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This is one thing missed a lot here. Advance notice allows much leeway, in my opinion. Giving a week's notice gets a lot of leeway. Canceling the previous day or early the day of the game has fewer acceptable reasons. Canceling a game (or your presence at a game) while players are on the way...

The main game store in my area has been in business since 1981. They have run the gamut of options for the playing area. Initially the gaming area was in the store (in the back of a indoor mini-mall at the time). Gaming was free, was there was a very limited area and it was limited in time...

I have seen it both ways. You have to realize that play areas (especially good play areas) cost money to maintain. They are typically part of a store that could be more "productive" if it was stocked with product that will sell. Most stores I know don't charge for most events, considering...

I haven't seen the stats (or don't remember them), but apparently they have some sort of insubstantial, break apart ability or something?

On the Eberron forums, someone thought they might make good PsiForged. Unfortunately, there is little mechanical matchup.

PayPal has had their problems (ENWorld had a major issue a few years back). Regardless, everyone has their preferences and giving the consumer a reasonable choice is typical best, if practical.

Besides all that has been mentioned above... WotC did hint that in the future you wouldn't automatically get access to all previous Dungeons/Dragons when you subscribe. They were waiting until they had the function to allow people to buy individual back issues and/or to make sure subscribers...

I would think that major publishers would be the first ones to focus on this. A true "sandbox" campaign shows what tabletop roleplaying can do that none of the modern competitors do. The RPG allows you to try what you want without any real limit except the imaginations of the players and GM...

For the most part, it doesn't matter what the DM uses, as long as he understands the system. It matters what the players use. That's all they really see. Even the most anal retentive "must follow the rules" player will have no cause for complaint if he can't tell the DM isn't following the...

I don't know about Barnes & Noble, but Border's coupons tend to run from Thursday (or Friday) to Sunday (or Monday). They typically don't work on Tuesday and Wednesday because Tuesday is new book day, and they get a certain amount of full price sales from those who want to get a book first day...

One thing to note is that the intent of the Eberron "kitchen sink" approach was that everything that is in D&D has a place in Eberron, not everything that is in D&D is in Eberron. What does that mean? It means that if you want to put something from D&D into Eberron, there is a reasonable place...

That is a problem with that particular player. There are problem players of all types. I have seen the several different types of players who take their character immersion. I have seen the anti-optimization player (deliberately making a poor combat character in a campaign that clearly will...

I had the luck of having Sandy Peterson show up at a local gaming event in the 80s (our annual "Bilbo's Birthday Party" event at our local FLGS). He waxed a bit on it. While some of this I only got second hand, it seems that what they were designing and while it sounded cool, it also sounded...

Indeed, that was a big issue with Heroquest. I got a few bits and pieces about the original design for Heroquest (back in the 80s) and the issue was that it was turning into "super Runequest." I remember one Humakt HQ that potenially allowed an attack every Strike Rank in a round. That isn't...

Actually, I already have it. There was a Rolemaster book released called "...and a 10' pole." It was essentially a book of "roleplaying items" sorted by era with some brief descriptions and price based on era. Now, I never played Rolemaster. However, that doesn't matter for this book...

Runequest grew out of "The Perrin Conventions" that were Steve Perrin's house rules for D&D (which included Strike Rank, etc.). You can see some discussion here. Also, by "based" I meant "grew out of."

While RQ was based on a set of homebrewed D&D rules, I don't really feel that D&D works well with the feel for Glorantha. The key to D&D is the leveling mechanic, and it doesn't work well with the feel of Glorantha. If I was forced to do a d20 variation, it would be heavily modified. Hit...

I doubt I could put down a "best." Especially since fiction that wasn't originally shared has expanded in that direction, such as "Star Wars." Even Vance's Dying Earth series would count with a recent collection of various author's putting own stories in the world. I did like Thieves' World...

Indeed, this is about training your players. When they take that story hook character (either through background or within play) then don't use them against the players at every turn. Instead, make them a resource that saves the day on a regular basis. Make them positive things...

I realize this is a side issue, but if WotC decided to reverse their position on having no legal PDFs for sale, would you be willing to pay the price. Did you for the PDFs that were available (at least everything up to and including the PHB2 for 4E)? Remember, the position has been to charge...