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The limitation of Asians Represent On Oriental Adventures is that none of the panelists seems to have researched their topic before starting. For example, they incorrectly assumed Comeliness was created just for OA. As a result, it’s a problematic podcast to listen to, despite it winning some...

GreyLord, I confess you are braver than me. I have many thoughts on this subject that I have not yet posted. But will in about a year once all the smoke clears. Too much emotion right now. Regarding #5, what is the difference between what you call “white washing” and, for example, a DM using...

Interesting stats. You’re missing Kingdoms of Kalamar, which while made by Kenzer and Co, was an official D&D setting during 3E.

In so many ways 2E was just a clean up and simplification of 1E. So good mix.

Thank you Azzy. Nice post. Perhaps I should have been more clear. It is unfortunate how easy it is for people, even if the same gaming tribe, to quickly turn to outrage on boards like this. I didn’t think I’d care about the URL either. Perhaps it’s failing was a symbolic end of TSR for me and...

As a note to younger members of our hobby, let me The OP say there is zero outrage over this. Just some sadness. I’m grateful WoTC/Hasbro kept the domain redirect active for as long as they did. As far was not understanding the sentimentality, know that you are but the latest in a long line of...

I wish WoTC had understood the significance and given the domain to a worthy site, such as ENWorld. Instead, now it will go to the highest bidder. As a thought experiment, what if instead of just dropping the domain, WoTC had sold it in a charity auction. If their reason was to distance...

Maintaining a domain is super cheap. I suspect this decision was made by someone who didn’t understand the significance and just wanted to clear the clutter. Or it was made to distance the company from the older products. But either way, whoever scooped it up will probably get a pretty penny...

To be honest, I don’t recall what the original tsr web page looked like, though I’m certain I frequented it. Would love a link to any pics or archives of it. I do recall vividly the day when the WoTC site became only a minor site for me to visit. It was the day they disabled their message...

As the OP, can I request we stay on topic. I remember about a year after WoTC bought TSR and they were going to make their grand announcement on their website for 3rd Ed. Their website had a countdown clock. Then, when the timer to 3rd editon reached zero, their site crashed because too many...

Well, it finally happened. Sometime during this pandemic WoTC decided it no longer needed www.tsr.com. I’ve long used it as an easy shortcut to get to the D&D site part of WoTC (even before they were bought by Hasbro). It’s also given me comfort to know that it the website printed on my old...

DMMike I love your hammer analogy!

Some great replies! Thank you all and especially a shout out to Tonguez, who had some excellent specific advice that might work. To clarify, I never get mad about this. Where this gets in the way is that it’s preventing him from doing any kind of role playing. Instead he’s thinking of it more...

Any tips on helping kids to not use their player knowledge and view their action choices through the knowledge and motives of their PC? I have 8 year old boy/girl twins. My daughter clearly understands the concept. For her it’s obvious and she will even talk in character. But for my son, it’s...

Nice article. I recommend all GMs/DMs study mythology.

I wish that TFA had kept the WEG canon of the Solo children Jaina, Jacen and Anakin.

Great article! It's my understanding that the opposite was true. He very much was the champion of the individual contributor. That's why there are copywrite entanglement surrounds the PDFs of the early dragons. Granted some of his writing seems a tad arrogant (you need look no further than the...

Thank you fir this! How do they deal with all the spells, etc. which are not part of the OGL?

All I want for Christmas is an NPC Codex for 5th Ed.

No war here. . I have fond memories of the PF RPG (I was even a VC). I just find that as me and my players age, 5th Ed is much easier (and faster) to play. I use the word "adapting" because a detailed conversion is unessary as it can easily be done on the fly, especially if I just reskin (and...