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Except none of those involved the death of a national leader. Or involved the Hollywood image of a trained assassin. Yamamoto was killed by regular aviators, chosen because their squadron was equipped with P-38s. Mossad uses nerds and untrained locals, for the most part. In the 70s they did...

There's a difference between hired/outside assassins, and internal power plays. Hitler, for example, survived a dozen+ assassination attempts, but all were internal matters, not external. There are very few examples of a national leader being killed by an assassin hired or sent by outside...

I wasn't replying to you, to be clear, but to aramis erak. As I said before, my advice is write your own material.

Truth. Even in less modern times this held true.

In 1980, I discovered Rolemaster. :cool: You young guys just don't appreciate good systems. ;)

Normally, I would say no, but recently that became untrue. I have always wanted to the use the Morrow Project system (I've used the core setting concept several times), but never had the right group. Recently I discovered that Roll20 has a wonderful PC sheet for MP 4e, and so it is in the...

Truth. A lot of the games of the 70s are still soldiering on. WW isn't likely to recapture the position it achieved in the 90s, but the system has good bones, and the setting still has fans.

For you, that's true. I find online/electronic socializing superior to in-person, with a couple exceptions. The best part, for me, is the elimination of third parties, such as intrusive pets or feral offspring. Or viruses borne by said feral offspring. Plus, gamers can play while sick.

To be honest, the ruling really changed nothing.

Not long. The USSC could issue a temporary restoration until the case gets heard, as they did with the Venezuelan deportations. Given the composition of the USSC, the outcome is fairly certain, and just in case, the Senate is considering action that would eliminate the issue entirely by allowing...

Its already being appealed. Ultimately the USSC will decide.

Online gaming has been the best thing for my hobby since I started in 1979. I was tired of the hassle of trying to assemble and maintain a like-minded group of gamers week after week, years after year, lugging my stuff to the game itself (I live in the country, and also I am not interested in...

Yeah, the original poll was too generic.

Sounds like a lot of trinkets in play, plus an obliging GM. Of course, I quit D&D back in the early 80s. The failing of most D&D settings is that they hack a real world setting, but they make scant allowance for the game mechanics. No one would waste a decade and vast sums of money to built a...

So, not much of an effort required.

I believe the opposite. Rules lighten the GM load. I like a crunchy system.

Heresy!!! ;) Also, my groups have tended to gripe if there wasn't logic behind enemy actions. Of course, bad choices are also logical, but they prefer a consistent enemy. But then, I run low-magic, low-power fantasy settings, so large battles are more descriptive text followed by 'and your...

Man, that's one fumble from a horrible death.

I'm not sure I would ever want to meet my group in person. We're gamed together for years, and I don't know what they look like, or even their real names. I think it would be jarring to actually meet them. But then again, I was born to master the secret paths of hermitdom.

I'm pretty happy already. But I agree, you should definitely make your own material.