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Yes, I found the assembling of complex miniatures kind of ruined the fun of miniatures for me. A simple Warhammer militia figure was reasonably easy, but something bigger and more complex with lots of pieces was a problem I found daunting at times. I'd even say that my Warhammer empire militia...

Right the monsters had recharge powers, but most of the time they recharge on a 5 & 6 or just a 6. So, a 1 in 3 chance or 1 in 6 chance of recharge. And, since I had a big group, I would put a solo on the board, as well as an elite or two and a few others. But, for the final encounter, I used...

What I would dislike is if it takes a DM a long time to prepare encounters. I ran a 3.5e campaign that featured mainly evil wizards & clerics as the bad guys. Once the game got up past level 8/9 or so, it was a huge chore for me to design evil wizards and clerics that were interesting and...

They were going to have to kill the pigs anyways, just in case it was some sort of swine flu - Hershel and the nameless doctor guy there both had kind of implied it earlier. That said, if there were no swine flu possible, they could have done what Merle did last season - play the music loud in...

Now, who is feeding the rats to the walkers? I'm thinking the drunk guy from last week's episode? Another forum I'm on was speculating it was Carl or one of those two girls ("she's not right in the head")

Yes, she said carrots on the show, but if you look closely, there is a stream of red on her shoulder as well. However, I re-watched that scene specifically this morning and the "stream of red" is actual Beth's beaded necklace, which happened to be red.

Intense episode last night, with a creepy beginning and lots of walker action after that. Then, a strange twist at the end with two burned bodies discovered, including Tyreese's new girlfriend. Now, when Judith vomited on Beth, was that blood? Was that why Michonne was crying - because she...

Well, you're citing Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit as predating D&D, but then so did Conan, as Robert E. Howard predated Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit. The Hobbit came out in '37, Howard died in '36. And, you can't really compare a modestly successful cartoon like Lord of the Rings to the...

So, you cited half a dozen sword & sorcery films from the 80s, some very obscure (Ator?) and two children's cartoons, yet that is given more weight than 3 Lord of the Rings movies, plus the Hobbit, 3 D&D movies, a new Conan movie, the 3 CS Lewis movies, Eragon, In the Name of the King...

Let's see - given that time frame of the last 10-15 years: 3 Lord of the Rings movies 8 Harry Potter movies (featuring wizards, giants, goblins, elves, dragons, undead, wraiths, lots of D&D-esque magic, including magic schools like transmutation, as well as polymorphing, potions, etc) The...

We'll just have to disagree on our memories of what happened in the 1980s. The point on all the mentions in recent years on BBT, Community, Sarah Silverman, Buffy, Colbert and The Daily Show shows that people know the game. There was no mention of D&D on Johnny Carson, Leno or Letterman back...

good point on Paizo vs Pathfinder. And, if D&D Next does tank and Hasbro shelves D&D, it would be sweet if Paizo could buy D&D. (My hope is that Next is a success, while Paizo grows and the hobby itself grows over the years.)

I think it's possible that Paizo gets to have great name recognition, (I hope they do!) but I don't think it will happen over night, or even in five-seven years. The kids that grew up playing D&D in the 70s through the 90s, but have since left the hobby might not even know about Paizo if they...

Most people I knew at the time (high school & college students) thought of ET as a kiddie movie and didn't see it because of that. And, that was one movie from the 70s through the late 90s that you cited, whereas I cited Big Bang Theory that has featured D&D probably a good dozen times or more...

Well said. A few years back, the players in my game were going to encounter a potential ally in a female warrior type. When making major NPCs, I try to find a decent picture online to give the players a visual (example: Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth was a world weary cleric NPC) However...

Really? So, having D&D be commonplace on hit TV shows like The Big Bang Theory was around 30 years ago? Or, mentioned in cultural bellwethers like the Colbert Report and the Daily Show? Heck, the show Community had a whole episode designed around a D&D session a few years ago. Having the...

I think the success of 5e is important to the name "Dungeons & Dragons" though, RPGs will survive even if 5e tanks. Paizo seems to be a well-run company that is good at appearing to respond to the wishes of their fans. However, over the long term, is the name "Pathfinder" going to bring in...

I probably shouldn't have quoted you, but somebody below you then opined that it's not just you & the people you know, but he/she thought the not caring applied to most gamers.

I certainly care about it. If Next bombs, it could basically be the death knell for D&D. Plus, while I liked a lot of what 3.5e/Pathfinder did, and I liked some pieces of 4e, neither were completely satisfying to me. So, I am hopeful that 5e will be a step forward for the game.

You forgot that it's also dumbed down from previous editions. :p