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Moldvay was my first game, but it didn't have any dragons. The center page was missing in the book, maybe a loose staple or something, but it came out of the box like that. I did not notice and played happily without them, figured the dragons were in the Expert set. But I bought Expert and still...

Fate is different. Where Hero and Gurps are strongly simulation-based, Fate is more story based. If you are looking for a new approach and not merely an easier game to run, fate is a great choice. I wouldn't call it "light" per se, but it is not heavy. It's less fiddly for sure and I think it...

Hmm, I didn't really stop playing classic D&D. So 5E hasn't given me any new desire to play the old stuff. It has, however, for the first time in many years, given me the desire to play the (soon to be) current version of D&D... if it lives up to the promise that is.

That's awesome. I am am tired of PCs who always win, who are fated to win (by the DM or the plot) and just ride the gravy train to glory. Epic failure is so much more interesting, and has so much potential for follow-on. It would be REALLY interesting if Orcus threatened, blackmailed, or even...

4e has a few nifty additions: - rituals - at will spells - mooks (er, minions) - attack vs static defense - bloodied However, these are all things I already had in non-D&D games. I like beef, and I like ice cream, but I don't want beef ice cream. When I sit down to play D&D I want it pure...

If money were truly no object, I'd buy D&D from WOTC/Hasbro. Then I'd get busy on D&D 5E! I really don't have time or space for more gaming, so money would probably go to a bigger house or something that would result in my having to work less. But to be honest if I had a nice big house, I might...

Would it be as fun? Heck yes, I haven't really changed that much. Well, I did change but I've mostly come full circle. The thing is, it wouldn't be the same. I always DMed, so the game was really mine. As I have grown and changed, I wouldn't run it the same way. I always over-think things, and...

Yes I think there should be saving throws to avoid death. Instant death without even a chance to survive sucks. What I think you are really asking is whether there should be instant death in the game...? Yes I think there should. Not everything should be a gradual whittling away of hit points...

Divide the line again into Classic and Advanced. Classic: draws mainly from OD&D/RC. Four classes, four races, single axis alignment, vancian magic. Preserves the original style of D&D with all the sacred cows intact. Designed for a rules-light "OSR" style of game. Designed for broad...

First, determine your rate of travel. If the party is armored, they're hiking 18 mi/day in grassland. Now determine how long it takes to cross a hex. If you have 6 mile hexes, that's three hexes per day; assuming around 8 hours of travel, that's roughly three hours per hex. It's easier if you...

Just like other mammals, orcs can be mean OR totally awesome. I so want to incorporate this into my next campaign!

I recommend Red Box -- especially if you have the rules up through level 36. Some things to consider: 1. He will have fond memories of his first gaming experiences, just like you do, and it may to some degree shape his preferences and his approach to gaming. I suggest picking a game that...

Currently Fudge and OD&D (B/X), with an occasional diversion into Fantasy Hero. I personally like Savage Worlds too but the group is not familiar with it.

FYI. Didn't see anything about it here. http://www.gleemax.com/Comms/Pages/Communities/BlogPost.aspx?blogpostid=96074&pagemode=2&blogid=2158

This post pretty much sums up how I see it. It's kind of left me in a no-man's-land where none of them look interesting any more.

IMC, you reap what you sow. If PCs routinely coup-de-grace monsters, then monsters will casually coup-de-grace PCs. If PCs exercise restraint, so will the monsters.

The player knows he walked right into a DM plot device, and is expecting (hoping?) to get yanked around, so no reason to hold back. Here are a few ideas... - The character is now a slave to the jar in the same fashion as a genie. Anyone who owns the jar can summon him up to three times and...

Just curious. I see a lot of people saying they like it or dislike it, but it's hard to understand what this means unless they have played it. FWIW, I'm in the "indifferent have not played yet." There is no "other" option because I want to commit to a choice. ;)

<;)> Well done! A flawless proof that 4e isn't actually D&D, lacking as it does the aforementioned bovines. But that is to be expected. It is after all (and through no fault of its own) merely the spawn of AD&D which was only a cousin of the One True Game, not a direct descendant as was BECMI...

A game that is essentially a bland and uninspiring D&D clone with one or two really amazing and cool innovations. The game will obviously never even register on most folks' radar, both because it is bland and because it is too similar to D&D to hope to compete. It's a "heartbreaker" because...