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How powerful do you want your magic? Are you looking for present-day tech or futuristic?

See, here's the fundamental difference between your philosophy and mine: I don't consider levels to be a reward. Levels are a gauge of character capability. I, as a GM, want the player characters to increase in capability--because it allows me to commensurately increase the challenges they...

Don't get me wrong. I'm not suggesting we should cut the richness and the detail. I'm suggesting we should cut the 15' x 15' room full of orcs so we can spend more time on the richness and detail. Combat, in most RPGs, takes up a huge amount of time relative to most other activites. If I'm...

I'd make an effort to find a game system that works better with fewer players. 4th edition D&D is very focused on teamwork and character specialization--You'll either wind up with only half a team, or you'll need to be running way to many characters and monsters at the same time. 3e with the...

I like leveling about once a month in 3e. A bit faster in 4e, since the levels don't give you quite the same bump in capability. I don't really get the attraction of 6+ year campaigns--As a GM, I've got more good ideas for campaigns than I have time. I'm a pretty vicious editor of my own...

History has shown that the D&D brand doesn't bring people to the theaters. The thing is, past that, what's the point of having a D&D movie at all. It's not as though Dungeons & Dragons has much in the way of unique story or unique setting that would make for a good movie--campaign settings and...

Got you beat by two :D

Doesn't seem like it's what the OP is looking for, but for others looking for WFRP suitable minis, consider the cardboard character and monster stand-ups that come with the newest edition of the game. They're durable, have great art, and cover a nice variety of characters and monsters. Of...

Ketchup and Fries is the tradition in the US (Though it's generally a dipping sauce, rather than poured on). And it is damned disgusting. Much better (but a bit harder to find) are fries with chilli con carne and cheese. As far as pay to play--I my FLGS just went out of business last month...

The Climax of my Dark*Matter campaign involved the characters destroying the world and remaking it to suit their own purposes. And one of the characters in that campaign was merely a godlike being in the shell of a mortal woman--As the campaign approached the climax, she became more and more...

Really? how have they changed damage types?

I wonder if it has something to do with randomization. Either that, or it's just cheaper to print them that way.

See if you can get your hands on the Everway roleplaying game. It's actually designed for use with it's own set of tarot-like cards, but there's no reason you can't use an actual set of tarot cards instead.

Fantasy Greece? Treasure hunt? You have to go with the golden fleece. As for why, Nalaryn is looking for her elven parent, right? Well let's say that the parent left her behind to search for the fleece and never returned. As for Lilith, she finally managed to get in over her head with that...

Along similar lines, check out Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples

Why? The gap between Alternity and 3e/4e D&D isn't any bigger than the gap between 1e/2e and 3e/4e. To me, the defining aspects of Alternity are: -Rules that support the various sub-genrea of sci-fi -In which character class has little impact -Characters do not become much tougher as they...

After running a Dark Matter game using the Alternity Rules, I've decided that Alternity is a bit too clunky for my tastes. I've actually developed a quick and dirty system inspired by alternity for dark matter convention games--Different sized dice, degrees of success, broad and narrow skills...

Heroquest would be my choice: *It's a simpler game mechanically *It's cooler from a toy perspective--All that furniature, and cooler looking minis *You're unlikely to have the opportunity to buy it again later. *It includes a "GM" role, something that's probably a good Idea when an adult is...

Really? I'd wager that most RPG players have some experience with CCGs even if they're not currently active collector/players. I'm not sure that randomized boosters are necessarily a good strategy for WotC to pursue. But precious few people are going to pass on Gamma World because they're...

Ars Magica and Call of Cthulhu. I've played about half a session's worth of play by post for the first, and only a single one-shot for the second. I'd also like a chance to play Warhammer Fantasy as a player (though I've GMed the new edition)