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I just wanted to say that it's been a few months since I posted to ENW and I'd forgotten how witty people are around here. Thanks Asmor, Princess and Your.

As I said, playing the game wrong often is more fun than playing it right. So I have no dispute re: desirable outcomes. I would like to suggest that Rule 0 does not make all human action that is called D&D into D&D. Rather, I would like to suggest that we should look at the corpus of D&D rules...

Well, if you were not playing in a giant online kitchen sink clown car, you would find your views would be treated as perfectly normal. But clearly the people who are attracted to games in which everybody is some kind of Undead Half-Nixie, has a level or two in Llama Slayer or Radiant Sodomite...

Yeah -- listen to your burnout and take a break. Either that or play very different games for a while.

That's because you have only been an adult for a year. People more practiced at being adults tend to reach the conclusion that age is no more reasonable a barrier to inter-adult socializing than race or gender. It seems to me that the problem here is that this guy is a weirdo, not that he's 40...

Back when the RPG market was a lot smaller and people had spent a lot less time thinking about and categorizing RPG styles, I think this was probably truer. But today if people want to have a more freeform joint creative outlet, they have a lot of systems to choose from that deliver this...

You can have fun playing a game wrong. And you can fail to have fun playing a game right. "Wrong" is not the opposite of fun; it's orthogonal to fun. My definition of right and wrong has to do with how closely one's play conforms to the design of the game. I have a great time playing D&D...

Once -- this year no less. We told our DM we couldn't stand his new D20 Traveller game. The campaign sucked; we went from a really engaging campaign to a directionless, incoherent, uninteresting pile of excrement -- run by the same guy. I caucused with the other players about me quitting but...

I played D&D without a skill system from 1981 to 1985; so that would be a YES by definition. At Gen Con 2005, I played Expert D&D with Korgoth with no skill system. At Gen Con 2006, I ran a Gamma World game with no skill system. And at Gen Con '07 I played in diaglo's OD&D game with no skill...

I guess if we understood them as poles in a continuum rather than as distinct and separate styles that do not overlap, I wouldn't have a problem. But this also doesn't mean that I prefer your heuristic to alternative modes of categorizing play. Similarly, while I would agree that the numbered...

Congratulations to all the awards winners and new judges. I have never felt more in accord with online fandom than I did watching how the awards turn out. A few notes, however, about those not receiving enough attention here. Master of the Game (Jeramy Ware) and Teflon Billy (Jeff Ranger) were...

I'm location scouting for our game right now. I'll post a firm location later today. If you have not heard a clear location by tomorrow morning, phone me: 801-651-4007.

Room #804 at the Embassy Suites from 9:00pm tonight until the wee hours. Be there or be square.

We'll be meeting in the Embassy dining/bar area at 1:00pm.

All my games are now full.

Okay guys. Due to our game starting at breakfast time, we cannot use my customary gaming location, the Embassy Suites bar. Would anyone like to offer their hotel room for the festivities? Apparently, my room at the Hyatt is a bit small but it will do in a pinch.

I don't think you need to worry about humour incompatibility. Remember: in Paranoia, death is funny. On the other hand, if you don't think it is possible for filling out forms to also be funny, then there might be trouble. Okay guys! I'm going to tentatively site this game next to the bar at...

We'll be convening in Hobo/Rel/Diaglo/Nareau's room. How shall we identify the room in question?

Hey Shane -- the rules are there for you to use in your own personal gaming any time. The rest of you: 1. I like all the characters I see coming in. You guys seem to have got the hang of the system and the spirit of the game. Don't forget to use your primary weakness as a contributing...

Here is the response I posted to the same question on another messageboard