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I have lived through the journey from OD&D where minis were "maybe useful in some cases" to 3.5's "minis are mandatory" with the resulting increase in rules complexity. Many an OD&D combat was resolved in 10 or 15 minutes with a few die rolls and some verbal interchange between players and DM...

This was covered very nicely several years ago by Phil and Dixie: http://web.archive.org/web/20150428205547/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20070617

There have been versions of tournament play for RPGs almost as long as RPGs have been around. I played a few of the 'Living X' games during the 3.x period. A different type of play then the normal table top games. I found that unlike most friendly games, players were far less likely to have...

DMs can't always afford to own copies of every supplement that is available. Even if they can afford to own every supplement, they may not have the time to actually read everything. As more supplements appear, the play testing requirements go up with each one as you not only have to test the...

Maybe Gygax was good enough at describing the scene that minis were rarely needed. Not every GM can pull that off nor can all players. Sometimes for whatever reason, the picture the GM is trying to describe just won't form in the player's minds.

In most cases, it is only ludicrous if the action fails miserably. Many of the better fiction tales involve heroes doing what most would call stupid things and achieving astounding results. If your players are doing the same thing, what's wrong with that? IMO, some of the most forgettable...

A lot of stories both real and fictional seem to repeat. Magnificent Seven vs Seven Samurai. Battle of the Alamo vs Battle at Thermopylae. In both of these, one has guns, the other doesn't. Still can serve as inspiration for a fantasy setting. And guns can mix reasonably well in a fantasy...

Sounds like Bob in the OP had a secret agenda item and the new D&D game was going to be a tool to complete the item. For the folks I regularly game with, the gaming sessions are a way to 'force' us to get together on a schedule. It is much easier to tell others you are 'busy' during the...

The 'Feat Tax' could be a way to enforce a disadvantage on the 'half' races that is paid on character creation. The flavor descriptions in previous versions mention that the halves are often shunned by both pure cultures, especially the Orc variants, yet I have rarely seen that played out in...

Thanks for this update. Pre-orders placed. The pocket editions are perfect for my gaming shelf for those times that I host a game session. Means the GM doesn't have to lug an entire library just in case a particular book is needed. Hope PF2 includes pocket editions. Wonder if the Sandpoint...

IMO the worst thing a DM/GM can do is forget that players always have the right to get up and walk away or if one of the players is hosting, telling the DM/GM to leave the place. Another bad thing is inconstancy. If fireballs don't light cows on fire today, they shouldn't turn cows into...

Hadn't finished my morning mug of tea when I first saw the post. Now that I look again, could be a bearded lady as part of a carnival show. The wagon does have that look to it. And the little critter in the brown robe with the shackled creature in tow looks like they could have wandered off...

Notice the whole cover. Guessing related to one of the fiction pieces. The little guy has a slave in tow. Presumably to sell to the folks on the wagon. Or he just purchased same and is wrapping up the transaction. At least it isn't just slave girls, the loincloth guy looks to be shackled as...

Don't really care for the Boss Monster concept in video games either. Even with save games, which aren't always automatic, you often have to slog through the same set of minions multiple times just to get to the Boss so you can try Plan G or whatever. And far too often, I found out that I...

The walls would have been more attractive if they had included Stone and Force and cut the numbers of each to 3. It is a rare situation that would require 6 of one kind. For those that don't like the blind buy method, wait for them to show up on the secondary markets and buy there. I have...

The walls would have been more attractive if they had included Stone and Force and cut the numbers of each to 3. It is a rare situation that would require 6 of one kind. For those that don't like the blind buy method, wait for them to show up on the secondary markets and buy there. I have...

I hope I am wrong but in today's publishing environment in the US, using material from other then European or recent American history is pretty much a no-no. I wound up at a Writer's Convention(the friend that planned the trip thought it was a Fan convention). It was a very interesting...

I just hope the lawyers don't bleed everyone dry. The post does seem a bit rambling. Hope she finds someone she trusts to help straighten things out. Wild ass speculation: could be too many prescription drugs having some weird interactions.

Somewhere in there was the .com economic downturn. Add in that D&D v2 was long in tooth and had a few years of poor of support due to TSR issues and you will probably find your answers. I think it took WOTC a few years to convince the masses that D&D was back and would be properly supported...

Paper documents may have worked well in the real world for the Templars and their customers, but in a D&D type world where fireballs, burning hands and dragon breath are common perils, trusting your net worth to a piece of paper would be a risky business. Some type of...