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back in 1E days, the highest level adventurers I saw/ran topped out about 14th level... and that one was mainly because we took on the GDQ series when we all hit 10th level or so, and that was one fantastic series that really prompted you to stick with it. But otherwise... yes, campaigns did...

not sure about 5E, but from what I remember about 1/2E... all of the fighter and thief classes got to be a bit meh at higher levels after a while, because they only get better at doing the same stuff they did at first level... fighting or thieving. It's not really an issue when you are pretty...

back in 2E days.... stoneskin. Gawd, I hated that spell. Primarily because in 2E, there were no restrictions on who could receive it. So every PC had it. In response, I had NPCs loaded with them too. Which led to loooong combats as each side fruitlessly hammered on each other, waiting to...

ah, Gencon. The first one I went to was in 1989, and it was an absolute thrill. It was great in those early days. Eventually, signing up for it (particularly when the Internet really got going) got to be way too much of a hassle. The last time I went was in 2000. While I will likely never...

I used Spelljammer twice in a FR campaign. In the first one, the party found a town freaking out because a giant pyramid was floating way up in the sky; later, they found their way to a very old SJ ship hidden in a huge cavern and used it to fly up to the pyramid and take out the mummy lord who...

when I was a DM back in the Stone Age, I used to have one player keep a record of all the loot found in an adventure, and another one keep track of monsters killed... then I could just ask for the latter list and tally up XP, and the players could divide the loot...

D&D has always struggled a bit with neutral dragons... the gem dragons, the oriental dragons from the FF, the 'vapor' dragons from the MM2... none of them ever really caught on...

eh... it was a mixed bag. Along with some pretty good stuff, there were some real dogs. Remember 'Puppets'? Or the Falcon trilogy? I personally wasn't a fan of the whole Greyhawk Wars thing, so every module related to it didn't appeal to me... with the exception of the Scarlet Brotherhood...

so, my story. Way back in 1980, middle of my college years, I first ran across D&D, attracted to it mainly by a huge display of miniatures in a store in the mall. Not knowing anything about the editions, I first bought the Basic "Blue Box" just to figure out what it was all about... and went...

before. In fact, some of the info in CoG is updated in the Greyhawk City booklet in "From the Ashes". If you can't find the original boxed set anywhere, you can get it in booklet or PDF from from DTRPG; be advised that the maps are all chopped up in the former though...

by 2000, I'd been out of gaming for a while, my job moved me around a lot, couldn't stay in a group... just had no incentive to keep going to cons. Also, I got tired really fast of the 'go online 3 seconds after it opens to register, or you won't get into any events you want'....

yeah. The last time I went to Gencon in 2000, I felt the same way... never did return. That said, I've been looking around at upcoming conventions in CO and here in Cheyenne.... not having been to a gaming convention in 20 years, I thought it would be fun to attend one again...

well, I have no idea just who all did what in developing the D&D game, but... I do have that 'First Fantasy Campaign' JG book by Arneson, and if that is an example of his writing... it's probably a good thing that Gygax took over...

in the end though, it has to generate more sales. A 30 second ad is reusable, can run for weeks. FoL was a one shot flash in the pan; it came, it went, it's done. I suppose if the goal was to generate some PR in the rather small TTRPG crowd, it did that. Now we'll see if anyone else tries...

not sure if FoL actually did anything for Wendys sales... I suppose that would be the deciding factor. If yes, then lots of copying. If no, then it's doubtful. Considering that FoL was a free downloadable product with no associated merchandise, then it was pretty much a stunt. One thing...

video games, sure... they are immensely popular. TTRPGs? I wonder if anyone will bother to follow in FoL's footsteps... FoL came and went and is done with, and had little fanfare before or after (hell, I work for Wendys, and I had no idea it was coming). It was pretty much a one-shot stunt.

okay, see what you mean. Yep, definitely pre-Wars....

How so? (don't have the GoS book)....

well, whether Feast of Legends was a good idea or not... I have to wonder if the speculation on this will go anywhere.... is any other non-RPG business looking to do something like this? It's not like FoL really went anywhere or caused any great shake up in the world...

that was a good idea. There are WoG fans who like the GWs, and others who don't. Sounds like this supplement can cater to either of them...