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Thank you all I appreciate all the replies, positive and negative, with the exception of the useless replies that call for a repost of this elsewhere. I realize some folks can't properly verbalize their opinion or disagreement so I guess that's why they chose to interrupt some very insightful...

I was reading the post that discusses gay PCs and NPCs and couldn't help but note how often the issue of maturity kept coming up. In one of my previous posts ( Discourse on Gamers ) I was discussing the types of gaming I'd seen using High School to Doctorate to describe a progression. I made...

You're probably right Umbran. Thanks for the link. I'll check this and the article by Cook and see how they approached the topic.

Discourse on RPG Players and Differences Thereof, from a Gaming Perspective Disclaimer: The following assertions are made from the life experiences of the author. Readers with different life experiences will most likely have issue with parts or the whole of the following treatise. The author...

There is a camouflaged Porto-Potty behind the WOTC offices that is guarded day and night by a band of ornery hobos who hold on to the hope that one day it will open. Within the confines of the well guarded portable poop box is a short and squat Sculptor of High Intelligence and Talent whom they...

Sure there are...kind'a Fairly cheap 3D structures and things can be had through Worldworks Games . For a set price you get the pdf and then can print out as many buidlings or boats or whatevers you might want. For cheap minis the only ones that I know are both painted and cheap that work...

I can feel his pain - I can't get cable and I'm not too far from Raleigh, in the heart of NC. For fast internet I *could* go with satellite internet..for just $600 to install and $99 a month! :D What a deal!! Let me *NOT* jump on that :\ So I got some no name dial up that squeaks by at 28.8...

I got nothing against the Panthers :p They are my fave - I got a mug even! In fact I hope to make it to Charlotte next season, see what Delhomme will be like this time around. He's been getting better and better. But I digress - I still think that there is a huge number of players-to-be...

Sure kenobi, and that may be the case. This may be a mute point that they already explored and found not feasible OR Hasbro reigned them in on it. BUT I started this thread with the topic of taboo surrounding D&D. So I still hold that another possible scenario is that maybe its not so...

Sure, but spending $2 to make $5 is a good way to expand. Again, its useless to speculate. If WotC is content with how much they are making right now and the size of things, then that's that. If they are running out of ideas for sourcebooks and ways to get existing player's to keep buying books...

OK, so doesn't the saying go that you have to spend money to make money? Nearly everyone that I've introduced D&D to jumped on it eagerly. If they aired some short commercials that showed the jist of it, I believe they would repay themselves ten fold. But it is useless to make empty theories -...

A series based on the FR....mmm..drowy goodness... Actually it'd probably be Eberron that would get picked if a series from DnD was to air, considering how hard that setting is being pushed. But if I was Mr.Moneybags and called the shots, a series based on Salvatore's work with drow would be...

What a find!! Never seen that on TV - then again, I wasn't stateside until late 80s. Hell, if they run that right there I'd be happy. And I'd have to disagree with you Aust. More and more people's interests are largey determined by what's on TV. Sending folks out to peddle D&D seems ackward...

When will the taboo end?? On any given week you see commercials for the Kids Bop CD, for Get Rich Quick with Wireless Internet, for magical cleaning solutions that make clothes oh so white and all for $19.95, but somehow D&D, which in my opinion carries the age and following to be called a...

For nonparents, the following might be a bit..gross you have been warned. Breastfeeding is one of the biggest issues we had to contend with once we started gaming after the baby was born. It meant my wife had to leave the gaming table for half an hour or more. Start using a good breast...

I recommend DungeonCraft and City Works from Fantasy Flight Games. And if you're lucky, maybe they're still having the $5 sale of books over at the FFG site. I have and use both those books and they are right on target for the kind of practical info you need. Also, if you feel particularly...

Cry Havok handles units at a max of 50 men per mini. Well, I've aquired the Rules Cyclopedia as well as Red Arrow, Black Shield which apparently has expansion rules to War Machine, from RPGnow for $10. I'll peruse and see how it works. Its sounding pretty nifty as of this moment. Again S'mon...

I've also heard Cry Havoc is good for mass battles. Do you know anything of those rules from Malhavok Press? Its made more for 3rd ed., which is why I'm leaning towards it. I'm going to try to hunt down a copy of these War Machine rules you mentioned and see what they're like. Cry Havoc is...

Actually in the FR book one of the things that disagrees with me is how much space is spent on the stats of NPCs. However, it would be good to get an idea of folks like notable merchants, nobles, the harbor master, etc. So I'll put that in there, probably under Features. I would say a Rogue's...

Actually Ranger, I was wrestling with an idea along those lines. I'm in the middle of reading (well, listening) to the Game of Thrones series, which involves some large scale combat the likes could not be easily copied in D&D, mini rules or no since it involves thousands and thousands. Minis...