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Dragon sequence establishing episode #1 = flashback. Try roleplaying it like it already happened. Not everything needs a present tense description. You can choose whether you want the flashback as scene 1, or start elsewhere with a teaser (think the prologue of A Game of Thrones), then join the...

People on the first page of comments are talking about typos. That was what jumped out at me just now too. Anybody who HAS the book comment on this? We've got the aforementioned "the Orcus", the roll on TYPO madness table, but ALSO everything wraps w/hyphenation...which looks awful...and...

Fantastic System! You have a complete game described here in very little space. That is a fantastic job. It’s particularly helpful that you’ve included sample tasks governed by each of your statistics. In which I have some thoughts! – yes I do; read on. Character Creation – one awfully small...

The quote "sorta wrapped up talking" is now officially double dumb :) I meant it seemed like we'd moved on from Grimm mechanics to kid-game mechanics and not that we agreed 100% on our opinions regarding Grimm's mechanics. And you're doubly right - the next two posts [including MY OWN] had...

I'd like to hear more about SIPS Celebrim. It seems like we've sorta wrapped up talking about how frustrating it is to know exactly what you can accomplish and although your abilities are capped effectively at +1lvl...the 'Dumb & Dumber' in you is still "saying there's a chance"...because of...

Grimm RPG by Fantasy Flight has a dice mechanic that is designed [explicitly stated in the rulebook] to generate normal results most of the time. They want to avoid a character being able to lift a freight train one turn but fail to move a chair the following turn... Here's how it works, if...

Do you have some? :) My 3 & 6 year old loved it. "Again!", they said.

How do you grow at 9% and double in 5 years? I see plenty of kickstarters, but I'm not seeing more game stores, webstores, retail shelf-space, new collectible lines...so Con attendance has "doubled" and that means what?

I think the consternation stems from the fact that the EXACT QUOTE is NOT "60% of people really like our first attempt and we're moving in a direction to get those other 40% on board..."...BUT... "60% of people [are] happy with the way D&D Next is headed". That kind of statement needs...

Eh, it's just easy to hate this one is all. There's a WHOLE WORLD of stuff out there just like this. Then - you can take the plunge and learn there's a whole UNDERWORLD of actual evil, exploitation, enslavement, and various other sundry bits that are tearing people to shreds. And this game...

No way you'll get everybody to agree HOW they want to play in this free-for-all version of D&D - select your own ruleset edition. Not a chance. Plus, even if there's some way to MECHANICALLY balance characters of varying complexity there's now way to balance the experience at the table. If I...

Those wouldn't be METAL locks, would they?

The preview is so obviously a computer generated image used for their casting process (and subsequently colorized), pretty much par for Wizkids course, that I'm actually very leery of how these will actually turn out. I certainly will need to see production photos of the actual thing before any...

The 'Cadwallon' RPG from the now defunct Rackham, cum Rackham Entertainment has what you're looking for. You have a d6 die pool that you need to divide between attack and defense. Your actions happen at various points in the turn based on the size of your pool and the attitude you choose to...

Ahh, the gory details! I've left 4 groups. The first was for fit - one player was a super weirdo and spoke only in limmericks and another was too cool for school. The next was a group where everyone else was unemployed, and likely unemployable; several were incredibly excited about their...

Wizards is Japan in the 1700s. WotC, you are a bastion of impregnable awesomeness whose every decision "vaults" you further into a "compendium" of wonder. Your fervor is no "miniature" affair! Cancellations are merely the result of baleful blows of worthless detractors, and all is well in...

With WotC trying to emulate the success of MTG with all their other games, it a shocker that they haven't even tried to figure out how tomake this work with D&D. "Core set" every two years or so, new cover art - feats, spell list - whatever, but COMPATIBLE content; both in type and qty as the...

I've hiked in 10 states, and almost always average 2 miles per hour when on terrain with some up/downhill (i.e. ALL places) with a variety of groups. You're going to get blisters and tendon fatigue (joint-pain) after 5 hours of walking, and 8 will be a killer. If you're NOT in shape, remember...

CCGs have a reputation for being expensive. CCGs FEEL incompatible with D&D (roleplaying). But exactly WHY are these points salient. Put simply, if you have a preference for any given card more than another card - then this set of randomized cards WILL BE collectible. Whether the boosters...

Ryan, that's not what I meant when I said "all that remains is to get them the game". When you mention that you've fought legendary battles to get distributors to see that they need to provide some service only they can provide to add value to their existence--I'm right there with you. Let's...