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I would like to recommend Mage: The Awakening. It was my other go-to game for a decent while, and it can be a good deal of fun, especially if you ignore all of the overly-dramatic neo-pagan elements and run it however you like. I had a fairly fun time with it when last I played it. Also, I'd...

The maximum I like gaming with is roughly five. After that, side conversations and messing around tend to occur a little too often for my tastes. I don't honestly think that party specialization or what-have-you is any indication of party size. After all, oD&D apparently was designed for...

Is it still invite only? I have an account, and haven't been invited to anything, but it seems like all you need is a basic google account to make it work. If this thing has wiki-like capabilities, then it'd be an awesome way to manage a campaign, online or no. I tried using a wiki once for...

I think that this is a silly assumption. I don't run 4th edition, and if a got a dungeon that was a mere 4 encounters long, it'd be over in maybe half an hour under Labyrinth Lord rules. Give me a branching, expansive, atmospheric megadungeon over a 4-room cramped hole any day.

It looks like most of the people who are picking up Essentials are already sold on 4th edition. Surprise? I don't really see how it's supposed to convert people, but I suppose that time will tell. In the interest of saving myself time, I'll link my blog post yet again, and give you the...

Funnily enough, it's the combat of 4e that appeals to me as well, but I think it could have done better as a standalone wargame instead of trying to be D&D. If they'd have called it "Dungeoneer: The Fantasy Skirmish Game" and just marketed the rules to people who wanted to play Warhammer...

I want to know what posessed that guy to resurrect a rather dull, short thread that didn't have any particularly interesting information. Seriously. What was the point of this?

I don't understand. What, exactly, does Essentials provide that would win somebody like me over? You've either tried 4e and didn't like it, or you're not interested in it based on what you've heard from other sources, or you tried it and liked it. Like I said in my blog post, I simply don't...

Also, it's important to learn these things the hard way. It makes you wiser. Or something. Your friend, -V

Full Disclosure: I haven't read any of the advice above me. I'm a busy man, trying to dispense some wisdom to my friends. You guys are my friends, right? 1) Don't run campaigns straight "out-of-the-box". Ever. You're a DM, right? Make some stuff up. Change things. Make it cooler, or more...

It's also important to know what game, exactly, you're talking about. I can only assume you're talking about 3.5e, and that you haven't heard of the Sovelior-Sage SRD, or the Hyperlink SRD, which has many, many of the basic rules you'll need to answer silly questions like these yourself. ;)

I want to try the Dragon Age game- the complexity seems to be at the right level for me, despite what an earlier poster may have said. Basic rules are better than complex ones overall, and I like the fluff. Although its core isn't original, it takes an exhibits a form of Gygaxian naturalism...

I dunno, I kinda like the idea that eventually the demons will come and eat him. It kind of brings the scary back into demon summoning instead of treating them like portable batteries of destruction.

You can't not love this hobby. Either you kinda like it, or you're borderline obsessed. ;) If you're just getting started, it may be worth it to check out a relatively famous blogger and get a feel for the sort of devotion, passion, and history of our favorite game. Grognardia, located at...

I honestly am a big fan of limiting character advancement in D&D. If you like, you can look up the arguments to playing Holmes-edition Basic D&D as a complete game if you like, or the E6 version of the 3.5 edition game for arguments about hard-limiting character advancement. The basics are that...

I really liked it, although I've never gotten to try it out. While the token building mechanic does feel fiddly, it also means that players have to earn their powers through fighting and "charging up" in order to get their powers. In essence, it rewards you for "roleplaying" you class during...

That is an excellent point. If your players' characters are little more than floating peices of equipment and loot, maybe they don't want to roleplay. It reminds me of a help thread I posted once, where I described my plight: My players were split between combat-loving and roleplay-loving, and...

You're going to need to let us know what edition you play, and what your campaign economy is like. Different games have different levels of wealth, which means that people are likely to demand more or less money. That said, hirelings shouldn't be terribly expensive. Considering that your...

Not all monsters are going to attack mindlessly. Let the intelligent ones want something other than the skulls of the player characters. That said, it's true that people who want to roleplay aren't going to go out and buy a pre-made adventure. I never really saw the point of buying modules for...