Comments on: Things I’ve learned in 4e

By: admin

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:44:03 +0000

Good point on storage. What do you do with them in play, though? Wilderness scenes have been fine, but do you lay out all the pieces of a dungeon at once, or build as you go? Some good layouts seem like pains to recreate.

By: The Chatty DM

The Chatty DM — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:16:58 +0000

Dungeon Tiles, One Word:

Tacklebox

Well, a few more…

For the Big Ass tiles: Large Ziplock Freezer Bag

By: admin

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:37:14 +0000

I think you touched the important part of 4e –it’s productive!

It’s easy to pack a lot of adventure in only a few hours. I like this.

A lot has been said against 4e, but I really am enjoying the heck out of the system.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:38:49 +0000

4E pwnz 3E.

nuff said?

OK… I’ll add: All you GM’s that are complaining about 4E being a ‘single-miniature’ miniatures game (all battle, no role play) are a bunch of ninnys. The game is whatever you make it – the rules should never be in the way of a good game. 4E has IMHO the lowest barrier to a good night of gaming. As a father of two, and a full time researcher, I have barely enough time to game as it is. Our game nights are packed now that we playing 4E. I probably won’t forget the 2nd game night using the new rules: 3 hours = 3 combat encounters and 3 ‘non-combat’ encounters = 6 things done. All the players shined both in combat and out, and everyone had an awesome time.

Finally, I 100% agree with “Minions are a great mechanism to add weight but not impossibility to your encounters. Plus the squish real purty like.” For our very first encounter (5 level 1 characters with zero xp) we fought 20 minions. I’ll never forget the look on the faces of the players: WTF? Are you Trying to Kill us?

It was awesome. I’m hooked.