Thanks, Bill. It was full. I made reservations on faith through the GenCon site at Adam's Mark at the airport. I believe the site said a shuttle will be...
Jon, Adam's Mark is a very nice place. You'll be glad you're staying there. ... They print the badges there, so they'll never tun out. Depending on when you...
Happy birthdays out to Gerald and Marc! Hope you enjoy(ed) your special day(s). -- R. Christopher Heard Assistant Professor of Religion Pepperdine University ...
Hi Everyone, I would like to ask that you please be in prayer for my family and me as my dad passed away unexpectedly last Thursday. Pray especially for...
Father God, we ask that you be with Chad and his family during this time. Please comfort them during their time of loss and especially we ask that you show...
The latest in the Musings on... series has been posted. Terra, # 11 in the series, was discussed by myself, Jeremy Avery, and Frank Branham. You can read the...
I run a board game afternoon each Sunday at my church, with quite a few people staying and playing games. The "designer" games see a lot of play, and people...
If any of you might be going to Ubercon VI this fall in North Jersey, drop me an e-mail before you pre-register. I'm a guest of the convention, and have some...
Hey sports fans, Tabletop Adventures has just released Bits of the Wilderness: Into the Swamp through RPGNow (http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php? ...
Dear friends, Hello, I've been doing mostly fine, thanks. Chad - I saw your prayer request, I will pray for you too. I too have a prayer request, but I hope it...
... I read that entire message expecting to see something about simulating football games in swampy environments. I must not have slept well last night! ...
Has anyone ever used a half-dragon in 3ed? If so, is there anything I should know about them? I want to use a halfling/half-dragon(silver) Sorcerer as a major ...
Heh, dude, I dunno about portrayal, but I'm more interested in origins! "Well, yeah, look, I don't want to talk about it. Mom and dad don't really like to go...
Thanks for the info. We will be arriving late on Fri. (~9 or 10pm depending on the time zone), and I would like to get the badges for Sat./Sun. ... there. ... ...
... want to use a halfling/half-dragon(silver) Sorcerer as a major ... and ... his ... Well I'm not too familiar with half-dragons, or silver dragons, but i'll...
Hi Charles! About that half-dragon ... According the 3.5 MM, half-dragons have "scales, elongated features, reptilian eyes, and exaggerated teeth and claws."...
In case you didn't disregard, this is just a test. I'm having trouble with CGG messages getting filtered in my university's spam trap. Trying to clean up that...
In the past couple years, I was introduced by some friends to the Cthulhu mythos, which for the uninitiated, is a literary universe begun by HP Lovecraft. The...
As I've stated in other reviews, I really enjoy the "Bright Idea Games" line from Playroom Entertainment. The games, most of them designed by Reinhard Staupe,...
... like ... standard ... specifies Well I have never even looked at the d20 system but, so often people bother responding to actually gaming questions. So...
"I like deliberations in a game, but a few players felt like the game was playing us, rather than the opposite way." Um, Tom...that sounds just right for this...
What exactly does that mean that it plays the players? Do the players just sit there and wait for the boardgame to roll the dice and put its little pawn on...
More than anything else in a game, I value fun. If a game is just pure fun to play, then I don't care if it has great mechanics, a solid theme, etc. Fun is...
The latest interview in my series, Interviews by an Optimist, is up! http://www.thedicetower.com/interviews/int058.htm This time, I interview Dominic...
