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I've seen that so much, not just "evil race" but PCs drawing on every NPC who comes along and then meeting a stranger who happens to be a new PC and welcoming them instantly with open arms. They even used it in the hilarious Gamers movie. It's not limited to the evil races. I get around it...

I don't allow evil characters in most of my games. But characters born of evil races, I do allow. I have a rule. "I'm not going to make an issue of your character's evil heritage. Until I do." I'm not going to have people spit on the Drow or run screaming everywhere they go. That's not fun to...

Yeah, that was why I loved that movie so much. The shout-outs from Stephen Chow to those older movies really made up for the fact that when I first heard of "Kung Fu Hustle," I was expecting dancing, not a con man. :p

I voted for the harpists. I just LOVED their routine, and their awesome music. I bought the soundtrack, but every time I listen to it I need to find a new place to live.

Yeah, it seems like a lot of effort to "Aha! Gotcha!" the guy. Maybe he played once. Maybe he is the world's biggest uber-nerd with a secret collection of everything Gygax, TSR, and WotC ever produced, but is kinda embarrassed. Who cares? What is gain by dissecting his life like this?

300+ But now you're making me think about it... 40 years, dozens of conventions for 30 of those... 30-42 seats per con, two cons per year... (Sometimes three or four, but usually two)... Impossible to track the repeat players, but I'd bet the number goes to four digits. Now if we just say...

Aha! So you know...

As a past game con organizer, I would like to respond with our mantra: Dear Game Con Attendee: "You think you can do better? Prove it. No, really. Come prove it. Please. Please come prove it. PLEASE! No-one wants to help run these things and we're all just overworked volunteers desperate for any...

Oh, hey! That picture expands! .019% is somehow more depressing...

I bought the big box and the rest out of pure nostaligia. Loved TFT back in the day, ran it for years, played in a weekly crazy game with about 20 players - with 6-8 showing of any given weekend. Haven't done anything with the new stuff yet. Pure nostalgia for me. :p

No wonder I can't get anyone to fill the spot on my Numenera game!!! Didn't even make the list!

How about telling someone? Sure, Poe kinda had his head up his butt. Or even say, "Hey, I'm a Vice Admiral. I did that cool thing you mentioned earlier. Trust that I have an actual plan, okay?" Or, "Until we know how they're tracking us in Hyperspace, I have to assume someone it a spy and I'm...

I used to require detailed back stories. Now I shy away from them. I used to provide detailed back stories. Now I shy away from games that require them. A long, detailed back story might help a player get into his character; it certainly has helped me in the past. But as a GM... I'm looking...

I've never understood this, why it needs to have drama associated with it, and I guess I'm thankful for that. Thanks to my dad, for buying that weird game where you pretend to be elves and whatnot for my best friend's (later step-brother) birthday. Thanks to my best friend for saying, "well...

I'm running a game premised on a traveling circus which in reality houses a band of mercenaries and thieves. Good pictures of fantasy circus characters are hard to come by. But... This is Brianna, getting ready for her performance. She dances on the high wire, and at the end of every show, her...

Different people play for different reasons, and get different things out of it. I'm of the "do both" camp myself, with character and story edging out mechanics when they conflict. For example, my character took a level in Cleric. It was mechanically a terrible idea, but in the context of my...

Or worse... willing voyeurs... Some people need to learn the meaning of "Fade to Black."

Good bundle, good cause. Bought.

Dear God No. It was a disgusting, vile, sickening peek into the mind of someone (more than one?) with a lot of issues, not a role-playing game.

Years ago, a convention I helped organize had a signage request for the wargamers area to put up signs requesting attendees take a shower. It met with some anger, but that year the wargame room didn't make my eyes water on Sunday morning.