The Gaming Den

I posted a point-by-point review of 3E a while ago at my webcomic. Here's my review for those who are familiar with 2E: Progression tables folded into a single Measurements table: GOOD (1). No more “Take 20”: Undecided (0). +5 cap to circumstantial modifiers removes a big deal of tactical elements f...

Nay. 1) If the GM is lax, it encourages grinding. 2) If the GM is a control freak, you're allowing him to dictate even the way PCs will grow every step of the way, because he'll be cockblocking every attempt to progress in any areas other than those he wants you to. 3) It becomes a hassle to keep tr...

Given how EA has earned my scorn as of late with their draconian policies, I think I'll be skipping Mass Effect 3. Meanwhile, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood keeps creeping me out with its nice conspiracy. Also, Hard Corps Rising is a spoonful of Contra nostalgia and non-sensical early 90s anime nostal...

You're doing a war campaign so the most obvious source of inspiration is Captain America stories. What do you do with Captain America? Well, you send him to missions where the right man-sized weapon can wreak a lot of havock. Watch some war movies and ask yourself how would each scene look if Capt. ...

Funny thing. I may have missed a post or two, but I think no one has mentioned so far how so many people seem to want nothing to do with the mid-endgame, because at that point the PCs have tools to "break the game." Thus, for those people, the dungeon crawl game de-facto finishes at mid-ga...

That'd be all for now, thanks.

Well, having a format that other forums use where a mouseover event on a thread's title gives you a snippet of the first paragraph would be great, but now -that- would be too much.

Yeah, that's what I was talking about.

Thanks.

Hi. Long-time lurker, first time poster.

Would it be unreasonable to ask for a dictionary of the achronyms so often used in this place? It would make following the discussions so mush easier.