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Superb show. I think the ciritcs are full of crap. Their cup runneth over.

I don’t know if any of you have seen Pillars of the Earth, the excellent book by Ken Follett that was then turned into a mini-series, but soon, in October, World Without End will be broadcast. World without End is sequel to Pillars of the Earth. But if you enjoyed Pillars of the Earth (I both...

Connor, I used basically modified AD&D mechanics for developing the Paladin and multiclassed characters (based around how the playtest Classes were constructed). As for the add ons my oldest daughter has expressed an interest in these attributes when she advances in level. She's reading on them...

I thnk what you say is fair enough as I haven't playtested the adventure or monsters of the 5E playtest material. I made up my own campaign and monsters. But I used those general design parameters to create my own monsters. My advice might be to alter the monster (not just the hit dice) and...

I have recently donwloaded upgrades to my OS, to my Office programs, and to my email program. Now I'm having all kinds of font, formatting, and file transfer problems (thanks yet again Microsoft/PCs). If you guys can't read some fo the stuff I post I apologize. It's at my end until I can...

Below is the Campaign I am writing to playtest the 5E system. It is partially based upon a horror story I wrote called, The Last Samhain, and partially upon a long poem I wrote caleld Caer Sidi (the haunted city that rises from the sea on Halloween). As each adventure proceeds the storyline...

Things I have done so far for 5th Edition (or whatever it will be called) based on the design paradigms I have seen thus far: 1. Designed a Universal Character Sheet that can be applied to any type character. Two pages long. 2. Designed an Important NPC Sheet that can be used to track and...

To me, based upon the playtesting of the monster design of 5E, and the playtesting we've done, monsters are both demystified (that is they now appear far more realistic, gritty, and mortal - more like flesh and blood creatures instead of mere fantasy or sci-fantasy imaginary constructs- so I...

QL, I basically used the AD&D Paladin and modified it to fit the basic construct of the way the other 5E characters played. In the case of laying on hands she could do so half as effectively as the Cleric at 1st level. (But later I'm gonna allow flexibility on things like this due to factors in...

Neechen, the thing that made it so easy to me with this edition was this: after reviewing the materials in the packet I realized that this was much closer to AD&D to me, but also how simple it was and how simple the character classes and races were. So before we started, (and we were really...

Below is the assessment of the first Playtest my family and I did on the 5th Edition of D&D. Before I get to the game itself let me briefly describe was I was shooting for. My family and I have played D&D before and the only ones who cared for it were me and my oldest daughter. My wife and...

Well, what I'm both watching and listening to. Lectures: Tolkien and the West: Reclaiming Europe's Lost Literary Tradition - by Michael Drout. Mike, who teaches at Wheaton College is one of my two very favorite professors of literature in the entire country. The first lecture on the...

My wife has had two major operations. She's fine and is recuperating, but I'm way behind on reading and research so I'm now catching up. Books on CD: A Life - biography of Paul McCartney, very good The Silent Girl - fictional murder case Land of the Silver Apples - YA book...

Spring Offensive - planning my Spring Offensive. My target is the Riverside Port and Industrial Complex of Nike Prospeera. I am currently mustering my forces, preparing maps, orders, missions, lines of advance, etc. The offensive will begin at 0800 April 2nd, 2012, and will...

I've been out of the loop due to my wife's surgery and her recuperation. However, in my not plentiful free time I've been working on the Achievement War, detailed below. I thought it might be of interest to some of you, especially the Wargamers. You're welcoem to make any comments you wish...

Sure, it's legal many places here. It's called the Death Penalty. And if it's legal and I were called upon to do it, (and I knew the fellow to be guilty) I'd do it. I wouldn't execute someone I had doubts about. If it's legal though and I was convinced of guilt I'd have no qualms about doing it...

If it is legal then I'll kill the unreformable evil man myself. I would have no trouble sleeping. I've simply seen too many innocents killed by men who should have never been allowed a second, much less a third, fourth, or fifth chance. I don't like killing, but if it's between an innocent and...

Saw it with my daughter this afternoon. We both enjoyed it quite a bit. The actress playing Dejah was a blue-eyed baby doll. Good in a fight, superb bearing, intelligent, moved like a cat, excellent looker. No doubt of that. Quite the Princess of Mars. If you haven't read the books it might be...

The new Justice League and Superman books are quite good I think.

"They say there's no Devil, Jim. But I saw him... right out of hell! And He walks among us. They call him Uncle Miltie. Or sometimes Bayne for short."