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For me, it is not just the GM or the game system that makes the difference if I play or not. It is also the other players, the genre of the game, when we play it, and where we play it. Now, I will admit that who is running the game and what system they are using makes a big difference, they...

I think it is great that all the stuff from Goodman Games is on such a huge discount. I just wish I had a job so I could afford to get one or two of them. Lots of really cool stuff that I have been meaning to get, but just have not been able to do so. Oh well. Yes another reason that...

I don't think I saw Northern Crown mentioned, that's a good one. There's also Sherwood: The Legend of Robin Hood by Battlefield Press. I would highly recommend it, but then I am a bit prejudiced on that one, what with being the editor. ;)

Actually, to be a little picky, that is the OGL in a nutshell. The d20 license is a different, and soon to be quite dead, license entirely.

Since I started playing D&D back in the late 70s, only once have I had a group give their characters a group name. That was back in the early 80s, and we were playing AD&D 1e. We were going through the Giants series of modules, and had a gnome illusionist with a wand of frost. He used this...

Well, I know that Jeff Dee is still doing Living Legends, and Battlefield Press has the Core Rules, if I am not mistaken. Tabletop Adventures has their Against The Darkness game, and 93 Games Studio has Twilight: 2013. I am sure there are some more out there, but those are ones I know...

So, anyway, back to OSRIC. I found it a pretty nice presentation, with lots of information in it that could be used for any edition. My only complaints about the presentation are the blank and all green blank divider pages. A well bookmarked PDF does not need those pages. I might understand...

I have not had a chance to go over it in detail as of yet. I have a couple of other editing projects I am working on, and I am supposed to be writing some material for a new game that I have to get done ASAP. I will give it a look real soon, I promise!

Well, I cannot speak for anyone else, but I can tell you why I did not find your "review" helpful. The vulgar language, needless attacks on the reader and on those who like the retro-game genre, and a generally crass presentation is quite off-putting, to be honest. If that is what your regular...

There is only one setting I would like to see as a system independent game setting, and that is Thundaar: The Barbarian! I did something like that show using Gamma World back when the show was still on the air. Now I would need to watch it again and take notes.

Hey, you forgot the Vincent Price version! One of these days I need to see the Will Smith version.

My first choice in your case would be GURPS, either 3e or 4e. It fits pretty much all your criteria. My second choice, which seems to buck the norm, is AD&D 1e. Just remember that lots of stuff in there is optional and you are good to go. Actually, that applies to GURPS too. For many years...

The cheapest and least distracting way to send a note to the DM is called a notepad and a pencil. Trust me, this has worked for years and is still a darn cheap way of doing it.

Santa Claus made me a Traveller player back in 1979. I became a D&D player on my own. I think that happened in 1980 or so. Christmas break of 1979 was spent stealing the dice from Yatzee and rolling up dozens (literally!) of characters, planets, and subsectors. I also spent a lot of time...

When we use one it is 36" x 42". We cover it with a specially cut piece of Plexiglas. Gosh, I miss having access to that printer.

Oh, well, in that case I pick 1,* any time! I don't want random miniatures any more. I really didn't like them when they started doing them, and I really dislike them now. As long as I can see what I am getting I will figure out how to get them or what to get.

Umm, might one ask what is Merric's Law? I am not familiar with the term.

I've got to admit, I have grown tired of not being able to see the miniatures I am purchasing. My gaming dollars are extremely limited. If I am buying miniatures for any game I want to see what they are. Don't show me some of them, show me all of them. This way I can buy the ones I want...

Very nice indeed! Now, how much will this cost again? I will need to save my pennies for this one.

Well, there's the old AD&D module Tomb of the Lizard King. It has a big swamp, ruins, lizardmen, a sunken place to adventure, and more! What's not to like? I just recently ran my 3.0 party through a modified version of it. They had a blast.