Recent content by mxyzplk

Whew, I just caught up on the last 4 episodes! Really like Bobbi and sad that Frankie's gone. And the stingers at the end of each show have me LOLing - the "They're Canadian, they would know" and then the "That's a really good question" about how you'd get babies and chickens somewhere without...

I was impressed with this interview - I'm one of those that gave up on 4e in favor of other games because of, primarily, the "dissociation" problem. I game to take on the role of a character and immerse in a fantasy world, and it seemed like 4e was too focused on being a tactical wargame to pay...

Great article. My PC gaming has tapered off over the years for the same reason. Seems like every time I get interested in a new game, it ends up requiring hours of dicking around to get running (more, if you take the "buy a new computer! And build it yourself this time!" ignorant advise from...

I think re-doing the boxed sets are a good idea. I also think that their desire to get "those kids nowadays" into D&D by streamlining 4e was a good idea poorly executed. From an outsider's point of view, 4e isn't that much less complex than any other version; it's still hundreds of pages worth...