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Have you had a chance to listen to the podcast yet? I'm not sure if it's an Insider Only or not. Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (D&D Podcast: Essentials) Now, I'm no court reporter, so these may not be verbatim quotes:

One of those at the zoo near me. Never realized it was some kind of special find.

I've received a tip that all future 4e releases will be in 3-D and delivered free of charge to my front door. And I have all the same proof those guys do. Just more Essentials wharrggllbarrglle.

If you really can't get any other players, I recommend the companion characters. My group can usually only get three players reliably, so we've been running with a companion leader (based on the Warlord) and striker (based on the Avenger) for quite a while. They don't get all the bells and...

They've told us from the beginning that specific rules trump general rules. The only specific rule I've seen on minions is no damage on a miss. Nothing about wandering through zones, delayed ongoing damage, or any of the zillion other things that can do one point of damage to a minion. Just...

I use a google group to manage handouts and info for my players. On there, I have a page called "Games I want to run someday." Basically, its elevator pitches of ideas I've had. If one generates enough interest, its next. If nobody reads it, I'll tell people those are the ideas I have in...

No, you only get what the MC feat you're taking says you get. It's not the windfall of stuff 3.x multi-classing got you.

Just because you haven't heard anything, don't assume there's nothing going on. I was part of a DF playtest group around 2005. I doubt that ever really got a lot of fanfare.

I just finished my first 4e skill challenge. The party had to explore the hills a few days from town to find a lost chapel. They had a general idea of where to start, but only a few clues to go on. If the party succeeded, they found the temple and managed to put together a usable map. The...

I guess I'll be the dissenting opinion. If you're running a sandbox style game and the players bite off more than they can chew, let them. Run the bad guy at full strength. Pull no punches. He'll probably waste the guards first. After all, they're more powerful than the PCs. Make it messy...

Minions are there for the PCs to mow down. That's why they have just one hit point. They're the speed bumps of the Monster Manual. Minions are the most threatening when they work with other "real" monsters. They can be flanking buddies or fodder for leaders that can misdirect attacks to...

I don't think they really do. They probably get used to working with their "master" like animals in the circus, but that's about it. The lion knows when you want him to dance, but he can't really help you finish your sudoku.

Interesting 1. Keep it varied. Try to use something different most of the time. 2. Keep it simple. Lava is cool. Pits are cool. Caltrops are cool. A map crisscrossed with rivers of lava, deadly pits, and scattered with caltrops is kind of annoying. 3. Make the terrain matter. A ledge...

I think that's a lot of it right there. The amount of complaining probably hasn't changed as fast as the ability to complain to the whole world has. At the same time, I've seen some pretty creative complaining. --They'll probably put it in a book later, so they're screwing us into paying for...

It would be an honor to have a character or two slaughtered by your dragons.

This is a good ritual, but I can think of some reasons its not the best thing ever. For starters, its still 100gp. Chump change for an adventurer, but a lot of money by anyone else's measure. Also, time is a factor. Its not something you can just whip up. An hour of regular ritual time...

I've seen people (on the net anyway) set it up so they use a projector to put the map up on a wall. One even had it mounted overhead and projected the map straight down on the table and then used regular minis. So much coolness.

rptools.net They've got a few other programs too. If you like maptool, tokentool is a must.

Well the terms short and extended rest imply the PCs get to rest. I wouldn't say someone beaten unconscious and then tied up is really taking a breather. I'd probably use something similar to the rules for weather and environmental dangers in the DMG. Poison their food?

That's 10 pounds of awesome in a 5 pound bag, sir.