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I will note that in the U.S. technically the sales tax is not supposed to be avoided. If you live in a state with a sales tax and buy without sales tax (such as over the internet, or from a state with no sales tax) you are supposed to pay a use tax (which is equal to the sales tax if you bought...

I don't really think there is quite such a "dearth" of goods stores out there. I think this perception may come from a couple of things. A lot of this is taste. I have seen quite a few people in my time comment about how they avoid the FLGS because they won't match Amazon's prices (or come...

Ah yes, I forgot to mention the one big failure of a game store in the area. In theory, it was an ideal area. It was conceived as a gaming mecca. An large building was taken over and was sort of several stores within one. There was a coffeehouse area, costume shop area, and a gaming store...

I have to FLGS in my area now. The main one, The Days of Knights, has been in business since Thanksgiving '81. I have been friends with most of the people responsible for getting it started since before it opened, some later. The other was a book store, Between Books has been in business...

Well, DDI has had the ongoing series fleshing out Fairhaven from Eberron. It's a very narrow slice, and only revealed a bit at a time, but it's there. Then again, I have seen Eberron's support dwindle. The Eberron forums on the WotC site are pretty much a ghost town. Some of that might be...

I agree. When I saw the initial reaction to Skill Challenges, I decided that this was something that would last, but that it would undergo a lot of experimentation as it develops. I think that process is still ongoing. I believe Skill Challenges will be in a 5E, but they will be a bit more...

From what I saw, Golarion is close enough to "generic" to fit into most D&D campaigns. That is a big plus because most people can easily put the product into their games. If they have an odder campaign, then they are used to fitting everything into their games. Yeah, Paizo's path they headed...

Yeah, I'd have to dispute their "because of us the term is popular" claim. I know I heard that term used around the gaming stores at least as far back as the 80s.

Indeed, that's how I read it. I have always asked for wish lists and got back a little feedback, enough for me to work with. For my style as a player, I strongly agree with the style. I have seen players who wanted to play the unusual weapon (say a cestus) using fighter in the old days and...

I assumed 1 room or wandering monster encounter at time with one exception... The bugbear area is very close together and would have a decent chance having all of them active at one time. So, I included all of them.

Some might. I think the best way to handle it is to turn your question around to have him asking about your character. I doubt many would be offended by being asked "Why did you put 20 in your Strength?" On the other hand, suggesting to someone that there character is bad because of this...

I took that 8 page adventure and look at what miniatures would be needed to run the adventure as written. I looked at the eBay Buy It Now prices for the miniatures (none were particularly high priced except maybe the Stone Giants) and took the lowest costs. The miniatures to run Steading of...

Ah yes. I wasn't thinking RPG. I will note that WotC decided miniatures were too expensive to include when they put out the 4E set and only went with tokens.

The issue with this is that plastic miniatures have a very high upfront cost. The costs are kept relatively low on plastic miniatures because of the number printed. Given the low print run of the set, as you concede, you would not be spreading that cost very far. A "cool unique" monster could...

I missed something. Which "basic box sets" are you referencing? For the most part yes. However, these were promotional, and free. If WotC were to sell these I could see a lot of resistance to linking an adventure that isn't supposed to last more than 4 hours (including set up) to a miniature...

Here Candlekeep lists Drow Archer, Drow Ranger, Drow Soldier, Drow Warrior, Drow Wizard & Irae T'sarran. A picture is included of the box (put it is pretty small).

I seriously doubt that a set with a complete monster roster for an adventure would sell at the price point point needed to make sufficient profit to be worthwhile. Unless the adventure is specifically designed to only use a handful of miniatures, anyway (128 pages of goblins and orcs all in one...

Back in the days of print Dragon there were previews in the magazines and different previews online. There has always been a certain amount of previews designed for those who subscribe to the magazines. It's just that a lot of the "free previews" are now message board posts from the various...

There is "innovative," which I take to be used in an evolutionary sense in this case. There is "influential" which has as much to do with how much what you have done is picked up and adapted by others. There is also "revolutionary" which is something innovative and probably influential...

After looking it up, and confirming the concept is what it sounded like, I saw something like this in the 80s. It was a modern military RPG. I think it was Mercenary, but I could be wrong. A friend who was into that sort of thing had it, and I believe it was a box set with a simple green...