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Well I think that's kind of my point. When we talk about money we're using a modern mindset that doesn't fit a primative economy. You could say there are three stages an economy can go through. (I'm making my own terms up by the way): Stage One - Barter Economy: I will swap you a valuable item...

But if I take gold that's been buried in a hole in the ground for the last 1000 years and then introduce it into the economy, that is a big increase in the money supply, just as if a modern-day ruler prints a load of money. In a modern economy based on money, where money is an abstract concept...

Yeah, but if you're going to start applying logic to a typical D&D fantasy world, it all falls apart anyway. Put simply, there's far too much money and not enough inflation. (And that's before you consider the fact that in D&D, gold is only a semi-precious metal). In one of our campaigns...

Well, now you come to mention it... was it a metaphor? This is really an issue that strikes at a fundamental question in roleplaying, which is: who within the game gets to determine reality? Now it's often an assumption in traditional games that this role is performed entirely by the GM, with...

My Thursday did/do it this way. I actually wrote an article for Mongoose's Signs & Portents (#18 I think) entitled "Joe's Adventure Barn Ruined My Roleplaying" expressing (tongue-in-cheek) my displeasure with that way of doing it. (We didn't actually have a chain called "Joe's Adventure Barn"...

Hi Malc, If you (or anyone else) are still having problems with spam, can I recommend implementing Kitten Authentication. I implemented it on the Critical Miss forums after the failure of our previous post-surrender appeasement policy and it's been about 99.9% effective. (As in we get about...

You've clearly never read F.A.T.A.L.

...and don't stand two abreast on escalators on the tube, because that really does piss people off. (By custom and tradition if not rule, the left-hand side is for people walking up or down, so people standing should stay on the right). :)

My other half and I went on a really good guided walk by London Walks (http://www.walks.co.uk). The format is you meet outside a tube station, meet the guide, pay your money (£6) and then get guided around a particular part of London for around two hours, stopping at lots of places for the guide...

If you're new here, you might not be aware that there are also some very good conventions in Ireland, that I'd strongly recommend, as well as the excellent Conpulsion in Edinburgh. Flights to these are all pretty cheap and short (say £100 return and an hour). The next ones of these coming up...

So does this mean that the results/publishing of the later Eberron contest has "overtaken" the results/publishing of the original imprint-launch contest?

*bounce* Anyone?

Sorry, maybe my post was confusing. The bit you're quoting from is from the current "non-contest" open call that they are currently running. My post was to point out that apart from the "non-contest" aspect, it sounds awfully similar to the contest they run two years ago - and then to ask, "who...

I posted this on my blog a few days ago, but got no hard answers - so I thought I'd see if any of you guys have more information. More information about the original contest can be found in the following locations: http://ww2.wizards.com/books/Wizards/default.aspx?doc=main_opencall2004...

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=171314&highlight=ENNies

Hmm... Because I don't need the loans, prescription drugs, and trouser enhancers that you're apparently trying to sell me several hundred times a day? :) Edit: And I didn't know Boston was in Nigeria? Learn something every day, eh? Still, say hi to your mother for me, and I really hope you...

I periodically have to go into the spam folders of the Critical Miss editor and letters accounts and clear them out, trying to make sure that I find any false positives first. It's a few months since I did this, so I just checked, and the finding is that I have 15,718 mails in the letters spam...

You didn't check out the issue 11 "preview" in my sig? :) But seriously, dunno. At the moment I'm pretty busy on Frup and my novel (objective: "Critical Miss: The Novel"; tagline: "Six Gods sit down to spend an evening roleplaying. Really Badly."). Opinons on the first chapter from various...

Sorry, yes, should have mentioned that.

At the risk of being accused of blowing my own trumpet, could I give you some links for a series of articles I published in Critical Miss that many people have said do a good job of summing up the "feel" of WFRP. How James Wallis Ruined My Character's Life James Wallis Replies Wolfgang's Guide...