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Well, from that MeetUp link I shared there clearly is some 5E being played. I'll insist, it's always about what you are willing to do for a game. Seldom, even in a large US area, can you just have games come to you - you usually have to work a bit to find a good group and often have to start by...

Are any of the stores open to the idea? I find that most stores, once I point out the benefits, are interested. Benefits include WPN status (which helps with Magic the Gathering events and being able to offer official D&D books before Amazon) and creating a community. Sometimes a store has very...

I've at times traveled for work somewhere where games were not being run. I tried a few approaches, all of which eventually led to success: 1. MeetUp Meetup.com is popular in the US as a way to find rpgs. A quick search landed at least one game within 50 miles, but I only looked quickly...

It should run pretty well as written, using the D&D Next monster stats (even with 5E PCs). If you use new MM stats, you will need to compare them to the adventure to ensure the monster did not change drastically (many monsters changed features and thus CR, so the new versions could be much...

It isn't player vs DM or DM vs player, but everyone should keep in mind that the game is a social contract. If what you want is to blow away an adventure, let the DM know. If what you want is a challenge, let the DM know. If, as a DM, you see spells or feats or something else damaging play...

I am glad to hear the T4 Eye of Xxiphu went well. I prepped it, but ended up not running it. I was very curious how the challenge would play out. I heard some tables had a very easy time, others a more medium challenge level. It is absolutely tough to challenge at that tier, so I do understand...

Is the question intended for all EN World gamers, or just for EN World Gamer's that play D&D? Someone not into D&D would not be likely to try AL, but a quick look at survey results wouldn't show that. (A third option could capture that, however)

Awesome, Will!

When I didn't land slots 1 or 2 I signed up to DM them, so hopefully that helps! I got the rest of what I wanted just fine, fortunately. Can't wait to see everyone!

It will be posted here when they make player registration available. DM Registration and the list of events can be seen at that site. I highly recommend this convention. I'll be there!

I am very sad for the employees, but the value proposition has been very poor on everything they offered. The beta/alpha was very weak and their communication always felt like flash and sales pitch rather than substance and commitment. Their periodic changing of names was indicative of their...

Those are cool thoughts. I always saw the canon of this monastery of being one that was very special, with very special monks who follow a very exacting and difficult process to purify themselves and become monks. It seemed to me there should be potent magic in undoing that. As Air is based on...

(warning: trigger) You are kidding yourself if you think the acts the article describes don't happen. They happen in all sorts of areas - not just gaming. In college one of our programs went to a championship and the campus went wild. I asked a campus cop I knew if they were super-excited, and...

For D&D Organized Play, Baldman Games (they run organized play at major conventions) has created a Code of Conduct that was inspired, in part, by what 13th Age had created. This is part of the Herald's Guild, created to help train DMs and improve the convention experience. DMs can find training...

A lot is really in the titles being gone and the program shifting. You still have store play, but it can be on any day at any time. A lot of stores are still doing the same day/time, but others are shifting. Stores receive a copy of the intro adventure (also released this time on Dragon+) plus a...

No worries, and thanks! I try to approach every project on its own, with a goal or two based on what I want to try or what I think the admins want (or both). The admins wanted sandbox-style play, where there were many choices with different outcomes. The air node is all about chaos, so I wanted...

I'm really sorry that it played out that way! As the author, I'm responsible for anything I didn't write that still ends up in the adventure. Just about everything that happens before you enter the air node is something that was added in development. I have to own that, because I clearly didn't...

There have been an incredible number of interactive events over the past 16+ years of organized play, with many takes on how to provide rewards. I haven't really seen one that makes everyone happy. I can go into some examples if it is helpful, but I think campaigns have to just vary what they...

Usually when a table does that, it is enjoying doing so. There are some abilities (and especially spells) that absolutely neuter an encounter. If your encounter routine is: 1) Roll initiative 2) Banish the biggest monster or cast Hypnotic Pattern Then, yeah, sure, every encounter is easy. There...

The "AL experience" isn't a single thing. Organized play changes constantly, because when it doesn't (even within a single program) it becomes boring. Change is always a stress point, but the lack of change is far worse. No one program can be exactly what all people desire. We all have too many...