> Gary Gygax named the style of > play where game masters hid treasures behind some doors, monsters > behind others and then let the players choose their fate "Monty Haul" > gaming, making a pun on the game show host's name. > The term has come to be used to refer to sessions where game >masters > encourage munchkin players; basically any game can be considered a > Monty Haul game where the game master sets up unfathomable amounts of > treasure and earth-shattering magic items guarded by weak and wimpy > monsters, thus giving enormous amounts of power to beginning-level > characters. > >So for our purposes, Haul. > >-xx- Damien X-) For the love of all that's holy, it goes all the way back to Gary (freaking) Gygax himself?! I don't get out enough (apparently). And here, I think of myself as this big gamer. Sheesh. If anybody needs me, I'll just be over here in the corner eating my "shut-the-hell-up" sandwich with the other Teckla. ;) jc _________________________________________________________________ Getting married? Find great tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married