Recent content by BigWeather

Got mine today in NC, was shocked to get it so fast.

There is also a KS for Broken Compass' 2nd and 3rd seasons (Pirates and Jules Verne, respectively).

I too would happily purchase (unmodified) re-prints, PDFs, or PoDs of old (pre-4e) material. There is no way, however, that I'd purchase rights to online-only viewing, whether time limited or not.

No. I'm perfectly capable of writing my own tools if I wanted (and thus would have complete control, even with computers being involved). It is just that my idea of a fun night role-playing explicitly excludes computers, smart phones, etc. I have to deal with that stuff all day (and, as I...

For me, at least, I stop at "computers are required to play this game." I could care less whether or not it is purely support or if it did indeed someday run the game, I don't want to ever have them required.

Part of it is that is the way I grew up playing RPGs. More than that, however, I think RPGs are a shared social experience and I find laptops, smartphones, etc. only detract from the experience (people surfing during others' turns, etc.). Finally, I prefer to keep the game as much a construct...

Was *this* close to picking up both the PFRPG and S&W versions but ended up settling for just the PFRPG. I'm assuming the book is no longer for pre-order? If so, I may trick myself into buying the S&W version too (Ooops, darn, accidentally clicked the Buy button!).

I'm all for PDFs, technology, etc. helping prepare for a game (though I'm still partial to physical books). During the game, however, it's paper, books, and dice. I hope that we never get to the point that we abandon those roots of the game (though I'm totally on board with VTT and the like...

Personally, any system that focuses on a digital initiative will not get my financial support. This includes Pathfinder, should they go that way. Digital is becoming increasingly associated with subscription-based, throw-away, DRM, no permanence in my mind and that is the opposite of what I...

Yeah, fan-wise there isn't much support for Paizo owning the D&D brand on either side and, much more importantly, neither Hasbro nor Paizo is likely to want that either. I imagine Hasbro would rather put the brand on hiatus but keep it for the future in its portfolio than let it go. Paizo, on...

I'm confused. Has Paizo actually stated that it won't be a simpler rules set? I'll be disappointed as well if it is just levels 1 through 5. But I hadn't heard that that was certain to be the case.

I like Paizo's approach of three or four a year. Even at $30 - $50 that is sustainable to my wallet. And that there are no splats (rules splats, that is) is great. The hardcover glut is a big reason why I dropped D&D when 3.5 came out and didn't pick it back up until Pathfinder. The game...

Honestly it does nothing for me. I'd prefer a modern 4e look to it (and that's saying a bit because I'm not a *huge* fan of 4e art). Now if they modeled it after Moldvay with Otus art I'd be all over it. Of course I learned from that set so it probably is just a matter of what you started with.

I've been playing D&D in some form since almost the beginning (late '70s) and while the golden age is almost undeniably in the early '80s (and yes, I was 12 then, but it really was the golden age) the '90s are a mixed bag in my book. I appreciated them branching out. For every bad there was a...

For me the defining moment was WotC killing off Dungeon (and, specifically, removing Paizo from Dungeon). I've always been an adventure lover, in fact I play sparingly but love to read the adventures and the fluff and Dungeon was such a great addition to my hobby when it started in 1986. The...