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Tee minus two hours forty-five minutes until it is brought.

To my recollection you were quite competitive. Cheers! -- N

I have no problem being arbitrary and patently unfair by holding aside two slots for Rune (who helped organize this in secret) and Waylander the Slayer (should interest be indicated). Everyone else, be on your toes for Saturday noon (specifically noon in New York City, which is US Eastern...

Of course! I've added a summary and some links (for examples) to the top post. Cheers, -- N

Today is the Ides of May. We all know about the Ides of March, but the other Ides (in May, June and October) are also important, even if nobody has gone down in history for killing a Roman Emperor on them (yet). They probably feel neglected. So, to honor the Ides of May as they deserve, we will...

Ah, thread nostalgia... I clicked on the link to see what the heck I was talking about back in post #2, but their website seems to be down. Oh well, -- N

I played 1e waaaaaay back long ago, then stopped in high school when I discovered the creatures known as "girls". What got me back into gaming was a friend who gave me his used copy of Baldur's Gate 2. Then 3e came out, and it was all down hill from there. Cheers, -- N

Sure, like the Druid character who has the awesome ability to turn into any animal the player researches and writes down stats for, but he's limited by the lazy player who never writes down stats after the first two animals ("wolf" and "bear"). Yes, it's possible to limit a strong character...

What levels were those? In my recollection, 1e games fell apart before 10th level, while 3e was a robust enough system to see us through the teens. (Never played 2e.) Cheers, -- N

I'll agree that players with similar levels of System Mastery will tend to create characters that don't overshadow each other... but in part that's because they will skip 'underpowered' options entirely, so they might not have to worry about Fighter vs. Wizard because none of them ever take more...

Intentions are difficult to guess, and even more difficult to correctly assign for all posters who have ever, or will ever, use a particular argument. I think you overstate. I've used this as an example (to my players, not here on the forums) of a problem that could happen in 3e which 4e...

Super Speed (like the Flash). That, or the ability to cast charm monster at will. Cheers, -- N

I'm hardly an expert on either wargames or Forge terminology, but here's what I'd say... Wargames have simulationist overtones, and simulationism advises the 'balance' choices made among the pieces, but wargames are never actually played for simulationism. You never play a battle which is...

... except that wargames ("strategically moving miniatures") and WoW are both emphatically focused on addressing and overcoming challenges. To the exclusion of all other factors. To put it another way, the games you are complaining that people conflate with "gamism" are, in fact, very much...

Quem deus vult perdere, dementat prius. ("Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.") Therefore, the gods are Cthulhu, and evil is good. Cheers, -- N

I'm going to pretend that you're horribly clever and that this was a very disgusting play on words. Cheers, -- N

D&D economics is steal free, sell cheap. An economic model that makes adventuring obsolete would ruin the archetypal D&D game, and therefore may not be a good idea for any particular game, depending on how far that game is from archetypal D&D. Cheers, -- N

If all options seem good enough, or when facing "analysis paralysis" (i.e. writer's block), randomness can be an excellent way to make choices. If a player or GM enjoys the challenge of "making the best" of the hand that's dealt, rather than the challenge of coming up with a specific concept in...

Hot damn, that is one badass goblin.

Dun dun dun!