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Our group's method is pretty straightforward. We don't really factor in the value of an item, not in game terms anyway. First, all money, gems and mundane valuables are diveded evenly. Secondly we list out all our treasure on the "Big Party Booty List"® . Once that is done, we pass the list...

While there are quite a few Dungeon Crawl cliches in the first few adventures, the later ones stretch their wings a little bit. In particular, there is a very-good event-based adventure later on in the campaign (but I won't spoil it here). I found the opponents in the later adventure are quite...

We have one player in our group that everyone is pretty much convinced is cheating at die rolls. He's pretty good at it, though, and it is hard to catch him red-handed. The two tell-tale signs that he's most likely fudging a roll: 1) Rolls his dice and snatches them up before anyone can see the...

With only two characters I may consider starting them off at level 2. Gestalting doesn't really increase the overall power-level of a character by much. Basically looking at the characters you have: Wizard/Rogue: This basically gives you a wizard with d6 hit points and more skills. Armour is...

I have both of Mongoose's pcket guides (Players and GMs). I never even bothered to upgrade to the 3.5 PHB or DMG. These two books meet around 90% of my needs. However, I do have a few issues with both books. Since they are based off of the SRD, there is no leveling or XP rules so I still have...

Count me as a victim of this horribly debilitating curse... There are periods where our group will go from one game to another, crafting characters and running introductory scenarios, only to switch to a new game as soon as its released. In the last month we've switched from D&D to Warhammer...

This is what our group does. The DM for any campaign holds the character sheets. This has the added benefit of eliminating the problem of a player forgetting their character sheet. When a player cannot show up for a game, the character is passed on to another player to "safeguard". As a DM I...

I've experienced both types of hint-catchers as a DM. The group I normally DM for, not always the most focused on the game, would tend to miss even blatant hints. So I would tend to give much more specific hints, usually tied to the character in question. I find that some players just have a...

I'd say that's true. When the entire 3rd edition/2d0 thing started I was buying almost everything in sight. Now I focus on products from a few companies I trust, or products that have received good reviews here on EN World. I still buy quite a bit, but am much more selective. Every edition of...

While our gaming group has done both methods, when I DM I allow only a single PC per player. I would rather alter the challenges in my adventures then let players divide their attention amongst multiple PCs. I generally find that the quality of RP goes down when a player has more than one...

I've done this and it works well. I've actually used clothes pins to hang it so that it doesn't stick to the drying surface. The first few times I tore the paper because it was too wet and tore when I tried moving it. I've used wax to seal letters made with this type of paper, to add a certain...

This is particularly good advice

And yet, it seems this attitutde of entitlement is exactly the foundation for many of these complaints. People seem to be under the impression that, as a consumer, we are entitled to specific products and prices. No one is forcing them to pay these prices, but in turn, this means that they have...

I remember the old Dark Sun flib-book modules from TSR did this the best. Each adventure had 2 flip books, one for the DM and one for the players. The DM's book had the maps, statistics and text for the adventure. The player's book had the player maps and images relating to the different scenes...

I've only mentioned it once to a gamer, he didn't react all that well. So instead I'll usually just back away or find an excuse to move. The tantrum a comment can generate isn't usually worth the hassle. Thankfully I didn't encounter a single Smelly Gamer at any of my events. Maybe hygiene is...

I use a variation on C I will usually read them on the screen, and then copy out the sections I need for a given game, reformat the text if necessary and then print out what I need. So I may pull a feat here, a spell there, a npc if necessary, stuff like that.

Well since this was my first GenCon I can't really compare, but I came away with a fair amount of swag. T-shirts, minis, dice, books and the assorted buttons and key-chains. Of course more swag is always better. Well from my recollection there were the ladies at the Mongoose booth, a very...

Nor should you. I personally love the fact that the game industry is experimenting more and more with both the quality (in terms of physical presentation) and size of products. I remember not too long ago people being incredulous at the size and cost of the World's Largest Dungeon. The game...

This is where I am. I'm young, single, and make a decent living. So I can direct a good part of my income to my hobbies. Just like I'm willing to spend hundreds on books, comics and dvd's, I can easily spend this much on RPG books. Plus, when I consider my purchasing decision process, how...

Yup this was definitely cool. I just mentioned how a friend of mine owned a bunch of the books and was considering DMing a game, and next thing I know I've got the Player's Handbook in my hand. It's definitely put Kenzer high up on my "cool gaming company" list. So now I just have to convince...