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I don't know, I believe Grognard is more usually associated with veterans, especially those who prefers old games. Personally, I am a rpg/ wargamer player since 1981. My rpg group are players from more less the same period whreas the guys which I usually play wargames are somewhat older, having...

This is no small feat. Although most of the success should rest in the excellency of Paizo's creators and editors, I wonder how much was not WotC fault in managing a smooth transition.

Thanks for the review. How much luck is a factor in playing this game? I tend to enjoy more boardgames in that luck is secondary to a winning strategy.

I hope DC know what they are doing. By releasing digital issues simultaneously with their paper counterparts, they will lose the push from the direct sales vendors. The move was unavoidable anyway but I am curious to see how this will work out. On regard of the editorial direction, I am not...

Mike Mearls kind of promotes the idea of mending the whole D&D community. His latest Legend & Lore column even mention his ideal D&D combat would written in such way to satisfy more story driven players with simple rules and would offers options that would scale it up to please the tactical...

AD&D 2.5 - attacks of opportunity - short duration rounds BECMI D&D (Basic D&D and expansions) - standard ability bonuses - short duration rounds - prestige classes - weapon mastery

I think they should grab the original box set and work from there, disregarding everything it was published after. Still, I would prefer something innovative. A re-imagined Greyhawk, faithful to the spirit of the original but with modern sensibility. As such, I want the original pantheon, the...

I rolled a 98 for my first ever AD&D character. That's the highest score I've seem and I watched hundreds of characters being rolled in front of me.

As many posters already observed, you can rationalize this in several different ways. However, it is more likely to assume that your brother will not buy any of those explanations as they all require a lot of suspension of belief. I'll explore the possibility he would rather enjoy more down to...

Basic D&D is still the golden standard to introduce new players to D&D. They can generate a simple character by generating six scores, picking a simple to understand class, generating total hit points and taking a few notes from the DM. Even playing is easy, as first level mages have a single...

My experience is not much different from yours. I had so many complains at AD&D that I embraced D&D 3.x eagerly. A couple years latter I found it was too much mechanical to my taste as a player and very restrictive to my on the fly approach to DMing.

Not necessarily. One could argue that this is a sign they are concentrating in a very niche market where a few customers will buy several products to keep the money flowing. I don't know if this is really happening. Only Wizards has access to the kind of data necessary to evaluate the...

Call of Cthulhu could work nicely to your needs. Firearms are not an emphasis of the game but they are very deadly, in the case they are needed. You can also try the generic version of the rules, Basic Roleplaying, although you will have to select the specific rules that will work in your...

I just took advantage of Steam sale and brought Civiization IV complete. I hardly have time to do anything else.

Themselves, dice, pencils (I am always loosing mine), and snacks. I expect I few of them to bring their own Player's Handbook but I keep all character' sheets in a folder with my campaign material.

I downloaded Portal but I haven't played it much. I also took the opportunity of the heavy discount and brought Torchligth, which I am enjoying a lot. Anyway, the Mac version of Half-Life 2 is being released now. I should get this one too.

I can't say I would buy Hero Lab's OS X version. However, that is already better than the fact I wouldn't even consider the Windows version, despite the fact I would like some of the services it offers. Regarding your questions, I don't think the lack of new features or old OS X's versions...

There are dozens of great games for the PS3. However, if offline multiplayer gaming is your thing, you would be better served by the Wii. Anyway, Marvel Ultimate Alliance is the only thing I can remember, but I really disliked that game. There are some offerings if you enjoy shooters...

If you want a great experience, you should play MW2 as a multiplayer shooter. The single player campaign is just a bunch of crap. The plot is idiotic and makes little sense whereas the No Russian level is just a tasteless media attention grabber. As Jusonbostwick pointed out, if Infinity Ward...

My favourites PS3 games so far are Batman: Arkham Asylum and Prince of Persia. Both have fantastic gameplay, excellent graphics from the technical and artistic point of view, good story (for a game), and excellent acting. If you enjoy action adventure games, I believe you'll liked these two very...