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I forget where I read this, but when James Wyatt was asked about making beginner friendly rules sets, he said that targeting the old gamers was a higher priority. Nonetheless, the whole effort seems like putting lipstick on a pig to me. I was tempted for a millisecond to pick up Dark Sun when I...

If Jasmine comes, she'll be playing, but be warned: she's still sort of a passive participant when it comes to RPGs. If you need someone to run a game for the smaller group: 1) I can run a simple game like Lady Blackbird or Danger Patrol. 2) I can reprise the Fantasy Craft game I'll be making...

Do you want me to? I had considered it, but Spycraft took primacy by request of PKB.

As I disagree with the fundamental philosophy of 4e, I don't know why some new character options would repair that. Indeed, options glut (and "core-ization" of options) was one thing that turned me off to late 3e and seems to be central to 4e. Magic in 4e is still uninspiring to me. Skills...

I've never played this, and just looking at the rules, it doesn't seem like it would be that rough. The thread over at story-games was started by a players looking at running 8-10 players. Initially I thought MW might be over-reacting, but a later post in the thread by James Mullen running with...

When designing a setting for D&D... yeah. It part of the metasetting, I like it, I plug into is. The attempt to downplay/scuttle this in 4e is one reason I dislike it. The idea of Paladins (and other individuals with lofty ideals) struggling against corruption and evil, for the ultimate good of...

I'll plan on crashing there, for the time being! Will bring pillows & blankies!

At this point, it looks like if anyone comes, it will be my oldest daughter. I prefer to keep prices under $100 a night, but OTOH I'm become more leery of staying at hotels that feel too cheap. Other than steering me away from any major dives, I was most interested in proximity.

I'm a big fan of stuff. ;)

Glad you like it. :cool: And here I thought I was being a bit vague.

Inhabitants of the Sword Isles are no strangers to seafaring. But the crew and passengers of the Emerald Crown are about to set sail via the most unusual venue, for the River or Worlds is no mere sea that the Sword Islanders know. It is the primordial ocean from which the gods themselves drew...

As I want to play this, and I prefer to run in the afternoon anyways, I'll probably schedule my FC game for then. :cool: I'll post my game tonight (need time to come up with a snazzy sales blurb and all that.)

Well, that's 3 votes so far; I guess that's the way I'll go. Our vantage point are slightly different here. You suggest I try something else because its the same as what I've done before. I want to try it because its different than what I've done before (and what I'm doing every week... FC is...

Of the one's you've listed, Danger Patrol sounds the most awesome. But I'm a junkie for Retro-SF and Harper's Lady Blackbird was full of awesome. HEX would be cool, but I imagine you won't be the only one to run it. There's a Coen-brothers inspired RPG?? Not my cuppa. As for me, I am...

If I travel by myself, crash space would be appreciated, as discussed at CM. If the fam ends up coming with, it might be best if we get a hotel. ;) Any recommendations?

Balance-wise, no. Flavor-wise, IMO yes. Indeed, they shortened the lifespan of elves, dwarves, and gnomes between 1e and 3e, which never quite sat right with me. Unless you do some sort of "you play your character until death and then start new characters at 1st level" thing, lifespan of a PC...

Even disregarding the issue of porting systems, I've come to be of the opinion that adventure seeds, maps, and npc concepts are of more value to me than full blown adventures. Every time I run a fully statted out adventure, it seems like I struggle with assumptions buried in the text and...

For my money... the Citybook way. The NPCs are written up in a semi-generic format that gives you some baseline to re-create the NPC in your chosen system. I'm using adventure seed from the systemless Freeport line (Pirates Guide to Freeport, Cults of Freeport, Buccaneers of Freeport), and...

Fixed. ;)

For some re-imaginations of Gamma World, I suppose. Oy.