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I don't think the employees of WotC made the initial OGL out of personal self-interest. WotC believed (rightly) that the OGL would create a huge ecosystem with themselves at the centre of it and they profited from it. Sure, some of those at WoTC back when the OGL was created believed that...

Have always liked Ravenloft and collected most of the setting supplements and adventures, but mostly I plundered it for bits and pieces which I included in other games. I did get a fair bit of repeat use out of the Nightmare Lands 2E box set, most often as part of Planescape games (both 2E and 3E).

Only 3 years for the current group (playing Pathfinder). Before that, the previous group lasted 27 years although there was much attrition over the years due mostly to people moving away. There was the occasional recruitment of new members who also tended to eventually move away. The group...

I'm not talking just about just my own personal game. I'm talking about the greater gaming community, and in particular the D&D umbrella which includes all previous versions of the game and close relatives/offshoots. I'm talking more about the hobby than my personal game. Yes, I do...

Very few of the big companies from 3E are supporting 4E because (a) the license for 4E is bad and (b) a number of these folks didn't like the direction where 4E went, but I'd say (a) was the main reason. The fact that 3rd party publishers have no way to add material to the DDI is another...

I suspect if they had done it this way, then you would have had a lot fewer third party publishers and a lot less excitement about 3rd edition in the industry. You probably wouldn't have had Green Ronin and Freeport, Monte Cook's Malhavoc Press, Necromancer Games, Goodman Games, etc. And the...

I think that your choice of wording is not really appropriate. I'm referring to "looting" and "scavenging". These words have very negative connotations and are not really appropriate descriptors. A more apt analogy is to describe the OGL like an open source license which is, afterall, what...

I get emails from Paizo telling me whenever there is an updated version of one my previous PDF purchases available for download. So the answer to that is that they are quite good at integrating errata back into the rules and informing you that you can download an updated version of the...

It wouldn't surprise me at all if you are correct. I'm subscribed to four of Paizo's lines so that adds up to some significant change some months, especially if you consider that I'm always adding extra things to my monthly shipment. It's certainly a lot more than the cost of a DDI...

If I had to choose one, issue #81. We got a lot of use out of the poison article over the years in our AD&D games. Other magazines that were close, anything that had a Tom Wham game in it! (especially issues #49 Quest for the Emperor's Treasure, #64 Planet Busters, and #77 King of the Tabletop )

Strange. Mine was shipped from Paizo last week (Jan 13th). Something wrong with the distribution between Paizo and Amazon?

Similar results for the Canadian amazon games list with Pathfinder #1 and #2 and #3 (Core, Bestiary 2, and Advanced Players Guide) - at least for this hour. An hour ago it was #1, #2 and #4. I wonder if there is any way to actually track Amazon sales ranking longer term instead of just these...

It's been all Pathfinder for our gaming group over the last 12 months - unless you count cooperative board games like Arkham Horror. The group is nearing the end of the "Curse of the Crimson Throne" Adventure Path at the moment and I expect any future campaign will also utilize Pathfinder. I...

Hey, you only first posted your idea 2 days ago. I wouldn't get so upset. I wasn't aware that the Warcraft d20 book had a Tinker class. Was that an attempt to model the Warcraft crafting professions? My initial impressions (not being at all familiar with the Tinker class that you partly...

First off, legally D&D is whatever the trademark holder wants it to be. It could be trading cards sold with bubblegum if the holder wanted to that with the name. That said, the differences between position 2 and 3 are not as subtle as you suggest. Someone fitting into the position 2...

The grave hound is from the D&D Miniatures game. It's D&D 3.5 stats can be found in the D&D Miniatures Handbook (and on the card that went with the miniature). I don't know if it ever made it into the SRD. It's essentially an undead hound with a stunning attack with something like 3 HD.

I'm not sure what a half-vampire is, but an undead revenant who sold his soul to Baal for revenge doesn't sound LG. Perhaps this character could be a fallen Paladin, but not a Paladin by the rules. Pathfinder focuses on the core races for players. Even the Advanced Players Guide didn't...

Yes, as others have said, check out Fandom II. They had already been around for ages back when I arrived in Ottawa for my grad student days. I checked in on them the last time I was in Ottawa earlier this year they were still going strong.

Traveller, probably a month or so after starting with AD&D. What really hooked me about Traveller was the Third Imperium setting. I like the classic SF Asimovian/Piper like universe. The "game within a game" character generation also was a big draw even if it could kill you. The Traveller...

Our group started with AD&D back in 79-80ish and then dabbled with BECMI mainly for the modules which weren't that difficult to convert. Much later on (93-94) I ran a game using the D&D Rules Cyclopedia combined with the 2E monstrous manual, 2E Might Fortress rules, and the 2E psionics book...