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Does 2000 A.D have a implied shared universe or are all the comics separate?

Pretty excited about this. Is the Zeitgeist material planned for any particular schedule, like once a month, along with the other articles, or is it just whenever they get done?

Sadly I know about this first hand, as one of my players became incarcerated (the circumstances of which destroying our gaming group in the process). He could have D&D books, but the prison didn't provide anything. One of the other players gave him the books. Dice were prohibited, I think...

While I do think Dave Arneson provided the key innovation that led to modern roleplaying games, I would never diminish what Gary Gygax did. He is the author of Dungeons and Dragons. He literally wrote the book. When I found my brother's beaten up copy of the Player's Handbook in 1982, my...

"Another key ingredient in Dungeons & Dragons is dramatic pacing, achieved by transitioning between three different game modes: a mode of exploration, a mode of combat and a mode of logistics." This is an absolute key feature of RPG's in general, especially computer RPGs, which tend to fail in...

Yeah I'm finding the concept of "Get the new edition and get everything ever put out for this game" quite compelling, and I've never played or barely heard of this game before.

Really fascinated to here more about the combat. I couldn't tell from the sample images how a turn-less combat would work. The example has a sequence 1-6 and the power listings have a lot of terms like 'your turn', 'next attack', cannot do this if you've already done that, reactionary actions...

It's interesting because I've really enjoyed some rpg podcasts like the Acquisitions Inc ones, but I just can't watch the video forms of it. Tried Titan's Grave and some others as well. I don't know if the video interferes with my imagination or what.

I have the first six issue compilation already from Comixology, and while I didn't really like the artwork, there was a surprising amount of good RPG content included. Don't know if that continued in all the comics but it's worth a look. Also I'm tempted by all the maps. Looks like they are...

PDF downloads are hosed right now, but while I was waiting, I got out my Beginner Box and took another look. This thing is hands down the best introductory product I've ever seen. It's worth the 25 + shipping (for US at least) by itself, and when you get through it's meaty content you'll have...

When I was in middle school way back in the day my jam was Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators. I loved that stuff! The main issue in mysteries is how to make the solutions non-obvious without being completely ridiculous. How does a RPG support this? Does it rely on player skill or...

Encyclopedia Brown the RPG. Sounds awesome.

He has quite a story to tell about Tomb of Horrors. I think that alone makes it not the worse adventure. The worst adventures are forgettable. Also the artwork is wonderful. Any module that has Erol Otus art in it is ok by me.

I tried to make a quick fighter type and ended up with a barbarian. Quite fun. I like the development system. Only issues I had was Soak was not defined in the character guide like the other stats were, I had to look in the starter kit. Also wasn't quite sure on the weapon damage, looks like...

Thanks for this! This is my first look at this game, I'm trying to rip through creating a character to see how it strikes me. So far: Wasn't sure if you could take origins multiple times (pretty sure you can't, unless racial) Didn't get right away that skills had ranks and could be taken...

I definitely have to question the validity of these stats. Looking through the list I noticed 'Simple System' on there, a game that doesn't exist. I know because I backed the kickstarter. The author published support for roll20 but then cancelled the project later. The stats list 60 games...

Do we know how many people were actually on staff, that got laid off from Goblinworks?

Wow, so by entire contents you mean all of the text as well, so you could run this adventure without the hardback? That would seem like a deal.

They said the pop-a-matic was a gimmick. They said it was a rip off of a classic, Parcheesi. They said all the cool kids wanted the card based movement of Sorry. Well my friends they were wrong. Trouble is back. The one true move-your-guy-around-the-board-to-home-base is getting it's props...

I have a soft spot for those former tournament modules like Ghost Tower of Inverness, White Plume Mountain, and the Slavers series. Otherwise, no complaints.