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I agree that it's not gospel - being a little bit sarcastic there. But if you recall the first time it was posted showing that Pathfinder had passed D&D the internet was buried in pronouncements on forums and blogs that D&D was dead etc - all from this one less than comprehensive source. Since...

Within the framework of D&D 4E, “success” is achieved by having the appropriate mix of classes. Wait, what? I do not see how this is "success" - success comes from playing the game, not from setting up the party. Assuming the right number of players, you need at least one leader, one...

I don't know - that ICV2 chart that everyone takes as gospel says D&D is still #2 in sales. Presumably that's mostly coming from the reprint hardcovers and there has been a steady stream of those. They're playtesting it - you can go download it for free right now. Looking at what they have...

"I think D&D has waited too long to release D&D next. They have lost way too much of the market to just barge back into the hobby gaming market and just assume their place as if nothing ever happened." Well first, I think there's a lot more emotion than reason in this statement. D&D is still...

"just as the Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk lines rolled out parts of their respective worlds a piece at a time." What? Both of those settings were originally rolled out as a complete setting, not in parts, so I'm not sure where this is coming from. To me, at this point in the development of...

I was expecting to hate this article based on the title alone - "oh look another attempt to turn advice from a completely different medium into DMing advice" - I find most of those to be just wrong. Lo and behold - this is actually good stuff, and if your players keep coming back you're...

Yes, I check it regularly - keep up the good work!

Well that "all editions count as one" thing does cut it down, but there are 47 different printed RPG systems in the room with me now. Throw in a few more in a box in the garage and quite a few I only own in PDF and yeah, it's in the "more than I probably need" category. I will say I've played or...

This is true of most editions of D&D, and quite a few other games besides it. How did we survive the 80's? Does he only play one game? CH should help enlighten his view if you can talk him into listening. It's a good example of how people actually play the game.

ICONS and M&M both have pretty healthy 3rd party support and I am happy to pick up anything I think is worthwhile

I've been a part of a few zero-level games over the years and it's just not anything that gets me excited. 1st level in most versions of D&D is already weak and fragile and I just don't see the need to spend more time in that state. That said it's just my preference so I'm not opposed to some...

One of the keys to sanity nowadays I think. We're about the same age. Plus, frankly, when it comes to RPG's I don't care that much what a bunch of people on the internet think about a particular RPG or facet of an RPG or some new supplement - I mainly care what my players think of it and that's...

This sounds like great news - with the issues resolved maybe we can see some real progress toward a new edition and more.

In a lot of DMing, the only time I've asked a player if his PC had/could take spell X is when the players were rattled and trying to figure out how to overcome some problem and usually it was helping out a new player. This seems like something that's worth a conversation at least - "Hey you've...

I ran thru a similar re-look last year with 2ER&E and then again last month when I picked up the 1st edition book and while there's a lot I like there are things I would change, especially with 2ER&E. The skill list is just choked with over-specialized redundant skills and combat is full of...

I don't know about podcasts specifically but there has been a lot of chatter online about kickstarter because a) the popularity has exploded in the past year for gaming products and b) some of them have failed to deliver as promised. I suspect those who have been burned have become much more...

Sure, they were listed that way, but they had different abilities, a different hit die, different followers at high levels, and spell ability! So they worked out to be quite a bit different from fighters as one advanced, and I've seen no indication that we're bringing back the term or the...

I'll throw mine out there - general takes on 4E, comparisons with old editions, and session summaries for several campaigns: Tower of Zenopus Let me know what you think if you take a look.

I've run the kids in groups of two or three sometimes playing multiple characters, especially in old school Basic. For the grown ups it's typically from 4 to 8.

Phrase of the Day is Wait and See ...for many of the reasons stated above in the thread. I'm interested in seeing what they do though the least common denominator problem does concern me. I am glad though that they are taking a more open approach to this one. 1E to 2E was discussed somewhat in...