Friday, November 19, 2010  Musings on Essentials and D&D in
general  I was just sitting here reading through Heroes of the
Forgotten Kingdoms and listening to The Nut Gallery Review
episode 52 (a very good movie and game podcast by occasional
Geek Gazette contributor  Jason James) when I realized how much
I missed Pathfinder.  I started playing Essentials when my
daughter asked to learn D&D and at first I really liked it.
Perhaps it was just the fact that Essentials was new and shiny
or maybe it was because I was thrilled to see my daughter taking
an interest in gaming, but now the game is losing its luster.
For some reason Essentials just isn't as much fun for me to run.
My daughter is having a good time, which is the most important
part, but I keep getting bored. I just keep feeling as I'm boxed
in, stifled.  Don't get me wrong I still like Essentials far
better than I did original 4e, but the more we play the more I
find that I just don't like the system as much as I do
3.x/Pathfinder. I tried running Esse