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I always assumed it was a game mechanics decision. For example,if you wanted the katana to do D8 then it wouldn't be an exotic weapon, but if you want it to do D10 then it would be. Did that make sense? It seemed clearer in my mind than on the screen.

Until last week I had never even written my name in an RPG book. I use clear plastic slip covers that a friend gets in bulk from a library supplier, and I slip one of my business cards inside the interior of the front cover to show it's my book. I've never payed much attention to errata...

Wow, thanks for the warning on that. I had no idea I needed to schedule each session individually. I'll make sure I take care of it. Nice save.:)

Update. Good news! I logged in to the WotC site today and found that my info page had been updated and I was able to schedule season 3 of Encounters. Huzzah! This will be the first time I've run an official event, but I'm really excited about making the game available to new players. Thanks...

Thanks for the information. I'll get with my store owner today and see about getting him to sign up for the Keep on the Borderlands series while I keep working on getting myself vetted.

I know the store is signed up, because they run many supported MtG events. I got my initial DCI card from the store at a MtG game day. I have signed up through the WPN and I have an "incident" number, which I guess is a transaction number. I haven't ever heard anything back from WotC. I had...

Ok, I'm a bit frustrated with trying to run a public D&D event at my FLGS. Maybe you grizzled veterans can help me out. A little over a year ago I did the online test deal and got my Herald level DM card. I tried for months to schedule an event at my FLGS, but I was never able to "add a...

I hear what you're saying, but that article never really says the police believe the game is the reason for the crime. They apparently told a reporter (paraphrasing) that the suspect's gaming may be linked to the crime, based on statements the suspect made after his arrest, but they don't have...

I've been following the comic for a while. IMO it's zombies done right. The zombies aren't the real focus of the story, it's the survivors and the personal changes they go through over time. If the series has a fraction of the feel and characterization of the comic, then I'll be a diehard...

This is great news. They have carried D&D and Star Wars minis in the stores before, so a boxed D&D set probably isn't too much of a risk for them. I hope it increases the game's presence in areas without an LGS. I got my first D&D boxed set from a JC Penny's department store.:D

Published settings can be a time saver because the players can read about the world they are playing in and learn on their own time. This allows more table time to be spent on the action, yet keeps everybody mostly on the same page about the details of the setting. The players know where the...

Honestly, I feel like I fell behind the average knowledge curve for the realms. I have the 2E boxed set, and back in the day I was pretty excited about it. As I played in games with other groups in the mid 90's I found that they had spent MUCH more time than I had at learning the history and...

Ok, my understanding is that my PHB1 is still current (with the associated errata). So if I want to introduce new players to the game, should I direct them to the Essentials line or the PHB? Or, do we not have enough info on the Compendium yet? I ask because I want to get a new group started...

I'm with you on the errata. The only errata that came to mind while I was typing the post was Magic Missile. That's where I'm trying to categorize Essentials. I want to play the up to date rule set. Do I have to get Essentials to do that, or will any rule changes be in the collected errata...

I honestly don't know if Essentials is 4.5. I'm not sure exactly what Essentials is supposed to be. I thought it was a "starter" line to get people involved in D&D, but the backward compatibility with Standard 4E seems to blur the line. The rules changes I've heard about for Essentials (4Ee?)...

I tried to get my group into it back then, but I hit two major obstacles. Pronunciation: We had a hard time with the unfamiliar names and associated pronunciations. We could have gotten used to it I guess, but it was a barrier to getting "into" the game when everybody was butchering the names...

I got a message saying it was down last night, but it came up for me just now. I'm using Chrome if it makes any difference. Their site always seems to run a bit slow for me, but not agonizingly so.:)

I'd love to be able to go back to that time with the purple boxed set in 1982, but it wouldn't be as good. I can't be scared and excited like I was back then. I didn't know how dangerous a giant ant was, so it took real bravery to attack the thing! Same thing with the skeleton and the...

I usually research the ENnie winning games if I am not familiar with the system. I don't get to spend as much time at this hobby as I would like, so lots of good games slip under my radar. I had never heard of Eclipse Phase before the awards announcements, and after some checking I find that...

I've seen it happen from both sides of the screen. When I was starting out as a DM, I made most of the rookie mistakes at one time or another. To make it worse, I was in late elementary school/middle school when we started playing and we were playing 1E. Some recent threads have discussed...