Dungeons and Dragons Online

[HaemishM]

About 10 minutes after signing the licensing agreement.

[stray]

About 10 minutes after signing the licensing agreement.

Works for me. At least I know fun and convenience has priority over strict adherence to the rules.

Besides, think of it this way -- It will be more loyal to the D&D ruleset than any other MMOG before it.

I'm a "glass is half full" kind of guy, I guess 

[HaemishM]

I'm a "glass is half full" kind of guy, I guess 

When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine.

[stray]

I'm a "glass is half full" kind of guy, I guess 

When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine.

And you, my friend, are the consummate pottymouth. I always wondered where you got that skill of yours.

[WayAbvPar]

I'm a "glass is half full" kind of guy, I guess 

When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine.

TY. I needed a new sig.

[Calandryll]

I'm a "glass is half full" kind of guy, I guess 

When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine.

That just made me spit coke all over the keyboard. Thanks. After this past week, I needed that. :)

[schild]

I'm a "glass is half full" kind of guy, I guess 

When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine.

That just made me spit coke all over the keyboard. Thanks. After this past week, I needed that. :)

After this next week, that glass may be half full with YOUR urine. Watch yourself. The vultures have descended on San Francisco and they smell blood.

[shiznitz]

When did Cal join SOE? I address him in the 3rd person because I have no idea if he is coming back.

If all EA MMOG developers end up at SOE, where do the SOE ones go?

[Sobelius]

There is a new dev diary up where they are going to use the point system for magic users rather than the tradition Spells per day x PC level.  It makes sense to me, but I hope they have enough rest areas around.  Mages don't start kicking a lot of butt until level 10+.

At what point is it D&D in name only?

IMHO no computer version can really be D&D. Perhaps when holodeck technology hits us, we'll be able to do it justice, assuming holodeck programming could somehow let us actually climb walls, put things into portable holes, and get in trouble with a deity if we piss on their favorite footstool.

Barring this turn of events, it might still be too much to ask to see things in the game like a Deck of Many Things, or Daern's Iron Fortress, or even a Figurine of Wondrous Power. Also, I really wish they would have gone World of Greyhawk with the setting instead of Ebberron. So much of what makes/made D&D "classic" came from that setting. They even used it as the default world for the 3E rules, which was a great idea. I love Ed Greenwood's Forgotten Realms, but Greyhawk really means D&D to me...

[Alkiera]

IMHO no computer version can really be D&D. Perhaps when holodeck technology hits us, we'll be able to do it justice, assuming holodeck programming could somehow let us actually climb walls, put things into portable holes, and get in trouble with a deity if we piss on their favorite footstool.

Agreed.  And even then, it'll take a good GM and programmer/tools to make all that happen.

Barring this turn of events, it might still be too much to ask to see things in the game like a Deck of Many Things, or Daern's Iron Fortress, or even a Figurine of Wondrous Power. Also, I really wish they would have gone World of Greyhawk with the setting instead of Ebberron. So much of what makes/made D&D "classic" came from that setting. They even used it as the default world for the 3E rules, which was a great idea. I love Ed Greenwood's Forgotten Realms, but Greyhawk really means D&D to me...

I finally got a chance to read through the Ebberon Campaign Setting... It's a very cool world.  I like the magic level, the MagiPunk feel of the world.  And with some of the additions, the PnP game gains some pulpy, action/adventure characteristics.  You can still run other types of games, of course.  But the world seems to incorporate magic into daily life the way Forgotten Realms never really did.

Alkiera

[Signe]

I bet I would make a good DM.  I like bossing people around.  Maybe I'll incorporate naked twister into it. 

[WayAbvPar]

I bet I would make a good DM.  I like bossing people around.  Maybe I'll incorporate naked twister into it. 

Yikes- I hope no one rolls a critical backstab on me!

[HaemishM]

I bet I would make a good DM.  I like bossing people around.  Maybe I'll incorporate naked twister into it. 

Yikes- I hope no one rolls a critical backstab on me!

LOVE ATTACKS FROM THE REAR! THEEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAARRRR!

[Sky]

Not always...

[e_bortion]

the GURPS Wild West MMORPG stands out a bit in an overly fantasy-soaked genre. Funny D&D and Steve Jackson Games both announce a mmorpg pretty much at the same time (Steve Jackson Games announced 2 games).

[stray]

the GURPS Wild West MMORPG stands out a bit in an overly fantasy-soaked genre.

Which Wild West MMORPG would that be? Deadlands? That'd be cool as hell if it was.

Any other Wild West setting = meh. My ideas are better  (Seriously though, I'll take anything at this point in time).

[Comstar]

I thought the GURPS games were going to MUD's, and hence not really worthy of comment.

[e_bortion]

the GURPS Wild West MMORPG stands out a bit in an overly fantasy-soaked genre.

Which Wild West MMORPG would that be? Deadlands? That'd be cool as hell if it was.

"GURPS - Wild West" I believe is the title.

I thought the GURPS games were going to MUD's, and hence not really worthy of comment.

Ugh. If they are, how do they hope to make any money?

[SirBruce]

Steve Jackson Games and Worlds Apart were developing two online text-based MMOGs, GURPS Old West and Transhuman Space,but they've since been cancelled.

Mr. Jackson has been at AGC and GDC the past couple of years, so he's still interested in getting into the online games space, but I believe his financial resources are limited so he has to find the right company to deal with.

Bruce

[e_bortion]

Mr. Jackson has been at AGC and GDC the past couple of years, so he's still interested in getting into the online games space, but I believe his financial resources are limited so he has to find the right company to deal with.

WHAT?!? You would think with the millions upon billions of people playing traditional p&p RPG's (instead of being at least semi-modern, owning a thing called a 'computer' with things called 'games') they would be making a killing!!

Yeah seems like they have no choice but to enter the video game arena, or die.

[AOFanboi]

Mr. Jackson has been at AGC and GDC the past couple of years, so he's still interested in getting into the online games space, but I believe his financial resources are limited so he has to find the right company to deal with.

I was in my local games store today and saw HARD-COVER versions of GURPS 4th Edition and some source books - so the company seems willing to take som chances. Financially as well.

(They were next to fricking LEATHER-BOUND editions of the D&D 3.5E Player's Handbook but I digress.)

[SirBruce]

He doesn't strike me as the type who takes many chances.  This is the man who told me he priced out new maps and counters for G.E.V. but decided it wasn't worth the money to actually produce the expansion.  I've also heard, anectdotally, that he has wanted too much money for his licenses when he does negotiations.  Remembers Fallout was supposed to be the first (of many) GURPS-based computer RPGs, and that deal fell apart.  SJG had some success with AutoDuel, but the Ogre game they made was a complete flop.

Bruce