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I'm not sure this is the right thread, but I'm trying to come up with a list of movies (or tv shows, I suppose) about espionage and/or commando missions during World War Two (OSS, SOE, French Resistance, etc). some number of them will be used as player-prep material for a d20 game. I'd love to...

Is there anything out there for a d20 World War Two game? I'm looking for any gaming material suitable for an espionage/special ops game set in Occupied Europe (France, mainly). I've located tons of historical reference material, but now I'm looking for stuff that can help with game mechanics...

"Sci Fi also revealed it will begin production in New Zealand on "Earthsea," a four-hour miniseries based on the Ursula K. Le Guin novels of the same name. It is scheduled to air in December." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=597&e=1&u=/nm/20040108/tv_nm/television_scifi_dc

Did anyone else notice the homage to "28 Days Later..." at the end of last night's ep of "Alias"? It was so quick that I almost wondered if it was unintentional...

Let's say the Bad Guys are trying to learn something about Our Heroes. Where they live, who they hang out with, what PC Class they are, that sort of thing. How do the PCs conceal themselves or mislead their adversary? Bluff? Disguise? Hide? Sleight of Hand? Those skills all seem tactical, rather...

Another thread got me to thinking about good alternate history books that I've read. I loved "Fatherland" by Robert Harris, and a friend recommended Harry Turtledove's "American Empire" series. "What If?" by Robert Cowley et al had some good parts, but I prefer novels to essays. I also tend to...

I'm curious about how the populations of your D&D worlds break down, in terms of the core PC and NPC classes (PrCs are probably a whole other ball o' wax). In another thread, someone wondered why spears are used so infrequently in D&D, as opposed to swords. The answer, it seems to me, is...