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Well, the one I talked about starts as a blank sheet of paper. Actually it starts as a blank steno pad. We just make up the Excel sheet when it comes time to distribute stuff.

Yes, I have several. First, make sure to get transparencies made to go into color printers and copiers. Each brand of printer will suggest one or two different transparencies. I suggest following those tips. Check with the folks at the UPS store, they may or may not allow you to make copies on...

I print my Skeleton Key games tiles on 110 lb card stock. When I cut the pages out I label the back of each one with the tile number from the index page of each set. I also print out each index page and have them in a book. This makes it easy to reference them. I dis start a project of cutting...

I will be honest, right now the WotC decision has little effect on me. That is because I am currently unemployed and I cannot buy any game material. However, I did have plans to buy a number of 3.x pdfs once I had a job. Some of them are for books that are difficult to find. Now, when I get a...

I think I can say that this is one of the least informative interviews I have read in the gaming industry. It pretty much said nothing we already didn't know, and I think did little to comfort those who are upset by the goings on of late. There are so many unanswered questions that will probably...

I will be attending the memorial service on April 20. If anyone wishes me to pass on thoughts, comments, or the like, feel free to contact me at curmudgeon dot gamer on gmail. I am also trying to arrange a gathering and a toast to Dave at a pub to be named later. Anyone local who is interested...

One of the players in my group uses a steno pad to record all the party treasure. Every once in awhile that is transferred to an Excel spreadsheet. That sheet has columns for all the different coin types, columns for gems and their value, other treasure and its value, and if it is magical. We...

Thanks Mark, I appreciate it! I could not seem to access it through my previous connections, seems I wasn't logged in properly. Nice to have a handy sheet like this to make it easy to figure out if you can use a magic item or not.

I am trying to find a magic item slots sheet that does NOT feature a silhouette of some guy in spiky armor (unlike, for example, the official WotC one). Anyone got a clue on this one? I used to have one that Mark from Creative Mountain Games created several years ago, but that file has gone AWOL.

The information has been very useful, and quite fascinating. Please feel free to add more comments, suggestions, and the like, I appreciate them all!

The one game I have yet to see mentioned is DragonQuest, by the now defunct SPI. TSR bought the rights to the game, published a heavily edited version of it, then buried it. That was back in the 1980s. At the time it was a unique, creative game with lots of potential. No set classes, a school...

So, I am curious about peoples thoughts on dice bags. How big do you like them? Does it have a flat bottom? What materials make the best dice bags (leather, silk, brocade, other)? What makes a dice bag stand out? What makes you want to buy one? Now, before people start saying "I use a Crown...

I got distracted when I was writing my response, so I did not see Treebore's last comment. I actually have very close connections with a publisher who would be interested in a project like this. That is why I have thought about this before.

I bought copies of these years ago, well over a decade. I remember finding them shortly after I got a scanner and scanning them so I would have access to them when I take my gaming CD-ROMs with me. I think I still have the disk somewhere, and I know if I dig around I can find the books. Hmm...

That's a real shame. I would buy a bunch of those if I could get them. Looks like I will be hitting those gambling supply shops and then getting the rest to match. Funny, I prefer my d6 to have pips, but the rest of the dice to have numbers.

What I really want is a set of Gamescience precision edge dice with a d6 that has pips instead of numbers. Actually, I want a set and about another 2 dozen d6 with pips. Is that even possible, or am I going to have to find casino dice for that?

Well, you have already ruled out my personal choice, which is GURPS. Why people are so against that system is beyond me, but oh well. I seem to remember owning Flashing Blades, and I think it's a fairly good game system. So, go for it, play the system you want. People will play system they...

I find it interesting the words that are used to describe feelings towards 4e D&D. I often hear the words "like" and "love" used to describe those who are in favor of the new edition. Those who are not in favor, in general, are described as "hating" the system. For me, "hate" is too strong of...

The first one is a male elf. Look at the painted pictures and you will see. Also, the keyword list below the pictures says male.

That is right, you are supposed to fill in the gaps yourself. They give you a rough outline of things, but you are encouraged to fill in the rest to make it your own. I found that for the City State and the Wilderlands that the whole framework is designed to allow you to add as much or as...