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See, the tricky thing about the RECG is that we already had The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide come out last year, which had a huge amount of information on the Empire in it. I don't like to duplicate material in books, so I took the opportunity to provide as much new material as possible...

Can you tell me, specifically, the kinds of things you would have liked to have seen included that weren't?

Since neither I nor Chris Perkins went to GenCon this year, there wasn't really anyone to run a Star Wars seminar, so no, there was no big news. Lots of people were there playing it, though, which made me happy!

Someone on this forum recommended a book to me called Altered Carbon, which has a lot of really neat ideas about a world where your mind can simply be translated into electronic form and then downloaded, both into other bodies but also into computer systems and even synthetic bodies. I thought...

I hear Clock and Steam was written by an incredibly talented and handsome author. May want to look it up. ;)

Ah, OK! Thanks for clearing that up.

The blurb on the FFG website indicates that it comes with four copies of the rulebook. That doesn't alleviate your concerns about wanting your own copy--but if you're the one to buy the box, you can supply the stuff for three players to play with (in case you have players that aren't so adamant...

Preface: I have not played WFRP before, but I do know some stuff about the setting. OK, so, I'll admit, I'm intrigued by this. I think there are several absolutely fascinating ideas here, and as someone who's never played WFRP they have me hooked. Radically Different Components: I imagine...

Disclaimer: Only read the OP, not ensuing discussion. I'm a bit torn on the kind of recommendation I'd make. One part of me says that, well, it's the DM's game. You signed up for it, he's putting in the hard work to prepare it, sometimes you just have to roll with a certain DM's playing style...

As a big fan of BoardGameGeek already, I'm glad to see this open. I'm really hoping it will pick up the userbase in order to make it as popular as BGG. One of the best parts of the site is that it organizes discussion by product; hopefully, this means in the future if I want to see what people...

I worked on those books during my stint on the Spycraft design team, and I know we did several things to help reconcile the differences between the movie and the TV Series. I had a lot of fun working on the Stargate line, and ran a couple of pretty successful campaigns. If you end up picking up...

Unfortunately, I don't know my schedule for Origins--and probably won't until I get there! I'm sure the on-site program guide will have all of the seminar information in it. I'll be pretty easy to spot, as only two WotC employees (myself, and RPGA Content Manager Chris Tulach) are going to the...

Alright kids, it's that special, magical time of year again. Time for Origins! I'll be heading up to Columbus once again after a two-year hiatus, this time representin' WotC. I'll be doing a few seminars (I have an adventure-building seminar, and a villain/antagonist-building seminar), probably...

With all due respect, I don't think the rationale is all that different at all. A daily power can represent a maneuver that requires the perfect unison of physical prowess and mental focus to pull off, something that wears not only on your body but on your nerves as well. It may not exhaust you...

A question, and a suggestion. 1) How did you justify the barbarian's rage being a certain number of times per day? 2) I tend to view martial encounter/daily powers as basically tricks, special maneuvers, etc, that are not only difficult to pull off but also rely a lot on chance to work. In...

They are full games that are also compatible with one another (so you can mix them up and play, but it adds to the game time). For my money, I prefer Zombie Fluxx. Also, let me second Three Dragon Ante. Ignoring the fact that we publish it, I think it's a great card game that is fun and pretty...

So, given your criteria, I'd say that here would be my recommendations. These are all games that I personally own, so I can vouch for them as good choices. Likewise, these are all games that I have taught my girlfriend how to play, and she's mostly just a casual gamer. If she can get it, so can...

When we were captured in Chris Perkins' game a while back, he did it by basically having the bad guys present it as an option for us when we were in a dire situation. Basically, we'd stumbled into an encounter and lost our fighter and ranger quickly, and then things looked very, very grim. Once...

Aside from making sure you're doing this for the right reasons ("I want to encourage them to think about more tactics than killing everything" is probably OK, but I'd be a bit iffy if your motive is "I want to teach them a lesson in humility"), the trick to this kind of encounter is twofold...

For Vargas, my deva avenger, I use one of Privateer's awesome Hordes minis. The one I have is from their Druids of Orboros set. I just replaced the arm holding the staff with a greatsword from one of the old Chainmail minis.