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Ao, do you need a full-sized table, or will a coffee table suffice?

Capacity is about 21: Three spaces with room for seven (GM + six players) in each space. Carl

:( :( I feel really bad, Joe, but I just couldn't make the schedule work before you left. For those who don't know, Warehouse23 lives two blocks away from me, but will be in Antarctica when this gameday happens.... Yes, you read that right: Antarctica. Why? This is the best part: So he can...

UPDATE (11-8): All attendees should now have directions. I've been attending enough gamedays courtesy of other EN Worlders' hospitality, it's time to return the favor, so.... Come to scenic Rhode Island for a day of gaming and fun on Saturday, Nov. 11. Conveniently located only a few blocks...

The dice mechanic is simple, but definitely not intuitive; it takes some getting used to. I like it. It reflects the additional uncertainty in how the circumstances will cumulatively affect your task, while still allowing the character's skill to be at the heart of the test. Carl

Check out dumpshock.com and its forums -- pretty much the ENW of Shadowrun. Carl

Do I recall correctly that you were also looking at an add-on that would cover medieval ship designs? Or is that part of what you're talking about? Carl

Sea Dogs was produced by the Russian developer Akella, who also did "Age of Sail II: Privateer's Bounty" , a 3-d, real-time sailing ship battle game. The AI was sketchy, but it's a very good looking game and had great multiplayer -- although online interest has declined in the last couple years.

If you decide you do want to pursue a little more tactical naval combat and break out the minis, you can fall anywhere on the scale of simple to complex. Just to get it out of the way, I'll say that if you want real full-fledged rules for naval combat with a small number of ships per side, I...

I've posted this before, but I'll say it again. Naval combat should NOT be tedious. Too many GMs gloss over ship-to-ship battles because they're not sure how to handle the mechanics and keep the players involved at the same time. So they just describe the ships approaching and firing...

Assuming you're not joking here, I certainly wouldn't call it a game that didn't catch on. The fourth edition was released last year. Behind D&D and White Wolf, it's probably one of the most active franchises out there. Carl

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I've been listening to the podcasts from GenCon today, and just listened to this interview with Ed Greenwood. I'm no FR expert by a LONG stretch, but I know that there have long been complaints about all the high-powered NPCs. It was nice to hear their creator saying essentially, "get 'em out...

Kevin, I find this to be one of the most impressive aspects of your games and the element I have the toughest time with. How do you keep the middle open, and still ensure that the PCs get roughly where you want them at endgame? Carl

I think your situation may be the perfect test application for this

It's "Hear, hear", as in "listen to what that guy's saying." And I'll take a minute to echo the sentiment. Russ, I don't know how you manage to keep these sites running, but I'm certainly very glad you do. I've met a lot of great people through them, I learn a lot, participate in eye-opening...

I think the crown for the E3 successor has already been handed out, at least as far as games are concerned. Penny Arcade's PAX has been running for three years, billing itself as an E3 for consumers. Attendance this year is expected to hit about 13,000 hardcore video and computer game fanatics...

I'm catching up on back issues of Analog, the only thing I've got time to read these days, but I really like it. I rarely find a story that I don't enjoy at some level or another -- and it's a feast of game ideas.

I agree with this whole-heartedly. At the surface I think challenge ratings and encounter levels were a well-intended means of providing guidelines to adventure design, but like any general guideline, it becomes problematic when folks start slavishly adhering to it. As for ensuring that...

This is true. And unless ENWorld's demographics have changed dramatically in the last year or two, I recall another poll that determined the median age around here was about 30. Carl