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You might start by taking a look at post #206. Your reading seems like a pretty accurate representation. Maybe even an understatement.

It looks beautiful. . . . But I'm not interested.

Exactly. You can't focus just on the players, even in player-oriented books. Because if DMs don't find the book appealing in some way (as in, "Wow, I really want to include these player options in my game because it will be more fun for everyone!") then there won't be games for those players to...

I think there is a catch with 3PP player books though. In my experience, DMs who don't own and really love a 3PP book aren't likely to allow options from that book in their game. A player who owns that book gets no value out of it if the games he plays in don't allow its use. The common answer...

I've purchased fewer books for 4e than I did for 3e, but I currently own exactly one 3.x era book (my 3.0 DMG, because I haven't found anyone who actually wants it yet) while I own about a dozen 4e books (counting adventures). I would probably own quite a few more 4e books if it were not for the...

This.

Not to mention that a defendant looking at a $125,000 settlement is extremely motivated to fight the case if they actually have a chance of winning. Spending $50,000 on your defense and winning is a net gain in that situation. If the defendants settled, it's likely because their own legal...

The statement doesn't say "web content licensed under the GSL", which would be a contradiction in terms. It is possible to have web content that would comply with the GSL if it were published in some form other than a web page, which is what the WotC statement clearly means. Also note that the...

It looks to me like there is a significant amount of 4e support by 3pp. Maybe not as much as for early 3e, but still more than I will ever be able to buy or use. And, unlike early 3e, the publishers putting out stuff for 4e now are putting out universally quality stuff.

I enjoy the heck out of 4e, it doesn't mean I'm responsible for anything WotC does or did. Being a fan of the game doesn't need to equate to being a mouthpiece and a defender for the people who produce it.

My last game of 2e was around fall of 1998 I think. My last session of B/X D&D was in August, with another one coming up later this month.

My perfect RPG... A gothic style adventure RPG a' la Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane stories. The rules would combine 4e's Daily/Encounter/At-will power system and attack/defense rules for combat with Dogs in the Vineyard's dice pool/bidding task resolution system for everything else. The...

I don't think this is accurate. In my experience, the term Vancian is applied to D&D magic based on the "fire and forget" nature of spells, i.e. once a certain spell is cast it is actively lost from memory and needs to be restored by rememorization. Another aspect of this is that memorization is...

Have the cohort reveal that the father is actually.... the female PC!!! DUHN Duhn duhn!

1 - I don't see how this is in any way "CoC-inspired". Bugbear Baby Breastplates (say that five times fast) don't have anything to do with any Lovecraftian horror I'm familiar with. 2 - I hate these kinds of cheesy "moral quandry" situations in gaming. To me, it just seems like the GM playing a...

I think you may have just answered your own question.

If the rules are good, I prefer to follow them; and I like a game that makes that easy to do. If the rules are bad, or if following them in actual play is difficult because they're overly complex or poorly explained, then I'm not above winging it. But I would only do the latter if I couldn't...

Great post! I agree with what you're saying above, but I wanted to point out that I think it's entirely possible to play older versions of D&D without a heavy reliance on fiat. It's not like B/X D&D doesn't have rules for resolving actions. I've played in plenty of older D&D games where the...

I'd appreciate you not putting words in my mouth.

Given that those DMs cover nearly 30 years of gaming and a pretty wide age-range, qualifiers like "BITD" and "kids" don't really apply. Also given that B/X D&D is one of my favorite RPGs (and one that I still play on a semi-regular basis), the "you weren't a good fit for the game" doesn't really...