The Best & Worst of 3rd Edition: The Best Products AND Designers Are...

[TerraDave]

Ok, designers are finally in the first post.

Though it seems like they deserve there own...

 

[TerraDave]

And our winning designers, starting with the six multiproduct winners, are:

Andy Collins: Draconomicon, Magic Item Compendium, Unearthed Arcana

James Jacobs: Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss, Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords 1-5, Red Hand of Doom

David Noonan: Players Handbook II, Unearthed Arcana

Monte Cook: Complete Book of Eldritch Might, Ptolus

Skip Williams: Draconomicon, Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting

James Wyatt: Draconomicon, Eberron Campaign Setting


Bill Slavicsek: Eberron Campaign Setting

Clark Peterson: Tome of Horrors

Ed Greenwood: Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting

Ed Stark: Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss

Erik Mona: Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss

Greg Benage: Midnight

Jeff Grubb: Spell Compendium

Jeffrey Barber: Midnight

Jesse Decker: Unearthed Arcana

Joseph Browning: A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe

Keith Baker: Eberron Campaign Setting

Matthew Sernett: Spell Compendium

Mike McArtor: Spell Compendium

Mike Mearls: Magic Item Compendium

Nicolas Logue: Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords 1-5

Rich Redman: Unearthed Arcana

Richard Baker: Red Hand of Doom

Richard Pett: Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords 1-5

Rob Heinsoo: Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting

Scott Greene: Tome of Horrors

Sean K Reynolds: Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting

Stephen S. Greer: Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords 1-5

Stephen Schubert: Magic Item Compendium

Suzi Yee: A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe

Wil Upchurch: Midnight

Wolfgang Baur: Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords 1-5​

Its interesting: of the top six: Monte Cook and Skip Williams where of course authors of 3E, and Andy Collins, David Noonan, and James Wyatt are part of the team for 4E. (James Jacobs remains at Paizo). Mike Mearls, Rob Heinso, and (now the boss) Bill Slavicsek make up the rest of the 4E “core team”, and all also have winning 3E products.

 

[Jdvn1]

Nevermind, TerraDave posted it before I did. [sblock=TerraDave beat me to it]
Keith Baker
Richard Baker
Jeffrey Barber
Wolfgang Baur
Greg Benage
Joseph Browning
Andy Collins x3
Monte Cook x2
Jesse Decker
Scott Greene
Ed Greenwood
Stephen S. Greer
Jeff Grubb
Rob Heinsoo
James Jacobs x3
Nicolas Logue
Mike McArtor
Mike Mearls
Erik Mona
David Noonan x2
Clark Peterson
Richard Pett
Rich Redman
Sean K Reynolds
Stephen Schubert
Matthew Sernett
Bill Slavicsek
Ed Stark
Wil Upchurch
Skip Williams x2
James Wyatt x2
Suzi Yee
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And, a big hand to all the authors!

 

[TerraDave]

Jdvn1: thanks! all the same. And yours is properly alphabatized (not only did I not do it, I can't spell it..)

 

[TerraDave]

Eberron, based on the votes of logged in members, is the Ultimate Product of 3E.

Logged in members voted as follows:

Eberron: 159
Pathfinder: 134
Unearthed Arcana: 92

Among total voters, Pathfinder led with 319 to 316 for Eberron (UA got 140). However, as noted in the first post of that thread, it was a public poll, and that could be used to determine the winner. Given Eberron clear advantage in logged in members, I am comfortable in declaring it the winner!

Congratulations to all the winning products. And thanks to everyone who voted.