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5 out of 5 rating for D&D 5th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide After reading the DMG side by side with it's 3.5 and 4e predecessors it feels as though this one was a home run. With enough tables to please Gygax himself but all of them useful to quickly build an encounter, a session or even a full...

So with a lot of reading experience (and little play experience) of 3e/3.5 and the majority of my play experience being in 4e here's what I'm enjoying about 5th... Combat resolution - I cannot stress this enough. I have a large play group (5-6) and 4e combat was painfully long for us to...

Welcome back! I can't say I've been away for any amount of time since I started with 3e and have been following the hobby through it's ups and downs, but I can definitely relate to your happiness with 5th! 3e/3.5 was my first real jaunt into tabletop RPGs and while I cut my teeth on it I...

Acquired the 4e core books from a friend who was interested in playing D&D. I read through them, but just couldn't get into it (unfortunately found myself unable to stop comparing 3.5e and 4e). I returned his books to him and let him borrow my 3.5e core books. I now have a new player to add to...

Yay? Seriously, if it reduces some of the venom from the naysayers' mouths concerning 4e and WotC in general then I'll be happy. And just for the record I do not plan to "upgrade" to 4e but I am glad it's bringing new blood into the hobby.

I began DM'ing with no access to a computer, so I wrote all notes and battle stats by hand. It's a habit hard to break even after coming back stateside. In terms of maps I tend to borrow (steal) whatever I can find in order to give my players something to look at. However, for combat purposes...