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The man in charge is also somewhat notorious for having radically shifted on what he says D&D should be like over the years. :) On the original topic, it's the kind of stuff shown off in last summer's demo and the ghoul encounter therein that worries me.

You can find it all here. It's a fascinating glimpse into the origins of DL's mythos.

I have to wonder if the "three points of a triangle" bit comes from Tracy Hickman's famous use of it to describe Dragonlance's Good/Evil/Neutrality (or Chaos) bit, which was in turn taken from Jeff Grubb's OD&D campaign pantheon that was divided between good Lawfuls, evil Lawfuls, and a "Chaotic...

The game that made Luthien Tinuviel a blonde? (Lords of Middle-Earth Vol. II) :D Now, Decipher's Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game--that was made by Tolkien scholars, or at least one, IIRC. John Rateliff worked on that, right? On the list, I was very happy to see that the SAGA Rules...

The FAQ put out by Pelgrane Press makes it explicit that yes, organizations can be Icons. And you can go even farther afield--they also posted a 13th Age of Camelot hack that used chivalric values as Icons.

"Mearls also announced, to resounding applause and loud cheers, the highly-awaited launch timeframe for D&D Next." So what is it? Or is there a blackout on this information?

Maybe they'll actually start showing off the system, then. ;)

I think that beats the copy I got in trade for a copy of FOR2 The Drow of the Underdark back in 1998 (and I'd paid half-price for DotU, too). :)

Holmes is actually the version of Basic that predates B/X, and as I understand, it's an odd offshoot in the evolution of D&D. Reprinting vintage material goes all the way back to G1-3, from a certain point of view. :) Premium products have included the 1999 Silver Anniversary box, the 2004...

Spotted by Alter_Boy over on RPG.net . . . http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/45390000 $150 US, but a solid product for the price, it appears.

The Cthulhu Mythos probably wouldn't be an issue--Lovecraft's stuff isn't nearly as tied up in copyright as it was thought to be back in the early 80s, and Chaosium's been pretty good about letting other people use the stuff they added to it. It's the Melnibonean mythos that might be more of an...

That's SOP for DriveThru's products, and since those are all the cover prices, I don't think you need to worry.

It's varying based on edition. Price seems to be running at around 60% of cover for 4E items, 50% for 3.5 items, and 40% for 3E items. The only 1E items I can see--the Fiend Folio and T1-4--are a flat $10. EDIT: U1 is now on the listing (the Adventurer's Vault has disappeared for some reason)...

I'm seeing changes already today--prices changing (both upwards and downwards, but always below print cover price), clearer edition labelling. I think we may be good to go in a few days.

I've been able to 'backdoor' into the WotC section of the DriveThru site thanks to still having the Book of Challenges in my library, and can take a look at the current stats for the items on the bestseller list, although none of them are available. Points of information: --All items appear...

And checking Amazon for release dates suggests that unless they've managed to keep this very close to the vest, it won't be coming out until September 2013 at the earliest--and WotC has never released a new edition after GenCon. (3E was Aug/Sept./Oct.--and I think they regretted it when WW's...

As noted earlier, W&W has been refined and renamed to "Misfits & Mayhem," as well as broadened from just 4E to include late 3E and even some forms of 2E. It's still similar to P&P, but characters tend to be more varied and a bit less clean-cut, tending to get themselves into trouble as much as...

Note that the post is only the first version in a 170+ post thread that's still ongoing about these categories, as well as a spinoff on P&P in particular that's even longer. At least one new category has been added (Castles & Cronies, for political gaming), renamings have been proposed...

That's a story he reserves for conventions, last I knew.

Here's a little trick that may make M&M easier for you: you don't have to build NPCs with points. Set a PL and assign traits as appropriate.