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Morrus, thank you. I saw the link on Twitter and just assumed this would be a link and no actual analysis. Your analysis was really good and helped to frame the 'study' well. Sites like EN World want eyeballs, but in the speed to throw out links and grab attention the sites can sacrifice...

Cool. I'll reach out to some triad members to see if they just have a list. Otherwise, I'll go through my records. I know there were both Keoland and Gran March special missions written for Geoff PCs/players, such as a Gran March special mission for Geoff players when one Gyri PC became a...

Is there interest in tracking special adventures (interactives, convention mini-missions, etc.)? I could list many of the ones for the Geoff Region.

Wow. I bow to you. Deeply. Incredible dedication to our hobby. Thank you! Both of those were Living Forgotten Realms adventures released in stores as special "Weekend in the Realms" events, required an RPGA/DCI number to play, and provided certs/rewards for LFR PCs. Because of that, they...

I really found Lori's article to be superb. If you like her work and want to see more, check out her Living Forgotten Realms adventures (such as CALI3-3 The Agony of Almraiven, NETH4-1 Containing Shadow, and CALI4-1 Plain of Stone Spiders) and also the work by her like-minded and talented...

Overall I thought the article had many interesting and sound ideas. I am eager to see them in a playtest. It could be really cool to have units work in certain ways. I still remain worried that orcs and goblins and all the other races end up being a wielded weapon and worn armor (dx due to...

Those are good points. I liked the escalation die, though I felt monster defenses were overall too high. I wanted the escalation die to bring a quick end to the combat, not to enable hitting at reasonable rates. The dearth of options was absolutely an issue. It was hard for some classes to...

I created my bard at 1st level, then at 5th level, then at 7th. I only playtested at 7th. I played a multiclass PC at level 1, and I was far happier with the bard at level 1 as a build. Based on my earlier playtests, it seemed reasonable. At 7th I felt competitive with the cleric. My level 7...

On that topic, while I appreciate talented game designers pointing out issues, what I would most like to hear from them is new ideas and solutions. The notion that the Interwebs has issues... very true... and worth mentioning at times. But when I read the Twitter feed or blog of lead game...

From both that and the Mike Mearls AMA, it sounds as if it was what they said it was - more about work styles and agreements than subject matter or personality differences.

The sheet was based on the first playtest. It needs changes based on the new open playtest. But, given the nature of this playtest with pregens, I don't think it makes sense to share this (and I'm not sure if the team would like that... I would hate to have a character sheet color playtest...

That is always a really personal question - gamers like different things. For me, the icons are incredible. They guarantee sweet story/PC/campaign hooks. When I read that chapter on the icons I was ready to create a campaign. The ability of the edition to provide yummy crunch but support open...

And yet, 4E is the favorite system of most of my playtest group. The biggest 4E fans actually were the biggest 13th Age fans. None of our gamers were playing 13th Age out of disenchantment. We like a variety of games and we like to playtest. We like how 13th Age spoke to 4E. Arguably, it does...

Oops. I think the twitter picture's link expires, so I have to provide a hard link rather than the image. I fixed that above.

This was a pretty fun game. Our group playtested for both playtest windows and we had a great time. The game has a great capacity for imaginative open play, but at the same time has a lot of fun crunch - I really enjoyed making a 7th level PC, and I took a lot of time doing so (though I didn't...

My gaming group was interested in trying this game. As in years past with so many RPGs, we went to the Gen Con event listings and found it was only running in a couple of slots, as events run by individual DMs. I'm really curious why so many games that have solid buzz have so few events (and...

What most makes an impression on me is not the obvious thri-kreen feel (especially a Dark Sun 'kreen), but the first two paragraphs on the linked page... it suggests a troubled past for the book and comes off apologetic rather than enthusiastic/promotional. And, wow, some hilarious comments on...

Given that the actual sheets have been shared and this contains no rules content, it should be ok to share my custom sheets for the Friends & family round of playtests. I love making my own character sheets, and I've been making Goldenrod variants since the AD&D days (I used to cut parts with...

I've been pretty impressed with the scenarios. I wasn't sure about the concept... I honestly didn't think it had legs. As with so many things, I was dead wrong. I'm fortunate to playtest a bit. The Wizards team is active in making excellent changes to the good foundation provided by authors...

Yeah, that didn't quite happen. I meant to blog about writing the Vegepygmy article but ended up writing one of our Ashes of Athas adventures when an author (great guy) had to step down. I did manage to write a free adventure, Last Stand at Camp Starfall for May of the Dead on the Going Last...