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Oftentimes, it seems that when discussing rules, actions, powers and suchlike one finds they need to have some sort of generic -- shall we say -- target upon which to demonstrate. Usually, it's done in a very general fashion and names and the such don't get used. This can, however, become...

I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.... ;) Seriously, I don't know if I could do EVERY sunday (as I have periodic trips to my RL D&D group on the weekends), but I could probably be at least semi-regular. And I'm DYING to get out from behind the bloody...

Can't look at the article right now (will when I get home, though) -- for those of you who've read it, though, a question: What would said Rust Monster Nightmare do to a Monk whose had his unarmed strike enchanted?

I'd actually suggest doing some rummaging and seeing if you can't get a cheap copy of the old "Dungeon" boardgame, then use your mastermaze set + miniatures to replace the game board.

First off, I'd say you have to have (even if ya gotta kitbash 'em yerself) Mongrelmen in this world. They seem like they'd be a perfect fit. Now, for something a bit more out there. You seem to have a definite lack of fungoid races (unless you're tossing in the Myconids, which also should go...

Also need to keep in mind it's a published example of play; I'd fully expect that it's been edited (or written straight-up) for clarity and flow and deliberately drops any of the "in-character" speech that could easily slip in to a real session. A whole bunch of in-character boasting/posturing...

Well, with Gloom, you've got a family of 5 or so individuals with interrelated histories on their cards. Additionally, all the cards in the game are printed on clear plastic, so everything you do stacks up (you don't replace a card that's been played, you just play on top of it) and you can...

This one I like. In fact, since I'm on the verge of starting a campaign that will -- at later levels -- have a heavy focus on aberrations, it might just be useful as one of those things that the PCs don't know at all. And since this campaign is based on the idea of "Everything's normal, the...

The names of some of the cards are the best part about the game -- "Pursued by Poodles," "Betrayed by the Butler," "Menaced by Mimes" -- the list goes on. It even encourages you to come up with a short tale behind each misery you heap on your family members.

Couple of times at DragonCon -- good for a horde (5-10 people), not so good for small groups. Well, basic Gloom is for 2-4, iirc; sorta *meh* with two players, but even three gives a nice dynamic to it. Aside from that, I'd also second Fluxx.

*ahem* YOINK!! Now that that's out of the way, there's lots of good ideas in here for sure. Heck, watch "Killer Klowns From Outer Space," even -- those things are almost the epitome of aberrations, and they've got an agenda for sure.

For card games, I heartily recommend Gloom and all its expansions. It's good, clean, morbid fun. Take a stereotypical gothic Victorian family, inflict various traumas on them to make them as miserable as possible and then "score" points by sending them to a suitable demise. Meanwhile, you can...

Hmm, just as a quick idea, I'd say plunder the Redwall books for appropriate animals. Make it obvious by having the various sacrifices dressed in miniature clothing that resembles the corresponding residents of the Barony, and if you feel the need to telegraph it even MORE, have it all take...

Durned rabble-Rousers....

Is that a BECMI, 1E, 2E, 3E, 3.5E or 4E Kraken? Wait, is there a 4E Kraken yet?

Another trick is to have dovetailing interests for evil characters. Played a NE rogue once -- total sociopath, really, but focused -- who got along very well, with the party's necromancer. He liked to kill (a budding Jack the Ripper, as it were), and the necromancer always needed raw...

Heck, Adventurer's Vault even has a ritual to transfer an enchantment from one item to another, which means you can use that +3 sword to upgrade your +1 w/power to a +3 w/power.

Nah, in the CB, the easiest workaround is simply to assign each character an appropriate + weapon at each required level (with the understanding among the players that that plus isn't actually attached to the weapon per se, but actually inherent to the characters). They still won't find +X...

Except, it divorces those mathematically-required bonuses from the items themselves, letting you focus on items that do things rather than merely provide bonuses. Me, if I were to take the numerical bonuses off of items and put them on characters, I'd probably put them at 3/8, 13/18 & 23/28, to...

Well, they can -- if they can hit anything. The Gauth wasn't very good at that. The real killer was the Duergar Theurge -- caught the party clustered with her fire/knockdown Burst 2 and followed up with hitting EVERYONE with her poison/blind Burst 2 the next round. 3 rounds later, they both...