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I'm really curious how this compares with the transition from 1E to 2E and then the transition from 2E to 3E. I know that from my own experience from the previous transitions that this time it certainly seems very different. Back with 1E to 2E, most of the crowd I gamed with it dismissed it as...

It opened in Adobe Flash fine for me (Flash 9 for Linux). Perhaps you need to update your version of Flash?

... but what if I'm lactose intolerant? ;)

While it's rather clear that the 4E design choices, and the stumbled initial marketing campaign originated within WoTC, it's never been clear to me where the decisions made to step away from the OGL were made. Were those made within WoTC or farther up the Hasbro chain? But all that said and...

If it were up to me, I would say that the tattooed monk levels would stack for purposes of determining the players Ki pool, but that they wouldn't gain any other Ki abilities that they wouldn't otherwise get from their actual level in monk.

Our group started out as being somewhat skeptical about 4E when we started playing, but a couple of players were really gung-ho so we gave it a try. After playing for a while and gaining a few levels the majority of the players decided we preferred to play 3.5 so we've gone back there. That...

The Good aligned planes certainly did not have to be boring. I used them quite extensively in the 3E era of my long running Planescape game. In fact, my players spent quite some time on Mount Celestia and Bytopia and they never once complained about those planes being boring. However, if you...

So where did the game go wrong in terms of slowing down game play? I know that back in 1E days I used to run massive high level combats with high level wizards (or magic-users - I was so glad when they finally changed the class name) and hordes of creatures without batting an eye. Today I...

Definitely story. Sure, my players like a good combat, but it has to make sense in the context of the advancing story. I think that the shared story-telling experience is the one thing that will keep D&D (in all its offshoots and editions) going in the face of things like Warcraft. Warcraft...

You could also have selected the I don't buy 4E from Internet sources since that would also technically be correct. However, it would probably skew the intent of the poll. I also picked other because I'm in a similar boat. Since the core books, I haven't purchased a single 4E product, via...

Ah, those opportunity costs. Note though that these are not real costs. The really important thing to look at is the ROI. If you meet an acceptable return on investment, you really should be fine. If you are talking shifting capital elsewhere, you need to look at the cost of closing down...

Oh, I agree that people in difficult straits will certainly focus on the essentials first. However, if you can meet the essentials of food and shelter, then entertainment (and games) are things that people still spend money on, and in the context of entertainment options, RPG and board games...

I always thought the conventional wisdom was that games were somewhat cushioned from economic downturns because they are a relatively inexpensive form of entertainment and escape from the economic gloom. Second, we've been lead to believe that 4E was selling well. Why the cuts to the RPG...

I'd have to disagree somewhat on that. If many of those complaining were former customers of the previous version(s) of the game, and if the numbers of people in this category were significant, then the company would probably have an interest in listening to their complaints and seeing if they...

I'm curious what you did for NPCs and such. Did you also bump up their 1st level hit points? I debated going with one of the alternate hit point schemes, but I decided in the end that it would just create more work if I also had to adjust the hit points of all major NPCs and opponents in the...

Modrons Modrons have played a role in quite a few of my campaigns (both 2E and 3E). In fact, there was a rogue modron in the adventuring party in my longest running Planescape game. My players seemed to really like the critters and their very alien thinking. It's too bad they were...

1. Psionics: Good or Bad? : Good. Use them in most games (but not so far in my Pathfinder game). 2. Tome of Battle: The antichrist or best thing that ever happened? : Meh. Purchased it, didn't like it after reading, collects dust. Regretted spending the money. 3. Fighter Sux: Yes or No? ...

I suspect your experience isn't unique. Our gaming group used to be big Wizards miniatures purchasers. We have thousands of them! However, we've almost completely stopped buying Wizards minis since the switch to 4E. As with your experience our group rarely plays 4E (sticking with...

Yea, this also was a gripe at out game table during the 4E games we played. The flippin' per encounter and per day powers seemed to be missing more often than not and it's frustrating. For some reason missing with a spell or ability in previous versions of the game was never quite so...

You should consider looking into what Paizo is putting out these days if you want some OGL/3.5 things to look forward to on a regular basis. I've been really impressed with their output over the past year. They've completely supplanted the old anticipation I used to have for the latest and...