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I've been looking at different RPG topics on my blog: WhatDoIKnowJR.com Last week I looked at the tried and true topic of alignment, but this week I wanted to look at what it takes for RPG consumers to pick up a new edition of an RPG. If you are so inclined, please swing by the survey and let...

When I run Rogue Trader, I bring all of my books on my laptop in PDF form. Same for Pathfinder. When I was playing Pathfinder, I only brought my character PDF and the SRD reference App that I had on my tablet, my dice, and a tiny little notebook for notes and such. When I have run Pathfinder...

My mother (Happy Mother's Day!) used to read me Arthurian stories at bedtime. Hard to resist the fantasy genre after that. On top of that, my parents took me to Star Wars at the Drive In at a wee age, and my brother got me reading comics as soon as I could read. What games do I run/play...

I will say that while the chase rules may not have been a big hit in M&M, the mass combat rules in the one Savage Worlds game I used them in seemed to go over pretty well. I guess the assumption is that you really can't model mass combat well without buying into some kind of subsystem. Using...

Lots of games have subsystems for resolving conflicts that don't utilize their normal round to round resolution. 4th Edition and Star Wars Saga have Skill Challenges. Savage Worlds has various sub-systems for chases, mass combat, and social conflicts. Mutants and Masterminds has challenges to...

As someone that was actually critical of the game in my blog, once I sat down and read through the Operations Manual, I have to say that I'm often confused by comments about the game being hard to learn or understand. I honestly think that some of that might be "unlearning what you have...

I'm actually really enjoying it so far. I just hope it doesn't go the way of Google Wave and goes out with a whimper. I'm liking the interface and the bells and whistles more than Facebook.

I have to say, while I may not have been the biggest fan of Gimli being the running joke of the LOTR movies, the Hobbit is pretty much all comic relief and comedy of errors until the end of the book. I mean, the names alone are pretty hard to take seriously (not so much individually, but in...

Eh, acknowledging, perhaps. Fixing? The standard answer has become "when we get done with our next busy period," which then turns into the next busy period, and spawns staff replies like "we have to keep selling books to stay in business."

Hero Lab is very useful. As someone that just recently left off running Pathfinder, I'll say it depends on what might cause you issues with 3.5. If you are just planning on running Core rules only, perhaps with extra Bestiaries, overall you probably will have a smoother ride than 3.5 might...

After reading some of the rest of the thread, I wanted to clarify what I said, because now that I'm seeing the shape of things, I don't want to agree with things I clearly am not agreeing with, in my brain at least. I think a cheap/valuable subscription model is viable business model. The...

I can't provide numbers or anything about the majority of posts or anything like that, but I can say that I checked on that thread fairly early on and was shocked that there were multiple people saying very nasty things in rapid succession, and was pretty turned off by the vitriol involved. On...

Because I wasn't currently in a game, and the character builder and monster tools changed, I dropped my subscription. Had one or the other not changed, I may not have. Inertia, object in motion and all of that. It was cheap enough that I could satisfy my curiosity.

For months after I quit playing 4th edition, I kept up my DDI subscription, because I could pay a relatively small monthly fee and tinker with the new stuff they had coming out. I may have even stuck with it if they hadn't shifted from their original tool formal to the totally online format...

At the very least I think it is useful to keep in mind that listening to what people don't like is useful. Listening to what you have done that people do like is useful. Trying to get general ideas from people about what they think they want to see in the future is tricky and doesn't always...

I can relate, and I can see resolving it one of two ways. However, once you start down a path, you should probably stick to that path. It's a tough situation. 1. Let them resolve it in character. I have had a player in one of my campaigns pretty much swear that he's going to follow a...

I've recently been trending into a different phase as well. When I was younger, I must say, I had a similar experience. Getting to game almost every day and for hours and hours on the weekend, especially in the summer, let to me using weather charts and trying to use armor versus weapon rules...

See, that's the problem with GRRM's books, you could accidentally hit the mark . . . ;)

Like a few others, I had always assumed that intelligent outsiders that become familiars make some kind of deal when they first bond with their spellcaster, not that they are somehow forced against their will into servitude. Then again, when it comes to summoning things, my brain always...

Wow, that was a really great analysis. I really appreciate you posting that, and I am glad to know that I'm not the only one that felt a bit burned out and lost after book 4 wrapped up.