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Since the most tolerable was written by freelancers rather than staffers, but is still not as good as the guides that were written by fans, I think you mean to say that hiring in general is not working out for Dragon! Seriously, I see that this is a topic that folks feel strongly about, and I...

Having co-written the Warden Essentials article, I'm interested in how the series is perceived. Here are some things I can say: 1) The comparison with video game guides is inappropriate because a guide doesn't alter the way the video game functions. As others have pointed out, the Essentials...

I agree with the OP that the concept of attacks vs. different defenses are a simple and intuitive way to resolve conflict. It's easy for everyone to agree that a fear spell or a sanity-blasting apparition is an attack vs. Will, while a poison or a stinking cloud spell is an attack vs. Fort. I...

I agree that one of the things I enjoy about 4E (or 3.X with a group that has a high level of rules-expertise and has been playing together long or well enough to work out consensus) is that it's clear to everyone what will happen in a given situation. When I DM, I can rely on the players to...

I play in some of the PbP games at the OD&D board linked above, and while they're great I don't know if I'd get an 'aha!' moment from them as easily as with face to face play. Where do you live? Are there local conventions or gamedays where you could find a game for hands-on experience? You...

I think you're thinking of [http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14511.phtml]People of Pembrooktonshire[/url] and/or its companion module, No Dignity in Death: The Three Brides.

Redirecting a thread from General, here's some tips for folks wanting more play in and around NYC: The NYC D&D Meetup group is the world's largest D&D meetup and is more or less dedicated to 4E. Their next large-scale event is Nov. 7th at the Compleat Strategist in Manhattan - join the meetup...

Here are some resources for NYC players: The NYC D&D Meetup group is the world's largest D&D meetup and is more or less dedicated to 4E. Their next large-scale event is Nov. 7th at the Compleat Strategist in Manhattan - join the meetup group and RSVP if you want to play then and/or use their...

As long as I don't get turned into a female named Allison Tavis, I'm OK with that (as Nifft said for me below!). I actually kind of like the idea that, like Iain Banks writes mainstream novels but Iain M. Banks writes SF, I can have one alter ego that does stuff for WotC and another that...

The names of the powers for Forgotten Heroes' monk use a couple of monster styles. The one that comes to mind is the Manticore style, which involves fighting in melee and then suddenly hurling the (not usually throwable) weapon you've been fighting with at an enemy - inspired by one of the...

At Gen Con I played in a great old-school adventure, full of mystery, danger, problem-solving, and rich ancient-Egypt-themed atmosphere. The author is planning to work it up for publication, so I'm looking to gather a group of intrepid adventurers to set foot within the newly-unsealed tomb...

Since the original edition of D&D was a game of adventure, exploration, and narrative-building that borrowed the rules of an existing game of miniatures combat when it wanted to resolve a fight, I've been attracted to the idea of using the framework of an early-edition D&D ruleset for everything...

Mine are in my sig - I'll check with this post to see if that's updated! Looking forward to playing OD&D and 4E at Gen Con - also I guess the NASCRAG tournament uses 3.5, although I hardly pay attention to the mechanics.

I like to warn PCs of things - dangerous areas, traps, deadly monsters - by leaving the corpses of other adventurers around. It helps the dungeon have a sense of history, so that it doesn't seem like a pristine set-piece that was just waiting for the players to arrive, and it's a naturalistic...

I've decided on a start time - 6:30 pm Wednesday evening - and place, at the Ram. Reveal, it'd be great if you could update the meta-thread accordingly! It's possible we'll eventually move on from the Ram, so if you're interested in playing but haven't gotten an email from me, send me a PM and...

That'd be great, Lanefan! I was just thinking about how to determine starting level. Rolling some number of d6 x 100 or 500 appeals to me because I like random chargen, I dig the way old-school parties often included PCs of different level, and I think it'd be just as interesting & valid in OD&D...

"D&D Options: Orgies, Inc." in Dragon #10. Worth it just for the title, and the Trampier illustration, but also a very interesting take on the old-school gold for XP idea.

A crowd is good - my 0E game in NYC often has a dozen players - and other folks (my roommate) will be dropping in later as well, so that's all good, Mark.

I'd like to get a group together to roll up some fighting men, magic-users, and clerics and set out on some fantastic adventures playable with pencil and paper! I'm thinking about running Paul Jaquay's classic adventure Night of the Walking Wet, for mid- to high-level PCs, but if folks know that...

Me too! I look forward to seeing you (and Luke and Diaglo) again.