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I'm almost done running my son through the Speaker in Dreams...which I posted about in another thread. Now I'm looking at The Standing Stone, and...ooh, boy. We've got a new monster and a new template, the hobyah and the gravewight. I mean...is there really a shortage of evil outsiders and...

DreadPirateMurphy submitted a new resource: D&D 3.x Index of Everything - Excel Spreadsheet containing book references for almost everything in 3.x Read more about this resource...

As I've posted elsewhere, I've been running my 10-year-old son through the series that began with The Sunless Citadel. We then went through The Forge of Fury, and we're on the Speaker in Dreams right now. I felt the urge to share my impressions of these modules based on being a new DM and having...

A couple of years ago, I posted about trying to introduce my then-8-year-old son to D&D. I made some bad DM choices, and he didn't really get into it. Well, his dad has plenty of time now thanks to the pandemic (furlough for me, home-schooling and no summer camp for him). Time to try again with...

I have an 8-year-old who wants to get into RPG's, specifically D&D. I had a bunch of PDF's of the old Basic D&D red box and some modules and such that I got off of DriveThruRPG years ago. I wanted something a little less detailed than Pathfinder, which is my personal favorite. Now...it has...

Stumbled on this today: Main - The SCP Foundation It's like reading through the files of Warehouse 13, or maybe 23.

So, who would win in a fight and why? This is just for fun... Superman Strengths: Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locamotive, etc. Weaknesses: Secret identity, overconfidence due to being so super, Achilles heel available to every villain with a credit card and an eBay...

I just got some Savage Worlds books from Pinnacle for the first time, and I was wondering how it compares to playing D&D (3.x or 4)? The system looks a lot more streamlined, but I would like some insight from folks who have played multiple sessions with it.

I have a real problem playing evil characters in CRPGs. If I make evil or selfish decisions in a game I find immersive, then I just feel bad. For example, I could never blow up Megaton in Fallout 3. I could never keep evil party members happy in the Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights games...

I've been a D&D player, and I've always thought that I might want to DM. I've been playing Bioware's Dragon Age CRPG, and there are some aspects of their world design that I really want to steal if I ever design my own campaign. To the readers on this board, I would like to know if folks...

I was reading through the 3.x FR soucebook Shining South, and I came across a little tidbit. One of the antagonists mentioned was a group of "savage gnomish dire weremoles." They are led by a gnomish vampire. I thought it would be entertaining to start a thread containing weird little facts...

The Website tvbythenumbers.com has a set of indices showing which shows are likely to be cancelled. I have no idea how accurate these are, but the results are interesting. ABC FlashForward: Some danger of being canceled by 5/10. V: Likely to be renewed for 2010-11 season. CW Smallville...

I was looking through Mongoose's Core Supply Catalog for Traveller, and I noticed that various medical treatments cost a fortune -- thousands or millions of credits. This reminded me of my wife's first experience with American healthcare (she grew up in Korea), and how shocked she was at the...

This link to a Hellforge blog post: Hellforge | Forging a Passion for Video Games was posted via Digg. Somebody from Bioware voiced an opinion on the Mass Effect forums that was less than thrilled with the implied criticism. The blogger then acts with a "What's the big deal?" response...

I was thinking back on Niven's Known Space stories, and about some of the weapons described. He had flashlight lasers that could work as either a torch or a lightsaber. The Ringworld was protected by an x-ray laser made from focused solar flares. One superweapon fired bullets of pure...

The Something Positive webcomic has two comics leading up to the annual Halloween gaming session. Find it here: S*P and Other Comics WARNING: While these two comics are safe for work, some of the other comics in the archives might not be, and some of the jokes in other comics are in...

I'm a transplant in Avon, OH (about 30 min. west of Cleveland). Used to have a gaming group in Northern VA. Here is my ideal: Group of mature late-20s to early-40s gamers. Non-smoking. Meets once or twice a month. Just to get this out of the way: I am a moderate liberal and have a...

Bad Gods™ | Monster Manual Comix: Beholder This Bad Gods comic has a beholder with positive eye rays, including: 1. Makes you remember everytime you've been hugged. 2. Makes you smell like fresh rain. 3. Enables you to detect the nearest homemade pie. A character suggests one that makes...

Which of these universes have the WORST continuity problems? Discuss. Star Trek Star Wars Highlander Terminator Transformers Fallout Traveller Doctor Who Marvel Universe DC Universe

I was reading dmccoy1693's apology to WotC, and while it is very classy to publicly admit error, it made me think about this whole concept of "canon." People argue about it for all sorts of fictional universes, whether they be RPG settings (Forgotten Realms), video games (Fallout), movies (Star...