The Classic Story Hours

[hbarsquared]

I am a (relatively) new member of the story hour forums, and during my time here I have heard all sorts of author names bandied about. I'm curious: who are the "big" names on the story hour forums, the ones that practically started it all? I would like to read through some of these "classic" story hours.

I know Piratecat is one of these infamous authors, and I am currently reading through his revised story hour from the beginning. Who am I missing?

Thanks!

 

[pogre]

Wulf Ratbane
Sepulchrave II
Contact

 

[IcyCool]

Sepulchrave II (Tales of Wyre)
Shemeska (Shemeska's Story Hour #1 & #2)
Blackdirge (Metamorphosis: From Dretch to Demonlord)

 

[Plane Sailing]

Wulf Ratbane
Sepulchrave II
Contact

Quoted for truth.

 

[Gold Roger]

Sagiro's is big.

El-Remmens "Out of the Frying Pan" may not have the fame, but it has the age and quality of a real classic.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Although Capellan isn't one of the Classic authors, I'd heartily recommend reading his (extremely funny) Spaceship Zero and X-Path storyhours.

Excerpted from Science Fiction Collector, August 2003 edition:

In 1980, the BBC, encouraged by the success of such shows as Blake's 7, Doctor Who, and that one the Americans did (you know what), decided to add another science fiction series to their programming line-up. However, they lacked the time or resources to develop an entirely new show, and thus they turned to their radio show archives for inspiration.

Q-Ship, based on the 1950s radio serial of the same name, ran from 1981-83, establishing itself as a cult contemporary of the other science fiction series of the era.

Like most shows of the time, the episodes were presumed lost, fallen victim to the BBC's cost-cutting measures. It was long rumoured that the last surviving prints had ended their days as wall-filler, a charge that the BBC continues to deny.

Recently, however, a copy of the limited run home video version appeared on eBay. Like the show itself, these had long been believed lost - a casualty of the fact that they were only available in Betamax format.

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=61544

X-Path is difficult to describe - it is the original Adventure path modules, but with a twist... modern characters armed with pistols, shotguns and grenades against the goblins, kobolds and other creatures. Plus a large dose of black humour.

We have X-Path - stick your citadel where the sun don't shine
X-Path2 - the Forge of F.U.

which should give you an idea of what it is like, with characters like

Joseph Isaiah Smith, the gun-totin Mormon
Payroll Scale: PAL1

Floyd of the Church of the King. You know, THE king.
Payroll Scale: CLR1

Fabulous Fabio, impressed with his own good looks
Payroll Scale: BRD1

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=85007

Cheers

 

[Capellan]

Spyscribe's Welcome to the Halmae may not be old enough to qualify as a classic, but IMO it's among the best on the boards.

 

[Lazybones]

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More specifically, the one that started it all, the "Temple of Elemental Evil 2". I think it was the first SH posted here, and you'll still be hard-pressed to find one with more humor and a higher body count.

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25093

 

[el-remmen]

The Original Story Hours were:

• Piratecat's Defenders of the Daybreak
• (cntxt)'s Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
• Wulf Ratbane's Story Hour
• Ranger Wickett's Savanah Knights
• el-remmen's "Out of the Frying Pan"
• Old One's Faded Glory
• Sagiro's Abernathy' Company Story Hour

 

[Rackhir]

(contacts) Liberation of Tenh - The Sequel to RttToE
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=31153&page=1&pp=40

Wulf's
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=102

Compiled Tales of Wyre (Sepulchrave II)
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=5822

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Will generally dig up these classics as they are bumped on a semi regular basis.

Welcome to the boards and welcome to the torment of waiting for Sep and Pkitty to update their story hours.