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I've played Titan since the late '80s. I've also played the card game, Titan: The Arena, but the original board game is much better. Titan is one of those games that, for years, I've wished someone had turned into a computer game, one that could be played on-line against other players. And then...

What do you mean, "was"? You still are! ;)

It was just beginning to dawn on me that "Veiled Hints About Who's on My Ignore List" is exactly what this could turn into (though I wouldn't have been able to entitle it so succinctly), and that seemed to me like something unprecedented, like something I hadn't encountered before throughout the...

Really? Of the scores of roleplaying gamers (most of them players, though some of them, DMs) I've met during the past few years, since 3E D&D came out, few of them have been active participants on these message boards. Of the dozen or so players who have been in my 3E D&D campaigns in the past...

There are no persons on my ignore list. The only person I ever considered adding to my ignore list is a certain member of these forums who is well known and quite active here. A while back, this member seemed to be following me (purposely or not) into every discussion I was participating in and...

I finished the first couple of novels in the series, and got about halfway through the third, though I managed to collect every novel in the series. (I'm talking about the original editions, not the recent reprints. BTW: Do these reprints have numerous "explorer's journal" illustrations, as the...

I believe most of the changes in 3.5 are good ones, though some of the changes are bad ones and seem to be in there only for the sake of making 3.0 obsolete and thus selling more books. Overall, the sheer number of changes -- good or bad -- seems excessive to me. Anyway... I'm going to wait. My...

Sounds wonderful. But in this heavily recessed economy, with unemployment at the highest it's been in, what, 20 years, I wouldn't advise it. :( Heck, I remember the "good ol' days", not so long ago, when I could occasionally take a two-hour lunch break to have a, ahem, nooner with my...

Hmm... my experience with fanboys tells me that, on the contrary, they are supremely informed, well educated, and above average in intelligence. Even so, they still have the "fanboy" mindset. It makes me wonder.

Shame on you, talking about your own mother(s) this way, even if only in jest! :eek: :rolleyes:

Urban Blight (part of the "Foul Locales" series), which is a collection of urban adventures, is excellent. Being a relatively recent publication, it is not a "classic" (at least, not yet), but I found it really stands out from the deluge of d20 products that are spilling off the shelves...

Thing is, if the author's motivation is just to make money, then inevitably it shows in his novel, as it does in any work of art. Anyone with discriminating tastes knows this. Sounds to me like the word you're looking for is "homogenized". ;) Again, we're talking about works of art here...

If Monte Cook was coming clear out of left field with his comments about WotC's driving and determining factors behind 3.5, then I might be inclined to wonder. But knowing WotC's track record as I do, I tend to think Monte is being truthful and forthright with us. I personally witnessed what...

This seems to me a rather inane remark, and one that's rather prevalent here, on these message boards. It makes me think that some of you here really are "fanboys", lacking in mature, objective thinking. Sure, WotC is a business; a BIG business, at that; and evidently their primary goal is...

I don't know much about Monte Cook as a person, and I am neither a fan nor a detractor of his. (Myself, I am simply uninterested in his Arcana Unearthed.) But what I do know and respect about the man is that he was one of the lead designers of 3rd Edition D&D; and that he not only worked for...

Wyvern, by A. A. Attanasio. (It's been out of print for a while. However, I see there are quite a few used copies available through Amazon.) It's a relatively recent written novel that is a blend of fantasy and history. The main character is the son of a Dutch sea captain and a Borneo native. He...

IMHO, D&D is already "over the top" and "cinematic" enough, provided the player characters are high enough in levels. (I estimate Sinbad in this movie is, oh, a dual-scimitar-wielding rogue/fighter 7th/3rd, with at least a Dex 18 and maximum skill points in Tumble, Jump, Balance, Climb, etc.)

I think seeing Sinbad: Legend of the 7 Seas on the big screen definitely enhances the experience. There is some truly beautiful artwork and panoramic scenery in this movie. Oh, and lots of swashbuckling action and battles with giant monsters, too. (Yes, sometimes the CGI animation didn't mesh...

Um, "real-world" elves... ? One thing that has not been mentioned here is how decadent and even depraved the Melniboneans are. Yes, it was mentioned several times that the Elric's is dark fantasy world, but not why it is "dark", or just how "dark" it is. Generally, the Melnibonean society...

Our cat consumes flesh. Bird and squirrel flesh, to be exact. Oh, we provide him safe and nutritious catfood, but he eats only half of what we set out for him. Even the little bell my wife has put on his collar seems not to have hindered him much from acquiring and enjoying his supplemental diet...