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I'm interested as well...just found this thread. I also vote for D&D Next and Planescape (I LOVE Planescape). I don't know anything about Witcher, and I don't have the Burning Wheel rules (or FATE, for that matter).

You haven't even said which edition we're playing yet, Kamikaze Midget...but are you running 4E Planescape with another group?

If you want some Planescape flavor in your 4E D&D game, try these templates for NPCs. If you want to give player characters the same flavor, grant them some or all of the Class Features for the faction that interests them. If you're worried about power creep, swap them for existing class...

I like the idea of awarding milestones for Murphy's Law! It increases the rate at which the character can regain action points, which can mitigate any REALLY bad results from rolling a 1, and can possibly grant more magic item uses (depending on which rules addendums you use). There are also...

Ever have one of those days? One of those weeks? Months? Has your D&D character? The past couple months have been really rough for me and my family, and while I was trying to put a positive spin on it, I thought about how lucky our D&D characters are – how they don’t often seem subject to...

On Friday some of my gaming group got together and we tried a spaceship combat game called Starmada (http://www.mj12games.com/starmada/). In the company’s own words, “it’s simple, but not simplistic,” which got me thinking about using it in for ship battles in a campaign setting like...

Some games are great as-is, the rules-as-written, no changes necessary. Other games are horrible, and after one session, you never touch them again. Still other games have a nugget of something great but require tweaking in order to make them more enjoyable. We call those tweaks we make...

I was reading Radiating Gnome’s article from Saturday (http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?939-Gamehackery-Valar-Morghulis-and-DMing) and it got me thinking about language in my D&D games. I started to write a comment on his article, but then thought I’d be too long-winded to make it a...

I haven't lost my dog yet, though I know it's coming -- he's 14 as well -- but I did have a transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke) several weeks ago, and it's been doctors' visits and testing ever since. I just had a trans-esophageal echo-cardiogram and the good news is, there's no hole in my...

In its simplest form, D&D is a pen-and-paper game. The DM has notes for the adventure, the players have character sheets, and changes are recorded as play progresses. You don’t really need dice, if you trust the DM to arbitrate random outcomes. Heck, the DM doesn’t even need notes, if he or...

I went and saw Star Trek into Darkness last weekend. (SPOILER ALERT! Do not read further if you haven’t seen the movie!) I thought it was great for a number of reasons, but the one that stood out the most was how well the original plot lines were reworked. The big picture stayed the same...

I check the front page daily as well, scrolling through to see what catches my interest. I then hit the forums.

A couple weeks ago I talked about not being able to game with my gaming group due to life in general. Well, this past weekend we made plans to get together, and I hastily threw together some playtest material for D&D Next. Some of the players had characters, but some never had been able to...

An inconsistency that my wife pointed out after the fact -- Sheldon made a big deal about having bought a new set of dice! If only the DM rolls, why would he have dice? But there's no trying to make sense of things. It's good enough that we discuss and make a connection over something we all...

You were the first girl I ever played D&D with. Not even my sister would play until you did. But you're right, as usual...if people knew just how many of the old WizOs (and current ORCs) were women vs. men, I think they'd be shocked. Just goes to show, "Behind every great game, there's a...

You're absolutely correct. And some television shows have portrayed your examples correctly (Fringe springs to mind in regards to dead people voiding themselves), but most do not. And there are numerous other examples of inaccuracies portrayed for the sake of story, dramatic tension, or...

I love Planescape. I want everything to be a part of Planescape. Do YOU have to have everything a part of Planescape? No. Can you ignore Planescape-specific material? Yes. Does Planescape need to be a part of core? Only if other settings like Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance are going to...

Let’s face it – stereotypes exist because there is some truth to them. I am a middle-aged man that is overweight, I have a beard, and I play Dungeons & Dragons. I did play D&D in my parents’ basement as a teenager. But those things do not mean I have not had relations with a woman of the...

Awww. I didn't think you even read my column...:o

I started playing D&D when I was 12 years old. School let out at 3 pm at Clintondale Middle School, and I hurried the mile-and-a-half home as fast as I could. I sped through my chores, then grabbed the battered red box and dashed across the street to Jimmy’s house. Matt would show up a little...