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WotC did a market survey after they took over. As an employee, I had access to the data, though I'm not certain I was supposed to. :D Market surveys of the scope they paid for are expensive, but they could afford it. It showed them, among many other things, how many players were still play AD&D...

There are a lot of things that changed and made me think "Oh that's clever," or "oh thank god, I hated that." But for me, far and away, the change that makes it most unlikely I'll go back to a previous edition, is the introduction of character powers in 4E. Now, every class has a selection of...

I think the data indicates that the overwhelming majority of players over the history of the hobby are like me. When they stop playing D&D, they stop roleplaying. I've already got more board and card games than I could ever get burned out on in one lifetime, so that'd be my gaming fix. As...

During my time as an AD&D player and GM, 7th level was the notional--though not explicit--beginning of the Second Phase of your character. You'd survived the early levels, when you could die from a single hit, and you were now expected to build a stronghold and attract followers. People showed...

I blogged about this. Annoyingly, I just dropped $150 for the Fantasy Grounds 2 Ultimate License and I'm beginning to regret it. It's incredibly hard to figure out, I've spent a week on it so far and been unable to smoothly get a player into it and playing. Which is alarming for a paid app, and...

Ah, Clark Peterson IS who I was thinking of, thanks. :D

Wait, Christopher Clark, the dude behind Necromancer Games? I don't care how old school that dude is, he did well. It's ok if Jim Ward didn't know the market and the OGL, because Clark certainly did. For me, two things are self-evident about this; 1: These guys have the chops to produce a lot...

I know this may seem counter-intuitive, but I think something like Temple of Elemental Evil is your best bet. You've got Hommlet, which has lots of detail, and a nice map of the surrounding area. Come up with a selection of adventures to dot the llandscape with, some secrets, some bad guys with...

D20 Pro appears down at the moment. Alas. I used to think the ability to import Chatacter Builder files was a plus, but the new CB won't have an export function for a while, and who knows what kind of file it will export!

Yeah, I should have specified that money is not an issue and free isn't really a virtue for me. Can anyone who's used both FantasyGrounds an MapTool weigh in on the difference between each? Specifically, how they treat 4E?

I thought exactly the same thing. It was frankly amazing how that thread instantly became a litmus test of play style, psychology. It's worth noting that those two styles of play were equally in evidence even at the table in 1986 when I started.

I'm keen to know if there's consensus on a VTT solution for D&D4. A friend recommended Infrno » Find. Connect. Play. and I looked at it, seemed good. But I have no real understanding of what my options are. I realize there may be no solution that's "for" D&D4, certainly I presume there's no...

It's Wesely that had the conceptual breakthrough. Once you have that breakthrough, the idea spreads like wildfire. The basic conceit, for those who don't know the story, is that come gamenight there's going to be a big City Siege scenario in this war game Wesely and his friends were playing. I...

I think in order to understand the reaction to 4E, it helps to understand the context into which it was released. Bear with me. :D D&D3 was released in 2000, after a decade of gamers being told that dungeon crawling and killing orcs was kids stuff. Adults played highly narrative story-based...

Hm, does it seem like the grooves have been made or used recently? What am I wearing? What time of day is it? What kind of weather?

I check out the ground near me, are there any tracks or signs of activity? Besides my own? I stab the hillside, it's not one of those Living Hills is it?

Not sure if you're replying to me or not, but my comment should have been parsed like this; Surely thats not a trailer for a video game, it's a motion comic promoting a video game.

Surely that's a motion comic, not a trailer for a video game? Also; "Each a font of undying power tortured by their boundless appetites." Really?

This is how we played from about 1986 until around 1996. And while I'm not *certain* I think it fostered teamwork. Since the players all acted at the same time, they tended to organize their actions. But that took longer. Because they sat around for sometimes half an hour talking about what the...

I think Obsidimen as Warforged is a great idea, I'd considered Goliaths but part of the point is running something more "exotic." And we've seen a couple of Goliath PC in the group. I feel like maybe the Hawkpeople from Gamma World might do for the T'Skrang. I guess it depends on what aspect of...