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Dang it World Mage, get back in the ATM! :)

We've used Fantasy Grounds for years and had great luck with it. No problems installing or connecting or maintaining connections. We've used it with built in rulesets and just as a die rolling table. We use it in conjunction with TeamSpeak. I think between FG and MapTool you can't go much...

Johnmarron, that's a fantastic Actual Play. I really like how you add the rules comments in, it gives a great idea of how the whole package works together. Very cool! IronWolf, those are great screens! I really like how they did the physical books, they're very well presented and the art is...

I always assumed that was the case, but I never knew for sure til now. That's one of the few books I've ever read where it seemed certain that real life was translating into the author's imaginary world. Oddly, one of the other ones is the latest Garrett book. Except I liked that one, and I...

As a DM in CoC, be open to players using all sorts of skills. I've played in CoC campaigns where 99% of the rolls were Library Use and the combat skills (I can't remember if those are the skill names, it's been a while). Give your players opportunities to use skills outside some of the core...

They're also of a little more varying quality than some other series. Jhereg and Yendi are by far the best, and Teckla is the worst IMO. The rest, and there's quite a few, run the gamut between those highs and lows. What Dragaera has is a setting that's really excellent. I don't think the...

Good grief, what a tasteful community this is! First "Riddle of Stars" which I consider to be one of the best non-tolkien series ever, yet it's seemingly not very well known. Now the Garrett books which I think are better than Cook's Black Company series (which is very good)! I LOVE mixed...

That list inspires me to play!

I'd second the Riddle of Stars recommendation in RainofSteel's post. Fantastic books, not long, but with exceptional characters and a wonderful setting.

Who's watching the farm while they're away? Could that person be tempted in some way, perhaps by illegal crops? Perhaps a family hostage has been taken to force some sort of illicit behavior? I think personally I'd go small scale murder mystery. Someone that no one else really cares about is...

That is very cool. It's amazing what people can do now, and so quickly! EDIT: That same thread now has a link to an Excel character generator as well.

I was one of the people that bought it at GenCon. I've read through a lot of it now, and though I haven't played, I'll throw out some impressions. - The writing and editing is excellent. Top notch. It's easy to read, the tone and flavor of the text are spot on. - The art is very good. -...

I had a great time playing in your Dresden game last year, was going to try for Wednesday but I won't be there nearly that early. Shoot. Maybe I'll try and stop by to the Friday afternoon one. No gaming in the Hyatt. Wow.

I'll be there, I'm pretty sure. I'll be wearing my ENWorld badge (maybe two) that I got in previous years.

We use Fantasy Grounds for our online game and it's worked very well for us. Once the host is set up the clients are no problem to get connected (and the host wasn't hard to set up). We do Savage Worlds, so there's a ruleset out there for us. This is also cool because the players have access...

I was born in late '68 and started playing around '80 or so. I remember the scare, but I'm happy to say it never had any effect on myself or my friends. For my part my parents were encouraging: they bought books and dice and Dad and I even made a trip to one of the early GenCons! I don't know...

As mentioned above, you're always going to have potential connection issues with VTT's. We use FG, and the only person that had to wrestle with connection setup was me (as the host). My setup at home is more complicated than it needs to be, but I was able to get FG set up in a half hour or...

No problem! As I mentioned I wasn't home two hours and the kids wanted to play. Now we're talking about writing reviews to send off! :)

Amelia Holmes-Adler? That's crazy good. OTOH, Amelia Gearheart has a ring to it, though mostly humorous. Still thinking, I really appreciate all the input!

Where Drahkar extols the virtues of the programming flexibility, I'm just the person that sits back and enjoys the results of the flexibility. I can't compare to Maptool, since I haven't used it. When I started my SW adventures with FG our group was starting quite a lot from scratch. We were...