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Reason #1 - That is all that gamers had and they came with decent stores, good maps and some memorable encounters. Reason #2 - Everything seemed original at the time because there were no knockoffs yet. Reason #3 - This was a shared experience for many gamers. Before the Internet and before...

I think you're right. Whenever I play in games at Cons I get the feeling that there are so many different styles of play. So many of the styles of play take different approaches on story, combat, adventure and so on. I admit that Cons are not the best place to judge a player or a GM due to...

You will find that there is a segment of the population that gripes just to gripe.

I'm not tired of it but I came into d20 D&D a little late. When d20 I was not playing D&D. We were playing a supers game. Then my first exposure to d20 was actually Mutants & Masterminds. It was not until after that (less than 3 years ago) that we started playing D&D on a different night...

Not an 'in game' superstition but one that my players had: We all know that many gamers have the superstition regarding dice. However, in two seperate games with totally different players they had superstitions regarding character sheets. In one group, we were playing Call of Cthulhu. They...

I'm looking forward to giving it a try, too. I have the material and have been going through it (and sort of comparing it to the old Warhammer RPG) and it really is a welcome addition to my gaming shelf. My players are good natured enough to not mind taking a brief break from our usual...

If you drag someone to something like GenCon then they will have a bad time and resent you for it. If you want to be with her then just stay with her. I love GenCon as much as anyone but some things are more important.

Clearly the players did not listen to what you had told them. Typically, when I start a new campaign I do one of two things. 1) The first session is actually everyone designing and talking about their characters so they form a cohesive story to start with. 2) I ask them what they want and I...

I never made the switch to 3.5 and I think I may have made the right call. I like games with a certain amount of complexity in that the rules provide a lot of options. However, d20 is pretty havy on the rules side. That said, I wing it from time to time. I stay as close as I can without...

According to some people who wrote in to Dragon magazine over a decade ago, their characters had already enslaved all the gods and they currently work in salt mines underneath the characters' keep. Contact that guy. He probably knows how to kill some gods.

To the original poster: how often does your GM give out sweet treasure? Is this out of the ordinary or are items like this 'par for the course?' I, too, am starting to think there could be more to it.

I would have to see it first. Though I barely use the monster books I already have, much less get use out of a 100 monster book that would likely contain a crap load of varients and weird creatures.

The funny thing is that you don't really need Cthulhu Dark Ages to run a game for Cthulhu set in the dark ages. There were not really any special rules to it and the history provided would probably be better suited if you just picked up an old Western Civ book and a specialized book on the dark...

I have lost players to moving, working ner shifts, having personality comflicts with other players, etc. I have never (to my knowledge) lost players to other (quasi-related) hobbies. I wonder if anyone has ever lost any players to a competing RPG.

Ha! One of the females in my gaming group is also a scrapbooker. Then again, that seems to be a hobby that is increasing in popularity.

I am really happy the way the game flows. I have not yet gotten the opportunity to play or GM with it but I think I will get the opportunity in a few months time when another campaign I am in takes a small break from things.

I guess part of it has to do with guys are more interested in this TYPE of thing (role playing games, comics, computer games, playing 'army' etc.) Certainly the female population for these kinds of things have grown in recent years but it probably has something to do with conditioning. Also...

Lots of the advice here is really good. The best advice I can give - and this comes from experience - is that I actively engage the players/characters in the plots. I ask them to create pretty good backgrounds (after a few sessions of play as they can naturally fall into a background) and...

Wow. It seems like cleric is certainly getting the votes. When I first saw the title of the thread I thought about what classes people might take to twink out. If I were just trying to make an uber-powerful character, I think I would certainly throw in some levels of fighter (to get a few...

I like 1e alot. However, it was poorly organized, needlessly complicated in some areas and did not have a very workable index. However, I disagree with those who say the rules were poorly written. Sections of the books were written rather well but some sections were not as great. But I...