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Keeping it on topic, Holmes and B/X both demonstrated that D&D rules could be written cogently, clearly, and competently. That's why they are so fondly remembered. AD&D revealed Gary's limitations as a designer - as did Cyborg Commando, Dangerous Journeys, and Lejendary Adventures. What he did...

As this would have been designed etc... about six months ago, it's fair to say that it wasn't designed with the knowledge that everything was about to go awry....

It was hardly his life's work as he was only there 11 or so years. He went on and did other things, remember? And he created the circumstances that led to the hostile takeover. But it's a simple fact that other TSR employees and contractors - such as Tom Moldvay and J Eric Holmes - were better...

It's a shame that Gary wasn't forced out earlier so that, perhaps, Tom Moldvay and a competent editor could have written AD&D.

I just want to congratulate you on finding an actual use for HR.

The area around Eveningstar and the Stonelands in Cormyr is based on parts of Canada. Ed refers to this over at Candlekeep when he is asked to describe the geography of that region (I may look this up later and link to it). Edit: Here's a description of the Stonelands from Ed's notes as relayed...

Then clearly you know as little about the Westminster system as you do about the Forgotten Realms....

Simply superb.

I would grab the PHB and read this: Ventriloquism: The character has learned the secrets of "throwing his voice." Although not actually making sound come from somewhere else (like the spell), the character can deceive others into believing this to be so. When using ventriloquism, the supposed...

No. Why would he write an adventure for WotC that did not take place in the Forgotten Realms? I can only imagine Ed's unedited response to the tweet: "I'm being asked if a series of adventures that took place on a different world to Toril is somehow also considered to have taken place on Toril...

I sometimes wonder whether 13th Age got something very right about powers: When you go up in level, earlier powers you have chosen improve in terms of damage and (sometimes) effects so you don't necessarily need to choose new powers - you can just boost the effects of the powers you have already...

Any stats for watery tarts?

I hear you. I run the 4E version of the Realms. Most people online think that cannot be done. ;)

This may be the best indirect advocacy for a campaign setting that I have yet read.

As Scales of War was not set in the Forgotten Realms, why would there be any debate as to whether it was or is FR canon? Red Hand of Doom wasn't set in the Realms, either. Sure, the Elsir Vale bore some geographical similarities to an area in the Shining South but it was never explicitly set...

Yeah, that's GaryCon in a nutshell. Sorry to see this happen but it makes a lot of sense - especially when it's a con that attracts some of the highest risk individuals in this hobby.

The first time I played D&D was a mixture of Holmes Basic and the PHB; Holmes was the first D&D rulebook that I read. The good doctor prepared me well for the next 38+ years of running D&D. However, his clarity of writing did not prepare me for my later exploration of Gygax's dread tomes. How I...

That's one of the reasons I really like the 4E version of the Realms. Plus, if the majority hate it, it must have some redeeming features. (Other than the map. That was garbage.)

Yep. Or just run Against the Cult of the Reptile god.

Oh yeah, my first DM was crap with a capital K. I learnt the rules from him and then he was banished to the ranks of players. But my experience with old school grogs online is very much along the lines I described in my previous post; it really is like witnessing The Four Yorkshiremen sketch so...