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Generally, none...though not always. I stock some Troegs and Omegang currently, and have a fondness for Belgian brews, personally. Chimay, in particularly, is my passion (Trappist monks) Guinness, naturally, is always a pleasure. Once in a while, I might imbibe Sake on a special occassion...

It's a difficult question, after you get past the big two (4e & 3e), and even for those two, we don't have any hard data about which is the most played (or if that distinction can be made). My personal, anecdotal experience has been that 4e is the most played, 3e is right behind it (though...

Without actually searching, I recall a reference to a Elan have 'Ignorance' as a Class Power Source. Ah, here it is.

To wit: Rich made that decision before 4e was even on the shelves. He went on to mention that he'll make the occasional 4e joke where it makes sense...but he believes that a singificant chunk of his readers aren't even active D&D players and likely don't care either way.

Some things to keep in mind: 1. I suspect when you refer to board games, what you really mean are Euro Board Games or Hobbyist Board Games. These are, in North America, considered less mainstream and generally more complex than the traditional board game, thought this is hardly universally...

At one of our 4e test games, the party was facing down the final boss in Keep on the Shadowfell and getting pasted pretty badly (evil tentacles, unholy portal, etc.). One of the players was debating using his Daily but was hesitant, fearing he might waste it. The party warlock stood up and...

Sorry, but I'm not really sure what this poll is asking. If it's asking, "What would you do if Wotc just didn't print any D&D material in 2008 (and never introduced a new edition)?", well then my answers to that question are nowhere to be seen on the poll answers. And while Mistwell was...

SKR is talking about 3.5, there, FWIW. However, the cleric's contribution is not just limited to turning, and I wasn't even actually considering it. I was thinking more in the terms of buffs and defenses against the litany of attacks and powers that most undead have that only the cleric really...

For our part, I discovered the 15 minute day on the very first play of Keep on the Borderlands, when the magic-user spent his spell (singular) and rapidly grew tired of missing all the time with his dagger, before he was murdered by a kobold. I see your point, but I'd argue that this is no...

I know a couple of my players felt the change to the 'heal economy' was perhaps the most jarring part of the shift to 4e. We found, though, that the cleric's powers greatly enhanced our survivability in that regard. In fact, the best change to the cleric for us was that the person wasn't...

I admit, I'm waiting to see how it plays out for you guys. When we did our six or seven sessions, we felt that combat was, as you say, 'snappy'. We managed to make it to 3rd level with a group of 5, involving combats with upwards of 15 enemies at one point. At it's worst, it didn't feel...

Now see, you don't really make a big deal out of this, but this is, IMHO, one of the most important DM-ings lessons I think I've taken away from you, over the years. Finding ways to say 'Yes' to the players instead of saying 'No'. It's not always easy, but it usually is very rewarding. One of...

That's fairly dependent on the individual game, obviously. Virtually any game by Out-of-the-Box might take only 20 minutes, while a game of Starfarers of Catan might drage for 4 hours. But by and large, most Euro-games are designed to be played in anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours...

Oh, I got that. It's a perfectly valid answer...I wasn't trying to refute it. I was just pointing out that for my group, we decided to put 4e through it's paces and liked what our 6 or so sessions showed us. When our current 3.5 campaign finishes (Paizo's Rise of the Runelords, to be...

Well, as a 40 year-old who prefers 4e, my argument would agree with Joe but come up with an entirely different answer. He points out that he doesn't have as much free time....neither do I. Which is exactly why 4e appeals to me and my gaming group, who are 38-45. 4e maximizes the parts of the...

Great stuff. I'll be curious to see how some stuff plays out for your group. I haven't started my 4e game yet, but we did play through Keep on the Shadowfell for 6 sessions as our 'try-out'. We enjoyed it immensely, but I think the thing that takes the most adjustment is how healing works. I...

That was my experience, certainly. When I told someone 'take a pull', there was a pregnant pause and then the person in question would get up and walk hesistantly to the tower. The rest of the group would watch him/her like a dead man walking and all eyes would focus and breaths would be held...

Well, missed THAT one. Of course, I'm also glad to have been proven wrong, but that's another story. Also, I am now OLD.

And by 'you', you mean 'me'. :) I really didn't note any sudden plethora of feat-laden classes. I noticed a lot of prestige classes with locked-in feat chains and were sometimes too powerful, but I can't say that I heard some outcry that there was some shortfall that needed addressing. In...

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