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I think that the problem is that Monopoly is really two games; in the beginning it's a game of bargaining, diplomacy, and barter, with a little bit of luck. Most people enjoy this part. Towards the end, though, it just becomes a slow-paced battle of attrition, where you roll the dice and, oh...

I'm throwing in with Sleep, Lightning Bolt, and Flaming Sphere. Also, Shocking Grasp/Burning Hands. I've thrown those spells around so many times, that a game just doesn't really feel like D&D unless it's got those or some sort of analogue. Especially Lightning Bolt. Remember the Lightning...

Buy the PDF, print it out, and use a hole puncher to put it in a three-ring binder. It's what I did for Labyrinth Lord, and it works well. It might not exactly be sexy, but it's extremely functional.

I love Descent. I've played a couple times with just me and my girlfriend (who I managed to con into being the Overlord... *cackles). I control three heroes at once, and she tries to slay me over and over. She's really competitive, and sometimes I have to stop the game and try to make peace with...

If I'm supposed to be above average, and I'm doing something that an average person can do, I'd damn well better do it more than half the time. I said 7, since that translates out to a 13/20 chance that I can do it. Better than half, but certainly not dominating. I'm actually split between 7...

I'm so happy that I'm not the only one with love for Labyrinth Lord. That and OSRIC had me conflicted about which game to write homebrew material for, for the longest time. (I've since settled on LL, but every now and again I have pangs of longing for OSRIC) Oh, and Microlite 74, which just...

I'd say you, but maybe not for the reasons you think. While you, the DM, don't really have the right to tell your players what their characters think, you're certainly well within your rights to have your boss character take the dwarf and threaten to kill him if the boss doesn't get its own...

I'd say to play up the hostility/alien nature of the other tribes. After all, one of the biggest threats to early man was other men. Competition for resources, raiding, war, murder, and all sorts of other nastiness were, apparently, a common part of their lives. Also, the environment is a huge...

Minor quibble aside- stating that shields have less of an effect in D&D than in real life isn't exactly an opinion. In real life, by many accounts, having a shield was more important than wearing heavy armor. It protected you from arrows and most melee attacks, something that just doesn't happen...

I dunno how it stands, legality wise, but you could always download a Game Boy emulator and play the real thing on your computer. Since you own a Game Boy and a physical copy of the game, it should be entirely legal. Don't quote me on that, though, I don't know what your situation is, should you...

I bought and currently play WAR, and I have no plans on going back to WoW for quite a while. The excitement, fun, and team-based nature of the entire game is what I like, and want in an MMO. Seriously, it's that good. Go get it.

I've really found a lot to love in DoomRL, even though it's a bit lighter than many others out there. I just love that it's quick and easy to get into, and a lot of fun, especially if you still play DOOM. Like me. =) Also, there's Dwarf Fortress, and if anybody says it's not a roguelike, then...

Why would I come back to WOW? So that they can release an expansion that attempts to graft WAR onto WOW? Seriously, what's new in the expansion that Warhammer Online doesn't do, and better?

I'd definately say min-maxing. Sure, they customize your character, but is that really the point of the whole thing? If you were just trying to customize your character, you would just put it down on your paper that your fighter prefers spears and medium armor, and that he likes jumping onto...

Personally? Very low indeed. I just don't like the idea that every town guardsman is bristling with enough power and magic to slay a regiment of trolls. I'm not against in a "players MUST be the most powerful things around," sort of way, I'm just all for a low-magic, sword and sorcery world...

I like to imagine that a DM's job is to provide common sense to rules that may or may not make sense in every situation. To put it another way, the rules don't say that your players can't fly whenever they feel like, or teleport by blinking their eyes. Does a lack of rules saying that they...

Ethical? Is poor design, playtesting, and editing actually unethical? Quibbles aside, I think that power creep is certainly an issue, which is a large part of why I don't really enjoy 3.xE as much as I used to. Everybody's trying to make the best "build" instead of play a game with their...

Not ever, no. Then again, elves are a little pansy-ish.

I'd run or play in OD&D, 1e, 2e, or 4e, although I didn't mark 4e in there, because it'd have to be with a close group of friends.

That's what I'd do if I worked there. I'd censor words like "the" "and" "if" and "or" and see what people did, just because being a librarian has got to be boring without some extra fun like that.