12/1/2008 - Ethan Makes a Donation

Hey everybody!  Just wanted to wish you all a happy, healthy, hearty holiday this Thankgiving (if you're the sort culturally disposed toward giving thanks, or gorging like a moron, at this particular time of year). And I'd like to give a special shout-out to "Wolfe", a fellow fan of Story Games. "Um.... Hey, Wolfe!  Welcome to the site.  We'll try not to suck too hard." C:E (And welcome back Lxndr!)

So I've been playing xbox more and more lately ( when I'm not playing fallout 3 or left 4 dead on the PC ;))  The Hire found me from dndorks, but I didn't have a microphone so I couldn't reply very easily, I went out and bought a microphone though, and thought I might try doing more online multiplayer, and who better than people from dndorks? If you play xbox online, maybe add me as a friend, shoot me a message, and I'll try to reply to each of you. Thanks  dndorksifram

So Jason is bringin this age old debate to dndorks!  Ok, bring it on Jason! ;) I also posted this post to the forums, located here, if you want to get in on the discussion.  Help me convince Jason that D&D is fun.  Or smash down my ideas, either way is good. Jason is trying to trick people into turning your back on D&D and playing "abstract" story games.  Down that way madness lies! j/k  uh...kinda. The goal of playing a roleplaying game fo

Recently, Wizards produced a "Save My Game" article called "Do the Right Thing" by Stephen Radney-MacFarland.  (You need to have an active subscription to view it.)  It basically says that you shouldn't be a slave to the rules and that you should feel free to break the rules to "untie knots" when the game hits a snag.  Stephen very responsibly goes on to offer advice how to do this without being a jerk and even offers up an example from play.  So