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Haven't bothered to read all of the posts save the first page, but I want to counter what one oftern hears on this subject. "Be yourself?" Not a good idea, since very few of us know who we really are in the first place. I was unsuccessful in this arena until I learned that this isn't the best...

Well, that makes sense. Looks like I'll have to get the MM. Thanks, guys!

Apologizing if this is common knowledge, but as an on-again, off-again player, I only have and use the SRD. I noticed that the mind flayer/Illithid is nowhere to be found in the monster section of the SRD and was wondering why this is the case. Anyone know the reasoning behind this? Thanks!

Russian DMing. Hard stuff, for real; you just can't be as erudite in a second language as in your native.

As a reference to parents urging gaming, I think we can all remember (well, those who are around 26+) at least one of the fellow gamers we knew had parents who bought in to the old "gaming-is-bad" thing. But now, with the furious growth of sedentary and solitary entertainment, I guess some...

Fascinating market segmentation research. Too bad it was done pre-3.0, so the data would be different now. They listed 2.25M play table top RPGs monthly. Going with that statistic (assuming it is correct,) .5M PHBs aren't that much of a market share. I suspect that most pen-paper types have...

In what article?

Hey all you fellow gamers out there, Doing some research for a project for business school and I was trying to get my hands around the size of the gaming industry as a whole. Anybody have any information on this, or does anyone know a source of information on the RPG market in general? A good...

The saying is the Christian equivalent of the oft-heard (in Muslim societies) ensh-Allah, "God willing."

Talvisota reiterate's Bagpuss' remark that we should stay to the topic at hand, which is very important and pertinent to Talvisota's gaming experience because of factors T and A. Thanks the poster, Baraendur, for bringing up the topic in the first place as it needs to be brought to a head.

Ah, yes, central asia. Now that you have known where it is since Sept 11, 2001. No FLGS here, but I enjoy visiting them when I take my annual stateside trip! Doing? I am spending the US taxpayer's money in ways that would absolutely infuriate them if they knew about it (not that they would...

Ah, yes, the bi-monthly "where are you" topic. Central Asia, so hard to categorize with, say, Singapore or Japan. Kazakhstan to be exact. But I am an American from central Illinois.

This is cool. Nothing like using messageboards or email to say what we really think 'cause we can't get up the gumption to do so in person. I had a job like this in the mid-nineties wherein managers could not reprimand anybody face to face; they had to do it by email. I am glad to say I do...

As someone who shares our group's views, Pielorinho is cordially invited to play in our game. We play Thursdays, barring interferences, like this week, where we have moved the game to tonight (Monday) as I have a visitor in town. Travel could be prohibitive, however.

I'm all in favor of PDFs, and have purchased a handful. Why? Check my location. Can't buy much print here. Also, I print them at work, so it is technically free. (Don't tell my regional director.) Still, the quality of a product is 90% the text of the product. How I get it matters little...

Although they are not everywhere, I hear good things about CarMax, but I think they focus on used cars. Their strategy is also non-pressure. I believe that a salesdude is paid a flat fee for each car he sells, not a percentage, so the incentive to get you the right car for your needs is...

Love these threads. You can learn a lot about someone if you know what modules are his favorites. . . . Favorite? GD without the Q, the original Temple of Elemental Evil, and several OD&D mods, like B10, X4-5. Most anything written in the late 70's. Least favorite? Meaning I felt ripped...

Try taking a lesson from developing countries, too. Banks in the FSU charge on withdrawl, so you put in cash, they use it as collateral or leverage or whatever business they are doing, and when you withdraw, you pay a percentage of the amount withdrawn as a fee. Say a party stores 1000gp of...

I've been trying to tell WotC that D&D could be huge in the FSU (former Soviet Union) due to the character of the people and the intense idea of fantasy there (here.) Unfortunately, I have not been as successful in Almaty at raising the consciousness of the game as others have in Moscow. My...

Sam - for all the reasons above. Positivity, honesty, loyalty, etc. Heck, I even named my son after him. (But Samuel, not Samwise!)