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Hey, Akrasia - thanks for the thread hijack. I wholly disagree with you, but as I said before - that's a subject for another thread. THIS thread is about dissatisfaction with gaming groups. As one person pointed out earlier, if they're friends, everything should be kosher. I agree - but these...

For me, open rolling is where it's at - there's simply no better way to promote trust in the GM and utter impartiality. However, that's another thread entirely :) This DM rolls most of HIS rolls (and ALL the blind player's rolls) behind the screen, along with most of the player skill checks...

I'm willing to admit I may be trying to hold this group to a standard it just can't reach. Nevertheless, I don't think it's unreasonable to want a better game than I have. I like the suggestion about cutting out all extra work. Maybe next time I won't bring any minis or battlemat.

I've spoken to the DM about the minor issues, but he insists that's the way he wants to run his game - and I can't argue with that. I've made a cheat sheet for the slow player on an index card - he lost it. I made him a custom miniature - he didn't want it. I guess he prefers to have his elven...

It's not that the games are un-fun. It's just that I suspect I could be having MORE fun (specifically, in a game that suits my preferences better - i.e., knowledgeable players, a group of PCs who trust each other, and a DM who isn't afraid to get a little rat-bastardy).

I've got a regular D&D 3.0 group that meets every two weeks or so. We have 5 players and 1 DM, and 4 out of those 5 players (yes, I am including myself :) ) are pretty decent. However, I am finding it more and more difficult these days to keep going back for 6+ hours of gaming with this group...

Well, I do have a good career to comfort me, but I'm here at home alone (cat-sitting while my roommate visits his parents this Xmas) and SICK. I've been sick before, but this one is a real doozy. Holy crow, am I sick. Up until last night I was hacking and coughing up "stuff" every ten minutes...

Right now, I'm working in a dream job. I'm the promotions editor for Games Workshop US - that means I get to work on White Dwarf, web stuff, the works. This career is the best I've ever had. Before this gig, I was a freelance writer and editor for a couple of years, and before that, a college...

My most memorable roleplaying moment requires a bit of backstory. Earlier, our party had adventured through the possessed tower of Am’Zagga, a former home to a lawful order of knights that had been invaded and corrupted by demonic beings. While inside the tower, our party could only find one...

It appears that most of what I had to say has already been said. Nevertheless, I will also recommend Valus as a good choice to fit what you're looking for - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised, especially with the handling of the gods, races, and magic. Second, I'd definitely suggest picking...

Some time ago I was playing in a brilliant 3.0 D&D game as my namesake, a rogue/fighter type and the only female character in a group otherwise composed of males. At one point, our party was exploring this ruined elven city and came across a grove protected by a beautiful faerie woman. We began...

Funeris, there's a bunch of text in the last post that's all inviso-text. It might be fun to clean it up so other folks can read it. :) So, when's the next update? :)

'twas a great deal of fun. A good friend of mine (and fellow roleplayer) is on leave from Iraq, and he was extremely grateful to have a con where he can come join a game and enjoy himself. Psion's T20 Traveller game rocked the house! Many great memories there. Hopefully, next year, I can...

Please add me as well. spyrer##clansmith.org

Grackle, I've had a similar problem before. http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=698790#post698790 In fact, I had to double-check to see if you might've met the same campaign! Thankfully, the campaign I'm talking about in the link above is over. The campaign setting, however...

At this table, from left to right, you have: Darren Watts (in the foreground, blue shirt & beard), Ben Seeman, unknown guy, unknown guy (he told me his name, but I forgot - my apologies!), me! Ross Watson! (bald guy, glasses), then Steve Long (in the foreground in front of me).

At this table you have, from left to right: No idea (sorry!), Tadashi Ehara of Different Worlds publications, Destan, Rob Kuntz (I think I spelled that right), grodog, and some other ENworlder I don't recognize.

Complete Mafia, by Tony DiGerolamo (http://www.thefixsite.com/newgames/newgamesmenu.html) A Game of Thrones D20, by Gaurdians of Order (http://www.guardiansorder.com/) The Valus, a campaign setting by our very own Destan (www.diffworlds.com) And of course (shameless self-promotion alert)...

Ramien Meltides' Gen Con report Wednesday I drove up from Frederick with Mike Surbrook, HERO games author. The trip went pretty well, despite some obnoxiously atrocious construction in Pennsylvania. I hope to never have to drive through that state again. Wednesday night, Mike and I had dinner...

I just got home from Gen Con, literally less than twenty minutes before writing this post. Gen Con really put the cap on a great year. I got to meet lots of ENWorld personalities (JoeGKushner, Psion, grodog, Buttercup, and others), saw and got to play in some demos of some fantastic new...