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The switch from playing D&D to playing L5R. Suddenly what I said, who I said it to, and how I said it had much more weight and carried with it concrete, immediate consequences (a loss of honor, a loss of your head, etc.). This prompted me to consider my actions more and consider my words more...

Burning Wheel.

Soon after getting into D&D we found a copy of WEG's Star Wars rpg and we played it endlessly.

That's quite similar to my origin story! We started with HeroQuest and went through the two expansions. My mom couldn't find the dwarf and barbarian HQ expansions so she bought me the 2nd Ed. AD&D "First Quest" boxed set (in '94). After playing that set we started homebrewing D&D stuff for HQ...

The Hero Quest board game from Hasbro hooked us enough that we began to develop homerules to make it more like an RPG until we finally decided to not spend the effort and started playing 2nd Edition AD&D. And the rest is history.

I'm speaking more about personalities and archetype of the characters than their character sheet and stats. If the two bards with the gallant kits had the same personality traits and their players wanted them to fill the same archetype, there could be the potential for stepping on each other's...

I enjoy Fear the Boot. It seems to have gotten a little light on gaming advice in recent episodes from the past six months or so. But the older ones had great advice.

For me it's something I'm cognizant of because it has the potential to steal some of the spotlight from my character. That doesn't mean it will steal the spotlight from my character, just that it has the potential. This isn't a concern exclusively for combat or mechanics. For me it's most...

If I was in your shoes I would be more concerned with the potential for another monk to encroach on my niche than the other monk's race. If it's enough of a worry it might be worth talking with the other monk's player about your concerns, see if there would be too much overlap, and work on a...

I'd like to play the One Ring or 2nd Ed. 7th Sea. I read through them but haven't had a chance to play them yet.

I keep a running list of archaic or arcane vocabulary words that I think would make interesting names. I get them from various word of the day sites. I also throw in names of places or historical people that I think could make for interesting character names. I provide a definition...

Barely one. I play in an online Edge of the Empire Star Wars game that meets every other week and due to cancellations because of technical difficulties, family obligations, etc., we've only played five sessions since the beginning of February.

Thanks for mentioning that--I had to look up what a 5/7 is. That's golden!

Heh. I was just asking about Michael Caine. Tom Hardy was quite obvious. That was a poorly written question on my part. I should have said "Did you recognize the commander who Tom Hardy and his companions radioed at the start of the film?" Or something.

My brother and I took my dad to see it for his birthday and all three of us liked it. As Altamont mentioned, the timeline play was clever. I thought it was well acted and I loved how it was tense the whole way through. When there was a bit of resolution in one scene it would flip to another...

I'm not a fan of Doctor Who but it seems like a jumping on point to give it another try.

I'll have to add that to the list! I had tickets to see him speak last weekend but ended up being unable to make it. It was immensely disappointing.

Just finished American Gods and Neverwhere and started Good Omens.

I would like to see archetypal bonus spells added and/or unique thematic abilities.

I recommend getting the players involved. Give them a homework assignment to create a location, person, and faction. (And consider throwing in an item and event too.) It does part of the heavy lifting for you and gives you story elements that the players are interested in. I would be clear...