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In Descent someone has to play the DM, while in Runebound everyone participates as a player. I was the DM twice in Descent and felt the players ruled the board and all you can do is delay them from eventually winning. I've played Runebound once (as a solo game) and eventually quit after...

I'm running my group through B4 - The Lost City, which takes place in a pyramid in the middle of the desert. I decided to run it after reading a new introduction adventure to the module in the January 2007 issue of Dungeon (Mask of Dreams). I liked the story aspects of this adventure (going to...

Since coming back to D&D after 20 years, I love downloading all the 1E modules I missed that are classics and using the for my group. I'm running my players through B4 (the Lost City) right now, and am contemplating using the Scourge of the Slavelords series next. I make use of the...

Last night was about splitting hairs. Any little slip up going forward will land a player on the hot seat (or is that box?). Not surprised about the elimination, but I've been thinking about a few things that makes me go "hmmmm?" Leadership - this is something that's often brought up on the...

But the second game was tied until the 8th inning. It could have easily gone the other way. ;) The Cubs may be the biggest heartbreak team of all time, but the Rangers are a shoe-in to me for second place.

I've looked at it before and have thought about buying it. In the OA game I ran, I was going for a prequel to "Avatar: TLAB" with the driving plot being the rise of the Fire Nation. I intended my players to flee the Japanese-like nation and go on a tour of the other lands to unify the...

Backing up DK on this, the stress comes from balancing free time between family and personal needs. I choose not to game on the weekends because it takes too much time away from my wife and kids. My wife is with the kids all through out the week, so the last thing I want to do is schedule my...

Knowing the Rangers they'll blow the next three games. :]

Considering how many characters Stan was part of creating or writing that broke racial and other stereo-types, I don't think there would be that much of a problem. Back in the early 1970s Stan or Roy Thomas hired black artists and writers to create and contribute to comics like Giant-Man and...

I like OA because it puts a new dimension in the game - honor. Honor is more important than money, as it is the real grease in the cogs of social encounters. The more honorable players are, the easier it is to get things done. The less honorable, the harder it is. This is as true for Rogues...

Bones - Add two more to your invisible friend, myself and another gamer in my group. We're in our current group via a MeetUp meeting. Miracles do happen. :cool: Curtis - when I saw the DI demo this weekend I was specifically thinking about your situation. DI/VT will probably be the best...

And there's a difference between DCC #35 and #51. I could easily justify buying the first box set because it was a complete campaign setting. I'm using the maps and gazetteer as background material in my current game, which is set in the Lostlands. This second box set is a mega dungeon...

I'm kinda partial to lesser known fast food. Which is good since I have one kid who only eats at restaurants if the menu is above the cashier. I love Whataburger or Steak 'n Shake, and I'll go there any day over Mickey D's or Burger King. Favorite mexican is Taco Bueno and Chipotle. When I...

I had the opportunity to DM a game at a Borders Books earlier this year for a local Meet-Up. It was a hoot because a few minutes before we started a book signing/concert also kicked off a few sections over. For the first 20 minutes of play we were serenaded by Texas music legend Joe Ely. I...

21. Saving up money to buy all the WoTC 3.5 books at $5 each on RPGNow once 4E arrives 22. Specing out the new PC I'll need to run the DDI 23. Playing WoW on my new PC 24. Wondering if WoW isn't more fun and less hassle than F2F :p 25. Mediating between my players who welcome 4E and...

I don't see what the problem is. Mac users can buy a brand new PC for the cost of a PS3. Lots of gamers have two or three systems they play on. By having the PC devoted to DDI only, they don't have to deal with all the bloat problems the rest of us PC users after we loaded Real Player, Norton...

DirecTV announced this week they are partnering with a service provider that offers broadband over electrical lines. The first trial is in a city (Dallas/Fort Worth) but I could see this as a viable service to rural customers in a year or two. The FCC is also aware that people in rural areas...

I hope 4E takes a tip from True20, where the Mook rule is when you score a successful hit against a low-level foe, the foe goes down. The mook rule improves encounter where the heroes burst into a room with 15 orcs as the game doesn't grind to a halt. The GM doesn't have to track every foe's...

Oh I'm very excited about what I see. After grappling with 3.5 for about a year I found True20 and fell for its streamlined nature. Less prep time for me, combined skills, magic-as-featlike powers, etc. While I had no plans to convince my current 3.5 group to move over to True20, 4th Ed will...

Thanks for the great tip JD! Fantastic Locations (you can always use good maps) Finish up the 'Scape series Maybe Drow of Underdark Probably many Eberron books I haven't picked up yet.