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I received both USM #29 and #30 within a few days, and now it's the longest possible time until more USM (sigh). I'm really into this plotline. Spidey's hardly ever been shot like this before. Who's laying bets on the impostor? I bet it's the Chameleon. It's not the first time he's...

And that is different from the comic book how? Seriously, every other villain is the result of some experiment gone wrong or an unintended side effect of an experiment. Spidey himself is one, and he's the only good cookie in the whole bunch. Lookit: The Green Goblin The Hobgoblin (by...

So the seas aren't warming very fast, yet the polar ice caps are melting. The atmosphere must then be the cause of the melt at the poles. We need electric cars. The only problem is, the cheapest electricity comes from burning fossil fuels.... Dang, but I hate these situations. TWK

I second the people who were uncertain about Hero 5th, Decipher's Star Trek game, and GURPS. I know for a fact that Hero 5th and CodaTrek came out in the last 24 months, and GURPS is very much alive and kicking -- the latest release I recall was GURPS Prime Directive, and they've recently...

We have never had anything to drink at games with my college buddies. This is primarily because we've always had at least one person who objects to alcohol on religious grounds. When I'm playing with me brudda and his college buddies, I have imbibed. Of course, my personal limit is one beer...

Hear! Hear! Three of the best storytellers of the last quarter-century on one project has got to be good. Of course, now they've got to hope there's no ego friction (which I don't think is likely, but you never know). TWK

I wasn't saying they messed up like that. I realize Spidey was the big ol' hit it was, and I realize that they must have something there to make it. What I meant by "messed up" was that they lost my interest shortly after I saw the movie. I realized that it wasn't anything new for me. Now...

I think Marvel has finally hit the big time. There have been movies of Captain America and the Punisher, but they weren't very high-budget and didn't go anywhere. But then... there was Blade, and MIB, and then X-Men. They've just been using the money from one movie to bankroll the next. I...

Yes, Dragon #301 has a whole big article on using D&D for swashbuckling adventures, including feat and skill suggestions. It's pretty neat, but it's not a whole new system. The most annoying thing about it was the firearms damage (pistol does 1d6, musket 1d8), but I guess that's "balanced"...

Arg, another case of me complicating the brick. I didn't bother to compare the Defense bonus to any other level-dependent bonuses. I just presumed that they used the basic D&D save bonuses, which they didn't. Still, the ending differences of 14, 11, and 8 are odd. Why not make them base...

Using my now-badly-outdated d20 Star Wars core book, I reverse-engineered the defense bonuses. Given that this was published by WotC, I presume a lot of people took them as canon Defense values and so they're widely used when Defense comes into play; so I hope I'm not wildly out of touch...

What if they don't know he's in trouble? Maybe the merchant holding him captive has a hacker friend who has altered the records and run a scenario where the commander thinks the missing agent has requested some leave, and is off enjoying the local (ahem) scenery. Or, there is a current para...

I'd say TIE pilots are trained with blaster pistols and vibroblades at the very least. A crosstrained pilot could have a lot of weapon proficiencies. But I'd go with those for starters. If they're Soldiers they'll get a lot of extra feats, and you can buy more for them. As for the ejection...

I always run low-light vision as letting folks see twice as far as the listed distance (presuming the DMG's listings are human-normal). As for seeing other light sources, I'd generally make an ad hoc ruling about how far a campfire can be seen depending on the weather and obstacles. This has...

Umm... Palladium FRPG (my knight, Sir Chad, would by now most likely have retired several levels higher than he did when we stopped). RIFTS (My Glitter sense is tingling!) WEG Star Wars GURPS (maybe) And one of my group has his own system, which we'd also be playing from time to time. TWK Or...

If I were in charge of the world.... I'd definitely drop all the other departments and focus solely on RPG development. I'd try to come up with some other big system besides the d20 system, so we're not beating a dead horse in two years' time. Wash, rinse, repeat. Thomas Jefferson once...

Well, dictionary.com defines the prefix "in-" as meaning "not, in, into, within." In front of certain consonants the "n" changes. Thus, for words beginning in "r", "in-" becomes "ir-." Thus, "irregardless" means "not regardless," which means you're taking whatever it is into consideration...

(sigh) It's so hard being an evil overlord, isn't it? When you're surrounded by incompetents? :D Good work, Edena. Sauron's rants bring to mind Queen Bavmorda's complaints that her daughter can't find "one little child." The Nazgul couldn't go after the Elf without their disguise? Good...

Could someone explain to me the reasons why the new game assigned skill points like it did? I can see some classes. The fighter is feat-o-centric, the wizard is expected to have a high Int score, and the rogue can't do anything well, so they might as well give her more skill points. But they...

Yes, if I wanted a 3E feel I'd go with Lockwood or Wood. However, if I had my druthers, I'd go with: John Romita Jr., Mark Bagley or Jim Cheung, in no particular order. I dunno... Cheung's pseudo-manga style just does something for me... besides, when his characters are in action, I can see...