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I just think that if the GM is being fair and on the level, often the players' actions will punish themselves. For instance, the other night a player had his character go off alone from the rest of the group (silly option #1), then he charged into a Necromancer's back room (silly option #2)...

For better or for worse, I am on Jack's mailing list, therefore I get tracts hot off the presses.

The moment a GM takes an attitude that he needs to 'punish' players as if they were unruly children, the game will take an adviserial tone that is likely not the kind of approach you want. It is a game for people who want to enjoy themselves and tell a story as opposed to one person - the GM -...

I always assumed Amazon's discounts were kind of hit of miss, depending on the newness or popularity of the item.

I suspect Squirrel Nutkin would be interested.

I was running a non-combat, political campaign for a year. Each character played a wicked or aggressive member of an incompetant king's staff. Think Diplomacy but with RPG characters. In any event, the evil high priest (pretending to be a good priest) eventually cursed the king's daughter's...

I think there are lots of people with a bad taste in their mouths over DC RPGs. I love the DC universe but every supers game they have put out has been kind of lame. Besides, currently Mutants & Masterminds is really the best system on the market.

My only problem with a game design company proposing a core story is that it can often get out of control, ala Forgotten Realms.

I am not sure why the contents in the DMG II would drive anyone away. Could you not just ignore those rules, not use them and move on with your campaign?

I was horrified at the weird scenario this devolved into. For as great as ToH was, the Return was just weird. I don't recall reading the modual but I found the name funny: Vecna Lives!

I voted for a few but I will single out a good one that might not get much attention - Against the Cult of the Reptile God. It was a good modual that had a lot of different elements. It had a small town feel like any Stephen King novel, had great opportunities for RPing and had a few...

Banewarrens is an excellent answer.

The best thing it did for me is help cultivate my creative side and meet great friends. The worst thing it did for me si create a huge money sinkhole and time sinkhole. But I would have blown the time and money on something else, I'm sure. ;)

Aside from Dungeon, Dragon and White Dwarf (and the GW White Dwarf spin offs) I think the gaming world is low on mags. I would love to find some kind of magazine on the industry or something along those lines.

It looks like kind of a cute book, actually. The local gaming store had it last week and I almost picked it up but figured I could wait.

Monty Haul needs to be addressed early on. The characters in my current campaign are all around 5th level and the best anyone has (aside from a few potions and scrolls) are a +1 weapon and maybe +1 armor. By the time they hit 8th level they will have a few more things but they seem to enjoy...

My best advice is to find a GM you know and like and talk to them. They will show you the right path. Kind of like getting training from Yoda.

I am not sure why people care if it is blue, green or bown. People have been up in arms about this for half the posts I have seen about the new DMG.

Are you the author of the product he is criticizing?

I double majored in History and English then went on to get a Master's in History. Once I realized that all of that would make for a pretty low income, I went to law school.