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I have begun thinking / scribbling about a 4e project that I want to write for release by the end of 2008. It is tentatively titled "The 15 Minute Dungeon Master" with the subtitle "Adventure Generator for 1st-5th level Heroes." The design goal is clear: using this book, the DM should be...

4e Training Day for GMs happens this Saturday May 10th The Gamex convention happens Memorial Day Weekend - May 23rd - 26th - the $99 / night hotel room special discount deal ends this Friday May 9th.

What is non-fantasy? This is a tricky question. Let's look at some games... Gamma World...non-fantasy? Are mutations fantasy? Shadowrun...non-fantasy? What is Guns + Magic? World of Darkness...non-fantasy? Are Vamp powers magic? Dark Heresy...non-fantasy? Are psionics fantasy? I...

Woot! Got one! Them playtesters be tricky critters, but they are out there! BTW, we are going to do a DM training day so we can learn to teach this game that none of us own or have actually ever seen except in ENworld previews.

Not true. Being a total buttmunch while demanding Palladium change to D20 gets people banned. I have numerous posts and numerous discussions on the PB forums about going OGL and the idea of selling system-free, all-setting books to appeal to other gamers. I have actively disagreed with...

We know you are out there and we know that lots of you read this forum. We know you mock our vain attempts to guess at the secret knowledge! Gamex 2008 in Los Angeles this May is hosting 30+ events to promote 4e to Southern California. We need your help. Our RPGA is hosting the Dungeon...

Quick Note - the Radisson per night cost just got lowered to $99 / night if you pre-reg by May 9th.

Rifts is a tremendously fun kitchen sink setting with an old school system build on pseudo-AD&D rules. It is a great game with the right group and GM. If you are looking for strict game balance, then convert to your system of choice. If you and your group likes to play fast and loose...

Fighter Mages are the most common build with point based games. Why? Because good magic is usually pretty cheap to buy to augment the character better than spending those points in skills. Whenever I have played GURPS Fantasy, Fantasy HERO, True20 or other point build games, the majority of...

I love DH. If you like Warhammer RPG and if you like the 40k universe, you will probably really love DH too. If you never played Warhammer RPG or 40k, then its a question whether you would enjoy a very brutal, high kill RPG of science fiction investigation in an oppressive, unflinchingly evil...

We just confirmation about the Championship Adventure...

I play lots of minis games - Warhammer, Clix, AT-43, DDM, etc - and I rank DDM as a good game. I do not like the DDM cardboard "rooms" that were laid out on the map. It looked cheesy. However, the one map battlefields were nice. I would have prefered more 3D terrain like Warhammer's...

Sounds like a good way to space out a higher than base encounter like 750 XP worth of monsters for a 1st level party. The spacing then acts as a balancer of sorts.

D&D actually has a long history of being a very competitive game. D&D tournaments are the origin of the famous adventures of Tomb of Horrors, the Slave Lords, White Plume Mountain and many others. The concept is the team of players vs. the complexity of the adventure. You are judged for your...

GAMEX 2008 is coming! Below is the general info about the con...but first the scoops of Big News for ENworlders and all fans of D&D on the West Coast! DUNGEONS & DRAGONS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Gamex 2008 has been chosen to host the D&D Open Championship qualifier for the US Pacific Region! The...

The Gamex convention in May is ramping up its 4e efforts and we currently have 12 GMs running Escape from Sembia and the Dungeon Delves. We just got chosen to host the West Coast D&D Championships Regional Qualifier and we just heard that local shops doing 4e demos are getting 40+ attendees...

With the new President of WotC, we might be seeing policy changes. Keep in mind that WotC does run DDXP and maybe the DDXP dollars and the upswing in GenCon attendance and the massive upswing in ComicCon attendance could be fueling the thoughts of a policy change. One major policy change...

100% agree. D&D needs the 100 page book with PHB / MM / DMG all rolled into one if it wants to see the possibility of drawing in the video game youth. And it needs to come in a box full of minis and easy to use tiles. And it needs to be supported as its own line.

I invested in Mage Knight instead of DDM years ago so I use their dungeon tiles. The Other Keep will be built from them. I bought their Trap Pack and Dungeon Stuff pack which has lots of odd doodads. I also rummage through 99 cent stores for weird toys and bits that make great 3D terrain...

I posted this question much less to learn an "official rule", but much more to see what options and ideas that other GMs use. I don't send night attacks unless (a) you are camping in the dungeon and its pretty obvious to the denizens or (b) it makes sense for the story. As for daily...