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SFRPGs Here, in no particular order, are some science fiction/space opera role-playing game recommendations: -Licensed D20 properties: Babylon 5, Core Command/Jovian Chronicles, DragonStar (D&D in space), Farscape, Future (Modern expansion), Prime Directive (Star Trek), Serenity (Firefly)...

Vikings! Good luck in your cruise! I was pleased to find that a gamer is among the crew of the "Thor." Good role-playing resources for a Viking campaign include the following: -GURPS Vikings (written for 3rd Ed., but could easily be used w/ the Generic Universal Role-Playing System 4e); GURPS...

My campaign setting For my D&D3.5 "Vanished Lands" heroic fantasy campaign setting (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/DnD3VanishedLands/), I'd want the following three core books to be published: -Player's book: D20 races, classes, skills/feats and spells, basic geography, and magic/gods...

Restoring the woods There are a few ways you can do this: -Artifact hunt: Perhaps there is a long-lost Elven or Druidic artifact (or series of enchanted items) that could be used to restore the forest to its former health. Or, a sacred animal could be required to be found. -Reuniting the...

Star Frontiers I loved Star Frontiers! Aside from some brief mentions in Dragon/Dungeon/Polyhedron, Alternity, and most recently, D20 Modern/Future, I've always hoped for an update that kept the spirit of that space opera game but updated and expanded it for D20. I played a Yazirian (flying...

I recommend taking a look at the D&D "Kingdoms of Kalamar" or "Forgotten Realms" setting books, which do have examples of starting packages based on human nationalities. Also, human-centric D20 worlds, such as the Black Company, Conan, and Thieves' World adaptations offer similar starting skills...

Necromancer-Paizo partnership I would also love to see D&D3.5/D20 versions of the Tome of Horrors I and Gary Gygax's Necropolis, as well as updated versions of their great old-school-style modules and sourcebooks. Plastic minis of ToH creatures would also be cool. As for newer products, I...

Negative Experience Awards I've also awarded 0 Experience Points in "Dungeons & Dragons" sessions when certain role-players were inattentive, disruptive, or working against the party (but not for good in-character reasons). In most cases, I expect a group of Player Characters to be able to...

More on alignments I'd say that Starbuck in the original 1970s "Battlestar Galactica" was Neutral or Chaotic Good. Occasionally selfish, but generally benevolent. In the SciFi Channel's current revisionist military space opera, Kara Thrace is more self-destructive and is barely able to keep her...

Alignments and fictional characters I also thought this discussion is interesting and may even give the "Complete Scoundrel" a look, although I've been buying fewer splatbooks in preparation for D&D3.6 or D&D4.0, but that's for another thread... I would also make Robin Hood of most legends and...

Best D&D rules set I've also played every edition of "Dungeons & Dragons" available since the early 1980s. I prefer D&D3.5 for rules, but I miss the art and feel from AD&D1 and AD&D2. Fortunately, there are enough D20 publishers out there to cater to us old grognards. My ideal edition of D&D...

Rules Cyclopedia I could see the value of a single, stripped-down book for D&D3.5/4x, but I agree that right now, the introductory boxed sets and Player's Handbook are sufficient for getting new people into role-playing. I have some nostalgia for earlier editions of "Dungeons & Dragons" and...

Star Wars Saga Edition This sounds like a "x.5" edition of D20 "Star Wars." I'm glad that most of the occupational classes remain and have been streamlined rather than making the game a D20 Modern one. I look forward to trying this out! I also wonder if some of the tweaks to skills, feats, and...

Town map Without drawing one for you, here are some guidelines for town creation: -Start with the terrain. You said it's rugged, but it must also be reasonably accessible to be "adventurer-friendly." Perhaps it's near a political border, in which case the town might be fortified. Or, it's near...

Never enough time As a married professional who has been running "Dungeons & Dragons" for about 25 years, and someone who has recently also run role-play by e-mail, played in multiplayer online games, and even added videoconferencing to my weekly schedule, I sympathize. Part of the challenge...

As a Forgotten Realms player, you'd probably find the Player's Guide to Faerun useful, but I've gotten more use out of the Draconomicon and Cityscape in my homebrew campaign.

Harbors The width of the channel would depend on a number of factors, including but not limited to the following: -Would the ships you describe sail in under their own power? If they were towed in (by beasts of burden harnessed to lines, like early 1800s canals in the U.S. Northeast) or...

Rakshasas In my homebrew campaign setting, the Rakshasas are the rulers of a Lawful Evil realm at the edge of the desert. The predominant culture is Indo-Arabic, with an Assyrian/Persian-style military. They are few in number, rarely seen by humans outside palace walls, and love to toy with...

Heroes I agree that there have always been many gamers who prefer to play Chaotic Neutral (selfish) or non-Good characters because they seem "cooler" than their more heroic options. I also agree that D&D, which bases advancement on the killing of monsters and amassing of loot, is partly...

Cool death goddesses My favorites (and the bases of similar deities in my own D&D campaign) are Ereshkigal (Sumerian/Babylonian), Morrigan (Celtic), Hel and the Valkyries (Norse), and of course, Kali (Hindu). Of these, Ereshkigal and Kali are probably the coolest... Seduction and fertility...