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Well if you like randomization, then...*ahem*...look over here.

It sounds like you have more problems with crappy DMs than any particular game system. Hopefully, you will find better DMs in the future. Or, rather, those experiences have let you to become a DM and learn from the mistakes of others. I'm here because every time I read an article by a DDN...

It depends on how its handled. The simplest way to let race simply be fluff sometimes. For instance, a player has a 0-level dwarf miner that he needs to level up to 1. According to DCC rules, this character has to become a level 1 Dwarf. But, the DM could rule that the player could chose...

I'm going to make a declaration. DCC RPG is Dungeons and Dragons Next, but WotC hasn't figured that out yet. Every time I read one of Mike Mearls articles on design goals for DDN, I realize that the good folks at Goodman Games have come to the same conclusion, already addressed the issue...

Morrus: I think we should game together. It sounds like we share a lot of opinions about what makes a good game system.

I agree that this is what the designers of 5e would like to do. The problem is that I don't trust WotC enough to fully believe that this is what they will be allowed to do. WotC has many other considerations other than what constitutes the best game design. Because WotC has gotten away from...

Yes, the rules and even the layout of the rules affects psychology. One of the things that I picked up on with 4e was that there would be pages and pages and pages of rules and powers, but few, if any, on fluff. WotC just assumed that people would fill in the fluff for themselves. But, they...

I like and agree with a lot of what you've posted. My new passion is Goodman Games' DCC RPG. For me, that IS D&DNext. It has a very simple skill system. First, there is no skill list. The character describes what they would like to do. The DM rules if the character can do the skill based...

Well, it's both and neither. DCC is a new system put out by Goodman Games that tries to capture the old school DnD but use some newer design ideas (sound familiar?). I was reading through the pre-order pdf and noticed that the highest levels are 10, but they describe this as being a super...

WotC: "You see in our system all of the character levels go to 30. Look, right across the board 30, 30, 30 and.." DCC: "Oh, I see. And older systems just went up to 10." WotC: "Exactly." DCC: "Does that mean it's more epic? Is it any 'epic-ier'?" WotC: "Well, it's 20 more epic, isn't...

I wonder if this is my Monte left. He wanted piles of cash in order for WotC to re-release the old 3.5 stuff and they wouldn't pay out.

Actually, WotC is the one that's jumping on the bandwagon. Other publishers, such as Goodman Games, have been pushing the Old Game feel for a while and from the beta game they put out, I think they've done a good job. I'm a bit leery of WotC's ability to really do what they are hoping they are...

I think the big problem has always been the use of the term "race". D&D does not have races, it has species. A race, in biological terms, is a minor variation within a species. For instance, Caucasian, African American, Native American, Asian, and Hispanic are all races. Other than cosmetic...

You guys forgot about Red Sonja... http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/data/media/30/RedSonjaPremierePosterBIG.jpg

This is a fine review, but I do have to say that I'm sad to see that this is a direction that 3PP are moving with 4e. I was fine with the 'card' system presented in 4e. I thought it was just a new way for players to organize and track their abilities. But, when WotC started producing booster...

I can add WotC's cold-hearted treatment of its employees, even the ones with 20+ years experience at the company, to the big pile of reasons of why I won't buy any more WotC products.

Another term for this is 'word of mouth', which any marketer will tell you is way better than advertising.

The fact that Pathfinder is outselling 4e shouldn't be all that surprising that WotC is offering next to nothing in the area of support for its own game. They have a lot of novels, board games, and ancillary stuff like dungeon tiles coming out, but very few books that really add anything to the...

As far as I am concerned, Dungeon Crawl Classics by Goodman Games is going to be 5E. Dungeon Crawl Classics

I have a wacky idea: how about if WotC stop wasting its time trying to figure out how they can get women and kids to play their game and start making a game that is fun and interesting. I'll go out on a limb here and make another stereotype: men, women, and children regardless of their age...