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I watched the series when I was in my mid teens. Mostly what I remember is that I thought at the time that it was better than the original Battlestar Galactica, which I didn't care for at all. I watched every episode of TOS umpteen times and still to this day I feel between it and Space 1999...

:D As somone who lives there, that made me lol. Yes the Vancouver locations in the many TV series get tiring. That said, I did like the way the X-Files used the city and hinteland locations - maybe because it was one of the eralier series shot here. When I was a kid growing up in the...

I started collecting in 1988, the year Akira arrived in theaters in my city. Shown in one of the recently intro'd THX theaters, Akira was nothing less than an animation spectacle and managed a 6 week theater run. No other anime since has gotten that length of play in my city, including Ghibli's...

I'll 3rd the recommendation to try 13th Age. I convinced 1 of my groups that had previously enjoyed 4e to move to it and they and I didn't regret it. It's different and lighter than 4e, but still keeps the best features.

I just bought a hardover of the Pendragon 6e Core Rulebook - called the CRB, but it's really a Player's Handbook. It's for my players to browse at my table, so I'm cool with it lacking more advanced content. I ran the Pendragon starter set for the group and they really enjoyed it, so I'm hoping...

We used to have a LGS in my city that had a good preowned shelf. I managed to buy WEG Star Wars 1e and 2e Revised from them for $7 each. I also bought a good condition Shadowrun 3e softcover from them for the same price. The only book I've found in a 2nd Hand bookstore is a copy of Tales from...

Glad to hear SmitheWorks will be taking that approach. I'm of an age for whom computer-based training didn't even exist in college classrooms. Despite having been a software trainer that even created CBT tutorials, I still learn more quickly and effectively from written content. It's the...

Many thanks for the replies Garthanos and D'Karr. I'll read those instructions.

I installed the Builder a few years ago and it still runs without a hitch, but I do recall it being a pain to install. That said, it's very slow on initial start up. My Memory is a bit foggy, but I remember having to downlaod many files and run many EXEs - believe they were dowloaders and...

I'll ditto Cubicle 7's art in TOR 1e as being top quality and evocative. I found their art in Adventures in Middle Earth to equal it. The art in Ulissee Spiele's Dark Eye publications has compelled me to continue my quest to find an IRL or vitual table to play at, or find that ever elusive...

I'm aware of the controversy, but don't care to discuss or expand upon it either. With him making a fresh start with a new company, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and remain optimistic that he's learned from past mistakes. Yes, this IMO was one of the strengths of Mearls being...

I've mostly bought PDFs from drivethru and my 2nd source would be VTT DLC bought from the Fantasy Grounds and Foundry stores. I ocassionally get PDFs from a crowd funding project, but scaled back my funding of those big time a few years ago. I also occasionally buy from Humble Bundle or Bundle...

I have it, but didn't mention it because I found the quality of writing in it below the trilogy and consequently never finished it. TMoN does contain a lot of lore though and I found myself reading parts of it when I ran my campaign set in the Old Hills of the vale.

Ah, my bad. I was somehow confusing that adventure with a novel I'd read. If memory serves me correctly I did play in that adventure, but it was a long time ago - at least 2 decades.

Even though the systems are different, I'd say you're right to compare them since Pinnacle Entertaiment has now published Savage Pathfinder. Classes in 13th Age are containers for powers and feats (like 4e), so in a sense there more akin to SW's archetypes with their edges and arcane powers (if...

I haven't played or DM'd at an IRL 5e table in my city, where all but 1, maybe 2, of the players hadn't read the PHB front -to- back. The same's been true for earlier editions of D&D rules. On the other hand, I can't recall playing at an IRL table for any other TTRPG (doesn't matter which...

Probably due to it being a genre in which players and GMs have different interpretations of what it encompasses. For a personal example, I consider Shadowrun with its mages, shamans, elves, dwarves, orcs & trolls to be much more of an urban fantasy setting with a mix of cyberpunk blended in. And...

Historical Fantasy -eras of Earth's history retold with fantastical elements- is my favorite genre. There's many unique, Basic Roleplaying, GURPS and Savage Worlds settings that come under that subgenre, like Pendragon, Mythical Iceland, Mythical Britain, Weird Wars Rome, etc. However that...

I'll ditto Savage Worlds SWADE - I've run many a car chase and a battle using those rules, with very good results. Vehicle battles using miniatures on a tabletop with SW are also doable and I've done a fair amount of that with tanks and AFV in Weird Wars campaigns. They're a bit more doable...

I've read the Abysal Plague Trilogy and I'd recommend it to anyone who looking for a story that delves into and develops some of the lore of the Nentir Vale. The 1st (The Temple of Yellow Skulls) and 3rd (The Eye of the Chained God) novels are written by Don Bassingthwaite who's my favorite D&D...