I actually quite like the temporal cold war storyline, it was not too intrusive (i.e., it took up only a few episodes each season), gave something with higher stakes that could drop in and out of the… (View Post)

Tabletop/PnP is very different to a computer RPG, and has different goals and rewards. The key difference is that you are not playing a pre-rolled scenario where all of your options have been determi… (View Post)

As someone who was originally drawn to BG as a pretty neat rendering of the 2nd Edition AD&D rules, I would rather not see this in the main game. I won't decry the modders their fun, but if BeamD… (View Post)

Ah, but these are not unbiased die rolls. We start with the odds of rolling 75 or more on 3d6 BG being 1.0 ;~) Certain classes are also much more prone to high rolls - paladins, elven rangers etc. I'… (View Post)

The early 90s was a great time for mainstream superheroics too - the Superman line had a great depth of well written characters to draw on, Justice League had rediscovered itself as a title that coul… (View Post)