from Paizo or a Basic Set can help bring people into the game. So can organized play groups, as well as having active gaming groups in your local community. I mentioned this elsewhere on the boards, but a few weeks ago at a local gaming shop, a...

It reminds me of what Ryan Dancey wrote about his visit to TSR in the winter of 1997. ( At the time, I had not known TSR had shut down and was relieved to hear that WotC was coming to the rescue. I have read this article several times, and thought that it should be taught in business courses...

Thanks for the clarification. It would seem that creating a clone would be a challenge. The question may be whether someone be willing and able to take the effort to create a clone.

So, Mark, would this mean that a site that tried to call healing surges by the name "adrenaline surges" and had names filed off versions of eladrin and tieflings would still violate WotC's trademarks? If so (and I expect that this is the case), it would make a fan produced clone open to a...

Maybe, but Hasbro might decide to make it hard for someone to do so. Hasbro could tighten up the GSL or decide to harass a publisher with a threat of a lawsuit. The question is who would want to create such a product, and worry that Hasbro might decide to hold onto something it sees as its...

Hasbro might be required to do something by the law, but it could just release something with a few minor changes and meet the requirements of the trade mark law. (I am not sure how it works here in the US.) So, they could put something out i with a very small run. I suspect that US copyright...

They could decide that the role playing game is not generating enough money and just license out the rights to video games and maybe make an occassional board game. As for selling it, they held on to Jem and the Holograms for over two decades before reviving it for a film in 2010. I see Hasbro...

I promise to do my part. Now, let's see what we can do as a community. Hmm, I see to recall the last 3E treatment of Mordenkainen in the Epic Level Handbook putting him somewhere in the 30s. Let's see how close we can get to that goal.

Happy New Year to my friends on the East Coast and all who are now celebrating 2012!

Pathfinder already has the beginner's box and a fairly successful organized play program in Pathfinder Society. Other games could create their own introductory boxes and other ways of luring in games. I am not sure if the GSL for 4E would allow someone to create a clone, but I am sure that...

Double post.

Happy New Year!! Let us hope for a wonderful year for all of us and a great year for gaming!

I have done what I can, so let's see what we can do.

I found the last article interesting mostly for what it said about WotC's positions -- admitting that 4E made some mistakes and that the market is deeply divided. I honestly doubt that Mearls could say anything else, as it would not seem credible. Still, I doubt that the market can be...

Okay, let's see what we can do. If a few of us make a dedicated effort, we can do it!

I suspect that your time table is a reasonable one. WotC has pressure to be the market leader once again in RPGs. However, I am not sure how retailers and customers will react. Most of the local retailers who carry WotC's Dungeons and Dragons products say that they have sold a lot slower than...

We are divided, but we can try to be civil. It is not easy, but let's remember that we are ALL members of a relatively small and often misunderstood hobby. This is why fighting with each other seems silly to me.

I am not happy with the state of WotC, but I think that this article also shows the deep division among players of table top role playing games. In some ways, I think that we benefit from having a variety of games to generate ideas and meet the different interests and styles of gamers...