Really?

According to Ode to Black Dougal:

"B/X doesn't have an Identify spell"

Really? Identify using my ritual rules is a great fit. Back to work on 1.75 and TSR.

So, I've been sick.

From here:

"Look at the first edition of AD&D. It was a relatively complex game, but it has lots of causal players -- because while its rules were complex, you really did not have to know many of them to play. A lot of rules knowledge -- let alone system mastery -- wasn't needed to play. The only person who really needed a good knowledge of the complex rules of first edition AD&D was the GM."

In Search of Awesome

From http://blog.fantasyheartbreaker.com/

Here are some things your really fucking awesome book should have:

Mouth-punching by page three
A completely baffled child
Tongue-kissing by page four
A dated hairdo
A Conan the Destroyer reference
Nice outfits
At least one robot who is both turbo hot and owns their own sexuality
A really awkward phone call

Fun with 4E

"The total of all the modifiers you add to an attack roll is your base attack bonus."

"+The gameworld is defined as the players explore it, and the idea that

+The players need information in order to make meaningful decisions about which way to go

are actually two opposing ideas."