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howandwhy99 reacted to James Dickinson1's post in the thread AD&D 2E Do you remember Luddin: The City of Illusion? with
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Yep, certainly do. Even though your post is 5 years old. I am one of the founders of Lüdinn Entertainment. -
howandwhy99 reacted to Eyes of Nine's post in the thread AD&D 2E Do you remember Luddin: The City of Illusion? with Like.
For the Labor Day con, I was only able to go for a day. And it was fun of course. In 2026 I'll be there, but mostly running/playing...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Olgar Shiverstone's post in the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions with Like.
I grew up with B/X and 1E ... like many back then, we really ran a blend of the two. So that's really my vote: AB/X. If I could only...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions with Like.
I would argue any time you go above level 10 ;)
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howandwhy99 reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions with Like.
A few years ago I asked Frank Mentzer if there was one thing he could change about BECMI, what would it be. His answer was an...
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howandwhy99 replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.1E is still the unparalleled best game design in RPGs. I think there are a number of flaws in it and it can certainly be improved upon...
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howandwhy99 reacted to Olgar Shiverstone's post in the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run? with Like.
I'm not sure N2 The Forest Oracle falls into those two categories. There's probably a third "chuck it in a bin" category.
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howandwhy99 reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread OSR Modules with the best layout & presentation with Like.
I don't know. This is a dungeon I had made for Revenge of the Rat King last year, and I'm not seeing how it would be confusing.
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howandwhy99 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread OSR Modules with the best layout & presentation with Like.
I6 Ravenloft is still in many ways the gold standard, a height of combining aesthetics and usability to which we have not regularly (or...
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howandwhy99 reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread TSR Temple of Elemental Evil - Waterside Hostel with Like.
Well, my version of Nulb is significantly different from the one in ToEE. It has the same basic shape, but it has been taken over by...
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howandwhy99 reacted to JLowder's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
At base, TSR/Lorraine wanted DC to publish Buck Rogers comics. DC was not interested. TSR pushed—and pushed hard—for a time, for DC to...
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howandwhy99 reacted to JLowder's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
That's tended to be overstated, in my experience, but there were some specific problems. The company definitely published too many...
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howandwhy99 reacted to JLowder's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
That ends up being a lot like overprinting some products or adding products to the schedule to game the RH deal—get money on ship faster...
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howandwhy99 reacted to JLowder's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
Right. The context for the book returns matter a lot. They are not the cause of the failure. The returns are a result of the core...
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howandwhy99 reacted to JLowder's post in the thread D&D General Not the Wicked Witch: Revisiting the Legacy of Lorraine Williams with Like.
Quite a lot of what you say about Lorraine's tenure at the company is excellent and needs to be said, repeatedly, especially about the...