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Totally epic (to not coin a phrase). But to me that's got nothing to do with either the level of the characters (though an epic campaign allows plenty of opportunities for character advancement, including level advancement) or what might nowadays be considered tiered-games. That kind of...

Another superb set of entries Gall. By far the best and most eclectic historical and research thread on this site (and on many other sites on the internet as well).

Which do you prefer, P90X or Insanity? I've yet to try Insanity. It looks pretty good. I've done P90X and continue to do so, but really I've modified it to suit my previous back and other injuries and integrated it with my own exercise, my PT training, and weight lifting programs...

I don't really see using magic to create money as a dishonest occupation in a setting in which magic is common, unless there are specific laws against it, or the money has lesser value than real coinage (or whatever is being used for "real money"). Then I imagine it could violate counterfeit...

Good points.

Sorta similar to Squareknot and sorta different. I had a magic user (he was my Character) back when I played AD&D who created money and gems and other valuables to be used for specific purposes. My favorite use was this: there was a local guild who my party knew was backed by an...

In a case like you described that's exactly right. You have "fluid behavioral response" precisely because the opponent is a living, thinking, breathing human being, not a scripted or artificial version of an imaginary opponent. That is to say, the human player brings not only his character to...

I think you have a point Janx, and that's where I think Indirect Problem Solving through games is sometimes more effective than Direct Problem Solving through games.

Sometimes I think people totally misunderstand what I mean by mentioning gaming as a "training simulation" and game realism as a training tool, or even using gaming to play out real life problems. So I thought I might explain my position a little better. This is not meant as a criticism of...

There was a kid I knew in school. Middle School. We weren't really friends, we were actually rivals. Academic and athletic rivals. We were on rival football and debate teams. Sometimes we'd play Chess against each other. But one day he brought Chainmail to school and asked me if I had ever...

I play games (Role Playing Games and other types of games), not just for entertainment, or to train for something, but also to Problem-Solve. Occasionally I will play D&D, or my variant of it at least, or other RPGs with some problem I am working on written into the...

When you're in a fight the game is about combat. When you're preparing for a fight it's about potential combat. When you're not in a fight, or not preparing for one, it's about something else. It seems to me it depends a lot on the world you're operating in and how that works.

There is no difference between women and men As anyone who is one will know They're quite interchangeable in all of their bits No matter wherever you go, And as for thinking and acting and such Why they're close as two peas in a pod Their outlook's the same wherever you range The...

I understand Umbran. I had to put down one of my Great Dane/Saint Bernard hybrids (Beethoven) a couple of years back because a brain tumor had changed his behavior and made him aggressive. Still, he couldn't help that, and yet he had become dangerous and so I had to put him down. To me...

The Dwarves, the Giants, and the Folly Men The Dwarves, the Giants, and the Folly Men - this adventure is a follow on to the Wreaking Crypt. Part 2 you might say. While the party is inside the Barrow of the Undead a group of 12 men (no one knows who they are or where they come from, but...

The trouble is WD that whenever I copy and paste longer posts it posts them automatically on this site in my default font, which is Dark Courier (or maybe this site just uses Courier). Which as several others have pointed out is a bad font for this site. I'm not sure what the default font is...

Live in one of those areas with a lot of summer thunderstorms? When I wrote my first PRG it involved an old, unsolved murder case and the game took place all around my hometown. So in constructing the game I planted several geocaches all around town and the county that involved clues...

I was just being facetious Dan in saying, "but what do I know?" I think some generalizations are just that, generalizations, and not necessarily true. But some are true, basically speaking. But in either case individual people aren't limited to them. People can become whatever they wish to...

Thanks to ROS for the XP, and to those of you who contacted me by email. Based on the comments I've been getting I'm gonna take it down now and start looking for a publisher. Thanks again. Jack.

All the time, when working on an invention or a case. But often, like in your situation, the clues are widdershins. And then I have to figure them out or do research to understand what the dream might be saying.