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I think its due to coming to rpgs with a boardgame perspective, which I never did. What attracted me to rpgs is that the boundaries are broken. Monopoly confines you to move as much square as the dice shows. In rpgs, I want to travel to the next town, I just do. Now for combat, that is a...

Same here. I used to think d20 was the one system to rule em all. When 4e came out, I started looking at other rpgs and it was a breath of fresh air.

I've been DMing mostly new players for years and never had a stable group of experienced gamers. I could say that most of them don't care about mechanics of the game and just want to "roleplay" which was the main thing that attracted them to the table in the first place. They don't want to...

Get the WFRP 1st edition book... I too am like you, never knew about the Old World and got interested through a demo of WFRP3e. Then I went to forums such as Strike to Stun and acquired the 1st ed core book. You can also get Sigmar's Heirs, the setting book about the Empire.

How about Savage Worlds? Or did they explode only after 3.5 era?

I like how Paizo is turning out. It is good to have another company that is like a secondary leading rpg company and also producing D&D. I will say that Paizo's strength is it's fluff. I Their adventure paths, modules and campaign setting is the fluffiest in the market right now, reminding me of...

IMO, pre-3.5e D&D was about loot acquisition at low levels through various means, with killing monsters as one option. At higher levels, it becomes domain management and fighting "threats" that are often dealt by killing ie defeat the ancient dragon, tarrasque etc and save the land. In 3.5/4e...

Monstrous Manual, the 2nd ed bestiary. It's a good read. Also, Basic D&D. Careful, you might drop 4e for it :p

If you are into Forgotten Realms, then the older stuff is good to read. Eberron as well. Other than that, nothing much. Others have recommended reading the classic modules just to have a feel of how D&D was back then. I am actually interested to know how a newcomer to D&D through 4e would shape...

Yeah, i posted in another forum saying it was basic melee attack galore. Maybe because he expects the player to tell him when they want to use an at-will. Though I think everyone would recommend a newbie to use the greencards. It's not a norm but hey, it's the first time I see the melee basic...

I am interested to see him DM 3.5e or earlier D&D to see if there is a difference.

Easily done. But it does feel like the player is being punished. There is a difference also between a player that knows his abilities and trying to play it creatively compared to a newbie who just say "can this card with the word "fire" do the trick?" The creative player gets rewarded by the DM...

I don't really mind how Chris handled it. Maybe he didn't want the player to waste that power by using it up. But anyway, DMing skills aside, do 4e combat typically run this way?

But the players are creative in terms of making the fire trap directed to the door as well..

If it is, can someone post the Darkfire power up just so that people will know what they are talking about?

Is this how majority of 4e games are played?

If I said Pathfinder isn't D&D, would anyone complain and tries to change my views?

Another vote for Dragon Age.. Show it to the crpg guys and they will be familiar with the setting..

Agreed. As long as they don't come and say "If your sessions revolve around rituals, it's probably not as fun" :p (In reference to rituals which Wyatt wants to fix in 5e)

Well, 4e began at 2005 when 3.5e was just 2 years.