Yep, those were the first ones to get snagged.

I really dug back into the bowels of the internet on some of these. Openoffice is having a bitch of a time properly formatting this stuff made in like '97. I forgot how recently people thought publishing everything in Word was a great idea.

I'm working on a review of freely downloadable character record sheets for 2nd edition AD&D. Does anyone know of any "must haves"? Specifically, they must be free (at least as in beer if not speech), generic (not for a specific class) and suitable for 2nd edition. Ones without S&P ...

Nice! I would wear that with pride to a local game shop just to hear the 3e crowd snicker in their insecurity (if they even recognized it!).

It's interesting that the guy pretty well admits that D&D 4 RC1 (or is it still in beta?) is borrowing strongly from the video games that evolved from games based on AD&D.

Hearing people talk about a tabletop rpg with terms like controllers and tanks and such makes my dice weep.

I just wanted to comment on Halaster's thoughts regarding how 4e is becoming more and more disconnected from the tabletop in relation to its Digital Initiative movement. I just watched this video, and I think it exemplifies pretty well the overall direction WotC is wanting to take the game. "W...

I laughed at the beginning of the video. There was comment about how some people may not know their roots. Then mentioned 3.0 and 3.5. Teehee. Makes me wish I had some Gimp skills. I would make a t-shirt with the old 1E players handbook on the front with know your roots in text underneath. Then on ...

Woohoo!

A big thanks to Zherbus for all the work he put in getting the database back in working order so we could have access to all those old discussions.

Admittedly, I've mellowed my stance towards 3e the past few years mainly because forehead vein-popping rants don't do any good, and are often ignored anyway, so why get one's blood pressure up over something you can do nothing about? Heartily agree there. I've said most everything I care to say on ...

Outside of this "extremely" limited situation, I wouldn't even consider moral relativist arguments or "neutral" assassination nonsense. What are your thoughts? I've always felt that certain exercises in morals and ethics were beyond the scope of the ad&d game. Assassins are ...

but all the games I've seen in hobby shops around have been kids crunching blocks of stats and talking about feats and builds and combos. Define kid for me. I know when I was a kid my games (1E at the time) were all about stats. Granted, it wasn't feat and level stacking but it was certainly combos...

I have been viewing a lot of different groups play D&D lately. I have also been looking over some of my old gaming notes. When comparing the sessions I have witnessed to notes of my own games, I don't see that the community has changed all that much. A table of younger players, plays a very loo...

One more comment....then bed....really! Hah! I know that feeling... Maybe....just thinking out loud here....this all boils down to game style vs. play style...I am talking about play style while everyone else is talking game style. Tomorrow. If you're using play style to mean the general tendency o...

The combat system is so complex that you really must use minis of some kind (which is why they have those little cut-out counters included if you don't have any real minis) to be able to run it properly via the rules. So if 4e is simple over that that would be an improvement. You've mentioned simpl...

Jeffx wrote: I'm getting tired. I had a much larger thought about feel, style, and mechanics. I am just having a hard time putting sentences together at the moment. I'll try again tomorrow. Be glad to read your thoughts then. I think some of us are trying to get across the point that we don't feel ...

I didn't say that players had to play a certain edition/game/etc a certain way, but that each game system fosters a certain style of play. I'm talking tendencies, not absolutes. A group is free to ignore that style of play, as you state correctly. That does not mean it isn't encouraged by the syste...

Jeffx - Can't say I'm really following you. I sort of get what you're saying with breaking out the word "feel" from the word "style", although I think doing so muddies the waters of a general sense of the game that we're trying to get at. And I think you're arguing a different po...

What is it with all you Atlanta people? We need some more gamers in New Hampshire damnit! Anyway, welcome to the boards jeffx. If you're looking for an in-print simplified system with the "oldschool feel", I encourage you to give Castles & Crusades a try. It's got all the flavor of AD&...

No luck finding that error message. I can only guess it's flash related, because youtube videos play in a flash player, but beyond that I don't know.

My best guess: maybe reinstall or upgrade flash?

I was trying to find if the Armory had a website, and came across this instead, and I have to say, it made my night: http://www.thewarstore.com/TheWarStoreMiniatures.html That's not really what made my night...looking up exactly what "Zardoz" was on youtube is what did it. I give to anyone...

Shacia Amastacia wrote:laminate

Damn don't know why I didn't think of that.

The only possible downside I can come up with is that you can't write in that text area on the back. But I wonder if a wet erase could write on laminated paper.

Zherbus wrote: Me, I'll flip the PHB to page 101 to make a roll to see if I survive something idiotic I did. And I'll like it.

Hell yeah.

Yep, pretty sure those are the ones!

Wondering if anyone has seen any of the old colored, gem-like dice with sharp edges on sale on ebay or anywhere? These were the types that usually didn't have any coloring on the numbers. I'd love to augment my collection. I'll post a pic later if I can snap one at home. Zherbus will know what I'm t...

I don't know what it is, but I absolutely love the idea of using one of those until I see the pictures, and then I get the feeling that it's taking something away from the game. Maybe I'm just too gun-shy after seeing the effects of video games on the hobby, and afraid it would give the game a video...

RE: hellboy - I'm too lazy to post a picture, but google image search Hellboy. Marvel (or DC?) half-demon superhero guy. I know who he is, but which class/race were you referring to in d20? Nothing in d20. They're introducing "Tieflings" in 4.x. I believe they were a playable race in plan...