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1. You're way behind. People have been citing the rules online since the SRD was posted. The SRD was rules headquarters 10 years ago. Look at any rules heavy 3.x thread, most of the time people cite the SRD rather than the rulebook the passage they're citing was printed in. 2. So what? I'm...

Does it really matter what is a core rulebook? You know what a core rulebook is? It's a marketing term. It's "this book is really important if you want to play D&D, you have to buy this!" Since that can't work for every book, they market "non-core" books as supplements. It says "this is awesome...

I suspect one of the reasons it seems like Essentials is dominating the scene in Gamma World. It's 3 box sets (originally scheduled to be released 3 months in a row) are taking the place of 3 hardbacks, but many of us think of Gamma World as separate game, not a 4e setting or supplement.

I prefer games with mechanics that differ from each other. Games to similar to 3.x can confuse me because it can be hard to pin down the differences between them and 3.x. Retro clones don't interest me because I'd rather just play the original game. I like roll low systems because they're easy...

Yep. We all turn into polar bears in the future. I'm just ahead of the curve.

The Power books are one sidebar per class away from being PHBs. They seem purposefully designed so that people can play using only powers and feats from their chosen Power book. For example the very first Power book, Martial Power, included a new class build for the Ranger, the Beastmaster. If...

Hey, you try typing without opposable thumbs! Add to the fact that my computer keeps freezing up here. ;)

Here's the definition I used when answering my own question: if you've played the game in the past and would be willing to play it again you play the game. Other definitions might be appropriate to. I haven't played Dark Heresy, but I have played Deathwatch. The system the WH4K RPGs use is very...

You guys have summed-up my feelings on the subject. Next week I'm running Gamma World. I was talking to the manager of my FLGS about it and one of my players said "it's not even out yet and you want to run it? You are a gamer." Yep, that's me. A couple of weeks ago, I ran a BEXMI session. To bad...

I love RPGs. I love games. So how many do you play?

Let me clarify. In 1990 Square released Final Fantasy III in Japan. They then remade the game and released it for the Nintendo DS. New graphics, new programing, same name. (I originally thought it was the PSP, whoops!)

To your first list, I would add Trivial Pursuit. IIRC, the core concept hasn't changed, though the subject matter of the questions and their method of delivery has changed quite a bit. It's interesting how many of the games mentioned on this list are brand name versions of older games. Statego...

So, over in the thread about the commercial for the Red Box, Raven Crowking made the following observation and question. One of the side discussions in the thread is about the difference between the look of the new starter set (that it looks like the famous starter set from 1981) and the change...

Why would a narrative RPG help with understanding fighter daily powers?

Actually, I believe that he's implying that someone else is paying him to be their sock-puppet.

Maybe. While optimistic, I can't say for certain. Anecdotally, I seem to be seeing the same new player creation rate I've been seeing since I started DMing my first 3e campaign back in the early 2000s.

Wizards bought L5R from AEG quite a while ago (pre-3e, IIRC) and re-licenced it back to AEG for the CCG. (IIRC, some of the LFR novels have the Wizard's imprint.) However, they sold it back to AEG before 3.0 Oriental Adventures was published. AEG then published a bunch of dual stat books for the...

I just took a survey on the Wizard's about ebooks. Where do I buy, where do I read them, etc... For those who don't know, Wizard's already sells some of their novels in ebook form. At the very least, they sell them at the Sony Reader store and Amazon.com. If they started selling D&D rulebooks...

Seriously, you're going to cast Summon Fanboy I? Fine with me, but the DM's a real bastard about that spell. You: I cast Summon Fanboy I. DM: O.k. a polar bear appears less than five feet away from you... You: A polar bear? DM: Yes. The polar bear says... You: Wait, a talking polar bear...

I understand that 4e hasn't met your expectations, but I'm not sure why you mentioned how long 4e's been out prior to this set. The Red Box this product imitates came out in 1983, six years after the first printing of the Basic Set. Surly there were many, many people who in that six year time...