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Mongoose - Quintessential Gnome Dark Quest Games - Gnomes, Masters of Illusion Green Ronin - Advanced Race Codex: Gnomes Kenzer and Co - Friend and Foe: The Gnomes and Kobolds of Tellene EN Publishing - EN Arsenal - Hooked Hammer There may be a few others I am missing, but I think those are the...

Pretty much this. I'd have to select "none of the above" if it were an option.

Hm. Don't think I've ever played when females were not at the table, going all the way back to the early days. They never seemed to distract from the game, and in fact helped it along quite a bit by reigning in some of the more gung-ho kill-them-all players and adding layers of analytical...

I was a bit disappointed by the lack of fluff myself, though I can see what they were going for. Plus, the paranoid cynical side of me thinks this opens up an opportunity for an all-fluff book to be released, with pages of ecology notes and extra pictures. :erm:

Do you have any math or statistics to back this up? Not every game store, book store, or whatever store discounted. And not every shopper pours over the internet looking for the absolute lowest price. If I recall correctly, there were a number of people in several other threads unhappy with the...

In the end, who cares? Without a doubt there are any number of people who dislike someone else or think they are a troll. Me, I don't care if Hong eats babies and sacrificies puppies, it isn't the topic here. Can we fork this into a "I don't like Hong" or whatever thread (assuming we can't blow...

Is this really a necessary comment, or are we missing the edition wars badly enough to just start another fight?

I've enjoyed the Kalamar setting myself, finding it pretty detailed and interesting. And the names bit isn't a real issue, anymore than some of the names in other settings or finding yet another scrambled letter 'Gygax' in the Greyhawk stuff. ;)

I agree with Boarstorm here. I don't believe the intent of the OP was to start a mini war inside of this thread, but pretty much to give 3 options (a) Yes, (b) No, (c) I like pie/I don't care/arrrrg stop talking about this/huh?/etc. It is my hope that we can have a civil discussion on any...

My wording may have been slightly off, or was misinterpreted. I'd "vote" for what Mouseferatu suggested, meaning that I would agree with it. As for the other bit, I'm utterly disinterested in moderator elections. I have as much 'say' here as most other folks: I can voice an opinion that, as...

Indeed. Plus, didn't we just have a post about how we were running out of memory? If nothing else, holding off on the War To End All Wars might be a good idea until that situation is resolved.

This. If we have to lift the ban, I'd vote for these restrictions as well. I'm not seeing that people mindlessly screaming "your game edition sucks!" is really a great social or intellectual boon here. Perhaps instead of locking the thread, just start popping users for vacations. Enough heads...

Maybe we need a list of the people who deserve the blame to direct ire towards? ;) In all seriousness, I don't blame the people that have to deal with the day to day messes and screaming people. That's sort of like blaming the guy selling you the hamburger for the policies of the company...

Is there anything really left to say on the matter?

Given the sheer amount of screaming and namecalling going on over on those boards on the same topic, Michael's comments seem to be pretty restrained in my opinion, as well as more informed and detailed. Sure, perhaps people would like to see it phrased a tad more 'respectfully'. However, I...

Which is why I've mentioned several times that the group as a whole sit down and talk about the situation beforehand and discuss how to best proceed. I'm not talking about showing up at the game one night and SURPRISE! I have 2 kids with me howling and screaming. Instead, we (or at least I) am...

I agree, parents have a duty to their fellow players to minimize the impact the children have on the game, and I believe follow up posts by others have touched on that. As far as parent's rationalization, that is a matter of perspective. To some people, the kids aren't a distraction for...

Which is fine, but I would wager that it isn't the norm. Distractions happen to many games, whether you are playing in your bunks onboard a ship in the Navy or in the privacy of your own home. The point is that you have chosen to run your game in a certain way, and that works for you. The...

There comes a point, tho, where points seem to be being debated to just be debated. The OP said "Hey, if you play with people who have kids, here are some ideas to keep in mind." Some people don't mind kids, some do. It seems that some of the posters aren't willing to meet halfway or...

I would say that we have a fairly high quality good roleplaying session and less of "I hit things". Not quite sure how the presence of kids would preclude that sort of roleplaying, myself, anymore than any of the dozens of other distractions I've listed off previously.