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I hope your experience is more indicative of the wider gaming world than my own.

However much noise they make about bringing in new players, WOTC has to know that the market for 4th Edition is almost entirely existing D&D players. The recent obituaries for Gygax were very telling in this regard. Almost all of them that I read spoke about D&D in the past tense, as something...

You're in good company, considering that the Gygax's actual original Greyhawk campaign also used the map of North America. The city of Greyhawk was in the place of Chicago, and the Great Kingdom was New York. The Nyr Dyv was originally Lake Superior.

When we need to advance the time line in the Campaign, I ask the players how well their characters are living. If they say cheaply (a crappy room at a disreputable inn, mediocre food, repairing their own clothes, having sex with streetwalkers in alleyways), they spend 1 sp x their level, per...

I was discussing how PCs look with my players last session. Since its a fantasy game, I just assume (unless the player tells me differently) that all the PCs are better than average looking , and have the kind of metabolisms that don't put on excess weight no matter how much they eat. All the...

2nd Edition suffered from including all of the worst parts of 1st Edition AD&D, while removing the soul and charm that made AD&D great. It kept the messy mechanics, but took away the adult-oriented sword and sorcery aspects (assassins, half-orcs with questionable origins, nekkid succubi, etc.)...

I can see it now... Players complaining because their DM's realistic 3-5' wide underground corridors and 10' x 10' rooms make 4th Edition's numerous movement-based powers useless. You can't move opponents around a battlefield if there's nowhere to move them. I thinks that's going to be one of...

I would say that the Druids should insist on the sanctity of friendly dead, and encourage the claiming of trophies from unfriendly dead. Historically, Celtic people took trophies (such as weapons and body parts) from defeated enemies. Celtic cultures are highly clannish, treating the "in" group...

Yes, I actually do. I stand by my assertion about BDSM being essentially a LARP, however. When a grown man pretends that he can't just physically overwhelm the 90 lb Domina that's using him as a pony, they're both role-playing. Just to be clear, I'm certainly not judging the scene negatively...

See, not all hate is bad!

Well, now we're actually going to see just how strong the D&D branding is or isn't anymore. If I was running Paizo, I would have made the same decision they did (to create a Pathfinder RPG based on the 3.5 SRD). That's why I suggested it as a possibility in this thread, although I had no way of...

It would be interesting ifs Paizo decided to put out their own game system, which would essentially be a rewrite of 3.5 Edition. This way all their old Adventure Paths remain usable. They are the one company which could present a real challenge to 4th Edition, since they've already got a strong...

Agreed. The fact is there are A LOT of people who do geeky things, but are in the closet about it. Also, I think we need to appreciate just how many activities really are geeky, everything from fantasy football to the BDSM scene (which is really just an elaborate LARP after all). If Hollywood...

Except maybe South Park... http://southpark.comedycentral.com/video_by_episode.jhtml?episodeId=103797 Playing WoW is just as geeky as playing D&D. Just letting you know...

2nd Edition AD&D is the game the White Wolf nearly destroyed with a hipper RPG (Vampire) that could actually help you get laid! I remember every Vampire group being at least 1/2 female, and often more. Mine was. Grognards play either 1st Edition or Classic D&D. 2nd Edition just doesn't inspire...

Prestige classes were almost definitely inspired by the way Druids and Paladins (for example) are handled in the Rules Cyclopedia. There you must be either a Neutral Cleric or a Lawful Fighter of a certain level, and then you can change classes to Druid or Paladin. AD&D combat rounds were 1...

Gargoyles are constructs in Rules Cyclopedia D&D.

IMHO "Classic" D&D, which culminated in the Rules Cyclopedia, remains the best (meaning the most fun) version of D&D. It's a shame that WOTC doesn't sell the classic game in a hardcopy edition again (as opposed to just PDFs). They really should take advantage of the new print-to-order technology...

Another vote for collecting of of Gary's posts in one, easy to find and access, place.

My condolences to the Gygax family. Gary will be missed by all the gamers whose loved and respected his work. A toast to the father of roleplaying games! Without you, Gary, none of us would have our hobby and joy! Have a drink to Gary tonight, and remember what he did for us.