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One of my long-time frustrations with D&D 3.0/3.5 is the 'Take 10, Take 20' rule. Although it isn't the rule itself, so much as the ambiguity with which it is presented. One thing I really admired about D20 Modern, and was disappointed to see left out of D&D 3.5, was that for each skill we are...

I love Fiery Dragon counters, but I hate the digital idea. It seems to me that to make it equal the quality of the cardboard packs, you'd have to have access to a color laser printer and print on cardstock. Not for me. 'Course, I still miss Intellivision. ;)

Hmmm...are you suggesting that the old school OD&D types tended to prefer the Moldvay/Cook Basic/Expert game over the Advanced D&D game? Even though Gygax clearly designed the Advanced game for the die-hard gamer? Not trying to be argumentative, just genuinely curious. :)

I was reading a fairly detailed "history of D&D" on the net recently, and something struck me as odd. We know that OD&D was, of course, the first game, and that Gygax envisioned Advanced D&D as a development of OD&D. What, then, was the purpose of the Basic D&D game? As I think everyone knows...

Back in 1980 I played the Moldvay/Cook Basic/Expert D&D. Then, like every other middle school kid, I gravitated to Advanced D&D, because, well, "Advanced" sounded cooler than "Basic." :p So lately I'm wondering about a return to Moldvay/Cook, perhaps even trying to use it in a Planescape or...

Eh? Gygax was involved with C&C? I hadn't heard that. To what extent was he involved?

And apparently (according to the amazon link) it's a 96-page softcover? Yech.

It did indeed. Thanks for the link, brother. The answer to my question seems to be NO. :\ I like to *start* games at 2nd or 3rd level...this set won't do. One thing that hasn't been addressed by that review, though, is character generation. The review *implies* that the basic game has no...

I must admit, it *does* look quite cool. But I'm afraid my excitement over d20 Modern dried up a long time ago. D20 Future was the nail in the coffin for me. :\

So I've seen it sitting there on the shelf, calling to me. The new D&D "Basic Game". Can anyone comment on it? Anyone have it? Is this the new "rules lite" D&D I've been longing for? Please, don't speak to me of Castles & Crusades! ;) I want the *real thing*, baby. Some specific...

To say nothing of his powerful "grapple" check...

Heh heh...Dora the Explorah is the latest thing with the kiddies. My 2-year-old loves Dora, Elmo, Barney, and Calliou. And, as I'm learning, it doesn't matter what *I* might think of them. ;) At least she doesn't care for the Teletubbies...brrrr....

But Dragonlance is pretty much dead on the vine, isn't it?

I'm surprised that no one's mentioned the problem of different races and their respective differences in longevity. Consider this: A human reaches adulthood at age 15; an elf at age 110. Until that time, both are more or less children. For the next 50 years they both train and adventure...

Not to mention soaking in a hot bath after every battle and complaining about how stiff his muscles are. But then in comes a saucy wench to loosen him up . . . :]

Precisely. When Mozart was 12, he wrote a full-scale opera. What level was he? When Mozart was 30, and was easily the greatest composer in history by that time, he would certainly have been epic-level in D&D terms. I have no problem with my PCs being Mozarts.

Geography. Although Greyhawk adventures are usually relatively easy to plunk into another setting, they *do* take place within a fixed geographical area. If an adventure is set in the Barrier Peaks, then although it may be a relatively generic adventure, it is *still* a Greyhawk adventure...

Hear hear! I think DUNGEON is doing a super job of supporting Greyhawk. Eberron doesn't interest me, but it is obviously getting more than enough support. One look around the 'net will show you that pretty much *all* campaign settings are well supported, either by The Man or by fans...

Sure. Such as magic trains, magic airships, magic robots (warforged), and cities of skyscrapers. Nothing against Eberron...I think it's actually a cool concept, although it's not my cup of tea...but it is definitely not *standard* D&D fantasy, nor was it intended to be.

Hello, all. Quick question from a newcomer: Is Dungeon #117 the first of the Greyhawk-maps series?