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That's sort-of happening now, with the ongoing release of Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg for Castles & Crusades. It's as close to an authentic Greyhawk as the public will ever legally get. Gary's also written some rules amendments for C&C, to be used in Castle Zagyg campaigns. Since Gary is on...

I already stopped playing WOTC's D&D because of the problems with 3.5 Edition (slow character creation, agonizingly complicated combat, stat blocks from hell), and went to C&C (with RCD&D influences). Based on the released rules and objective reviews, 4th Editions sounds as crap-tacular as I...

You're right. I don't read AICN regularly. And just to make myself clear, I did not intend to slight anyone personally. I apologize if the post came off that way. I know from my own life that I am more inclined to like things that are made by people that I personally like. I'm not doubting...

I've read the review, and it sounds like the writer is suffering from Embedded Reporter Syndrome. Whenever people are granted exclusive access to something, it creates a feeling of comradery and belonging. People feel like they are co-soldiers, or in this case, co-designers. Consequently, they...

The problem is that a tactical game, with many PC powers that can interact in unpredictable ways, is much harder to write for as DM. 4th edition look to give the DM many more powers that he has to account for when creating suitable challenges for the characters. Consequently, the DM is forced to...

I'm of the opinion that Castles & Crusades is essentially 3rd Edition AD&D. Troll Lord Games has even got a a certain well-known person responsible for AD&D on board with them...

Which USA do you live in? Because I live in the one which is entering a recession, whose currency is losing value, and whose people are losing their homes and jobs left and right. There are A LOT of people who can't afford $120 a year in the USA.

As a DM and a player, my feeling is that a class & level system like D&D works best when PCs are based are archetypal models. The whole advantage of a class system is that it makes character creation faster, and role assumption easier (because you already know how a thief, wizard, or knight is...

All three of the systems you mention would be excellent choices. Probably the easiest for beginners would be BECMI, especially if you just start them out with the Basic rules. Rules Cyclopedia has the advantage of being a complete version of D&D in one book. RC is 95% BECMI, with some small...

I like the idea that Elves would combine hunter-gathering with farming of tree crops, especially chestnuts. They same way humans regard cereal grains as staples, I would think Elves would regard chestnuts, nuts, and acorns as their staple foods. Chestnuts are in fact an excellent choice as a...

If I was in charge 4th Edition would be a simple core system, based on the d20 idea but strongly class-based with abstract combat, and mostly compatible with previous editions of D&D. Something along the lines of C&C, but with skills, feats, and tactical-style combat available in the core book...

You're right. Salvatore take the prize with Drizzt. Sounds like a bug colliding with a hot light bulb.

Each civilized race in my campaign has its own calender. Humans use an astrologically-based calender, with 12 months named after the 12 legally recognized Gods of the Human Empire. The first day of each month is the God's holy day, and the activities at these festivals figure largely into the...

Obviously you fail to see that everything that WOTC does now is superior to anything Gary did. Don't you understand how "cool" names like "Emerald Frost" are? Next thing you know, you'll be questioning why Dryads are now trees with boobs... You probably think people actually had fun playing...

Funny, usually I warn new players against playing LG characters (especially Paladins), because they will not get along with the existing, generally amoral and Chaotic, PCs.

I for one maintain that the specifics of the rules have nothing to do with whether or not people will buy D&D. They buy the game beacuse its branding is so strong that is synonymous with Role Playing Games. There could be a race of intelligent dinner plates in the PHB, and the game would still...

Is it just me, or does it seem like there's an awful lot of unsafe bridges and walkways suspended in air? I always wondered why people in fantasy worlds could build clockwork robots, but never got the concept of the safety railing...

I like it!

Not to mention the magic items that turn you into racist stereotypes. Or the rules for determining vaginal circumference. Or the setting information that states that most of the male population of any town are gang rapists, and that being a gang rapist carries no social stigma in F.A.T.A.L...

Now that I think about it, I think I did misuse the word "physiologies". What I meant was that dragons can be explained as simply being flesh-and-blood creatures, so an atheistic Philosopher in a fantasy world could accept the existence of dragons, while still maintaining that ghosts don't...