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If this is true (and quite possibly is not) then it turns small press guys into freelancers for the established D20 companies chosen by WotC. This is NOT a bad thing because you will get lots of innovation as small press guys are cherrypicked by the bigger publishers. In fact, this way will...

Don't! Without misconstruction there would be no 4e forums! Also, the flavor is cool and adds to the scene. Facing for flavor effect is extra easy with minis even if there isn't any mechanics. The whole point of having stealth skills is to sneak BEHIND the enemy even if the ruleset infers...

SpyCraft did a similiar thing to promote staying with a single class. Every class had a cool core ability. Wheelmen could do the most outrageous stunts, everyone else could do stunts, but not those few exclusive to Wheelmen. When you multi-classed, you got all the normal 1st level stuff...

I have to agree with the Warhammer vibe, but D&D is high fantasy and Warhammer is...pure awesome heroic fantasy horror. I love both, but they are very different games. I might use Modron for Judges Guild as my 4e city. The current ramshackle rests on the ruins of the older town that was...

I think this is going to hit the retailers hard. 1) As mentioned upthread, it's a lot of cash up front for a store. One book per month let them do two things - refill their war chest to order more and use the Big Event of the book coming out to entice people to buy extra stuff in the store...

I never picked up Dragonstar, but I read some good reviews. My understanding was the game was an OGL game inspired by Spelljammer. As my game is OGL game inspired by Gamma World, there are bound to be comparisons. I do agree the Wyrm Sun is an interesting setting aspect (its the origin of...

People who have only played AD&D and D20 think that D20 "advances" were new and unique. Those of us who play many different RPGs over the years can see where the "advances" showed up originally. 4e is promising us "staffs as wizard's implements" and people will cheer that as an "advance"...

I am not wedded to any exact title. Keep up the suggestions for creating combos! The Savage Worlds Runepunk game is a Dark Fantasy Steampunk game and it does indeed look very cool. It appears to have a Jerry Cornelius / Hawkmoon flair and the Moorcock roots are very clear which is terrific...

WHAT IS THIS? I am in the final stretch of writing my first roleplaying game and I am nearing the time when I am going to have to nail down the title of the game. Your votes and thoughts are appreciated. I use "runepunk" as the genre because that seems to be a good word for fantasy plus...

Today is the END of pre-reg! Snap to it people!

Pre-Registration ends on August 17th!!! Once you get your pre-reg badge, you can sign up for all your games (one game per slot) in advance through the website. We are allotting 2/3rd of the player slots for each game to be used for pre-reg. If you don't get into your favorite event or if you...

GATEWAY 2007 August 31-September 3, 2007 Los Angeles, CA The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel www.strategicon.net Tom Jolly (Wiz War, Diskwars, Drakon) is our Special Guest!! Come enjoy over 400 sessions of card games, board games, LARPS, miniatures and RPG events starting Friday afternoon and...

Most RPG tourneys are team focussed. PvP combat arenas are usually individually focussed. Before Living City, RPGA hosted tourneys where both team points and individual points were given out so the goal was to be the best player in the best group. Kelson, make a point to get your crew to a...

Interesting. I have seen multi-round tourneys where there were points for individual players, but usually those were above and beyond the team points. And yes, hammiest roleplayer often gets those individual points. Very understandable. It was 2001 so 3.0 was still very fresh so most...

WHO AM I? I have written over 20 D&D Tournaments in the past 25 years and I have DM'd at least 50 tourney sessions, including playtests for the judges. This past year, I have run 9 Classic D&D tournaments and this September, I will be running 3 more. I write my own tourney events. Sometimes I...

The Gamex convention in Los Angeles was a rocking good time over the Memorial Day weekend. The con had great attendance - much better than previous years, and games filled up quickly. Some personal observations: 1) I was stunned by the huge Vampire LARP attedance. I heard there were over 100...

Here are the official "Trial by Donjon" prizes: The Hobbit, animated DVD The Odyssey, animated DVD Black Arrow, animated DVD The tourney format is simple: Six players gather at the table and dare the dungeon. If they win, they get their choice of one DVD. The Tourney will happen on Friday...

Strategicon is the overall company name for the organization that hosts all three Los Angeles conventions that happen on the big three day weekends:: Gateway = Labor Day weekend in September OrcCon = President's Day weekend in February Gamex = Memorial Day weekend in May There are no major...

Do you live in Southern California? Do you like dice tossing madness? If so, Gamex 2007 must be on your calendar. GAMEX 2007 happens Friday May 25th through Monday May 28th at the Los Angeles Airport Westin Hotel and we already have over 400 events!!! Join over 1000 gamers in all day...

Another tournament has been added! Return to the Tomb of Horrors Game System: 2nd Edition AD&D Gamemaster: Richard Meeks The nightmare of Acererak's tomb once again hungers for life! This is a 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons - TOMES adventure, turned into a three part tournament...