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I received the gold foil edition yesterday in the mail. These are a few shots I took myself. Just thought it might be useful for people who want to have a better idea of the look and feel of the book.

Hm! VERY Cool! :D

Same thing: I find myself in complete agreement with Monte Cook. The rules-tight paradigm is in such an opposition to the kind of things I am looking for in a role playing game (a social game, a game of creativity and shared imagination that relies on the cooperation of the players, a game that...

I think that's a key element of your game's design, and you went about it the right way. It's not so much about how you represent Rome in terms of game mechanics or whanot, but first about the game itself and thinking "alright, what do the PCs DO in this game, exactly?" then it meshes with the...

I loved this column, and it renewed my hope D&D Next can be a game I'd enjoy playing. Thank you Mike.

It's deserved praised in my book. When I don't like something I just say it. I have a lot of Rome material here: Requiem for Rome, the Rome of basic role playing, Cthulhu Invictus to name a few. I think Servants of Gaius is the one I really want to play out of them all, because it focuses on the...

Servants of Gaius is a terrific game. Already had some fun playing it (my character is senator of Rome, Lucius Calpurnius Piso, the son of the Piso you see plotting the death of Germanicus and plead for his life to Emperor Tiberius in I, Claudius). The game system is very simple, intuitive. The...

The long rest rules suck. They should be nuked and sent out in the black, never to return.

Some thoughts. This is a role playing game system. By which I mean it does not come off as an hybrid, a board game, a video game, a story game, etc. It's a role playing game. You could possibly play actual D&D with this. By which I mean "dungeons and dragons", i.e. explore the unknown, face...

Where is the "Yes, I like the 1e magic-user and magic system, and see no drawback to them at all" option? Three negative options, one "yes but optional", and two yes's pointing out some drawbacks nonetheless... This poll's options are skewed, IMO.

PLEASE, keep the core of the game assumption as NO GRID and NO MINIS by DEFAULT. I like to use miniatures sometimes. And sometimes, not. Sometimes, I just use maps and sheets of paper, sometimes I don't use anything, sometimes I will use Dwarven Forge, sometimes some tact-tiles. Keep the grid...

I've played throughout the editions, and particularly 3rd edition throughout its run (with notably two campaigns that reached 16+ APL). I have never encountered the "CoDzilla" problem people keep complaining about. I am not saying it isn't an issue, or that it hasn't been seen in action at...

Individual initiative is more rewarding in a way, because you get more permutations of order, delayed actions, thus tactical choices, but all in all, I have to agree that group initiative is much faster, and IME, the tactical choices just shift in place and focus, rather than being hugely...

*reads column* Totally, yes. I really hope they can make this happen.

http://www.enworld.org/newsimages/philrip.jpgProfessor MAR Barker, who is best known in the RPG hobby as the creative genius behind the Empire of the Petal Throne (Tékumel), just passed away today, March 16, 2012. The official Press Release from the Tékumel Foundation follows. Professor...

So you agree the 9 alignments should be the default choice. I'm indeed glad we have consensus. :)

I don't believe so. Part of the disagreement between fans is that a game like 4e "went too far", "does not feel like D&D", was too much of a break from the tradition of the game. Nevermind whether you think it's right or wrong to feel that way: it's a FACT they DO feel that way. I think going...

Modifying any of these in depth is a losing proposal. Next is about unifying the fan base, bringing the fans of all editions together. Not about creating further divide. As you can very well see with this thread, there is no consensus on getting rid of any of these defining elements of D&D...

I think the Law-Chaos and Good-Evil axis work well. I wouldn't get rid of them.

I like Mike's idea, but don't like the consequence of loading the creatures writeups with information. I like this variant I quoted here quite a bit. Consequently, why not have the INT score of the creature be itself the DC of the turning attempt or some such? The smarter the undead is, the...