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I'm working my way through Jon Peterson's The Elusive Shift, as well as Whitney Webb's One Nation Under Blackmail.

When I was introduced to Champions, the typical course of play would be 1) create character, 2) all of sudden, there's a big fight. It was almost always the case that 'character creation' was the bulk of the fun - we'd sit around and do nothing but that for hours. It would always take me...

In that trailer I saw both a bodkin-tipped arrow and a broadhead-tipped arrow, that's pretty cool! =)

I really enjoyed the way Chris Perkins ran Acq Inc games, especially the early ones. I also think that Mike Krahulik and Scott Kurtz were an important component for humor in the earliest games; even more so if both were present together. Without those elements, and with the way some of the...

One of my favorites: LotR isn't a trilogy, it's one book that was split into three volumes by Allen & Unwin prior to its initial publication due to paper availability and cost concerns.

I haven't a fully-formed opinion about it yet, as I've only skimmed a couple of the books and never played in a 5.5E game. As I've never played in a 5E game either, 5E couldn't reflect negatively on my opinion of 5.5. I've made a character, which seemed to involve a lot of flipping back and...

I enjoyed reading this thread and discovering all of the differing ideas about what constitutes a Ranger. I also found it very interesting how much people's idea of 'magic' in Tolkien's Legendarium differs. I think there are a great many types of magic in Tolkien, but they are rarely overt...