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That they removed Mordenkainen's Emporium means to me that Essentials failed full on. The magic item system in the DM Kit does not even work without a proper amount (and, ideally, a list) of magic items - and no such thing exists in Essentials. There are hardly any items in Essentials, and none...

Ah, but this is where things got off the wrong foot in the WotC apologia on page 1 by Lancealot straight away. You see, the whole point of MerricB's post is not to say how lousy WotC is compared to other companies. His point is (and here his history as an enthusiastic supporter of them in the...

Yes, I can see my response to that in 2011: "Pleeeez! Give us back WotC! I want to shell out 10 dollars for 3 plastic guys with ridiculous molds, painted in 2-3 colours. I want to shell out 40 dollars for a supplement with a promise of fixed skill challenge DCs, only to find out that these...

Another voice for "been there, done that". Mine is much simpler - I simply sticker over a redundant card that comes with WotC power cards, as illustrated here. That was in 2008. In the meantime, I figured players need something more "inspiring". So I came up* with the ”Maybe you need another...

I find Homeland and The Crystal Shard head and shoulders above the rest of Salvatore's novels. Homeland put many a thing on the map of the Realms, and D&D, quite literally, that wasn't there before. It also holds in a kernel what is so appealing about the Realms as a campaign world. I...

Bob Salvatore dodges the edition wars - and he does so beautifully. Watch and learn from a man who clearly appreciates the comparative merits and weakness of all the many proud editions of D&D (timed link): YouTube - Meet Author R.A. Salvatore Here's a salute to Bob, and a thanks for an early...

Many thanks for posting this thread. Luckily I caught it before hitting my order button on Amazon. I got no less than 3 (!) copies of the original city set, but looking at Thanee's images of the new city set there's plenty to complement these. Unfortunately, reports are accumulating as to the...

A lot of people are unaware of the genealogy of the 4E DMG. Huge junks were lifted (either by copy-paste or in compressed form) from another book Slavicsek and Baker had written earlier for D&D 3.5 - Dungeon Mastering for Dummies. (This allegation is neither slander, as the authors admit as...

Maggan, You’re of course correct to point out that some of the Essentials products sold separately, namely tiles and dice, would have to be bought by a Core customer too when starting out. Essentials is better in one regard, for including tokens straight away in all of the boxes. (It may...

For a while? As in... since the last 9 months, when the above picture of the previous Starter Box at Toys'R'Us was taken? Seriously, what are you on about? 2009: Buy Starter Box at Toys'R'Us. Want more? Get the 3 core books. 2010: Buy Red Box at Walmart. Want more? Get 10 products. You call...

While this point is made pretty frequently - of D&D having more competition from other media nowadays - I found this review (Part 1, as of minute 6:40) to be pretty revealing. Why the remake, why did the remake have the "Action Heroes!! 11!!!" flavor written all over it? The answer can in part...

I see. The ruse of exchanging the trade dress of the 2008 Starter Set, not to mention the proliferation of having a host of additional products to go with it, proved quite unnecessary then.

Yes, and I think it's quite a stretch of language to say that the 2010 starter box contains rules for character generation in the sense that the old Red Box did. 1983: Wanna generate abilities? Here's how you roll the dice for that! 2010: You are a human fighter. Your strength is 18. 1983...

The complete question is whether WotC has reduced the number of products a beginner needs to begin D&D as a hobby. I think we're all agreed that the Red Box is not the hobby experience, but a teaser. The number of products you oughta buy after that teaser has been raised, compared to earlier...

Thanks, you raise a good point, and that is, that Essentials is being placed at retail places like Target so that D&D can now penetrate markets it had hitherto a harder time to access. At the same time, when I think of brick and mortar stores, I don't (always) picture the hardcore RPG-only...

errr... they ARE doing a revised version of PHB 1, in softcover format: Amazon.com: Class Compendium: Heroes of Sword and Spell: A 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons Accessory (4th Edition D&D) (9780786958580): Wizards RPG Team: Books

D&D “Essentials” as a product line = making it less daunting to get into the game? According to WotC’ remarks surrounding the introduction of the “Essentials” product line (both in Ampersand and on GenCon presentations), one rationale for the new product line is to lessen the confusion created...

Manowar had its moments of glory which can be revisited without pain or embarassment, coincidentally moments not containing metal. Cue a great story, followed by one of the greatest hymns of all time.

If it has hit points, we can kill it... Oh dang! I misread the thread title as "Hommlet's Hit Points" and was looking forward to a new (GSL) 4E supplement where, finally, buildings and cities get assigned HIT POINTS ... so my players get official rules to raze whole villages to the ground...

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