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Is this why the 4E versions of #1 and #4 of War of the Burning Sky are $5.59 instead of $1? EDIT: I just realized that if I went to the product page for both of those, there are two format options: "Watermarked PDF" and "ZIP File". Switching to the ZIP format changes the price to $1 for...

You don't send the most powerful heroes out to deal with the little threats for the same reason you don't send SWAT to deal with every 911 call, special forces to deal with every military situation, or the king out to every village when there is a concern. This is a combination of there being...

I don't see suggesting those books as any different than suggesting a particular monster book when someone wants "a group of enemies that can do X," or suggesting "Elements of Magic" if they ask for a point-based magic system for D&D. The "A Magical Medieval Society" books are are an excellent...

I highly recommend for a good gaming economic bit the "A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe Second Edition". I linked the second edition, though I'm still using the first edition myself. If you want to get heavy into trade, the "A Magical Society: Silk Road" has thing like setting up...

One thing I think you're forgetting when saying that Wizards may take D&D digital rather than print is that they would face the same lack of new audience that the smaller game companies would face. Right now, the print D&D book in the stores draw people into the hobby. If a lack of print books...

People are leaving out the incentive for playing this game in the show. You seem to be able to earn real world money in the game. One of the episodes had this big plot where they are robbing another player and the character's little datapad shows currency accumulating. Their criminal...

Have a little girl with a cute party dress and curly blond hair. Ribbons too. White stockings and little polished shoes. Have her carrying a doll or teddy bear. Don't have her DO anything. Just have her seen now and then, but always turn around a corner and disappear before they get to her...

Here's my answers, based on a couple of decades of dealing with players. :) Just remember that ultimately it boils down to the fact that if you're all having fun, you're doing it right. Whatever "it" is. 1) Too much money is easy to deal with. Money is something everybody else wants. Lords...

While I cannot remember the name of either module, I remember two different setups that would work quite well for an inn as being a nexus of adventure. In one, there were paintings in a hall that lead to other places. The paintings could be far regions the characters travel to and the outward...

First, character creation is overwhelming to many. Second, there are numerous numbers to track every round, including Endurance, Recovery, Stun, actions on which you go, whether you are stunned, et cetera. Finally, I know gamers who consider Shadowrun and D&D far too much math. The kind of...

Scion. The setting is fantastic, but the game rules are horrible and only get worse as the power level increases. Hero System. I love the potential, but I've never been able to get more than a few people over the years willing to even consider playing it. There is just too much math for most...

I have problems reading the gaming books too. In fact, I keep a flat magnifying sheet I bought at a book store inside the front cover of the core book for my current game so that I can see when I look up materials. I also bring a bar magnifier because it's better for some kinds of print...

I would suggest Goodman Game's "Dungeon Crawl Classics #31: The Transmuter's Last Touch". It is a fairly straight path dungeon with some interesting and fun bits to it. It also has kobolds. It is one of my favorite Goodman Game's modules and it's sold both in PDF and print for $2 as a way of...

I found quite a few on my own and then added a few more from what was posted above. Thank you, everyone! The "Transylvania" chest on order history is not showing up for me either. I have only found 19 total items because of this. Below is a checklist so you can make sure you get them all...

For an introduction game, I would not have them make their own characters. You create the characters. If you want to get them interested in the game, don't bog them down with the rules, math, and time consumption of character creation. Then those who want to stay will get to create their own...

In general, it strikes me that language skills have declined in the past 20 years in the business world and online. I see things daily that make me cringe. I expect a certain number of mistakes, because I myself have prepared large documents and then later found a mistake I and others missed...

We also have Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. There was a short story I read where the Roman characters were discussion the names of things on maps as they explored/expanded. One guy pointed to a point on the map and wondered what the native name meant. The other responded, "I don't...

I had a party try this sort of thing for a while. Until one of the poor woodland creatures they'd trapped stumbled into a magical spring in the dungeon and was granted phenomenal power. The group then had to try and chase down a flying, fire breathing, intelligent squirrel who was transforming...

My Solution I use a rolling toolbox I picked up at WalMart on sale. You can get better ones at a Home Depot or someplace (which I recommend because the WalMart one has warped and is hard to close up now). Basically it's like one of those rolling suitcases with 2 wheels and a handle that comes...

I would think any really over the top badguy would want to leave clues, at least if you're using human psychology. There's this thing were a certain kind of disturbed will leave clues, hints, riddles, messages, and whatnot. Sometimes this is because they want to get caught. Sometimes this...