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I am currently the manager of collection management at the National Film & Sound Archive of Australia: http://nfsa.gov.au/. Our collection includes around 2 million items consiting of audio-visual, documentation, digital files and artefact-type material (eg Movie props, costumes, projection...

I have worked as a museum professional for over 15 years and this proposal, while well-intentioned, seems a bit dodgy to me. What are the funds going to be spent on? A museum is more than just a display space (You need secure storage for collections with appropriate shelving and environmental...

Well why does it have to be Dany or Aegon or sits the Iron Throne when the dust clears? Barristan mentions in ADwD that the Mad King (Aerys) was infatuated with Tywin's wife (and cousin) and just before Tyrion kills him in ASoS Tywin says "you are not my son" - plus he has the white-blonde hair...

My favourite was Road to Urik - part of the adventure required you to go off and coerce a number of factions into contributing forces to an army - but how you did it was completely open-ended - you could bully, blackmail, bribe, persuade etc etc. If you want a straight out Epic, then you can't...

Is there any difference between the new editions and the old?

Having grown up in Brisbane I always think of it as a great place to go to to get to somewhere else. It really has nothing outstanding in terms of tourist attractions although I guess it is nice enough and it's certainly capable of supporting a large convention. Unfortunately I moved down to...

I used to try and support my FLGS (Napoleon's in Brisbane, Australia) and every time I visted I made a point of buying something, but it got to the stage that their selection was so poor, and their prices so high in comparison to online vendors even after a discount, I just couldn't be bothered...

Gee - I feel pretty bad for some of you guys as I only ordered from them last month and my boxed set of books arrived here in Australia yesterday at a fraction over half the price it would cost me to buy from my FLGS and that was standard (not expediated) international shipping! :) Maybe it...

In what way is it closer to 1e than 2nd or 3rd edition? I found 2nd Edition to be little more than 1st edition with a few clarifications (until kits and Skills & Powers came along) and 3rd edition a more radical but logical evolution of the 1st two editions but I can't see much relationship...

Guys you're missing my point - I'm not saying that I prefer one ruleset over the other, just that the new edition doesn't seem to bear much resemblance to previous editions. It's probably a decent game but I'm just not sure that it should have been labelled as D&D...it just seems like maybe...

With the release of the new edition it's time to post a decision on what your favourite version of D&D has been from over the years. I'm going to go a bit out on a limb and say 2nd Edition Skills & Powers, mainly beccause I like disadvantages and the "Design your own race" feel it had. What's...

I'm not sure yet is I like or hate the new rules (I only got them yesterday) but after a brief perusal I have to echo what a lot of people have been saying: it's not the D&D of old. I think the thing that I will find most disappointing is the effective end of "low-level" adventuring...1st level...

Zentil Keep? There's plenty of material for that including a 2nd Edition boxed set.

She probably won't feel like adventuring much during the preganancy in any case, in any case. If my wife's pregnancy was anything to go on - all you can do is sit around and bring her chocolate in large doses to try and distract her from it all. Not sure if theis would fit in with your campaign...

That pathetic whimpering sound that a small puppy dog makes when it has just been kicked and realises it hasn't a chance in hell of getting its own back?

The Player's Option stuff for Dark Sun can be found in the 1st Dragon Annual edition, I believe. Unlike a lot of the stuff from revised on they're actually pretty good! There was also a Dragon article that had kits for Dark Sun characters in it too - I've got it at home somewhere but I can't...

You mean like how a half-breed kid can kill the Dragon, an incredibly powerful creature that has lived for eons? Get Real. The first couple of Denning's books were ok but they really went downhill fast. Most of the other novels were equally awful...especially the Hawke(?) ones with the...

You're right about that but on the other hand the fact that these momentous events are going on with the players as spectators gave us an impression of "witnessing history" and also underlined that even though we were tougher than your average joe we had an awful lot further to go before we were...

I found "Freedom" and "Road to Urik" to be pretty good introductions to the campaign. Road to Urik in particular has some great role-playing situations. Saying that, they are linked to the original boxed setting - the revised setting details the world of Athas after the events in this module...

I would vote for KHAAAAAAAAN! (CON) too...did you see how fat he got towards the end of each season?