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While I'm glad they are making an enhanced edition with higher-res graphics, I never really played this game all the way through--I found it boring after 20 hours--I found myself liking an RPG like the original Deus Ex. It wasn't until NWN2 that I was amazed at how far narrative had come in...

I'm pretty sure if there are any rights at all, it's only to publish the existing product as is. All the world and setting IP rights belong to WoTC--they even own the characters and settings. The Baldur's Gate trademark is currently owned by WoTC according to the USPTO.gov. I think the only...

I'm really skeptical that the lack of an OGL is the reason for 4e relatively poor performance. See, the OGL really means squat to the players. All the OGL does is give people the freedom to publish. We always had the freedom to create, make our own campaigns, play the way we want to, etc...

You basically said what I said. Neither progressive nor conservative are "right" or "wrong", both words have a neutral connotation. From Wikipedia. Progressivism is an umbrella term for a political ideology advocating or favoring social, political, and economic reform or changes through the...

I'm positive, because it seems they are turning to balance. There seems to be a Progressive vs. Conservative faction in games--two factors. This is not meant to reflect classic politics, but the general view of the terms. The progressive faction believes in making sweeping changes, less mired...

Edited...moved this to a better topic.

Actually, perhaps it is Ed Greenwood's own "original" take on the realms without most of the corporate mandated changes, maybe even in the ruleset he uses (AD&D), or at least in a format that can be adapted for 5e.

Considering they are reprinting the AD&D rules and not the D&D rules, I don't think it's an intentional slight. They did not use the term "created", they used the term "introduced", since Gygax was the one actively publishing it--he published the rules before Arneson was even involved in his...

For me, the biggest problem I have with going back to Greyhawk is the following. I want the original creators involved with the setting, in some way. Ed Greenwood is still alive, still active, and writes for the setting. Even with corporate mandated changes, both he and R.A. Salvatore have...

I think the biggest surprise to me is that nobody else really tried to take up the banner of the open form of 3e D&D. Paizo actually benefited from the lack of competition. (And also having staff and freelancers who were involved with 3e D&D and having the connection to their past). If this...

I got 90% on my first try. #3 and #7 stumped me. (Yes, I knew the name of the Axe from the start). I had to get it right though, which is why I have 3 tries--I wish they ranked each try on the leaderboard. I think #3 should have been ranked harder because Gygax used a LOT of words, and all...

The problem is that what you do is a very important thing, and gaming is not. Gaming is a hobby. It doesn't have to be innovative, it just has to be fun. I more or less reject what's called "innovation" as if it is a science or a feat of engineering for games. Are there good ideas or...

The other question is legality. Because of the OGL, there's a lot of people who have become, for lack of a better term, "ballsier" in creating retro-clones. While the OGL offers some protection for the D&D ruleset (at least the one based on 3rd Edition), I've seen people think they can...

Boz actually needs sources to determine if it's worth keeping as an article on Wikipedia. There's already a Lamia article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamia_(mythology) There's also a Lamia in popular culture. Lamia in popular culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I'm not sure there...

And I should point out this isn't an MMO, it's more like a networked game. You can only have I believe 4-6 players maxed in their own networked instance.

While I respect your work on Wikipedia and how you've improved D&D entries and took battle against an overly-aggressive "deletionist", in this case, since it's a legendary monster with it's own entry, and the Lamina is not as important to the game or its history as say, the Beholder or Mind...

I agree with a lot of what you said. I was just lamenting that D&D used to be the thing that inspired all of the CRPGs, now the CRPGs have grown and there's less value in taking the Tabletop RPGs to the computer.

I find it still annoying and perplexing that, while D&D has had such an impact on pop culture by creating the RPG and many of its tropes, it is still treated as a stigma, even though people don't complain as much about computer games.

It looks like, at least from this wrap-up on Gamebanshee, that they are trying to get back to the NWN1 model of DM created content. Neverwinter Previews and Video Interview On another point, it's kind of sad to see how D&D has apparently fallen in the eyes of computer game fans. Remember when...

Honestly, people who hate Elminster and want to read the Forgotten Realms novels should just move on. It's like being mad that there are novels about Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars universe, or novels about Spock in Star Trek.