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Second edition is my nostalgia edition. We had played some earlier games but 2e arrived when we were a little older and became serious about playing the game as more than children. I played all through high school and college and became a D&D fan. And like all fans at that time I questioned why...

Gary wrote something about including half-elves in the game but not wanting anything more, lest it get ridiculous. I think this was before 1/2-orcs. Maybe he really was pulling on the popularity of Lord of the Rings? I think a common practice among simulation D&D designers is to ask "where did...

I'm here stating the often unrelated story of a bad time in history for lovers of Greyhawk. For new people to appreciate Greyhawk I think it needs to be shared. The Forgotten Realms is a non sequitur.

I stand by all of what I wrote as someone who lived it, albeit as a bystander. This isn't to stoke fires but present an objective review of what most histories don't relate. We don't need more speculation. Nor is the above a full history of Greyhawk or the bruhaha between TSR and Gary. It is...

I think "The Greyhawk Wars" began with some dubious decisions made after the new buyout owners of TSR let Gary go. First, it was publishing the most desirous product for Greyhawk, Castle Greyhawk, as a schmear and mockery of him and his work, and then not owning up to it when the fans grew...

At a recent convention Peter Atkinson and Ed Stark spoke about The Making of 3rd Edition D&D. An hour long seminar. Six Sides of Gaming recorded this for Youtube but it isn't uploaded yet. From Gamehole Con. My notes say, They were very afraid at first of invalidating 2e. The first...

It should equally be remarked that the Thief class was almost every bit as unequipped for combat. How many thousands of thief characters died from ignorance that playing a thief is not done in the front lines of a combat? The Thief game is all about avoidance. Avoiding combats, avoiding...

To the OP: As you can see, there are many naysayers who know either a false history or hold to a malignly constructed (a la the Forge) misunderstanding of the hobby of role-playing games, especially to D&D. To understand the gamebooks in your hands look back at my post and contemplate it. AD&D...

This may be counterintuitive to everything you've heard before but think about it rationally. The most rules laden tabletop game up until its time was D&D, a game published as an RPG. (Supposedly an improv story making game where tracking points is laughed at). Well, AD&D contains more rules...

Spells are balanced per day and not built for combat, not necessarily. The game isn't about combat but when in one magic-users should use the weapons available to them. Avoid melee unless you have an advantage. Take cover, assist your allies, don't leave town without fight support, but that...

Of course there are many secrets here and many goings ons for the players to discover. Given how the wilderness is designed, I don't think the setting expansion is so much to give you a campaign world as to provide a Wilderness Adventure. Yes, there are safe locations to regroup and resupply...

GaryCon had this for a special price. I picked it up knowing I had waited for it several years. It would take a long time to do a full and considered review, but here is an overview of the product. Your answers are spoilered at the end. My Takeaway: The artistry of the maps and the quantity of...

I worry most that this will be mistakenly taken as a world building encyclopedia for shared storytelling as opposed to the backbone of a strategy game with mechanical backing for every component included. If it is the former, then I assuredly want the original setting to remain untouched. An...

https://www.enworld.org/threads/concealed-profanity-in-post-title.192102/ When we jumped the shark and pwned the founder

Over fifteen years and the site is still named after this guy! Has anyone actually bothered to deal with this problem? (FYI, I'm still outside the house)

Still my favorite storyhour. Rough writing as it was for me.

Shouldn't this be up for a title change? Deliverance Country, GA. Seeking companions for wilderness adventure. ;)

I agree with Greyhawk. So many great areas. IIRC the Wild Coast is the traditional starting area, but the same could be said about GH city, castle, and pre-publication wilderness surroundings - the first Gary DM'd adventures. I'd say B2 and B1 and the best starting locations, with T1 thrown in...

If you want to go pre-3e, you need to ditch Character Level. Something baked in 5e. Before 2000 every class was scored separately, so a Ftr5/Clr6 was not at all an 11th level character. Rather they composited advancement along two different game paths and were perhaps balanced with single...

I assume they are modules for a strategy game where the players succeed or fail at their objectives based upon their actions. And they copy stuff from the 70s and 80s. (not necessary)