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    Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Coming to America via Steve Jackson Games

    City of Thieves was always my favorite, but Forest of Doom and Scorpion Swamp were my second favorite. The Dungeoncrawling ones were frustrating. I've never understood why The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is considered a classic. I read it once and then threw it in a box in disgust, never to pick...
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    Other D&D Variant Dragonsbane Vs Shadowdark

    Do you want a D&D variant or a Glorantha variant? With the caveat that Glorantha back in the day was just a D&D variant itself?
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    Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Coming to America via Steve Jackson Games

    "Original" varies by region. I'm still sad that I got rid of my American version, because it seems almost impossible to find, and I refuse to accept any other trade dress.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best third party campaign books - recommend me some

    Like I said, it's a tangent for another discussion.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best third party campaign books - recommend me some

    Huh. Having read Red Nails and the original B4, I have to admit that I don't find the set-up particularly similar other than the idea of a lost city that's semi-depopulated. One of these days I'll have to address the tangent that D&D and Sword & Sorcery aren't really very much alike, even in the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best third party campaign books - recommend me some

    Yeah, that probably would have been better. Regardless, I've got a long enough list of things to read for now.
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    D&D General GMing and "Player Skill"

    Of course, but none of that is encapsulated in the term "skilled play." Just because you don't know or don't acknowledge the definition of it doesn't mean that there isn't one, or that it means more than just skilled + play. Skilled play in the context of D&D is a pretty well-defined playstyle...
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    D&D General GMing and "Player Skill"

    You don't just parse the words skill and play. Skilled play is very well known to the people who are fans of it, and they know exactly what they mean by the term. The idea that we don't understand what the entire tournament module scene even meant is not true at all. People who aren't fans of...
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    So, life on Mars...

    Should I queue up DJ Wag & MR, or Pulsedriver & Rocco, or old school David Bowie?
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    Tell Us About Your Pirate Campaign(s)

    Games that I've run: Pirates of the Mezzovian Main - a campaign I ran during the 3e period... I think 3e was still the current version of the rules, but maybe it was when we were still playing 3e during the 4e era. It was less open piracy and more sailing around from port to port and dealing...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best third party campaign books - recommend me some

    Yeah, these 5(?) sagas seem to be exactly what I'm looking for, and of course, they seem to be almost completely unavailable anywhere. Sigh. Maybe if I just reach out to Sandy he'll help a guy out and point me in the right direction or something. I don't seem to have too many other options.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best third party campaign books - recommend me some

    I would really love to get my hands on these if you can remember who's actually selling them. I've having a devil of a time locating them. Of course, internet searches are useless the last several years, but this one is kinda ridiculous. EDIT: Actually, were they even released? I was able...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best third party campaign books - recommend me some

    Because I'm wary of scope creep. I'm already familiar with Cthulhu campaigns, Paizo adventure paths and, of course, like I mentioned, The Enemy Within and other stuff. But I want to limit the suggestions to 3pp 5e campaigns. Good call; that's one that I'd heard of but had forgotten.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Best third party campaign books - recommend me some

    Is Iron Kingdoms Requiem a campaign? I thought it was an update to the setting.
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