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And the sorcerer loses the battle of the arcane classes to give us the final three. On to the penultimate round.

Well, of the ones you mentioned Candyland and Monopoly are getting major movies (Ridley Scott is doing Monopoly) as well as Battleship, Ouija and Stretch Armstrong. I don't see quite the same push to get another D&D movie out there (or new D&D TV series).

That's not typically a direct requirement of elegance in this sense. An elegant system is supposed to be simple and effective. Intuitive isn't necessary to be elegant. Now, having a system be intuitive is desirable in RPGs. However, I find that many RPGs that put a lot of weight on being...

In my opinion, Heroquest comes close to be elegant and complete. I haven't seen the latest version, but it seems like it is as close as you are likely to get in an RPG. There is a strong GM component, of course. Since players can have any "skill" (and there is no difference between skills and...

Note that I am calling the previous round a little bit early, as it appears to be insurmountable in the remaining time. The race looked like it might be close early on, but the barbarian is voted off and is quite angry about it. The results of this round will determine the final 3. Will there...

I am calling this early because it will be a while before I can get back, and the barbarian's lead seems insurmountable in the short remaining time. The barbarian says leaves in a huff (or was it a minute and a huff) and we now get to choose the final 3.

The ranger barely didn't make the cut to the top 5. So, here we announced the top 5 in 4E class survivor. Barbarian Fighter Rogue Sorcerer Wizard We have 2 arcane, 2 martial and 1 primal (who is almost martial). We also have 3 strikers, 1 controller and 1 defender (I guess it really is...

In a very close vote, the ranger has to leave, although the barbarian has taken some lumps. Will the barbarian say goodbye next round, or will the votes for the ranger go to an "also-ran" contender. The barbarian was an also-ran the round before this, so we'll see with the next round...

Of course, if you cut out "new editions" (which for many games mean little in the way of change), this list becomes small. Personally, I think very few d20 games count as "new" since most are just D&D 3.5 with some slight variation. Then again, I imagine today we probably have large numbers...

First, as we can see taste vary. I find the barbarian to be a mess. Also, a large percentage of those here are DMs and look at it from that POV. In my case, I found the rangers in my games to have been a lot more interesting that the barbarians that are typically played by min-max powergamers...

The Avenger said goodbye just in time to avoid unlucky Round 13. This round will determine the top 5 classes. Vote for the class you want to remove from the list. Please don't peek at the votes, or discussion before you vote.

And the Avenger finally makes it way off the list. Who will go next round?

I suspect it went so soon partially because of my tongue-in-cheek comments about the leaders being voted off one-by-one. If you look at the votes, the cleric wasn't really getting many votes. It started to get a few more the round before it was voted off, but it only got a good percentage the...

Indeed, wasn't there an open position at WotC that someone (Scott?) was actively soliciting fan response to have Linae fill?

Huh. Not sure how that happened. I edited the first post, but it really isn't too broken if a few choose more than one.

I have always had a soft spot for the heroic pulp fiction of the Shadow, Doc Savage, Tarzan, the Avenger, etc. Justice, Inc. started my path in pulp roleplaying, and it carried over to the fantasy pulp of Eberron (still planning my "Doc Savage and Eberron" campaign in my mind). However, I just...

The Druid wandered off into his grove the last round. We are down to 7, and closing in on the top 5. There is a clear favorite this round, based on previous round's voting. However, we have seen some surprises as there are more votes shifting when a class gets eliminated. Who will be...

And the druid says goodbye. We are getting closer to the top 5, so on to the next round.

I have been a bit out-of-touch the last week or so. I know Scott Rouse announced his last day, and it has passed. Have we heard anything about his replacement? I would be very surprised if such an important position was left vacant.

Played 2nd edition? I am not sure I ever played second edition. I bought it, and brought products for it. However, when second edition came around I had mostly moved away from D&D to other RPGs at the time. It took 3E to move me back. If you stick with the title question "when was your last...