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Going back to the OP's post with regard to BECM and his question as to whether combats were "stagnant slugfests," my experience with BD&D has been the opposite. Rather, combats tend to be short, ferocious, and bloody. Combats often last less than five rounds and are over in less than 10...

As a third party observer (as in, not a player of either 3e/pf or 4e), I think all that can be definitively said is that: 1. Paizo is doing well with Pathfinder. Probably better than anyone expected they would. 2. WotC is flailing about a bit with their 4e products. They seem to be looking...

I disagree. If you're looking for 3e or 4e rules heft, PnP DA is not the game for you. If you're looking for something more similar to Basic D&D, Tunnels & Trolls, or Star Frontiers, PnP DA should be right up your alley. As someone who has grown weary of games with 600+ pages of core rules, I...

The Dragon Age computer games are done by Bioware who also did the Baldur's Gate games a decade ago. The Dragon Age games are clearly descendants of the B.G. engine. I have only played the first game (is the sequel out yet?) a little bit on the PS3, and it was a reasonably fun computer-based...

I think some of his observations and conclusions are way too simplistic. In some ways his articles seem to be an apologia from a 4e designers to the players of previous editions, but doing it in a 4e setting with the polls is just odd and dissonant. The net effect reads like, "Hey guys, I like...

After re-reading my post, I realize that I wasn't clear as to which article I was referring to. I was talking about the article linked to in DMMcCoy's post, not yours. Sorry for the confusion. I'll edit my post for clarity.

I'm an attorney. (See the user name I gave myself nearly ten years ago when I was young and still impressed with myself for making it through law school.) Though not an IP attorney by practice, I do consider it a bit of a hobby. There are a number of issues that this thread brings up I'd like...

If that's what you want to play, just play that. If you're worried about the availability of the rules for other players, this is a very close (and free) approximation. If you want some new 1e compatible materials, do some googling for "OSRIC." I heartily recommend the products from...

Pretty much everything in the RC is sourced from a BECM product. As already noted, the non-weapon skills are from the GAZ series. Another example is the more complicated magical research rules, which come from the Dawn of Empires boxed set. There are some condensation and omissions from the...

I am hardly an expert on the print business, but from what I understand, "editor" is a fairly nebulous term, not unlike "producer" in the music business. There are producers that only twiddle a few nobs at the direction of the artist. There are producers that write and perform a huge swath of...

When I saw the news this morning, I called my mom, who is also reading the series, and told her the news. Yes, that's probably the geekiest thing I've ever done.

My experience is the complete opposite. It's the single system die-hards who need supplements coming out on a regular basis, and who kvetch the most when their chosen system no longer gets that support, switching to whatever new hotness is now supported to the extent they want it to be...

The words and phrasings used to express the rules in the Moldvay and Cook/Marsh books were by and large original to those particular sets. Obviously, the concepts and the rules themselves (i.e. fighters have d8 hp per level and that sort of thing) arose from previous works by previous...

The differences between the two are so minimal as to make choosing one over the other a non-choice. I did a side by side comparison here: Dragonsfoot • View topic - Cook/Marsh Expert v. Mentzer Expert Essentially, the only real changes are that fighters, clerics, and magic-users are...

I understand the desire to have rulebooks available for the players if the players desire to get them. In that case, it completely depends on what out of print game you're wanting to play. Something that was very popular is generally easily obtainable. The 1e PHB, for example, is just as...

Hypothetical: I'm in a serious car crash. My wife rushes to the hospital, where a grim-faced doctor approaches her with some serious news... Doctor: "I'm sorry, ma'am, but your husband will never be able to play D&D again." My wife: "...and..." Doctor: "No, that's it. Otherwise, he should...

I like introducing people, especially children, to rpgs with smaller, less imposing rule sets. Thus, to the extent that "old school" is also "rules light" (as it is with Basic D&D, Tunnels & Trolls, Star Frontiers, or Lords of Creation) I think "old school" is a good introduction. I don't...

I find that C&C tries to be too many things to too many people, and doesn't do any of those things well. There are better takes on "rules-lighter" 3e. There are better takes on "revised AD&D." Many find that it hits their "AD&D spot." It doesn't for me, at all. It scraps all the little...

That's the errata for the third printing of what was fixed in the 4th printing. There were two erratas compiled for the first printing of the book. One was a fairly light document of about 6 or 7 pages. The other was a fan-compiled document, 20-some pages long. The first was available in the...

I would also point out his infamous review of B2 Keep on the Borderlands... The Inside Scoop on Gaming - RPGnet Of course, that review is about 12 years old...