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Awesome. I love the gloopy look. I was frankly pretty disappointed by the WotC cube--it was just too, well, cubelike.

As several people have already pointed out, many people play RPGs precisely because of the complexity, not despite it. In fact, that's probably at least part of the appeal for the vast majority of players. The game gives them something to learn and master; trying different options and exploring...

I was 11 when Kiss was hitting their heights with the Destroyer album. It was music so caustic that parents literally couldn't stand it. Have you ever gone back and listened to Kiss? Rock and Roll All Night is practically elevator music these days. Loud guitars, screaming vocals, demonic...

I think this is a really good point. There is no way to communicate the essence of D&D in a 30-second TV spot in a straight-up manner. The imagery associated with gameplay is frankly boring at best. Imagery associated with what the game is about (CGI dragons and whatnot) is even more closely...

I highly doubt it. Sure, some people probably find an edition change a convenient point at which to fall out of the hobby. But the market research has never shown that to be a significant factor. Moving, leaving college or high school, getting the first real job, getting married, having...

Awesome. Can't wait to give it a try myself!

Congrats to Paizo for the great performance of the Pathfinder line! ICv2 is a respected source of industry news; I read their web site daily (and the physical mag at least quarterly, when they do the games industry issues), and have for many years going back through when I was at WotC. But...

A lot of good points about educational impacts made already. The degree of benefit varies, of course, with the age of the kids involved. As for violence, that's easy. Some posters have said that you can have as little or much as you like, but that's not really true. Even at its densest (about a...

BTW, I just flipped over to Geekdo. The first two threads to pop up under the RPGG forums are titled "Getting back into D&D after 25 years" and "RPGing for the first time in 13 years." Anecdotal, of course, but it's one of a zillion such signs I've seen in the recent past that there's a huge...

When 4E came out, my D&D group had two new players join. Both were middle-aged men who'd played D&D in the 80s but hadn't gamed since. They'd heard about 4E, and were interested in giving the hobby another spin. They were exactly the sort of folk this current campaign is aimed at (except neither...

The fact that it's tagged with Target says to me it's probably intended for broadcast, even if it's just Hulu. Such tags are usually the result of a commercial agreement with the retailer. It's possible Target would request tagging in a viral campaign, but those sorts of things are usually below...

Several people have made this point well already, but I'm not afraid of redundancy. . . . Thing is, they aren't preaching to the choir. You and I are the choir, and this ad isn't aimed at us (though we might get a kick out of it). This ad is aimed at all those guys who left the choir 20 years...

Have you even seen the Red Box? It is ABSOLUTELY aimed at the nostalgia crowd--dads, uncles, and so on who have fallen away from D&D but still hold the memories dear in their hearts. Why else would the release a basic game in the EXACT SAME PACKAGING as was used in 1982? If that's the strategy...

Wow. That is truly awesome. How did I not see this before? As for not being very red box, I disagree. Everybody that this ad is aimed at will recognize it. Instantly.

Hi, all-- I love the concept of the skill challenge, but not a single iteration of the execution--either WotC's revisions or alternatives like Obsidian--have worked for me. None capture the tension, drama, and uncertainty of outcome you get from a combat encounter. None challenge the players to...

Hi, all, and sorry for the thread necromancy. I have only just, in the past few days, returned to the internet (it took four weeks to get internet installed at our new house!), and I just wanted to say that I'm back!

I and my players, I think, have the best experience when there's a mix. Enough preparation that I have an idea of what might happen and how to react to different PC actions in a way that makes sense (and so that I don't slow the game down or seem unprepared), but likewise a loose enough hand on...

Thanks, Scott!

Thanks! A bit harrowing now with so much to do if I'm to be back in the States for Gen Con, but we're working on it!

Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone! Sadly, it does look like we'll be leaving the UK altogether, although as I point out on my web site, there's a bit of upside to that as well. Millennium's End 3rd ed? Hmm. Does seem like I have a little time on my hands . . . .