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I should add that we haven't had any tech issues. The only time any of us have had FG2 connection issues was when dealing with a dial up connection, and even that wasn't all the time. That was when one of the guys ran FG2 for a different group. This group is in NC, AZ, WI, and KY, so we're...

Having just started in on using a VTT (Fantasy Grounds 2) here are the things that I thought of. - Support for a wide variety of systems. FG2 has a good number of rulesets, but the more options the better. This is by far the most important piece to me. We like to try out all sorts of...

Holy smoke, that sounds really cool!

He was the lead designer for City of Villains I think. I know I remember him doing something with City of Heroes/City of Villains. But that was a couple years ago.

Update! Ran the session from around 7:30 to around 11:30 this morning. I started slow, or at least I felt like I did, but after a bit I really felt like it was going really well. It's kind of like the "no plan survives contact with the enemy" thing, the players just never do what's expected...

So far so good. Everyone that is supposed to be there tomorrow has already connected to my FG2 server and gotten the initial download, perused the pre-gens, and looked at the players guide.

We've started with the old D&D boardgame and I think they're ready to maybe try something a little more complicated. For the most part I think we'll be more shared narrative with me providing the reactions. The system we use will be pretty loose and take a dang far backseat to them having fun...

I'm a little concerned because I think at least one of them might be the "DM or nothing" guy. And I'm not looking to be the all time GM. We've just talked and talked about doing this but no one was stepping up and starting. So I'm stepping up. I have tried to make it clear that this is just...

My scattered group of friends are going to join me on Sunday morning in Fantasy Grounds for a Savage Worlds adventure, and I'm nervous! I've been studying the rules, editing and prepping the adventure, and just generally trying to get ready as best I can, but I'm feeling the pressure. This...

I've never needed DOSBox, I just run it on XP. I keep it on a USB drive and play it off of there so it's never far away. I honestly don't think I've done anything special to get it to work, other than maybe making a shortcut with extended memory. Here's your instructions. Get the files and...

Thread on the City of Heroes forums

I was lucky enough to meet Gary a couple times at GenCon, and they are memories that have remained crystal clear due to their importance to me. He was indeed a mentor. I will count myself fortunate should my life have even a quarter of the impact of the life of Gary Gygax. Link to thread on...

Patricia McKillip's "Riddle of Stars" trilogy, now available in one volume (separate books start with "Riddle Master of Hed") Christopher Stasheff's "Warlock" series (starts with "The Warlock in Spite of Himself") Paul Edwin Zimmer's "Dark Border" series (starts with "The Lost Prince") Glen...

I had thought of that too. Gotta keep that constant reminder going. :)

Even in first edition you didn't have to belong to SAVE. Some games I ran were more "witness to a horrific event" or "wrong place at wrong time" kind of things. SAVE I used in my campaign, as it gave me more of a central theme, and a reason for episodic play. As with everything, the GM can...

Quick question: When playing, are people sitting around a table, like in a GenCon gaming room, or playing someplace where the table (and Jenga) are at least a little separate, like couches in a hotel room with a coffee table in the middle (but out of reach of feet, etc.)? I'm picturing this as...

I ran a couple Chill games back in the day that I was told were very scary. At one point we realized that two of the guys playing were actually trembling as their characters stumbled through fog with a werewolf somewhere on the loose. I don't remember too much about the system at this point...

Wow, there's some great stuff here, including some I never expected to see like Bridge of Birds (excellent book, so are the others in the series, can't recommend it enough) and the Phoenix Guards (which as indicated is wonderfully written, funny and scathingly accurate to Dumas' style). And...

I thought the last panel was explaining the joke, and if you have to explain the joke, then it's not much of a joke. Sure would be nice to see the Order of the Stick in their comic. I remember them, but only vaguely at this point.

An OK episode, but it went one panel too long.