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Someone in my life feels she's not getting the attention she deserves today. She'd rather be playing Chihuahuas & Chupacabras.

My FLGS was touting last week that they'll have it on Thursday, and even started taking names and pre-payments. I'd already ordered it through Amazon, but I want them to know that I appreciate them being ahead of the curve on this so I popped in yesterday to reserve mine. So I know what I'll be...

How do you know it is true for most people? The game hasn't even been released yet. Almost all of those who I spoke to or played with at Origins two weeks ago liked it a great deal. They weren't complaining about having to pull off anchovies or add pepperoni. I've been playing since 1978 and I...

You will need to come up with another example of something they support that they think is important. Mearls said at Origins that he'd recently written up a sidebar for the DMG about an optional way to incorporate THAC0 into 5E, but he was extremely clear that it didn't mean it was actually...

It is rated 12+, but I think that's because any toy/game that is rated younger in the USA has to go through an extensive review by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Because of the dice, it might have led to a delay in the release of the game.

I wonder who the Art Director(s) is these days? Based on the sneak peaks, there's someone great managing that side of things.

He repeated July 3rd at the first D&D Origins panel, as well

Is it Dungeon World? Because I played that for the first time at Origins and I was pretty impressed!

Same here, though I did actually play pre-2E. We even mixed and mashed alot of The Fantasy Trip rules with D&D back in the day. I've been optimistic about 5E, like what I've read and seen. But after actually playing 5E and playing with Morningstar at Origins this week, I am now crazy excited...

I was the one who asked about "Basic D&D as a living document", and there was really nothing about Mike's answer that indicated that the rules would be in a constant state of flux, or that we'd find ourselves tracking things like "D&D 5.01, 5.54..." and so on. Their approach (as I perceived it...

Absolutely. Someone could have been sitting at our table using nothing but pen and paper, and would not have been at a disadvantage. Even if the DM were the only one with a tablet accessing Morningstar while the players used paper sheets, the game would have been the same. We still used physical...

I played 5E today using the new CM tools and it was awesome, seriously excellent experience. No more obtrusive than books and a notepad at the table, and really useful. We did not just sit there staring at our iPads, anymore than people might stare at their sheet. It will take a bit for any...

Nope. "Loss leader" is an industry-specific term with a precise set of meanings and characteristics (believe it or not, "free" is not one of them, never has been). Perhaps some of you should just go back to describing it as a "lost leader", since there is no ascribed marketing definition...

Fine, you say it's a loss leader. Then the same is true for every other company that ever makes any of its rules or supplements available as a free download. (As one who, you know, actually works in Product Marketing, I will say again, these kind of downloads are not considered a loss leader...

(emphasis mine) "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." A loss leader is one thing. A lost leader is unfortunate. And these days, a free, introductory digital product is neither.

Listen to these crazy guys! It's like they totally know what they're talking about! Really pleased to hear how well they've thought all this out, especially the strategy of and thoughts behind the Starter Set.

I'm 48, love my OSR games, but can't wait for 5E. I hope it's a great game because if it is, and I enjoy it, I will be doing something I've never done before: joining up at my FLGS weekly to play. That's a big thing for me, because since I moved cross-country a few years ago, I've had a...

Regarding the use of miniatures and the grid/battlemats... Will any of the announced soon-to-be released publications (Basic PDF or the Core books) present details on using this option at the table and, if so, which one(s)?

Of course, back then, I don't even think the phrase TotM existed! :heh: But as someone who just loves minis, tokens, battlemats and so on, I'm pleased they made the decision to not include these, and stick with the lower price point. The focus on what is in the books will be on an introduction...