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I rarely do, but there are some that I have deemed were just taking up space, so I found something to do with them. There are certain settings that I just have no interest in, or feel that I could do better with myself, there are some rules supplements where I didn't like the direction the rules...

Ability checks aren't DM fiat; at least not in most cases, and not any more than the skill system is. Take for example needing to balance on a lot suspended by chains, over lava and you must get to the other side to achieve the ultimate goal. Now, any smart PC is going to rig up a rope system to...

I unfortunately must confess to doing this when 2nd edition came out. I took my PHB, DMG, MM, MM2, and Fiend Folio to the local used book store and sold them all so I could afford the 2nd edition PHB. Oops. In the years since then I have managed to track down most of the books I sold back...

A couple things. First, I think the premise is cool, but I think the Kaorti might do a better job of bringing this alien-ness to the world. Instead of drawing from other worlds, they would draw from the Far Realm. More, they have a need to encyst their lairs to make them habitable. If they were...

I'm not so crazy about the price-per-mini change, but overall I think this is a good thing. Price-wise, it seemed like I always ended up with a bunch of commons I didn't need, so the two minis I won't be getting probably won't be missed, especially when this means that I'll be able to actually...

Wow, yeah, I totally agree with you.

Start with 3.5. Have a section in the beginning that has basic rules. In other words, ability checks instead of skills, no feats, limited abilities upon advancement. This would provide for a nice old school feel and speed of play, if that's what people want. Then, after that section, a cleaned...

Spelljammer was cool, for what it was. It just wasn't scifi.

Forked from: Designing a 2e Retro-Clone This discussion brings up an important factor with old school roleplaying, which is that for many, it wasn't the rules themselves that were important with previous editions of D&D, but the worlds you could create with them. The obvious examples are...

I think this is a cool idea, though I do have to wonder how many retro-clones we need. The major advantages of them that I can see is that they bring D&D back to its roots, and they allow you to run old modules without having to monkey around with them in an effort to make them 3.5 compatible...

After thinking on it for a bit, I decided that my religious leanings are irrelevant and I sent them a letter expressing my disappointment and made it clear that I would find more tolerant organizations to donate to in the future.

If that turns out to be the case, I think a letter would be in order. They might want some statistics on the estimated number of Americans that actively play D&D (I read somewhere around a million) and how many of them are normal people who have an education, and a family, and want to help take...

Sadly, I sold my copy of ToEE back in 1996. However, thanks to the incessant musings of Obryn, I've decided to get my ToEE PDF printed up. I'm not sure if I'll actually get around to running it, (I never have run it, even when I was running 1E originally), so it might just happen.

In my case, it's the fact that I have a limited amount of time to prepare, coupled with the fact that I'm looking for something so simple that I can get my eight year old daughter to understand it and get excited about it. While she's a bright kid, 3.5 is a little on the advanced side for her to...

I used to really enjoy the Forgotten Realms, but not so much anymore. I ran a couple games set in the realms during 3rd edition, but I began to feel like it was too hard to create an original concept in that setting without stepping on somebody's toes. Of course this could be overcome by simply...

If you don't have Photoshop, get GIMP (GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program) Then join the Cartographer's Guild - Cartographers Guild :: Homepage There's one method I found that just uses the render clouds function. Once you've created a bunch of randomly formed blobs, you can choose...

What I like about the layout of those books is that they harken back to the earlier works the rules systems are emulating. If I were to print one of these out and have it professionally bound, then show it to someone alongside the original TSR books, I think that because of the style of artwork...

It's the one true game. All others are just pale imitations of the real thing. :p

Labyrinth Lord certainly has the most impressive layout, though it's a llittle light on classes. I've checked out ISRIC 1 and a preview of 2, and I have to say that I'm quite impressed by 2. I should also put in a word for Castles and Crusades, which is kind of a hybrid system. You don't have...