Ed Grabianowski's discussions

I've got another 5 WWII mysteries for a potential future article. This one was already pretty long, so I had to leave a few off. Read more

Yeah, I don't know what's up with the images. Trying to fix it. Read more

Our group ran a low magic 4E campaign that was pretty successful. You need to use the inherent bonus option, which avoids having to have magic items to keep up with monster stats. Then we chose classes that were not magic based, and avoided (or reskinned) powers with obvious magical effects. There was one new… Read more

I played with THAC0 for many years. It's not difficult, it's just needlessly obtuse. I'm well over 30, fwiw. Read more

There are plenty of people who like 4E, but the haters are very vocal. Read more

The people who work on D&D at Wizards of the Coast love gaming. They want D&D to succeed. They want it to be awesome. Trust me when I tell you that no one there is feigning anything. Read more

I haven't had a chance to actually play Savage Worlds yet, but I really like the flexible concept and the opportunity to play in a ton of different genres. Read more

Amen! Read more

That really is the problem in a nutshell. One of the ways Paizo has had success is by releasing groups of linked adventures, sort of like seasons of a TV show. Every few months a new "season" starts, so it gives the hardcore fans a stream of relevant new stuff to buy, and it gives newbies easy points to jump on the… Read more

I feel like the Enterprise is granting de facto invitation to enter any place it beams stuff to. Read more

The synopsis on my cable channel guide for this movie a few years ago described it thusly: "Archaeologists discover a vat of liquid Satan." Read more

Some day you should write a post about a metal band. Then all day you can read about how it isn't really metal, or not metal enough, or it's pussy metal, or can't be metal 'cause the guys in the band were once in a band that wasn't metal, or that metal is dead, or that you don't understand metal. Read more

Related to "Villain Cameos" (which I think is a great idea), I'd like to see "Mastermind Villain with some costumed D-list henchmen." This is like the Masters of Evil approach. Baron Zemo and...some randoms the heroes can beat up on. Justin Hammer and...a bunch of mooks he hired and gave weapons to. They get a couple… Read more

Of course we need to get Bill Cosby to wear the sweater (and probably destroy the universe).

One of my favorite things about these videos is how much the narrator sounds like Phil from Better Off Ted. Read more

White Wolf is still around. Wizards never took them over. They still make World of Darkness books. In fact, they make some of the highest quality RPG books I've ever seen. Their werewolves and vampires are still badass. Read more

Deus Ex? No. Honestly, if a game doesn't have the words "Fallout" or "Civilization" in the title, I never buy it until about two years later when the price has come down. Read more

Anything that makes baking Christmas cookies more fun. One whiff of vanilla extract and she goes wild. Read more

Weirdest fetish I ever heard of: people who are exclusively into vanilla 1-on-1 sex. Freaks. Read more