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  1. Frank Mentzer

    Emerald Spire Superdungeon: Mona, Baur, Mentzer, Jacobs, Greenwood, Rein•Hagen, Etc.

    I don't play PF regularly; I'm an old-schooler hard-core. But several among my (formerly regular) gaming group have shown me graphically how to do it. It's a matter of attitude, not rules. You learn to escape nitpicky rule-referencing but use the system in a more general sense. One of the core...
  2. Frank Mentzer

    Emerald Spire Superdungeon: Mona, Baur, Mentzer, Jacobs, Greenwood, Rein•Hagen, Etc.

    I'm honored to be working 'with' such an incredible group of talented, proven designers. One major thing I've learned in the past 3 years is that you CAN play Pathfinder 'old-school' style. It's flexible enough to accommodate a lot. So sure, I'm in. (My other recent works are at...
  3. Frank Mentzer

    Mentzer-Ward-Kask Eldritch Ent. 2012

    Breaking news: Eldritch products will be available at GenCon. Old School booth (between Authors & Entrepreneurs). FM
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    Mentzer-Ward-Kask Eldritch Ent. 2012

    Now available in PRINT and PDF formats: The premiere products of Eldritch Enterprises Ltd. Jim Ward: "Dark Outpost" A space station in orbit, built by robots and crewed by automated machines. But something has gone wrong. Beware: High fatality rating. Frank Mentzer: "Lich Dungeon" (Level...
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    Which D&D edition do you *really* prefer?

    0e, 1e, and BECMI. Don't care for the kits 'n' splats of 2e; 3 and beyond get too much into rules instead of roles.
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    WotC's D&D Virtual Table Cancelled

    fyi, Jolly Blackburn is using extensive VR tools with Hackmaster. A lot's happening there. Regular reports on FaceBook; check it out.
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    Special Addition to the 2012 Gen Con Auction

    I seriously doubt that we'll be done by 10p. Midnight maybe. MAYBE. Lots of 'way cool collector stuff here... and there are a jillion OTHER donations to the charity auction as well, contributed by many of the vendors in the Dealer Hall. Did you know that the GenCon Auction... ...sells...
  8. Frank Mentzer

    Google Statistics on the Edition Wars: D&D & Pathfinder [updated]

    Too bad this doesn't cover the Old School community, with numbers over 50,000 and growing daily. :(
  9. Frank Mentzer

    Frank Mentzer, Tim Kask, Jim Ward and Chistopher Clarke form Eldritch Enterprises

    Publishing Lich was actually a reaction, not a plan. The first full work I wrote for publication was Mystery of History, but I decided not to 'lead' with that. The mystery involves about 95% role playing (and player mystery-solving) and 5% (or less) is combat. It works fine, and will be coming...
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    Frank Mentzer, Tim Kask, Jim Ward and Chistopher Clarke form Eldritch Enterprises

    I'm more than 'a little' perturbed at the binding problems (printer error). otoh we had to accept a percentage of errors to get them to GaryCon in time to meet our commitments. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do. All such problems (binding & some color streaking inside covers) were entirely...
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    Frank Mentzer, Tim Kask, Jim Ward and Chistopher Clarke form Eldritch Enterprises

    Thanks for the kind words. ::sigh:: I do have a lot of ideas for NEW stuff, and Lich is from the '70s... The writeup for level 1 was actually the second (or third) thing I wrote in the last year, but I figured I oughta stick to vintage old-school stuff at first, lest I scare people. ;> And...
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    Frank Mentzer, Tim Kask, Jim Ward and Chistopher Clarke form Eldritch Enterprises

    From the same sites. (They're all up on several now.) Each has to check the PDF for printability, looking for known glitches. Should certainly all be available in paper by mid-April, maybe earlier.
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    Frank Mentzer, Tim Kask, Jim Ward and Chistopher Clarke form Eldritch Enterprises

    Recently I posted a Stat Conversion Crib Sheet for Lich Dungeon Level 1 (newly available from Eldritch Ent. Ltd.) over at Dragonsfoot. Since then they've had massive SQL errors. (I'm not arrogant enough to believe that my post had anything to do with it). Since the info has become temporarily...
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    Frank Mentzer, Tim Kask, Jim Ward and Chistopher Clarke form Eldritch Enterprises

    Contrary to popular scuttlebut, I don't bake. I taste. My wife Debbie created all that good stuff. (She still does a little, heh heh heh) As to Nowbiz (instead of pastbiz): We're up on DriveThru with PDFs: DriveThruRPG.com - Eldritch Enterprises - The Largest RPG Download Store! F
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    Frank Mentzer, Tim Kask, Jim Ward and Chistopher Clarke form Eldritch Enterprises

    Anbody near Davenport IA? Within shootin' range? Like 4 hrs? Or-- Chicago Bloomington, Madison/Milwaukee, St Louis, Kansas City? The event is Xenocon. Worth checking out. It's their first year, tho. So for a (notably low) admission fee you can be the monsters and attack their system, so they...
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    Frank Mentzer, Tim Kask, Jim Ward and Chistopher Clarke form Eldritch Enterprises

    Very soon, Grasshopper. ;> Chris is on it. Look for 'em at the usual suspects (such as DriveThruRPG). Don't bother with EldritchEnt.com just yet. We're having it fixed. :/ Eventually you'll be able to get stuff there as well. Frank M
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    TSR Q&A with Gary Gygax

    (duplicate post; slow system. Sorry)
  18. Frank Mentzer

    TSR Q&A with Gary Gygax

    Rah / Egg Above 'twas a mention of Heinlein... You may not know that Gary and I were going to create the game version of Glory Road. But alas, the dean passed on during the planning, and they put a hold on all current projects... which was never lifted during NIPI's lifetime. :( Oh, Hi...
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    TSR Q&A with Gary Gygax

    From the isle of Cryprus, no doubt. (Sorry, lo blow, I know, your Type O.) And later thou writ: "I'll read less and indeed watch the tube--both Bears and Packers." I may switch to Bears, the way the Pack's going. When both of their Guards left, all the unruly prisoners started rioting. Hm...
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    TSR Q&A with Gary Gygax

    Final comment on this bull... Sir: this was not a conversation. You alleged fictions as facts, cited other unfounded allegations about a different game (a thousand miles away) as 'supporting data', waved various "might have" and "unproven" innuendos, and challenged us to debunk you with truth...
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