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It should be noted that the advice you give isn't just for when your around people in wheelchairs. Being aware of your surroundings, and more importantly, conscious of how you affect other people is something that can also benefit those of us who've been blessed with two (mostly) good legs. So...

I disagree that sandboxing and PC centric play don't mix. The first two sessions in our current campaign were 1) party building and 2) region building. For #1, we had a group character creation session where people could talk both mechanics and backgrounds in order to riff off one another. For...

This is a great idea - I'm hoping you will share the results, to see how how ENWorld's posting body has changed over the years.

My comment was in response to "I'm beginning to see why WotC never messed with the HP system," so that's the context in which it was meant. WotC has actually flirted with different HP systems, but keeps coming back to good ol' hit points because there's a vocal plurality that doesn't like the...

Aside from the complexity, death spirals can be infuriating for most players. That's reason enough for WotC to shy away.

You've never read "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Shot," have you?

This topic is so loaded it's funny. My personal position is that it's in WotC's long term business interest to embrace inequality in their art. An edition that over-represents minorities (or what are considered minorities in the current primary markets) might hook untapped demographics.

Some level of between session mechanical thinking is desired, I think. I want players thinking about their next level, cool spells, etc. But I don't want them thinking about it to the exclusion of other things, and would prefer to engage them with continued play. In the game I'm presently...

M.A.R. Barker.

I do the same (I've done it to you a few times, to be sure, and am set to do it again with dwarven dance trap!). Comb the Story Hour forum - you'd be surprised on how much is there that you can yoink.

Hrm... that's a doozy. I think the answer is "I hit it with my sword."

So over the Christmas break, I took some time to dig out the above mentioned Annotated SB book (actually more like "pulled it down from an rarely looked-at shelf", but you get the idea), and had a rollicking good time reminiscing. Made me itch to start up the collaboration again (though don't...

I say the DM get's fed up and storms off in a huff.

These are visit-based numbers - do you also have unique IP numbers (which would be a lot closer to unique visitor #s)?

This is what I do - announce the magic number after it's targeted the first time. I find it works rather well.

I don't know about you, but I would be upbeat and peppy as a player if a long running campaign ended in a TPK. Of course, for that to be true, we would have to be TPKed in a battle with the Big Evil of the campaign and take that bastard with us.

I like to think in terms of "gamer tendencies" more than strict labels, but would say a good definition of gamist is "tending to select traditional game elements over elements of plot, character, or simulation."

I prefer the same. For the campaign that just started, the PCs started at 2nd level. I informed them that they've just completed their first adventure together, and asked them what it was, how it went, etc. During this, I gave them nudges to make sure they came up with something cohesive, and...

The name change (direction change)? Got me to create a new campaign.

Nah. They'll do that when they re-release Unearthed Arcana.