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And berks get put in the Dead Book! Planescape rocks!

CELESTICON Labor Day Weekend Redwood City Hotel Sofitel CelestiCon Game Convention COME SEE WHAT WE’VE GOT Because we are confident that everyone will like what CelestiCon game convention has to offer, on Sunday only, September 4, from Noon until midnight, ANY badge from ANY 2011 Labor Day...

I may steal bits from Adventure A to bring to Other System Adventure A, but I am much more likely to convert setting stuff than adventures.

Also, if you like reading Free PDF RPGs, check out Mazes & Minotaurs which is an awesome game with tremendous support which is also all Free! M&M

If you are looking for RPGs to read, I highly suggest games from Palladium Books, especially Palladium Fantasy and Rifts. There is a HUGE amount of material and easy and cheap to collect via eBay.

Actually, there are 4 gaming conventions happening in California on Labor Day Weekend (CelestiCon, Gateway, PacifiCon, SoCal Smackdown). And more choice is a good thing. 2011 is CelestiCon's 3rd year and the con has been growing very fast. Why are we growing so fast? Check out our website!

Update!!! We added a bunch of Living Forgotten Realms D&D 4e events! Also, we have a full weekend slate of Magic: the Gathering. We need more RPG GMs! Especially Call of Cthulhu events. If you are a GM and would like a FREE full weekend badge ($50 value), sign up by Monday online for just...

Have you taken a look at Mazes & Minotaurs? That's my go-to when I have a group that wants something more "sexy" than vanilla OD&D. It's free and there is a crazy level of amazing support for the game. Mazes & Minotaurs M&M

I gotta say I'm shocked there's been so little interest in the new Gamma World. It is far better advancement of 4e than Essentials. I have no idea why WotC hasn't marketed this game better.

Most GMs feel they should not limit player choices. I have been running an all human Swords & Wizardry game (0e retroclone) where dwarves and elves are NPCs and "monsters" who are no more friendly to humans than any other non-human creature. The players initially found it odd their choices were...

Although being a DM has aspects of being a novelist, the DM must divorce himself from control of the characters. Instead, focus your control on the world and the NPCs. The best DMs are those who don't react to the players, but have the world react to the actions of the characters. Let's say...

CELESTICON September 2nd to 5th, Labor Day Weekend Redwood City, California - Bay Area Peninsula between San Francisco and Silicon Valley www.celesticon.com CELESTICON is hosting over 150 events including RPGs, boardgames, Pathfinder Society, the War College with Dana Lombardy of the History...

I love not having to choose 0e vs. 4e. I treat each as a separate RPG and enjoy both of them. It's like deciding what I would "lose" between playing Warhammer or Exalted. Both great fun, both totally different play experiences. As for what is "core", the 4e DMG gives great advice for noob DMs...

If you are interested in such an idea, what would make Living Gamma World really rock? What pitfalls would need to be avoided? What suggestions would you make to WotC?

POLYCON 2011 Central California Gaming Convention June 24th to 26th PolyCon - Home of Gaming on the Central Coast coninfo @ polycon.org I am running three RIFTS events and two Call of Cthulhu events at PolyCon which is a tremendously cool college convention and my favorite gaming event of the...

If you don't think you can knock a snake prone, you haven't watched enough nature videos. A mongoose can easily knock a snake off balance with a quick flip that messes with its spatial orientation. Just expand your definition of "prone" The Old School Primer is a good read for any GM...

I played a D20 Mutant Chronicles one shot at a convention and the GM just spliced 3e D&D with SpyCraft. It was a little wonky because the gun range made sword skills kinda useless. The minis looked great though! The other odd issue was the MC knowledge of the players. Some of us came from...

I know WotC shot down the 3PP aspect of 4e. I would have rather seen another D20 deluge where we could sift the gems from the dreck, but on DriveThru there appears to be some people still publishing 4e stuff. Have you bought any? Is any of it good? Anything great? I am particularly...

I just got another pre-Con email and apparently the one day pass is $10. Which makes sense since the whole con is $15 so even if you just do Sat/Sun, the $15 is very cheap for a con. Of course, being a GM for one event and getting a free badge is even cheaper!

I recommend Retroclones often because even if a poster owns the old D&D books, his entire group quite often does not. Instead of sending his players running around eBay, he can download a 95% similiar clone for free and distribute it for free among his group. And there is no better way to...