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Why is so many people still surprised that the company that was almost forced to go out of buisness because WotC decided unilaterally to revoke a license is now opposed to sign a new unlilaterally revokable license with WotC? A boiled cat is afraid of cold water, after all.

Thanks to all of you. I think I have enough for having me occupied for a few days trying out different options :)

For me, the old school movement means looking back to games which were abandoned for being "old", because the company that made them ceased to exist, because a new edition was created, etcetera. For some years now, people have come to accept that, sometimes, they got it right the first time...

I'd go with Traveller, taking away those parts you don't want. The exploration part of the game is really great thanks to the generation tables, and you can go sandbox if that's what you want. Starblazer has the bonus of having a very solid rulesystem behind it, but I haven't read it and I...

I know it must have been said and done to exhaustion, but I can't resist creating a new thread, even if it's only to start posting again here ;) I've recently acquired a netbook with ubuntu linux, and one of the reasons I decided for a netbook over a laptop is being able to take it to my games...

I wish it were. It helps a lot for building atmospheres and describing creatures.

Why not? And what about the Final Fantasy series?

Cthulhutech. Well, sorta.

Damned players :D I was DM'ing our Saturday night Legacy of Fire Pathfinder RPG game, and let's just say, to keep the thread as spoiler-free as possible, that something happened to the PCs that made me have to reboot/flashback the campaign. The players will have a new set of PCs...

It was Saturday night, so yes, we played :) Some of my colleagues tried to prevent this by inviting me to a Halloween party, but ale and whores are nothing if you don't pay for them with treasure from a looted goblin den.

I'd definitely buy the Worlds of Dungeons and Dragons and the Age of Worms hardcover. A Rules Cyclopaedia-like product with updated rules taken from 3.x or 4e would be great, too. Setting books based on Magic: The Gathering blocks. Alara and Zendikar are top notch, and so have been many past...

My take: 1e is about the dungeon map 2e is about the setting book 3e is about the character sheet 4e is about the battlemat

There are very good games that use those stats. Pendragon is the first that comes to mind (and probably the best), but it's not the only one. As for the whole "munchkins dumping mental stats" thing... Pre-4e, that'd be a pretty bad munchkin, as the power classes (wizard, cleric, druid) are...

I love using miniatures (and pretty flip-mat maps, too) in D&D, both for the combat mini-game and for positioning, marching order, etc. It solves a lot of "but I was out of range of that fireball" arguments. I should note that I only use miniatures when playing D&D. With other RPGs with less...

Well, I didn't want to get specific because comic books (specially mainstream, Marvel/DC ones) experience a lot of creative changes. What you're describing is, in fact, changes in the tone of the comic itself, not a variety of stories within the same genre. My point was that, in grim & gritty...

I wasn't talking specifically about character advancement, but the players' sense of wonder. In G&G, if you keep it low, you don't need to best yourself when picturing the opposition. Alatriste doesn't face more and more dangerous challenges during his career. On the other hand. take Marvel or...

That's exactly how I've ported the skill challenge concept to my Pathfinder games :)

In a "dark and gritty" setting, it's easier to come up with challenges, because almost anything can be a threat. Goblins, orcs and kobolds can always be dangerous if they gang up and if they can kill you on a 20. In a "high fantasy" one, you have to remember to turn the dangerometer up by a...

I always find those kind of problems odd, as I only game with friends and I've always assumed everyone did the same. There have been times when I've games with "a friend's friend", or a convention game or something like that, but my regular, fortnightly game is for friends.

I might have played/run too much CoC, but I've never felt that "run away very, very fast" wasn't a very viable option for "defeating" a creature ;)