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Interestingly, in middle and high school, we never needed table rules. When I started gaming as an adult, they were indispensible. I started my first 3E game without them and the players drove me insane. Up until this past spring, they were extremely important and we could not play without...

Interesting. I have been DM'ing since 1982 and I am going to buy it. Of course, my initials are DM and if you use my middle name instead of my first name, my initials are GM (my father's initials). Incidentally, my birthday is April 10. Oh, and I have been called a dummy often (along with...

The fan story made me think of another: While in high school, we were gaming in my bedroom when the VCR turned on and began to hum. It was clearly the sound of a tape being rewound or fast forwarded. It started slowly and sped up little by little. We turned to look and sure enough, the...

This is covered in Heroes of Horror. DM

You're right. It is definitely hard to put these things into words. I am sort of bordering on Ravenloftian here (new word?). I just don't want a demi-plane with darklords and confining mist. The world is dark, but not unredeemable. There is no all-controlling evil god that has won, with...

Some more stories (I have always seemed to be a magnet for wierd happenings, especially whenI am with others who have also had their share of strange experiences): While in college, I was in a group of about a dozen friends walking around campus at about midnight. We were near a HUGE cemetary...

Thanks for the additional sources. I am a HUGE Michael Moorcock fan, but that is not really the feel I am looking for. Ditto for Midnight. I have run it and love it. Several people have said on this thread that what I described sounds like Midnight. I raised my eyebrows at that. I don't...

I am firmly entrenched in the idea of running this as a 3.5E D&D game. Nobody is in favor of switching systems at this time. DM

I know it sounds a bit strange, but I have had this idea in mind for a while now and it is, as most of my ideas usually do, slowly coaslescing over the course of many months. As my current campaign is ending soon, I need to really pull this together for my next one (though I am taking a few...

My players used to map pretty much every inch of dungeon. Of course, then we were not so much into using mini's. Now, we use mini's constantly and have a huge, table size battlemat. While encounter rooms get drawn on the battlemat, there is a corner reserved for the engineer in my group to...

I like having a good veggie tray on hand before a session. Also, if you want cola, but not the caffiene, try some root beer (the good kind, like IBC or Natural Brew). There are also some good caffeine free natural sodas out there. Also, there is a neat snack called "Pirate's Booty" that I...

"No shirtsky, no shoesky's, no schlotzky's!" I love their variation on the "No shirt, no shoes, no service" rule. DM

I was firmly in the "gets beaten up well by others" camp in elementary and middle school. Things got better in high school. I was the quintessential geek, but fatter. In high school, I lost weight, worked out and got a job as a lifeguard. Keeping a clipboard and a dice box at the chair to...

I ran the moathouse and subbed another dungeon in place of the Crater Ridge Mines for the next segment. DM

I really liked the sections on introducing fear and horror in a game and designing horror adventures, encounters and campaigns. DM

Yes, it was. In my game, there is no "Return to White Plume Mountain" as "Ex Keraptis..." is SO much better. DM

Okay, I am finally getting around to posting one of my UFO stories: When I was a boy, we used to camp in the mountains of northwestern New Jersey every summer. We would stay from the week after school got out until the week before it started again, staying the whole summer in the mountains in...

I am kind of out of the mainstram as far as fast food cravings go. If in Columbia I will visit Rush's. I grew to love them when I was in college. Around here (Myrtle Beach), I go with Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Huge hand cut fries in a big greasy paper bag. If I want something less greasy...

Ooh, how about a giant moth named Mothra... oh wait. Me too, though I was a bit younger when I first read those words. "White Plume Mountain" and its TRUE sequel "Ex Keraptis Cum Amore" are two of my favorites. DM

I have so many stories to share. I missed out on the earlier thread entirely. Now that the ball is rolling, I will share another. When I moved to South Carolina from New Jersey at age 10, we moved into an older mobile home. The floor in the back hallway was just carpet over rotted out...