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Just finished Tried by War by James McPherson. Another solid book on the American Civil War by McPherson. Surprisingly, I didn't find much new in this book as compared with T. Harry Williams' Lincoln and His Generals, which was published over fifty years ago. I've almost finished Angler by...

Just finished 13 Things That Don't Make Sense, which was a mixed bag. Good when dealing with the physics, less so with the other areas. Which makes sense, given the author is a physicist. Still, it's worth the read. About a third of the way through Tell Me How This Ends, about David Petraeus...

Disagreement is a good thing, otherwise Hollywood would just produce the same stuff over and over. Oh wait...:hmm:

The most successful adaptation of a book that also stayed remarkably close to the source material: the first Harry Potter movie. I read the book just before seeing the movie and I was constantly surprised how closely they kept to the original story, while still taking advantage of the different...

While I agree that both good flavor and good mechanics are necessary to a good system, how one goes about designing that system makes a difference. It seems to me that a flavour-first design is best for a "rulings-based" system, while mechanics-first works best for a "rules-based" system. Early...

1) I would argue that there really isn't a good rules fix for players who take too long to decide what to do. Different characters and situations make it difficult to apply an across-the-board rule, such as "declare your action in 20 seconds or lose your action". Besides, this is a game, not the...

Ok, taking on some of the issues one at a time, here's a suggestion for hit points, save or die, and character toughness. All characters and creatures have two damage pools, hit points and vitality points. Hit Points = by class level, +20 points at 1st level Class Hit Points Ftr/Brb/Rgr: 6 +...

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While I expected this, I'm not confident. With LOTR, I expected some parts of the story to be changed because film and paper are two very different mediums - something that worked in the books wouldn't work in a movie and vice versa. But so many of the changes had nothing to do with the medium...

So who is the actress playing Jack's sister Lexxie? I've seen her before, but I can't remember where.

"Ah, you must be our 'special' guest. We always invite someone less fortunate to remind ourselves why good breeding is so important."

Number one rule when considering software: Never allow vaporware to influence your decision. Make your choice based on what exists now. Let's look at the best case vaporware scenario: There's a product you might like, that might be released soon (any time in the next six months), that will...

Three points: 1) D&D is not about grim and gritty. It's always been about high fantasy. I'm not saying the rules can't be significantly modified to work in a grim and gritty setting, but I suspect most gamers would not recognize the game as "D&D". 2) I like heroes. I like players who work...

Agreed. One of the reasons I cancelled my pre-order was a concern about quality - both about the contents, and the paper/binding. WOTC needs to make a "best effort" to fix both before I'm sold.

This is the part I don't understand. So long as 3PP are using some form of the OGL/D20/GSL, WOTC has some control over what they do. As soon as 3PP start using copyright or other legal justifications for publishing compatible material, all WOTC's only options are reduced to legal action. As...

I realize I'm in the minority, but I preferred Weir to Carter in Atlantis. Carter is a great character in SG1, but she never seemed to fit into Atlantis. She only got a couple chances to shine last season, mostly just being on the sidelines. I'm not hopeful about Woolsey - he's a decent guy...

I'm indifferent because I'm not playing D&D. :)

This idea is so cool, I'd rule it this way just because...

This. The single best element of the 3.0 PHB was the Character Generator. Yes, it was a beta. Yes, the interface was ugly as heck. But it made creating a character easy. My gaming group was able to jump into the game with far less trouble than if we had tried to craft characters by hand. Add...

Ebay is your best bet to find the original games. As for playing them on a modern PC, just download DosBox (or one of it's variants). I haven't found a DOS game yet that it can't handle.