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This approach worked for me. Savage Worlds is such an easy system to run that I spend much, much less time on mechanical preparation. Then, I am really freed to focus on the story development. Conflict (combat) then feels more poignant as a function of the story. Try it free...

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I understand the frustration with the investment. That's why I look at new game books that I buy as entertainment reading first like other fiction or non-fiction. Very little of any of it do I keep to re-read. Also, buying less in the first place means less to store, move or sell later. You...

No, I meant clubs in my home city with a clubhouse like the local bridge club has. I've heard of such in other cities, I've just never found one. There are local groups, but a club is more distinct to me.

Perhaps it would be like chess or bridge. There are clubs for each in my city, which is not large. Ironically, there are no D&D (or even gaming) clubs.

I voted yes, but here's the caveat: keep the core of 4e that appeals to you. I have not purchased anything for 4e other than 2 modules, but I am interested in part of the Essentials. I doubt that I will actually get it, as there are no settings that wow me; but if I had the Essentials I would...

This.

I like the core 4 theory, especially the classes & races. It makes even more sense to me if there are 4 abilities with each class primarily using one of the abilities, such as: Body for Fighters, Mind for Magic Users, Agility for Thieves, and Presence for Clerics. Then, each of the 4 core...

When 5e arrives, I hope they will take steps to recapture me & other lapsed players. After playing all editions since 1980, I've largely skipped 4e. We played some of the intro module with the pre-gens. I purchased 2 4e modules. And, I bought the core & 2 expansions of Gamma World. That's...

Yes, I went core in 2e. It was the skills & powers and all the magic spell books that broke my AD&D campaign. I was much happier when I took it the to core: PHB, DMG & MM. My players didn't mind. I took the same lessons forward to 3.0 & 3.5, although I prefer 3.0. I even found it better for...

His love of GURPS being portable to many different genres is one of the things I really liked about d20 and Savage Worlds. But, like the poster above, I found it hard to get my group to really play anything other than D&D. They would try other things, but it was usually short-lived. Now that...

Here are the 3 things that are on my radar: 1) Sentinels of the Multiverse because it looks like a very cool superhero card game; 2) Gears of War board game because I like the idea of it even though I've never played the electronic game; and 3) Star Trek Expeditions board game because I like...

I highly recommend Savage Worlds.

One of the best things about d20 to me was the ability to re-skin D&D to other games. I ran d20: Omega World, Judge Dredd, DragonStar, Spellslinger (for which I used several adventures from Dungeon) & Spycraft. There may have been others that I can't remember. I even turned D&D minis into an...

Another nod to Savage Worlds. It is really a fast & flexible game. Slipstream wasn't to my liking, but it is a very pulp setting like Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. The other games I would recommend are really more post-apocalyptic than space opera, but here they are anyway: Omega World d20...

Sadly, no. We tried to move up our Thursday game to Monday or Tuesday this week, but our host can't do it.

Very cool!

We had similar issues with our group in the past, and I wish we had them again. As it stands, only 3 of us now get together to play weekly, which turns out to be more like every other week or once a month after cancellations. And, we've switched to Savage Worlds, which is great overall. But...

Bad. I tried to give my players a little narrative control in our current game, and they didn't like it. I think they could go for the chase shortcut if they came up with it, but it would come down to their idea plus a skill roll to resolve it. I find that the players affect the story through...

I would probably buy more miniatures for 3.x if they were released, but not a "new" d20 edition.