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I think all the points have been hit on this thread's sub-subject. Har! Har!

Has anyone done an analysis of the origin of outdoor travel in D&D - the Outdoor Survival board game?

I thought I was the only one seeing the thread pages reversed from the index! :)

I can't wait for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim . . . but it's not a role-playing game. ;)

Hammurabi's 'laws' are his edicts on "how things are to be." What is the procedure for changing them? There was none, except overthrow Hammurabi. They are still from the rule of man. Even where the polis (Athens) had a lawgiver in Solon, the entire circumstances and force of the resulting legal...

If you're referring to the rule of laws rather than the rule of man, that goes back to Greece, and the polis . . . the origin of civilization.

I think these are explainable as being differences in the earlier, pre-published version of the dungeon. The original incarnation of ToH was for OD&D, and the tournament was in 1975, before AD&D 'existed.' Also, the Gygax refereeing the adventure in the report was a son of Gary, most likely Ernie.

A poster at Dragonsfoot found a report on Tomb of Horrors from the Origins I tournament in Alarums and Excursions, and retyped the text: Dragonsfoot • View topic - Tomb of Horrors Origins 1 Review from Alarums & Excursions 4 Interesting as a primary account of the original tournment! My...

A true 'gambler' in a fantasy universe will make his own luck, not rely on divinations. In fact, he will find a way to make others' use of divinations work in his favor, if necessary. Think Cugel the Clever . . .

I think one of the issues in understanding the society/economy of D&D is while it's often described overtly as 'medieval' it's really more 'Renaissance' in character. Secondly, despite that 'cultural' overlay on 'aesthetics' the real economy of the game, as it affects the players most directly...

I'm sure it's been cited before, but the original foreward to D&D specifically referenced Barsoom and the adventures of John Carter as part of the inspiration for the game. It doesn't really get more 'fantasy sci-fi' than A Princess of Mars, et al. Despite the 'Tolkien skin' applied to the game...

Vancian magic is sci-fi.

A note about training: I'm pretty sure Gary said that for his campaigns, he permitted high level characters to gain levels without training, counting their adventuring time as 'on the job training' for name level and above characters, if I remember correctly.

Speaking just for OAD&D, going by the XP charts and Gary's own testimony, the "end game" for characters was generally expected to be 14/15 or so. Not a hard cap (there was theoretically unlimited advancement for human characters), but that was generally the point when characters would retire...

Pretty much this. Bullgrit-Quasqueton acts as if he is Galileo and those who dispute his findings are Catholics attempting to censor the 'objective scientific' facts of his research. His posts characterize the objections stemming from fear of 'losing our religion' about AD&D and the terror...

Mod Edit: Images removed As noted elsewhere, EN World has a "no politics" rule. So, let's leave the real-world political references out of this thread, please. ~Umbran

I used to run Star Wars (d6 system) without maps.

The 15-Minute Adventuring Day(TM) is also a symptom of party size being too small. The party expends more resources 'per head' than it really should. A partial remedy is judicious use of hirelings, henchmen, and followers.

No cheesecake in the nuDCU? Black Canary, Huntress . . . POWER GIRL! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Celebrim That sounds alot like the contracts that require a gawd oath in KotD/Hackmaster. :)