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I think tabletop/RPG gaming relies on MANY factors, not just the ruleset being used. My Monday-night group alternates systems. Currently we're using "Basic Fantasy" for our fantasy-worlld gaming, and it's served our needs pretty well, though it has been tweaked a bit [notably to add a small...

Putting aisde for a second the fact that opinions are ENTIRELY subjective... I quite liked both "Felicity" and "Alias", at least in the early going. (And there must be something to it, since they lasted 4 and 5 seasons respectively.) And he had a helping hand in both "Lost" and "Fringe", at...

ITA. By bringing back the "Big 3" in more than a cameo role, they're innately inhibiting the audience latching on to the new characters. Example? Take the revamp of 90210 from a few years ago. By trying to equally distribute time between the "Old" and "New" cast, they effectively alienated any...

MAYBE for an experienced player, it was passable, but far from a watershed book, IMO. But, for allowing new players entry? Char-Gen was pretty darn-near impossible. They really needed a 2-page "How to make a character" primer, as some (many) systems do. (Essentials did rectift this issue a...

Hey, everyone! Could you kindly sign me up for "Sertorius" in the AM shift, and the "Fate" game in the afternooon? (And I can't believe my friend Lovable Scoundrel actually beat me to the punch on this one for a change!!) :)

While I'm normally a fan of the "Umbrella" method (A "Main" catgory, and then sub-categories), I'm not sure it works for D+D, at least in my mind. The jury is still out for me; I'll wait and see how it's finally implemented. However, it concerns me that they've annouced this change seemingly at...

Thanks for the thoughtful, succint reply, Li Shenron! :) But doen't you think that something as basic as "What HP's are" should be a prime consideration, and should influence the direction the game takes? Without knowing "What HP represent", it's hard to pin down a cohesive feel for the new...

Honestly, it seems like they’re trying for an “Everything But the Kitchen Sink” approach. I think that the dev’s should focus first and foremost on the CORE RULES (which are supposed to be relevant to just about everyone), and, and set aside the “Optional Modules” (Each of which are just for a...

Yes, I'd not heard of any offical "Naming Convetnions" for Droids, so Crothian's response above sounds good to me. The Protocol Droid I'm playing in our current game is "MX-PR", which has affectinally (and somewhat laughingly) earned him the nickname "Max Power". :) And agreed that the Core...

I 100% agree with this statement. Contrary to what it sounds like, it really pains me to be critical about D+D, as I've been playing since 1E. But, from being originally positive about D+D Next, my opinion has started to go downhill over the months into ambivalence, where it feels like we're...

Well, that's a sad, (but probably accurate) assessment of the situation.

But isn't that the joy of an RPG? To try for a crapshoot and have it tunr out sucessfully beyond your wildest expectations? Or even to fail miserably, as long as it entertains the group and furthers the story? (And I think that's a part of why 4E didn't do as well as it shuld have, IMO; it tried...

Actually, having just played Marvel, I'd be OK with that in addition to "standard XP". It would give each player individual goals to work towards, and would ideally reward all the players equally and give the DM some guidance on what the players would like to see in the campaign, without...

Then I'm not quite sure why this is a mechanic that would be in the CORE rulebook? that above statement fairly screams "Modular Add-On for later." A Core Rulebook should be something that should be universally applicable to all players/DM's, or at least as close to it as possible. (Not...

I agree with this, though perhpas not quite as vehemently. :) I think having actual mechanics tied to "Roleplaying" could actually serve to divide rather than unite parties. Every group is made up of people with diverse styles of play, some of which are conducive to being in the spotlight more...

I wouldn't go THAT far. But I would agree that Jedi aren't the be-all and end-all of Star Wars. (It was lowly Bothan spies that brought the plans to the Death Star to the Rebellion, right?) However, I get that people WANT to play Jedi, so it does kinda baffle me why FFG wouldm't give at least...

LOL! Silly me! What was I thinking, that the two are not mutually exclusive?! :angel: After seeing this, it actually forced me to reread the novel, which I initially read when it first came up. While it's still far from one my favorites, it did move up a tiny bit in my esteem on the reread, as...

Some really interesting thoughts here, and I agree with alot of what's been said. I agree with @Umbran that this was a sort of bait-and-switch, and that the move bears little, if any, resemblance to the book. (Full disclosure: Though I appreciate what Max Brooks was trying to do, I was still...

I'm not sure how well "D+D" and "Music" will blend together. I am, however, a HUGE fan of Dark Sun and Brom's art. So file me under cautisouly optimistic as well.

My friends and I tried the quick-start game last week, with me GM’ing. It played to laregly mixed reviews. This was primarily due to the dice system which out [admittedly rules-light] group found a bit kloodgy. Beyond the fact that we had only two sets of dice [1 digital, which was a pricy $5...