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I would recommend D6.

No, I was just pointing out the inherent problem with making a sweeping generalization about an entire gender in an article which is pointing out the serious effects of sexism and gender discrimination. That's the type of thing that can weaken a strong article. I'm giving her the benefit of...

The things she describes are horrible, and anyone who was there for those incidents who knowingly allowed them, ignored them, or refused to back her up are to blame, too. I have a problem with this one statement, though: >Men can shout all they like that #notallmen >harass women, but as long...

I don't allow unnecessary electronics at the table as a general rule. They are too much of a distraction. If people can't set them aside for a couple of hours each week, they aren't invested enough in the game to warrant a seat at my table. Players can have their electronics nearby, in case a...

There isn't much substance to your updates, and you really haven't shown much of anything when it comes to the actual game, except for a couple of archetypes. Your pictures from a convention show a guy at a table, three of the updates are bizarre "nightly rants," etc. Talking about the general...

I really thought I would back this, but the developers have been so uncommunicative about the game that I finally decided to give it a pass and buy it when it is offered to the general public (if the reviews are good).

Last year I worked at a used book store for a few months as a temp. Since people sold them their used books, they had a lot of older, out-of-print rpgs at prices that were at least comparable to what you would find online. They sold a lot of stuff from that section, but even then there were...

My direct experience over the years supports that. I suspect that most rpg materials only sell to a tiny portions of the rpg community in general, even those from the larger, more popular games like Pathfinder and D&D. I GM and play. When I am a player, I usually still buy a copy of the Core...

Delphi has a set of forums that are frequented by real game store owners. They discuss nitty-gritty stuff like this, in great detail. I would ask around on there. With any small business you are going to have to work very long hours (think 80 hours a week) to make a real go of it. Is that...

That's a big difference for me, too, and one of many reasons I just buy online now. BUT...there are still people out there who will drive to a store and pay 30% more for a product they could get more cheaply online. More than either of us probably realize. For example, I did some temporary...

There are a lot of things that FLGSs can do to make themselves more attractive to potential customers. More of them need to look towards ways of adding value that make paying more for a game (than Amazon prices) and having to drive to the store more attractive to the average customer. There...

"Local gaming community crashes without vibrant local retailer" Local gaming communities will not necessarily crash without vibrant local retailers. Though having that sort of FLGS in a community can help a lot, it isn't the sole determinant of the popularity of local gaming.

I feel the same way. To be honest, I have had this same experience with most game products that I have purchased sight unseen in the last five years or so. I have always tended to write my own stuff, but I enjoy reading rpg materials whether I am going to use them in a campaign or not...

That's the main reason - the backer rewards are pretty substantial. What I get from backing it at the $60 level would take almost $90 for the new Conan one, for example.

I just can't justify the price at this point. I'm getting a the core print book of 7th Sea and ALL the unlocked PDFs for a few dollars less ($40) than the lowest price to just get the core print book of Conan. I would have to spend almost $90 to do the same with Conan. It's no wonder the 7th...

Is there any built-in way for magic-using characters to design original spells, or are we still looking at spell lists?

oWoD for me. I can't stand nWoD.

One of the more important things from that article: "The dirty secret of creative professions is that ideas are cheap, even super-creative ideas. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but you’re not special for having them. What makes you special is the ability to actually make them into something...

It shouldn't be a challenging piece of software to write, and shouldn't be that complex to add new stuff to it. It's only challenging because it hasn't been designed in a professional way. It's like somebody's home coding project that got beefed up a bit and then put out for sale. Back when...

I haven't found Hero Lab to be very useful since I stopped playing Pathfinder, to be honest. It looks like something that was designed in the late 80s or early 90s, for sure. It's really not that well done in terms of function, either. The only reason I own it is that it saved a lot of time...