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See, here's the disconnect - I don't think in terms of adventures. I think in terms of episodes. And no matter how long your plot arcs, that is how they are experienced by your players. Sort of my central thesis, if you treat the session as an episode that needs to be somewhat...

Agreed. I'm dropping out of howandwhy's derail, as its going nowhere. You don't get to redefine the terms as everyone on earth uses them. I do consider pacing very important in a game, and one of the biggest determinants to how much fun the players have. I really don't care for...

Not getting a Kindle or buying any kind of DRM-laden file from anyone. Sell me pdfs I can freely move from my PC to my netbook to my smartphone if the urge strikes me. Don't try to lock me into hardware or use spyware because you think I might be pirating.

I hate to break it to you, but nothing in RPGs is real. Its all smoke and mirrors man. There's no achievement to having a high level character, and having one doesn't make you a better player than someone with a level 1 character. I agree with Obryn, name some names. What games are not...

Why must everything be decided before play? I nearly never use modules, so focus on the GM both creating and running the game. If I'm making it up anyway, what difference could it possibly make? The might hear clues about it elsewhere? I could just make it up then, too. Its all just made...

howandwhy - So, if I follow your argument, lets say there's a door inside the dungeon. If I decide an hour before the game what the PCs will encounter when they open the door, that is a Fair Game and Not Cheating. However, if I decide just before they open the door, then I am a terrible GM who...

I'll recommend All Flesh Must Be Eaten. Its a game of zombie survival horror, where the PCs are normal folks doing their thing when the dead rise and start feasting on the living. Why? That's up to the Zombie Master of course. Here's how it lines up to your requirements. 1) There's...

I love this idea. I've heard that PTA would be good for this kind of thing. What about Dread? The PCs all have to pull to get various parts of their recipies right, they can try to setup/betray each other, and when the tower falls the head chef yells at you and kicks you off the show.

I've played a fair number of CRPGs, including MMOs, in my time. IME, the most phenomenal video games do not even come close to the most typical PnP session. And they're really a different kind of fun. To me, an important part of gaming is that face-to-face interaction. DDI tabletop, PBP...

Depends what you mean by roleplay. I've seen people refer to basically everything that isn't combat as "roleplaying". To me, lethality does not increase roleplay. It decreases cinematic play. That is, the players are not going to be likely to try crazy, dangerous stunts. They're going to...

There's an advantage to actually gaming with someone before getting them into your home game. Sure, at the IHOP you can tell if they creep you out, but gaming with them you get a feel if their game style will mesh with yours. Sometimes people can be perfectly fine human beings, but be looking...

As I said, I use the internet to run my meetup group, but we still need a place to play. Part of the purpose is so you can meet new gamers before bringing them to your house. Without a place to game in peace, it wouldn't work. Gamers networking online will strengthen game stores, not weaken...

The game stores in my town are doing just fine, as noted by diversifying. One does a lot of online anime sales, as well as having the shop full of RPGs, card games, and board games. They host a lot of events such as RPGs, board game nights, and miniatures wargames. The other is primarily a...

I'm not really into simulation, I'm into creating fun stories with characters who do awesome things. I'm all about bending or breaking the rules so you can do something awesome. I'm very much a yes, but kind of GM. As for squeezing one extra point of movement out of a stunt, it is going to...

I would let players try to blind or stun their opponents by hitting them with weapons if they describe it in an interesting, fun way. Style counts.

Stunts are inherently inconsistent. As the Exalted players noted, blinding an opponent with a bag of flour is a cool move done spontaneously. If they carry bags of flour around, it is lame and boring, and therefore doesn't work. What stunt rules are about is style, and if they're doing this...

I bought for a year in January, I can't get in either. So its not just you.

- Do what I did. When he isn't looking, push Rel over and steal his rule, which is the PCs can spend an Action Point + Healing Surge to do something cool. Something about on the level of a Daily power. - Plot Twist. The PC can have some bit of good luck. Maybe the guard arresting them is an...

Here's an option. Start with Pregens and begin the learning session In Media Res - the party is already within a dungeon and needs to recover an ancient McGuffin Of Evil. They fight past some cultists and undead then get to the temple's chamber. When they remove the McGuffin from its altar...