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Rules I love Gurps, I have over 200 of thier books in my collection, but thats what I do, I collect. The game plays well if you don't mind wading through rules, there are a LOT of them. You mentioned in your last post that you don't do well with lots of rules, so this may not be the game for...

Thats the thing, in my group there is this combo of trust and illusion. My players (bless thier hearts) trust me to run a good game. I perpetuate an illusion (apparently more successfully than I had realized) that I am playing strictly by the rules. I even allow my players to correct me on...

This is exactly what I do Henry. You have to be reasonable when running your game. You have to know the game and it's system well enough to keep it all plausible and the illusion that you are playing by the rules intact. When the Orc sentry at the mouth of the cave shrugs off the PC wizards...

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who likes to run a session by the seat of my pants. As far as GMing getting old, the more creativity I allow myself the more fun I have with it. Where I get my real kicks however, is when that one magical session happens and my players are completly into...

Actually the death rate with my low level PC's is rather high, and its mostly because I make most fights difficult. I don't WANT my game to rotate around combat, so my players try to think thier way out of fighting. D&D is a combat game though, so it still happens at least once most sessions. As...

I've been wondering... how many other folks find that they are doing less and less prep work for game sessions these days? I've been running D&D games for three decades now, and I've noticed a trend in myself to do less work preparing for a night of gaming as those years grow longer. Now, I find...

I'm not sure how to help you "wrap your mind" around Kalamar, the setting is simple enough, and that is its beauty. The game setting is designed for a low to mid magic level game, and the kingdoms it contains within them have an ordered internal logic (for a fantasy setting) that many other...

Thanks for the responses! I doubt I will pick up another Edition of Exalted, I bought it primarily because I heard it was a fun read and I do like storyteller games. There are about three Trinity books besides the core on the shelf, I will call tomorrow and ask them to put those aside since you...

It must be the original, says it was printed in 2001, and is product code WW8800. The copy write page doesn't list it as a revised edition.

A few weeks back I put up a post where I listed some books I picked up at my FLGS which has been having an ongoing sale for the past month to clear out dead inventory before the end of the year. By far I have purchased the majority of what has been placed on the shelf. The sale has been $5 a...

First off, welcome to Portland. :) Which gaming store did your group start out in? If you ever get out to the west side (Beaverton area) I strongly suggest you stop in at Rainy Day Games, my FLGS. You will find a lot of CCG's just like any other store, its a moneymaker, but you will also find a...

Well Said... I'm nearly 38 years old and have been running rp games for 27 years. The only thing I might add to BlackMoria's clear and well presented statement is, based on the information presented, would be that it's a game. If two players are behaving in a selfish manner and damaging the...

You know Two, you write well, and you make good points, but your text is so blatantly laced with insults that it makes me not care.

Portland Gaming Is Fabulous I have lived here all my life, and I've been a gamer for going on 28 years. I have an amazing group of friends who are gamers, we game every other weekend, and they want me to run it more often (family, work, and study prevent that). One of my gamers is from...

When you steal, steal from your own table... If you want to be praised for your amazing orginiality, for your devious plotlines, and your facinating twists, just listen to your players in play. Here is what I do... I have a module prepared, often a prepulished one off my shelf, or that I have...

I've bought into it, they sold me on the glitz and the uniqueness, and I plunked my money down for word count in these game books. When the WLD came out I just had to have it, nothing like it had ever been created before. The Ruins of Undermountain couldn't compare to it, this book had it all...

Wlc I actually made a submission to this book, I'd rather like to see it done. With regards to those who ask if they "need" this product in light of the others that are out there, I'd question whether you "need" any books beyond the Players Handbook. It's more a matter of what will enhance...

I don't mean to spread rumors, I was told by my FLGS owner that the company went belly up, or at least that is what I took away from the conversation. You are saying that this isn't the case? I'd best go look at their web page and find out. Thanks! :)

hehe It's amazing to me that stories like this still circulate in this world of Electronic fantasy games and immersive WoW experinces. I understand she was joking but I've recently studied with the Jehovah's Witnesses and they firmly believe that God, which the bible states hates spritism...

Thanks! Thank you for taking the time to offer up your opinions on the books, it sounds like I was able to get a selection of good ones. Over the years my ability to purchase books has outstripped my availible time to read and use them, until just recently where that has reversed itself, so it...