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I want to add my own, non-eagle, ways that a gamer might rid the world of the One Ring. 1. Send an army of dwarves to mine their way under Mordor. Frodo can take the ring to the lava underground. If they make the tunnels right they could channel the lava for miles. 2. Convince the Ents to...

How does taking 20, which makes an action take 20 times as long, increase the amount of real life time before the characters need to rest? Or are you saying rolling dice tires the players out and they want to quit after an hour? :confused:

As has been mentioned, I generally wouldn't allow someone to take 20 on a listen check. When people take 20 searching they face the risk of more wandering monsters, and I give creatures in adjacent rooms a listen check for each 5x5 square searched. The group is tearing apart a room when they...

I agree that flying giant eagles to Mount Doom is a decent gamer idea on how to destroy the ring. It's far from a sure bet to work, and probably has less chance than the actual plan used in the book. People have already brought up a lot of good reasons not to try the eagle method. Even if the...

My group is usually composed of characters of all the same level. A replacement character is brought in at the same level as the rest of the party. I don't want to penalize players for character loss, and I prefer new characters to raising the dead. I only allow characters who had a major...

The only real tip I have is to keep moving the action between the hacking and the rest of the group. The group fights or sneaks their way in, and then finds a safe place for the Decker to do his thing. Empty offices or a security station, after the guards have been neutralized, were the usual...

In Shadowrun 3rd Ed. my group generally decided that most important info and security systems weren't accessible via the Matrix. This forces the Decker/Hacker to go in with the team and find a safe place to access the systems. It helps keep them part of the team. In S3 it was quite easy to...

Remember the Shingles belong on the roof, not people. ;) Sorry I couldn't help it. I've had friends and family go through it, so I know it can be a painful and debilitating ailment. Just take it easy and get better. Best wishes.

I love preseason football. The Colts definitely played the Bears at home during GenCon Indy 2005 because I went to the game. I can't remember if they were playing at home for GenCon 2006 though.

Not Merric, but I can answer. It's being done by Black Industries, the people behind the new WHFRP. Their press release says October 2007. http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=BI&content=newslist&newsitem=212 Edit: With regards to Descent, you also don't carry anything over between games...

The actual boardgame could be accomplished with contents similar to the D&D Basic game. Probably with a bigger book, maybe 2 more tiles, and a few more miniatures. The D&D Basic game retails for $25 so a $40 box seems reasonable.

I don't see WotC dumping the d20 and all of their established ruleset. It makes sense that any D&D based product uses at least a basic form of the rules, and the game should be compatible with D&D Miniatures game stat cards. That would allow the GM to expand their boardgame by buying the...

I think an expandable D&D boardgame definitely has a lot of potential. The mechanics should be more in line with the RPG than the existing boardgame. Something close to the Basic Game, but with more playability and modular expansions. It should encourage people to look into D&D, but the...

I think Jin-Roh the Wolf Brigade meets your criteria. It's not cutesy at all, and has some of the best animation I've ever seen.

I'm sorry for your family's loss. I send my condolences. You and your grandmother are in my prayers.

I've never actually got around to playing, but recently re-read the rules. The D&D Boardgame uses special D6's for everything. There are damage dice, an undead turning die, a trap finding die, and a trap disarming die. The characters are the iconic Regdar, Lidda, Jozan, and Mialee. The spell...

Just to be clear, the "no brainer" was that Hasbro should have released the D&D Boardgame in the US, not the boardgame itself. The 2004 Basic Set really suffered from not having multiple adventure set-ups. There really wasn't much guidance on what to do after the first adventure except to go...

I believe that a combination of DDM and slightly more advanced party based rules could be big. A modular systme like Upper Krust has mentioned seems like a good idea. The modules should also include rules to incorporate other DDM into the game, to encourage people to buy the randomized...

I'm a fan of Anime style art, but I don't like many of the TV series. A lot of it, in my opinion, is that the Eastern cultural and plot conventions tend not to translate well to a Western audience. I'm a big fan of Avatar: the Last Airbender because it combines Anime style art and storyline...

I would like to see more Star Trek set in TOS era, but not involving the Enterprise or its crew. The problem is most Trek movies have been hit or miss.(mostly miss in my opinion) I think Star Trek works much better on TV than the big screen. I really fear that a reboot of TOS is not a good...