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Folks: I've always come here for my resources on D&D. Now, I find myself getting ready to run a Third Edition Shadowrun game after not having run Shadowrun seriously for more than five or six years. I don't know where the resources are anymore. Most of my old browser bookmarks don't work...

Some printers simply don't handle card stock very well. For instance, my Cannon inkjet at home handles it well most of the time, but sometimes fees in the cardstock crooked. The HP laserjet at work can only feed card stock from one tray. The color lasterjet at work will not use card stock or...

Kobolds, of course, because they're perfect for hiding out in cramped sewer tunnels. Old undead that someone forgot about. A sentient potion that lives in a pool under the drains from the Street of Alchemists. The Sewer Rats of Nimh (sp?) living under the Wizard's Guild. I also once had an...

Just a thought: If you want to go out with a bang and you have the kinds of players who really like power, do something like give them a level a week or a level at each stopping point of whatever. Let them really use up whatever 3.5 stuff they have before going on to 4.0. You'll have to...

My suggestion: The party and the BBEG race to collect the pieces of the McGuffin. The winner can save the world or destroy it and remake it in their own image. If the PCs win, give them the option of remaking the world or destroying the McGuffin. If the BBEG wins, he makes the 4th ed world. Not...

Back in college, playing 2E. The BBEG was a fallen demon lord who had once risen basically to the power of a demigod. He was trying to regain power again, though he had not climbed very far up the ladder. Due to a failed saving throw on a Wand of Wonder, the demon lord ends up in the middle of...

I have been running Elements of Magic in my home campaign for over a year now. My players really like it and I find it much easier to DM than the core magic system. (Frankly, trying to remember all the fiddly bits of different spells drove me crazy.) The flexibility of the magic system is...

World Works has a cardstock ship model that looks very nice. I have not actually purchased this product, but I have a couple of their dungeon sets and found them to be of good quality.

I want to throw out another idea on the whole increasing of the D&D market and see what people think. I really liked the concept of the D&D game day package. Granted, the modules have been too simplistic, but they’re designed to run in a couple of hours demo, not be a full session. However, the...

I recognize this is splitting hairs a bit, but there is a point: It's not the consoles, actually. In fact, some of the companies take a loss on consoles at times. Where they make their money is on the games. You only buy one X-Box, but you might buy twenty games over the next few years, plus...

While I recognize the enjoyable intellectual exercise of trying to package D&D into a two-page, ten minute to learn, simple language pamphlet, I personally believe it's mostly a waste of time. In my mind, the kind of people who are going to be lifetime gamers and who are going to regularly buy...

I've rather enjoyed Goodman Games' "Dungeon Crawl Classics #46 - The Book of Treasure Maps". It has six treasure map type adventures that run from 3rd to 16th. I've used both "Secrets of the Blue Moon" and "Fane of the First Spell" to good effect in my campaign. I haven't actually read the other...

Personally, I love maps. Sometimes, I just use them for inspiration. Frequently, however, I also use them as player handouts and setting builders. For instance, I found a map online I liked the look of and gave it to the players as something they found on a body. They don't know what it's to...

I fully understand why you would want to be able to have gaming as a prisoner. You have a limited amount of stuff that you're allowed to own. While a typical book can only be read once, a gaming book can be used over and over again. I am not going to get on the bandwagon talking about prisons...

Take a hint from TV episodes. If they are wanderers, have them wander in at just the right or wrong moment. In Star Trek Enterprise or Voyager, they seem to arrive right when things get interesting or there is something about to happen. In Sliders, they show up at just the right moment. The...

It Can Matter To Player Addition I have not found that having a detailed campaign world laid out particularly helps with character retention. I've run both with and without such material, and there seems little difference in my numbers. However, I have found that a detailed campaign world...

If a comment is that important to you... Okay. I'll bite. I downloaded the module and looked through it. I have not read it cover-to-cover, nor am I likely to. I can make a couple of suggestions to improve your future products, however. Overall, the layout is nicely done. It's simple and...

Unfortunately, I'm one of those survive by modern medicine people. If the world collapsed and it was survive on your skills, I have just enough to make myself useful to a group and to assist in acquiring food. However, without the meds and if I lost my rather strong prescription glasses, I'd be...

A Side Note On These Counters As a further idea for printing these counters: I really love the artwork, but flat counters are hard for my players to keep track of on the board. I've used a bunch of stand-up cardstock figures before, so I just adapted the idea to the Fiery Dragon counters. You...

Morrus: If you want something quick and cheap for printing them, I recommend Irfanview. You can print to original size or set the size to a specific size in inches (among other options). You can also set a top and left margin. So if you needed three specific 1" miniatures, you could set one to...