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So I met this kid in highschool who was a friend of a friend of mine. This guy was a burly punkrocker w/a shaved head and a leather jacket that said "NUMB" on the back, and his idea of a good time was crashing frat parties to get in fights. Pretty dissimilar from me in about every way. He was...

"Yeah! Get 'em Steve Dan!" "This is the way!" (FFT is my all time favorite video-game. :) )

I've never seen All Flesh must be Eaten, but if you want D20, I'd recommend D20 Modern or Grim Tales. Are you going with characters who are already competent and heroic, or normal people who get a chance to release their inner bad-ass? Like Shaun of the Dead or 28 Days Later.

My very first AD&D book was the Fiend Folio, b/c my older brother already had all the useful books. :) The first non-D&D gamebook I ever bought was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness.

I had a DM who used called shots to the whatever. A called shot to the eye (-12 to hit) resulted in an instant kill, but a 20 always hit. So I made an arching fighter and killed three dragons by eye-shot. I tried to explain to the guy that this system meant any character, even w/no...

I gave it a 9. It was pretty great. I esp. liked the whole apocalypse taking place unnoticed in the background.

My new most-hated quotes come from the BBC show "The Office," and this clip of Orson Welles drunk out of his mind. Excessive movie quoting annoys me when I'm the DM, but at least it's a brief punctuation in game play. What really drives me crazy is when players can't stop talking about...

I really don't know. I mean, I've run games for players w/very different playing styles from my own, but they also had very different styles from each other. I've had campaigns where some players wanted lots and lots (and lots) of combat, and others wanted lots of role-playing, and some were...

If your gnomes are machinists and alchemists, you should consider giving them an INT bonus instead of a CON bonus. Oh, and welcome to the gnome-side. :)

The Swords of Lankhmar. This book has great villains; the 13 white rats, the sadistic/deluded leader of Lankhmar, The 1/2 rat queen Mouser is trying to put the moves on, and her father the grain merchant. All great. Also, I love the arrival of the time-traveling, German-speaking zoologist...

I miss Jane. http://www.serenitymovie.com/photos/index.php?pic=4

Noooo!!! They're gonna let this director make A Princess of Mars? Man, does anyone know where he lives? I'm gonna go break his legs right now. I mean, Sky Captain was alrightish, but it was like watching a really long trailer. There were robots and stuff, but it was a pretty lifeless film...

Wha...? Isn't that how the damage saves work already? or am I misunderstanding you? I use the Damage Roll option on page 128, and it works fine. If your'e really going for Sky Captain, I wouldn't let them buy powers except maybe Super INT or Super DEX. Then give them extra points to spend...

That's the one.

You know, most criminals have to have something like that branded on them. At least they're up front about it. :)

I prefer being a player in a stingy DM's campaign. Leveling too fast, or getting too much stuff makes me feel like there's no challenge. Levelling rapidly through the first few levels is okay though.

d4 nailed it. I would add ramming: +1 damge for every 10 feet of a charge. (highly abusable) Also check out the Phase Attack extra for Insubstantial. Armor guys hate that. MnM is a like a giant game of Rock/Paper/Scissors. If you're fighting a brick don't try to out-brick them; use mental...

Yeah, I love that covert art. It can be hard to spot though. I feel like art shouldn't matter that much, but it really helps you get a feel for a setting or product line in a more intuitive way. That's why I liked Dark Sun, that's why I like Iron Kingdoms. Good art catches my eye and terrible...

Only applied to supernatural beings. Playable races have free-will and can have any beliefs, attitudes, and outlooks, and take any actions they want- even contradictory ones. Clerics, have the alignment of their diety (for spell purposes), but that doesn't determine how they act. Likewise for...

Three more words for you comrade: Viva la Revolucion!