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    "Map Folio" interest?

    That's precisely what I'm looking for. When I run a pre-made adventure it's because I don't have time to build a custom one. I'd like to be able to read the module, pull the map into MapTool place the mob tokens and be ready to go. In situations where I am not running a game at home I'd like to...
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    Piracy

    Well put. Technology changes business models (this includes IP which really amounts to a social contract). Some become obsolete, some are changed drastically. It's the nature of the beast. Sometimes you can adapt, sometimes you go away. You only need to look as far as the music industry to see...
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    With a subscription to DDi Character Builder, buying a PHB2 isn't necessary.

    Or in the can.. let's be honest here :p
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    Another Cease and Desist Letter: 4E Powercards

    I didn't make a claim either way. I'm sorry I'm not going to tilt at your strawman. I haven't seen either site nor am I a judge, and neither are you. Nor is anyone else that's taken part in this discussion. Copyright infringement issues are not always black and white, particularly when fair...
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    Another Cease and Desist Letter: 4E Powercards

    Just because they say it, doesn't make it so. For that matter just because WotC sends a C&D, doesn't mean they're correct... even if the site gets taken down. Whether or not either of these recent people/sites/whatever were actually infringing on WotC's copyright isn't for WotC or the alleged...
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    WH40k Rogue Trader

    This isn't a book about the Imperium, it's a book about one tiny aspect of the Imperium. You play an acolyte in service of an Inquisitor, period. Again there was no reason to lock it down in this way. The core rules do not need to vary from setting to setting and they shouldn't have been tightly...
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    Dungeon Delve feedback for WotC

    I'm not a fan of Dungeon Tiles at all, I find them far too limiting and unwieldy. I was hoping that Dungeon Delve would give me a reason to pull them out and use them though. Do any of the delves in the book require the out of print sets? Also count me in for wanting full maps with the...
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    WH40k Rogue Trader

    Simple, instead of releasing rules to a 40k RPG they released rules locked down to a specific setting. There should have been a general rulebook and separate, specific setting books. The book for playing in the Inquisition could have been releases simultaneously with the basic rulebook rather...
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    Will the WOTC Gametable return or is it dead forever?

    It definitely looks that way. Honestly, I don't think they're capable of delivering, but we'll see. It's going to be a long time and a lot of things can change.
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    WH40k Rogue Trader

    I believe that won't be until the third book. Recall that three were announced by BI and FFG is going to go ahead and stick with what was originally intended. I wish they hadn't. These books are an awful realization of a 40k RPG.
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    Well, that was painless

    Didn't go as smoothly for us, we're stuck at the Comfort Suites this year. Usually I just call the Hyatt and reserve a room at normal prices but they were booked up so I had to go through Con housing :(
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    You have GOT to be kidding me.

    No it doesn't, it came about two decades after the first scanner was invented in 1957. Drum scanners were marketed in the 70s, possibly before. If they were interested in archiving there were a number of methods available even when D&D first became available. In any event, that Ampersand...
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    How do you make effective game use of WotC's Dungeon Tiles?

    No thanks. I'm already wavering on dropping my auto-purchase of WotC published modules for quality reasons. If they started coming out with areas solely based on Dungeon Tiles it would probably push me to stop. I'm sure you can be creative with the tiles, but it would *feel* homogenized to me...
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    How do you make effective game use of WotC's Dungeon Tiles?

    I like them in concept and I'm not a fan in practice. I stopped collecting them and the rest sit unused. If I'm not using MapTool I'm either drawing it on a mega mat, using printed maps, or using maps that came with the module. I think that if I were to do a "delve" type setup where the map is...
  15. J

    RPG Magazines (printed).

    I was going to subscribe to Polymancer, but their site is awful and hard to navigate so I left and never went back.. except for a minute ago to see if it was still crap.
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    Dice Bag...

    :):):):).. I went right to Amazon and ordered one, hell with the shopping list :p I was surprised to find they're only $10. I probably won't put dice in it but I can think of a bunch of other uses, gaming and non...
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    Goodman Games to publish a 4e print magazine under the GSL

    I wasn't quite sure what that meant either, I assumed since it's quarterly it was $1 an issue to mail. I went ahead and completed my subscription. I'm thankful that they didn't go the draconian route that Privateer Press does with their no subscription policy for No Quarter. I'm actually...
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    Dice Bag...

    I have a handmade dice bag. My wife and I went to the fabric store I picked out some "steampunk" looking pattern (sort of at least) and she made me a custom bag. Cheap, easy, and you get exactly what you want.
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    Goodman Games to publish a 4e print magazine under the GSL

    This might be one that has to be played with minis instead of inside of a VTT.
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    Virtual Tabletop help

    Really? Cool, I'll have to update my version. I'd love it to be a little more holistic as opposed to switching apps.
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