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One concern not mentioned yet is the energy cost of some of these blockchain 'currencies'. Some of them are showing up as whole number percentages on lists of major world energy users. Pretty sure I don't want D&D and other RPGs getting dragged into the energy use/climate change debate over...

Once magic becomes tech, it becomes fairly easy to introduce unintended consequences. Similar to the modern smart phone being a personalized tracking device monitoring where you go, what you eat and who you are with. Maybe that magic wand can be monitored by the MSA - Magic Security Agency...

Seems the #1 goal of lawyers is to produce product that requires more lawyers. And having members of a group that enjoy the parliamentary process more then actually getting things done is far too common. Been part of such a group. Seems a common trait among gamer types. 14 years is a good...

This one started yesterday for a 2 week run ending on Jan 14th: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warehouse23/the-fantasy-trip-adventures Adventures for SJG The Fantasy Trip that was Kickstarted last year. Also includes options to buy the game itself if you missed out on the KS.

In an economy where millions of folks happily lay out $750+ for new phone to replace a 2 year old one that still does the job, a $250 ship seems fairly affordable. My problem with a lot of cool stuff is where to store it. Using the ship as an example. It would be great during a pirate...

In many recent game systems, magic has become standard equipment and as characters go up in levels, they are supposed to get a certain amount of magic stuff. It quickly loses the feel of 'magic' and becomes just another tech thing. It has also been so well defined it is almost boring. You...

Fast test. Which cover art suggests action and adventure vs a boring reference tome. The cover of Pathfinder V1 Core Rulebook or the cover of D&D V3.5 Players Handbook? And who can forget the iconic cover of the first AD&D players handbook?

Filled up several plastic storage bins with out of the box collectable D&D minis when WOTC was supporting the Miniature Combat game. A lot of the commons were 10 cents each. Painted numbers on the tops of the bases to aid in tracking HP and other items of note when there were a bunch of the...

The first reference I saw on Gremlins was a Bugs Bunny cartoon I watched as a kid. I think it was made during WWII. Bugs was doing something with US planes and a little gremlin kept messing up the works.

Read several issues of Knights of the Dinner Table : https://www.kenzerco.com/index.php?cPath=22_23 Concentrate on issues that have the players at the table. Amazingly accurate on how real players can rapidly get off track or misunderstand a simple clue. Try to eliminate all non-game...

Sometimes the Hotel doesn't do proper research on what a Con is. I went to an Okon in Tulsa OK in the 80s. It was held in one of the more upscale hotels as the long time host hotel had closed. The poor hotel staff had no clue how to deal with folks running around in full costume or lack...

Easter Island probably comes close. Timing is probably a big issue. We are here now and have had the tech to begin looking for other for about a hundred years. In that time, we have faced loss of civilization via nukes, bio-warfare, ecological issues and just plain getting hit by a really...

Sound is only one part of setting the mode and I have found that sound loud enough to listen to often results in making the sessions harder to run. And if folks are listening to the music, they probably aren't listening to the game. If it is a dedicated game area, pictures and posters and...

Seems like a good call. The cost of maintaining each site was probably about the same. One has 90% of sales, the other has 10%. As long as the re-directors work, lost sales from dropping rpgnow should be minimal.

Several of the points sound very familiar to the state of the industry just before the great D20 collapse. When your subject matter has moved from a book on Elves to a book on The Southern Mountain Spotted Elf, your audience will be somewhat smaller.

2nd the best games for holiday family gatherings are likely board/card games. Preferably ones that are fast/easy to learn/explain. You don't want some young kid's first group gaming experience to be hours of tedious character design followed by running out of time when folks decide it is time...

Are you getting the gift for the Person who is GM or the gaming group's position of GM? If the former, you get something you think the person would like/need. May not even be gaming related. If the later, whatever seems to be needed but not there during the sessions.

IMO, the Pern series makes an excellent case study for this topic. The first two(order of writing, not chronology) books are pure fantasy. Young coming of age girl living in a feudalistic setting learns she has noble blood while she discovers she can talk to flying dragons, which can teleport...

Before all the long knives get drawn, keep in mind that WOTC has a track record for laying off a lot of folks once a product is mature and many of the promised books are out the door. There are a few threads on this forum discussing past WOTC Christmas layoffs. Once a product is mostly...

All a good political intrigue game takes is buy in from both GM and players. One downside is while the GM and Player 2 are dealing with aspect 3 of plot 4, the rest can become bored unless the GM tasks switches fairly often. This is can often be easier to do in an intrigue game then a combat...