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I disagree with your other assertions, but I don't disagree with this. However, given the current marketing strategies, I don't think companies have much to do with this. Until a company markets the game like TSR did the Basic/Expert boxed sets in the late 70s and early 80s, and gets them into...

Well, since the late 70s at least. :) But the point is good. I haven't played D&D in years, and didn't play any RPGs for most of the 90s. But the hobby was still there, new games were still coming out from various publishers, and the hobby didn't die. I grew up with D&D (AD&D and the boxed...

It comes from the ebay seller saladin4, IIRC. And if you got this email, you've probably received other ones as well. He sent out basically the same anti-4e email a month ago or so (phrasing his bashings as a question), and then when Paizo made their announcement about the Pathfinder RPG, resent...

I dunno. I don't play D&D at all anymore, and still buy their Pathfinder APs and their modules. Their stuff is so story based that they are tremendously easy to convert to whatever system (well, at least to Savage Worlds) - and if 4e is as easy to run as the Wizards folks say, then it shouldn't...

One thing you can do with flanking - which requires a lot more precision in description to be useful - is to do something like Savage Worlds does. Instead of a flanking bonus, the system provides a Gang-Up bonus based on the number of allies that are attacking a given enemy. The more allies are...

Regarding buzz ... I have over 6k of the little plastic suckers, at least 2 full sets of each release, and regard the minis and tile lines as WotC's best (in fact, the only lines I buy from them anymore), and I don't think I'll be buying the new set, certainly not in bulk. I'll probably buy some...

Maybe. A number of companies already do similar things. Savage Worlds has Test Drive rules. We both know C&C has a Quickstart Guide. Perhaps if the biggest RPG did this, maybe, maybe it would alleviate some of those issues. But I think RPGs, especially in the face of computer games, rely on...

That may be what you believe, and I'm doubly sure that is the official corporate line - but there are a rather large number of folks who have read statements/blogs/articles from various WotC personnel much, much differently. (And I'd assume that most are people smart enough to grock the...

Scott, the irony is that they (WW) are basically saying "your current game sucks, try this new one instead". Many folks (me included) feel like a lot of the 4e marketing is saying basically the same thing "3x sucks, try 4x instead". In effect, they're using the same ploy as you folks, only...

If you don't care about the grid and aren't going to show it to the players, get a metal clipboard (one that magnets will work on) and get some small magnets. Then draw your maps on paper, and attach the appropriate map to the clipboard, and use the magnets as references for the group and...

Hyperbole much? The Mona Lisa is a singular work of art. The PHB is printed en mass. Certainly you can draw a distinction between the two.

How can you possibly have a problem with that? Thats asinine. At that point in time, the product will physically belong to them, legally acquired. And note, they are acquiring those PHBs on a voluntary basis, from people who obviously aren't going to want them anymore - its not like they're...

I picked the last remaining ones for my collection, plus a few Bleeding Edge modules, too. Not a bad sale at all - thanks for posting this. (And sadly, I had just bought a bunch of others at 3x the cost a few weeks ago. Ah well.)

Hopefully this perspective is useful... Honestly, I wouldn't find that terribly appealing. But then, desktop publishing has come a long way over the last five years, and I'm relatively skilled enough with Word (or Open Office or a variety of other tools) that I could do that myself. Not to...

I have tons of the Wizards tiles, plus tiles from Fat Dragon, Skeleton Key and others, plus terrain from World Works, Fat Dragon and others, and I love good maps/tiles. However, I'm the opposite of Treebore and Galladian - I want my maps to use with minis, and like them in minis-scale or or...

I'm using a combination of "... And a 10 Foot Pole" (from ICE, for Rolemaster) and "From Stone to Steel" (from Monkey God Enterprises) for my campaign. Ten Foot Pole has price and availability lists at different tech level (stone, bronze, iron, etc), and Stone to Steel shows the evolution of...

Wik, Glad you did your first adventure! Sounds like it was fun. Some notes, along with Flynn's: Boss Fights - As Flynn said, ues your GM Bennies. Small scale bosses (like a goblin) are always going to go down quickly. Make sure every now and then your bosses are armed with suprises; First...

Yeah, but for all we know that chinese paint might very well taste better than the overprocessed american chocolate. :)

Now thats totally subjective. I know for a fact some of those M&Ms come chipped and squished. :p

I second that. If you buy D&D minis online as singles, instead of buying boosters, you get the best of both worlds - dirt cheap minis and a non-random selection. This is especially true if you stick to commons and uncommons. Check ebay, but watch for shipping charges. There are a few sellers...