Question 9: Favorite Dice

My favorite dice set is an orange and gray one, mostly because that was the team color of one of the first roller derby teams with which I skated.

This question has been getting some grief in the blogosphere from people who think this question is silly, but it is indicative of a growing new demographic of people for whom the décor of the game is fun and interesting. I know plenty of people who love their dice collections, even make their own dice.

Question 10: Favorite Tie-in Fiction

First, I’m hard pressed to find a good D&D novel. I often felt that aspiring fantasy authors used D&D novels as a way to break into the industry, sometimes distorting the universe to make their concepts fit (Spellfire, anyone?)

The Eisenhorn novels came out when the Inquisitor game did, which was more of a highly detailed wargame, but later when Dark Heresy came out from Fantasy Flight Games the books clearly felt like they cleft to the RPG concept than a wargaming one. So may be this is cheating, but Abnett’s books are pretty darn good.

Question 11: Weirdest game played

Over the Edge by Jonathon Tweet and Robin Laws. Really one of the first out there games that launched a thousand indie games. OTE had characters built using player-conceived traits like “debutante,” “bus driver,” or “alternate universe Marilyn Monroe.” In addition, the game had players come up with flaws, which compared to some games seemed anathema.

This game came into our gaming group at the same time as Vampire: The Masquerade, and definitely represented a tectonic shift.