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The James Bond RPG is the first one I ran across that had Hero Points - a "fate point/force point" type mechanic that let a player adjust a bad roll. Marvel came out the same year and had Karma, then Warhammer Fantasy in 86 had Fate Points and Star Wars in 87 had Force Points and things just...

I remember the ads for this too and thought it was both coolly presented there - like you said parchment character sheets! - but also amateurish and trying to present itself as a "better" game than AD&D which seemed arrogant even then. That said a lot of games tried that same approach. Can we...

2E had "Return to the Keep on the Borderlands", "Return to White Plume Mountain", and "Against the Giants, the Liberation of Geoff", just off the top of my head. Oh and the "Return to the Tomb of Horrors" boxed set too. 3E had "Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil" and some official...

So did they ever get that Robotech Miniatures Kickstarter ever cleared out and closed up? If not it seems like maybe that should be the priority for them.

Since 1979 Everybody burns out. Typically the answer is take some time off from doing it or change to another game or both. I don't think getting paid for it changes this at all. A paid DM may burn out faster as he is presumably running quite a few more games - you may play once a week, if...

The biggest problem here: Lots of people would love to be paid to run games, very few would be willing to pay someone else enough to do it. This is the heart of the issue - anyone can do it! You might decide you want experience - there are DM's with lots of experience who are bad at running...

I get some of the differences as far as setting but what is the attraction of playing as kids? What makes that important to the game to the point that it's a requirement to stay in a specific age range and in a stereotypical social category?

TSR's problem with gaming material was that they were producing gaming material, like boxed sets, and selling it below cost. That's a problem in any business. With the book lines they were overproducing and having to eat the returns because that's how the novel business works - also not good...

Every other month? That's different. Taking it a little slower this time?

"One of the if not the first transhumanist, post-cyberpunk roleplaying game from the minds of Rob Boyle, Jack Graham, and Adam Jury." Well maybe "one of the first" as GURPS Transhuman Space was published in 2002 and supported by multiple supplements for years after that. Unless you literally...

I think it's debatable, at least as far as where you want to draw the line. Does playing World of Warcraft count? Because it was at 10-12 million for monthly subscribers for years. It is a fantasy RPG played with other people - it just happens to be on the computer. We were told this is...

I'm a little curious - if someone submits a story to a contest on the internet how does one automatically know the race, nationality, or gender of the author? Are they making writers fill out a form that asks these things? The name might give some idea as to gender but it doesn't necessarily...

I used to think Runequest had the most complicated licensing situation. They seem to have that mostly sorted out and now Vampire is aiming for that crown. Good luck to all involved!

The big WOTC adventure for 3.5 was "Red Hand of Doom" which was centered around a Tiamat-worshipping humanoid invasion with dragon-aspected bugbears, goblins etc. as leaders. The online adventure path for 4E was "Scales of War" which was also about Tiamat, her worshippers, and various plots...

They've said though that this isn't a VTT - it's to enhance table play. So I don't think it's a goal to let kids play with their friends across the country or the world. If they're across the street they can walk over to each other's house and play in person - which this does seemed to be aimed...

I'm not sure there's much of a conflict here. The article mentions a digital team. Those aren't the guys writing RPG material.

Very cool to bring up an oft-overlooked game. I have this nit to pick though: "There's really nothing in the fiction to demonstrate that the sword Stormbringer is a demon bound into a weapon." Except the climactic scene of the whole series? You know the one, right? The end of the sixth book...

If you want an RPG comparison Age of Sigmar is the D&D 4E of that hobby. It was fanbase-shattering leading to a renewed "Oldhammer" movement, greater interest in existing competitors like Warmachine/Hordes, and a new upstart competitor that's giving long time fans more of what they want in Kings...

There was a year long event known as "The End Times" where the various powers of the old world destroyed each other and in the end the planet was destroyed too. It's not "Warhammer Fantasy Battles" anymore - it's "Age of Sigmar" as the battles take place across the physically and dimensionally...

I've had a physical copy on my shelf for months. It may be new to the UK but it's been out for a while in the US.