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So FFG was thoughtful enough to produce higher quality cards then, eh? Excellent. The cards in the BI version were piss-poor products.

Help! I've been scouring the internet for a free DM Screen for 2nd edition D&D but I'm coming up dry. My preference would be for a computer based screen since I'll have my laptop at the table, but I could easily print up a screen too. I don't have the ability to buy anything online (no...

The Prophet is slightly incorrect here. The first edition of Runebound used a D20, but that was quickly pulled from the shelves and replaced with Runebound 2nd edition, which used 2D10 to produce a cleaner bell curve. I personally think Talisman is the far superior game because there's a lot of...

Aquabella 4 german acapella women. Go to their myspace page and listen to the 6th track "Dragana". It's exactly what you are looking for.

My favourite boardgame of all time was a 1970s/80's game "Survive" by Parker Bros. If it were produced today, it'd probably be called a eurogame, but I don't think that's appropriate since it's was actually fun! The board resembles the board for Settlers, with an island constructed from...

Much as I admire their strategic complexity, Eurotrash games generally don't appeal to my aestetic tastes. Like, "Settlers of Thanksgiving" is fun and all, but I feel like I'm in grade school when I play it. It's so ... precious.

I'm getting together with old friends for a nostalgic one-off AD&D game at the holidays. It'll have to be short (<10 hours) and closed-ended since we live all live at the far ends of the Earth. Was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for running such a short game?

The only argument against fate seems to be the reduced probability of being turning into a frog. Otherwise, fate seems like a pretty good idea. It further differentiates the characters (some characters have no fate, while others have a lot), it shortens the game, and gives players a little...

This is exactly the "improvisational slight-of-hand" I referred to earlier. If you craft a dungeon in advance, and the players don't catch the adventure hook that you intended the dungeon for, the dungeon should be prepared so that it could be recycled for another adventure hook. It could be the...

I own copies of: - Dire Tombs - Arcane Corridors - Ruins of the Wild - Lost Caverns of the Undermountain Arcane Corridors and Dire Tombs work well together. Of the two, I think I prefer Arcane Corridors. The tiles in AC are brighter, however, there's more theme-y crap in AC, as it's geared...

Evil Halfling, I totally sympathize and understand your situation. I've been there. What I have proposed, my theory, that GMing works better when you focus on developing strong NPCs, is based on a lot of reflection, feedback, and playing in other GMs groups. It took me years to realize.It takes...

It took me years to figure this out... And here's the simple solution. GMs SHOULD FOCUS ON CHARACTERS NOT STORIES. By populating your world with interesting characters for whom the PCs can interact with at will, the game is freed from the confines of story structure. Every time your PCs enter...

Meh. I knew Gamer's Paradise from their Landmark Century Centre location. It was the only game store in all of Chicago that I could point to, but I never went there because it had a terrible selection. The majority of their stock was party and drinking games. They didn't cultivate any gamer...

No, a big budget summer-blockbuster D&D film shouldn't look like The Descent. But if anyone out there wants to craft a nifty low-budget hard-R D&D fan-flick, The Descent could provide a good guide-post. ...ah... excuse me... I have a film to make.

There are a lot of clever ideas in this thread. Minigiant... I'm curious, did you give much thought to "the bank" and how it would work within the game world? Typically, in Medieval Europe, assets were held by the state or church, with the majority of people entrusting their small savings to...

Cool, sorry Scrib. Didn't me to pounce all over your comment. I thought "THe Descent", a horror film from a a few years back about spelunkers who encounter subterannean cannibals, used the darkness and claustrobia of the caverns to great dramatic effect. I haven't seen it since it's initial...

I know this is off-subject, but... I never got that whole "wah! emo-spiderman! wah!" thing. I'm not sure what "emo" is, but if I understand correctly, you are referring to when Peter Parker gets a little selfish and develops a mischeivous sense of self-entitlement in part because he is...

This is true. Ed Wood certainly had passion. I never meant to imply that passion is the -only- thing necessary to make a good film. I was generalizing, which I consider a common and acceptable practice in online forums... (Side-note: don't-cha just hate those forum a-holes who want you to...

I played in a game where my character stumbled into possession of a whore house. It lead to an entertaining subplot about competition with a rival whore house. Soon after, the campaign collapsed into farce. I'm of the opinion that, if your players establish a business, the GM is probably being...

Passion for the material is what defines a great movie. The Lord of the Rings movies were a major gamble by the studio and everyone involved, but they all had a faith in the literary material. I think everyone involved in the financing of those films knew that they risked total ruin if they...