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I'm in the same camp. I read quite a lot of the old fantasy stuff, when it was still labeled "science fiction". I think the first fantasy book I ever read was a collection of the (original) Dying Earth stories, which means that Vancian magic and swords in combination with flying cars and...

I'm really not sure which systems I bought during the past year and which ones earlier. Definitely this year, I bought Savage Worlds (with 50 Fathoms and Low Life :)), Artesia (modified Fuzion) and d6 Space.

Hehe, touché ;)! Make that American :). The core of the setting is, in addition to its modern undertones, pretty much a Wild West adaptation in its feel. In this specific regard, it doesn't matter that much if it's a mountie instead of cowboy who's roaming the wilds.

I did not want to single out Americans in any way; it's just catering to the predominant cultural influence on this board and even more so among RPG writers. I'm no US American, and when I look at one of the most successful fantasy settings ever, the Forgotten Realms, they look much more...

I don't think I need to reiterate all the answers that have been given before. I create a homebrew because I like it. As simple as that. My favorite one isn't overly exotic and draws from quite a few resources I like, and here only the elements I like. All mixed up home-style and spiced to my...

Well, Gelflings look pretty much like humans and act like humans. You even have a blond white girl and a dark-haired brown-faced guy for pc-ness reasons (and for maximizing the audience). Anyway, I don't think the film is a good example for the topic at hand. The main characters of the film...

Pointy ears or tusks is all you need :). Okay, okay ;). I found the following statement from Dragon #347 quite fitting for the current debate. The topic is the planning of an Eberron novel which is supposed to have a changeling as main character: Sehestedt, for his part, just wants to make...

That's how I take it as well. As much as I would have liked Artesia to win at least one award, I didn't really expect it in the first place. I suppose it's still relatively unknown. Then again, all of the nominated games deserved to be awarded in their categories. With this in mind, I'd like to...

I said "mostly" dead. Yes, the production of d20 material has died off. But there is a reason for that. If only 500 to 1500 people out of the allegedly millions of D&D players buy d20 material, I think the "mostly dead" moniker fits quite well. A potential market doesn't help you if those buyers...

Talislanta is a good example to test SpiralBound's friend's statement. Yes, it doesn't have humans. But the main race (according to the amount of space their description takes) looks like humans and acts like humans. In principle, this is a race everyone can easily identify with. As an aside...

I'm actually not sure whether you are right here. The original d20 print market - as in 3rd party material directly usable for D&D 3.5 - is already mostly dead. There isn't much left besides Goodman Games adventures and the more or less non-profit publications from Necromancer Games. You look at...

He specifically said "american offerings I've seen", which doesn't sound like a generalization but like a singular personal experience. I can only talk about hearsay, because I never read the Mesopotamia product myself, but I heard that the product is very low on specific mesopotamian flavor...

I think you mix up time burdens of players and time burdens of DMs. True, DMs can often save lots of time by switching to different systems. But players often lose time with switching. Just leveling their own character is something that takes only a fraction of time compared to preparing an...

I don't think the rejection of the monk comes from a general "European influences only" stance. The problem of the monk is that he is not integrated in the standard D&D setting. He has no purpose, and the whole system of ki and its use hangs somewhere up in the air. The monk does simply not fit...

Sorry, double post.

Without making any statement about the quality of D&D, this logic is flawed. Betamax was definitely a suprerior format to VHS, but despite its superiority it didn't succeed. VHS did was it supposed to do and was popular, and the fact that most people had already bought the equipment to play VHS...

I actually like the cover of Complete Mage, although it looks a bit old-fashioned :). Perhaps, because I had once a neighbor who looked like that, including the rats.

Like in Germany, where The Dark Eye is number one and Shadowrun is number two. It's remarkable though that The Dark Eye was not the first RPG in Germany, but it's relatively similar to D&D in its tropes. The main difference of The Dark Eye to other RPGs though was that a major board game...

That's correct. The final version of the SRD didn't contain those monsters, only the draft. Edit: I shouldn't post when the board is slow - and the posters are fast ;).

What do you expect? The first time, it was people who were discontent with AD&D 2E. Now, it's people who are largly content with D&D 3.5. EN World may mutate to the Dragonsfoot of 3.x :D.