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I've got a group of 5. They are 11th level. An encounter usually take 1-1.5 hours. A couple weeks ago, someone here said they offer +1 to damage when a player completes his turn in under a minute. I tried it last game and it really made a difference, not in just how combat played, but the...

More old school love in no particular order Castle Amber Tomb of Horrors White Plume Mountain Ghost Tower of Inverness The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

My brother plays the wizard in our group and is a vegetarian. A couple hours after dinner, the stinking cloud joke never gets tired.

We play at my house. We started on the porch, moved to the garage, and finally into the family room when it got cold. Since I'm the DM, it works well for me and the wife is happy as I can help get the kids ready for bed and she gets dinner. There is a nice bar in the family room, so we set...

You could always do something with the revenant race from DDI. Since he obviously has unfinished business, the description of the revenant sounds pretty spot on. Edit: My bad, I missed it was a 3E thread. Sorry, but you could do something like the revenant if you have access to DDI.

I sprung it on my wife years after we were married. I hadn't played D&D since college, but when 4e came out, the stars aligned and before I knew it, I had 5 guys showing up at my house every other Wednesday. She's great. She puts the kids to bed, enjoys the gang, and even bakes cakes for...

I've had some good luck finding stuff at puzzles.com Additionally, the most entertaining one I've thrown at my players involved a chess board. Off to one side, 8 bishops, another side, 8 knights, 8 rooks, and 8 queens. They had to figure out the rules, but the goal is to put each group of...

After reading, and posting to this thread yesterday, I spent a few minutes and looked up Faery Tales and Mouse guard, thinking my 6 year old daughter would enjoy them more than D&D. Last night at dinner I mentioned to her I had found a game like D&D but with Fairies and another one with...

I have a 6 year old that expressed interest, probably when she was 5. At that point, she wanted to play with the miniatures and roll the dice. Now, she wants story and action. We don't get to play as often as I would like, so we've just used some improvised rules. Reading through this, I'm...

I'm even more basic than these guys. I tend to develop something the characters need to know or perform. From interrogations to just wandering a city. I'll then make bullets of relevant info they might get or that I want them to get. The rest is up to them. We tend not to do that many RP...

My parents did not introduce me, but were happy to see me reading so much, so they encouraged it. On the other side of the coin, my 6 year old loves it and if my present group is still playing, I suspect she'll be looking to join us someday.

36 year old male, married, with 2 little kids(6 and 3). I started playing, probably around age 7. My cousin and later my brother also played. My parents were relatively supportive of it, since they had to buy all the stuff for me. Played a bit in high school, needed a driver, so once again, no...

I had a stellar year. The gang I DM for gave me a border's gift card, several fantasy novels, DMG2, and a preorder for Underdark. In addition to that, the wife hooked me up with The Plane Below, and my in-laws got me both Adventurer's Vaults and Through Dungeons Deep. I've already dug into...

Speaking of dice bags, there was just a discussion of how Crown Royal lets you order customized bags. A little pricey at $10 each, but pretty cool to put a favorite player quote or 2 on.

I have a 6 year old daughter. After watching a little of what daddy and his friends do, she wanted to learn. Right now, very rules light, she likes rolling the dice and finding the treasure, but it is a great learning and bonding opportunity. Her math was good to start, but has been getting...

Man, When I started this thread, all I was looking for was 8-10 replies to see where people fell on the money spent/value proposition. That being said, I have to agree with the comment above, you only need the 3 core books, which is how we all started. However, the additional material...

I haven't watched this episode yet, I barely found time to catch up with last weeks. I have to say, this show isn't doing it for me. Is anyone else loosing interest?

I was emailing my players about the Player Handbook bundle, as not all of them have purchased one and it got me thinking, how much have I spent vs how many hours of enjoyment. We play every other week, from 7:30-2:00. It works out to be about 6 hours, after we get settled. We've been playing...

X2-Castle Amber. Always a good run and very enjoyable. You might have to cut some parts out, but still, the mansion itself is a good run. The banquet never gets old.

Just a couple more suggestions. Early in our campaign, one of the players got possessed. I chose the guy who I thought would play it best and he did a great job. Everyone knew he was "in character" since his actions weren't normal for him. Another is situational. Have them visit a library...