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You could use miniatures and maps, but it assumes you aren't. It may not be a game that suits you if you like heavy mechanics and realism. I would say its light to medium mechanics, but realism is definitely de-emphasized in favor of the narrative and cinematic action. Due to the exponential...

Well, what would you like to know? 13th Age is a narrative driven D&D inspired d20 fantasy RPG that, in my opinion, takes a lot of cues from both classic AD&D, 3e, and 4e. There are only 10 levels. 1-4 is adventurer tier, 5-7 is champion tier, and 8-10 is epic tier. Every level is a significant...

13th Age is amazing, and I love how it appears right now that I could run either Next or 13th Age as my base, and steal lots of bits from the other. For example, the entire magic item doc in the Next playtest can pretty much be dropped as is into a 13th Age game. Likewise, the advantage mechanic...

My high level fighter killed three adult dragons in one combat, all by himself, back in my AD&D days. The notion of dragon as a party worthy solo really took off in 3e and 4e. They are just going back to old school dragons. :) All kidding aside, I believe they said that monsters, especially...

Hmm, I have: D&D (1e, 2e, 3e, 4e, 5e playtest) 13th Age Pathfinder M&M (1e, 2e, 3e) Spycraft (1e, 2e, Stargate version) d20 Modern Savage Worlds Palladium (RIFTS, fantasy, N&S, TMNT, HU, etc.) Gamma World (4e variant version) Dresden Files HERO (4e, 5e, 6e) True20 d6 Core books Star Wars (d6...

I don't think there is a monolithic 4e crowd per se. I run a 4e game, but my next game will be 13th Age. After that 5e, after that maybe 13th Age or 4e again. And I run most of my games by converting Pathfinder APs to different systems, and would play Pathfinder itself were someone in my group...

To answer the OP's question, I use the Escalation Die and Fail Forward in my 4e/Pathfinder game, and both have worked out really well and been a huge hit with my players. :)

Fail Forward doesn't mean you always succeed. Its basically a recommendation that for checks where a total failure of a check would be anti-climactic or dramatically inappropriate given the situation, the GM is encouraged to change the results of a check from a binary pass or fail, to a pass...

No. OGL can never be revoked. And frankly, the tabletop side of D&D is a tiny blip on the radar for Hasbro now. It would be the same with Disney. What is more interesting to me is that FFG and MWP could find the rug pulled out from under them in terms of their rights to do a SW or Marvel RPG...

Cartoon Network is owned by Warner Bros already. Nickelodeon and its properties (now including the Ninja Turtles) is owned by Viacom, a gigantic conglomerate in their own right. Disney acquiring them would require their parents to spin them off. Or a full blown merger. Disney buying Hasbro or...

This is great news! I'm so tired of Lucas complete mismanagement of the franchise. The prequels were an utter travesty. Considering their amazing track record with Pixar and Marvel, this can only be an improvement.

If you think M&M is fiddly, HERO must cause you a total anxiety attack. :) But seriously, I don't find M&M very simulationist. There is a lot of cinematic abstraction. Aside from Hero points, you interact with the world through your character and his actions. In that sense the game is geared...

If you are a hardcore Dresden fan, like me, its worth having the books to sit on your shelf next to all your Dresden hardbacks and paperbacks. The character and city creation process are fun, and if you live in any sort of decent size city, I strongly recommend setting your game there. Its more...

Like many of the best supers RPGs, M&M takes a toolkit approach to superpowers. It provides the building blocks, but given the huge variety of possible powers, it only provides examples of the most iconic ones and encourages you to build your own. The hero archetypes can double as pre-gen PCs...

I'm going to disagree with some of the prior posters. I think the Dresden Files RPG is an unplayable train wreck. The world, of course, is awesome. But I hate FATE and I think it doesn't work for the Dresden-verse at all. The first major issue with the game is the layout of the book. Its sort...

Spycraft 2.0. Its a standalone OGL game superior to its predecessor Spycraft 1.0 (1.0 is technically a d20 game requiring the orginal WotC PHB to play), but Spycraft 1.0 has a lot of good stuff in the Shadowforce Archer setting for a modern day urban fantasy game with magic and psionics rules...

I like the concept of items being a mystery unless you choose to attune with them, which of course comes with the risk of bonding to a cursed item. Cursed items of course should still be useful though, just with undesirable side effects that can add to the role-play. Once you attune, most of...

I guess it depends on what you want out of a "roguelike" game. Its kind of weird since a lot of its tropes seem based on the computer side of it. Like dungeon and item randomization. Its kind of like playing something Diablo-esque on the tabletop. You could certainly play 4e in a delve oriented...

Keith Baker discusses converting Eberron power groups into Icons here. You may find it helpful. :)

There's always room for another awesome game on my shelf. At least figuratively speaking. :) I've run out of shelf space and my books are overflowing onto the floor. My wife is not amused. :D