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Good point. When I think of Dancey, I think of the now famous letter he wrote on the subject of TSR's collapse. Of course, you have to do actual market research. You have get a better sampling than people complaining on forums and usenet. But it looks like he did. We don't know everything they...

In his defense, he seems to know it's a silly complaint. And yeah, I've worked retail. Christmas releases need to be scheduled in October if you actually want people to buy the item as a Christmas gift.

I don't post things on internet forums thinking I'm going to get universal praise. It's better than Usenet, but that's like saying it's less painful than having your leg amputated without anesthesia. Good point. I didn't send them a letter. When I found out after the game, I simply told them...

I don't know, I had a blast DMing 3e and 3.5. I'm having a blast DMing 4e. But I don't have much experience with prior editions to compare it to. I don't know, I didn't play enough pre 3e D&D to form an opinion on the matter. The only pre-3e edition I played was AD&D 2e. However, I would find...

I agree. My point is that if players are willing to accept TPKs in one game, they might accept it in another game, even if the tone of the two games is different. I say tell them up front and don't feel bad about it. It's not hard in an RPG to overwhelm PCs legitimately, simply have the PCs...

I’m not trying to sound jaded. I’m just trying to tell people that maybe a more PC centric approach to playing their PC might be a better mindset than a “what’s the next plot point I need to hit?” I suspect I’m preaching to choir right now. I’ve already told my group (using nicer language than I...

Not to long ago, I ran the Deathwatch intro/quickstart adventure, Final Sanction. It ended in a TPK. Everyone had a good time. In order for the kind of game you describe to work, the players have to be happy spending the game session being badass until they succumb to the TPK. The continued...

Ironically, I usually play a barbarian when I play. (Not often.)

By defining pillaging in a way that allows you to have fun. Razing a village = pillaging. You know like the old saying: "it takes a village to raise a child, but a viking to raze a village."

I don't know what Hussar's definition of balance is. But for me, a game is balanced when every player and the DM, over the course of a single game session, have the same amount of fun. Thus a game balances each player's role against the other players and the DM. So if we could quantify fun, a...

Sorry, I'm still waiting for Ariosto to post. I belive he's made the argument in the past that there are only two editions of D&D: TSR D&D and WotC D&D.

New Game I have an idea for a new game: Count how many editions of D&D there have been. Person with the highest number wins. Person with the lowest numbers gets second place. I'll start. White Box BCMI AD&D AD&D 2e D&D 3e D&D 3.5 D&D 4e D&D Essentials That's 8.

For whatever it's worth, It wasn't until Oryan77's second post that I realized that there was anything wrong with the OP. After that, it took me a while to realize that the forum name was misspelled, or that Oryan77 had intentionally misspelled trophy and it's variations. Seriously, I kept...

Sorry to snip so much, but I wanted to reply to your system without it dominating the whole post. 1) I probably wouldn't do this. Nor would I adopt your drain scheme. There are a few reasons for this: 1) the straight gold (or silver) for xp seems like that's what would become the default for...

I gotta say, PDFs of RPG books now annoy me. At first, it was awesome. Now, I just find them hard to read on screen. Sure, it's great if you print them. But I'm not printing anything over 50 pages. Even 50 pages is overdoing it. In order, I would prefer: MOBI Amazon Kindle ePub

I like this idea a lot. The only problem with this system is that the DM and the players have to trust each other. This isn't a problem for people who have known each other for a long time, but for a DM and player who just met, there could be issues. But I like this for a few reasons. 1. It...

Ok guys, gather round 'cause I'm about to tell you something that shouldn't come as a surprise to you. I set up the world for your PC, you tell me what your PCs do. It's that simple. Ok, it's not quite that simple. I'd fail as a DM if I didn't present you with opportunities for adventure. But...

Conan Currently, I'm reading The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian. I've never read any Conan story, so I figured I'd start at the source. Right now, I'm reading the short stories in publication order.

I'm sure it was released. But... I'm not sure it was released by CMP. I was visiting both Profantasy and CMP websites at the time. Now that you mention it, I believe you're right. (Profantasy still has the WWII interactive Atlas up for sale.)

You're selling E-Tools short. It was imperfect at first, but the Code Monkey Publishing had that thing doing backflips fairly quickly. You had rules customization built it, with more flexibility as a free add-on (E-Toolls helper). I once made a "Call of Chulhu d20" rules set. E-Tools supported...