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Bull, one thing you might consider is trying to get the same sort of "I may need this information later" functionality out of your setup without trying to make email clients do it for you. I'm a fan of Evernote, which you can get a free account with and use to create that stored content that...

LOL. No need for apologies for not having read an old column. At the moment, I've got two groups going -- one still organized by email (using the same Yahoo Group we've used for ten years or more) and the other organized with a Facebook group. In the end, the right answer is the one that...

This week, Forbes contributor Jacob Morgan published an article about the evolution of work and the workplace, along with the obligatory Infographic -- albeit a well-made one. He based the work on extensive research, so unlike this column, it was not pulled directly out of his … imagination...

I updated over the weekend -- the swipe features are especially handy for me, since I have to keep my phone passcode-locked because I have my work email on it. I didn't expect to like the look and feel changes, but I do. I find it a little easier to read in the flatter look and feel, actually...

I had an inkling. As a EN World columnist, I see it as my job to occasionally take on the role of "that guy who is wrong on the internet." At least people still come back and read each week. So far. Maybe this one will be the one that kills my readership. As for me, I'm back in the...

Huh. I'll have to keep trying different ear cups to see what gives me the best sound. Thanks! -rg

I'd agree with this -- it's the difference between taking the players on a great roller coaster ride and joining them on a road trip. Both can be fun, but the road trip is more collaborative -- but I think it can be more challenging. -j

I like it.

That would be a good one; this week's inspiration was the timely drop of the LOST bible when I was working on trying to see which of my terrible ideas for a column would get closes to done. It could be very interesting to see a similar look at the Twin Peaks stuff, if it's available. I think...

I especially like #7 -- it's okay if they're wrong. ;)

JJ Abrams made TV history with his groundbreaking series LOST -- and, love it or hate it, it's hard to argue that the show wasn't a significant accomplishment on Network TV, a landscape dominated by reality programming and multi-camera, laugh-track powered sitcoms. Just this past Thursday...

So, Lore (rather than skills) from the previous packet is gone, but it's on the form-fillable character sheet? Or do we still have lore as well and I just haven't seen it yet? -rg

The multi-pairing thing is cool. I'm experimenting with having it paired to my work computer and my phone. Not totally giving up on them -- just not blown away. ;) -rg

Okay, I've got it. I find myself wishing I were a skinny guy, instead of a fat SOB. The headset doesn't quite fit around my neck outside my collar, so I have to wear it next to my skin, and I find that distracting and uncomfortable. Then, there's the actual headphones. I'm probably some...

It's not that I mind, it's cleaning up the vomit afterwards that's a drag.

I think that Paizo set themselves up for better, "evergreen" content when they elected to focus more on continuing to work in their area of strength -- APs. The core rules don't need to change for them to continue to develop stories to play through. That said, I think a certain amount of...

Crap. Forgot to set DVR.

Just guessing, but I think he's not just looking for other RPGs, but RPGs that one way or another capture something essential about D&D -- and the examples he cites are three different takes on what's essential about D&D. He picked those three, and might have picked other games with slightly...

Great posts, both of them. It'll be very interesting to see if a large enough body of players shift to these off-ramps, or to other potential off-ramps, in enough numbers to create serious shifts in the marketplace. To paraphrase the old cliché Chinese curse -- "May you game in interesting...

That's all true -- one of key things that makes the concept more viable in games like FATE is that they're so much less crunchy that it does not imply a burden to apply the sort of same-mechanic-across-all-scales idea as it does for a game like D&D. :heh: if that's what everyone really wants...