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Okay, as I said before, getting new blood into the game is fine, my angst revolves around this cheesy title directed at the mass-market. Looks desparate in some way to me, stooping to this strategy -- we have a hard enough time already getting respect for our hobby, I do not think a title like...

Yup. But "gamer cool" is not the same as "street cool", "hanging around in the bar cool" or "high-school clique cool". (LOL) Coolness is not monolithic... :cool: -W, tongue-in-cheek

I'm a slow typer :o You know, maybe adding the Hasbro trademark icon on the back cover on the PH along with the d20 and Wizards marks would be a helpful known symbol to attract buyers? Just a guess on my part. -W.

Oh... well in the first case I am half-serious. I expect someone may just bring to the table for kicks since my in my group we all experienced with the many versions of D&D. In the second case, a DM buying this implies he/she really doesn't know the game -- so why are they DMing? (Unless they...

I appreciate the idea that we should welcome more players and find ways to attract new ones -- but is "D&D for Dummies" really necessary? This kind of product is sooooo "uncool" to me... Besides, the game we love may have a learning curve, as it should (its part of the fun dudes), but D&D is not...

:eek: Oh gawd. Still my heart. There are moments in life one wishes things were just a bad dream, a figment of someone's obtuse sense of humour, nay, perhaps a wee bout of brain flatulence. Whatever, all I can say -- or rather -- beg on bent knee: surely this must be an April Fool's joke...

Right On! Yes, I agree, and no, there's nothing weird about having a change of heart regarding one's likes and dislikes. I actually made a point of avoiding many products because I was overwhelmed and annoyed by a flood of crunch content--there's WAY more out there than anyone of us, DM or...

I was going to buy ToH just at the time 3.5 was announced--so I held off waiting to see what would happen... That was almost 2 years ago. I'm still waiting it seems :\ (I was really quite pumped to get my DM's hands on a copy too! Drat!) Despite my frustration, I am willing to buy a revised...

I'm deeply saddened. I haven't been lurking around much of late. I just thought to look up what was new at ENWorld, and lo, the first thing that caught my eye was this news... I always thought that he would, as many have, be living with HIV for many many years to come... I never expected Ryan to...

Haven't decided--leaning to the negative I bought the 3.0 Psionics book out of curiosity at the time, just before D&D v.3.5 was announced. Learning a short while later that the Psionics 3.0 would be revised in a year or so, I wasn't pleased. :( Over time, I leafed through the 3.0 book and...

Well, I guess I did okay... I voted 26-30! ;) -W.

Okay. Thanks. Good to know that. :) -W.

Bookmarked. Hey... I just briefly checked out linuxgames.com. Verrry interesting! There seems to be a Neverwinter Nights for Linux! (v1.3.1 or something like that...) Not that I play, but the fact that it exists is encouraging to me. :) -W.

Actually Tsyr, I have been thinking about that regarding recent releases. I figure I would go for something that "has already gone around the block a bit"--I've suspected that very new is also too new... Thanks for validating the caution. I had heard about the Winmode issue. Something to keep...

PCGen works? Oh great! Good to know :D -W.

Thank you, the Knoppix lead sounds like a good place to start... :cool: Anyone with further info to share? :) I forgot: there are also OS-to-hardware issues aren't there? I hope, were I to pick up a clone machine, that I can specify hardware components that will jive with a Linux OS? (That ASL...

I am particularliy intrigued with Linux since it is beginning to stand on it's own two--er--multiple feet in the recent year vs M$. A friend of mine showed his GUI's on a Mandrake distribution and I was really impressed. I also really like the potential power over one's hardware and software...

:) Yeah, I knew that. I've taken a few interest courses in UNIX recently... Again, Mac is too expensive for me right now, or I would consider it. :) -W.

Gotta love all these new options here! :D :cool: Okay, to the main question: I am in the process to upgrading my hardware, unfortunately most of the big chain PC stores in North America will only sell you a PC with Microsoft XP, which I do not like at all. (I'm in Canada, Ottawa to be...

1.) What is the best number of players at the table, whether as a DM or player yourself? Minimum: 3 players + DM. Maximum: 5 players + DM. I guess that means 4 players + DM! :) 2.) How often should you be able to game in an ideal world? Twice a week, different games, once as a...