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Although I've read Alternity, I've never had an opportunity to play it and, as such, I'm not sure about the validity of your point of view. However, even if you're right, your comment is hardly a criticism, but rather a description of a feature of the game. I've no problem with average...

I moderately prefer the D&D Cyclopedia over d20 D&D as it's simpler, easier to run, and presented in a single volume. I like the integrated d20 mechanics better as well the options of customization. However, current D&D multi-volume presentation, the awful layout and covers, the obsession of...

This is pretty good, as I would be able to adjust the game pace to my time availability. I will try Civ 4 but I am still faithful to Civ 2. Civilization 3 lost me when it made too critical the natural resources, placed too many emphasis in the graphics, and didn't allowed me to play in Earth...

That would be pretty good. As a mainly low level GM, I would have some use to PrC other than customizing some NPCs.

I don't think the problem is much about the lack of front loading but rather about the level requirements. As Sartori01 wrote, most PrC requires a reasonable high level to be taken, which may not compensate the advantages of keeping focused in the original class. In my campaign style it's even...

Although it seems that I am the first to declare that will buy 4e as soon as it is released, I am hardly alone. As a matter of fact, I am pretty sure that some that choose other options will beat me to the stores. Is a 4th edition necessary? Probably not to the gamer, although I would love to...

I'm still playing Civ 2 in the Mac -- I didn't liked Civ 3 that much -- and I just finished Summoner 2 in the PS2, I've to get another Fantasy rpg to the Playstation.

I was planning to purchase some of this software but with another transition in the horizon (now to the Pentium processor), it seems not be a good investment. Does anybody knows if any of those specific applications, such as Crystal Ball, will include free upgrades?

Add me to the group. I'm a Mac user since 1993 and I'm very happy with my iBook waiting to upgrade it next year with an Intell based machine. I'm not much of an actual gamer this days, but you cannot have everything.

A simpler system would help, True 20 appears to be a good choice. Magic should be redone, I heard that the initial editions of Chaosium's Stormbringer were pretty good in that regard, perhaps worth of a check. However, I would kept the current edition aliance system, as I think it is pretty well...

Never read Jack of Shadows but I thought Jack Vance's Cugel was a great source of inspiration, specially in regard to the ability of casting spells from scrolls.

If the contents are different from a previous printing, then the publisher should alert the readers that it is a different edition. I doesn't matter if there is a diferent number or they just called it a revised edition. That's why Chaosium keep releasing new edition of Call of Cthulhu, even if...

It depends of what version you are talking. RM2 sans Companions is a pretty much simple game, much simpler than d20. A lot of complexity was introduced in the Companions as optional rules and many were incorporated later as main rules to the current edition. But the core RM2 rules are still very...

I would play anything that is fun and even some games that I dislike to please my friends. That said, I will not run a game in a system that doesn't fit my improvisional style, and that's why I don't DM d20 D&D. I favor games with little rules and not many supplements to carry with me. Right...

I think a lot about the adventure while taking the subway to and from work. In the gaming day, I write down a few notes, taking no more than 10 minutes and I am done. As many others, I prefer to improvise as I have more fun doing that than otherwise. Because of my style, d20 doesn't work too...

I moved away from D&D by the time 2nd edition AD&D was released. However, this not related to my opinion about 2nd edition. As a matter of fact, I think that, rules wise, it was an improvement, a small improvement, but still an improvement. However, I was sort of tired of D&D and more than...

Nope, Basic D&D already have Prestige Classes, although the term was introduced in d20. Following the D&D Rules Cyclopedia, 9th level Clerics may opt to became Druids, in the same maner as 9th level Figthers may opt to became Paladins, Avengers, or Knights.

Only three, but they are really good: 1 - Call of Cthulhu, 20th anniversary edition 2 - D&D Rules Cyclopedia 3 - The Traveller Book

Gary, I never came to a conclusion either I liked or hated Unearthed Arcana. Despite there were lots of great additions to my game, I couldn't like some parts, such as the Barbarian, and, specially, the Cavalier and his ability to upgrade his stats. Do you saw this book as an expansion to AD&D...

I would say that the main Rolemaster influence in d20 design was the concept of hybrid system combining both class/level and skill based designs. In Rolemaster, classes are much less restrictive than AD&D and even d20. RM's classes mainly serves as indicators of how much one should invest points...