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Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD -- only the first, and I wasn't that impressed. Bellairs, John. THE FACE IN THE FROST -- no. Brackett, Leigh. -- several novellettes and short stories; Leigh may be my favourite fantasy author of all times. I...

To hit formulas, definitely. I never had a problem with THAC0 and the d20 core mechanic is pretty much how it should be done. I do use tables when I run OD&D one-offs, but that's because both of them (attack & saves; I eliminated the separate monster table) fit on very small laminated index...

It is suspiciously similar to the treatment Kenzer&Co had received with several of its Hackmaster products.

I believe it is called "Hasbro" nowadays. Just saying...

T. Foster: good find! That's what I get for not reading Conan knockoffs...

Ffahrd and the Mouser would feel right at home in the Wilderlands, and especially the City State (which, as already stated, bears a lot of Lankhmar influences, up to and including street names literally lifted from Leiber).

Dungeons and the Devious. As in devious nobodies running around in a chaotic world, causing trouble and fleeing for their lives afterwards. :D

Hong at least entertains me. If you know what I think, and I think you do!

Fifth. Fireball-fly-dispel magic for magic-users, multiple hold persons for the cleric, enough hp for a fighter and thief abilities also become respectable.

So are the Elric stories. :D

I strongly disagree with that. Fantasy should be about the strange and unusual, not about endlessly recycling the same tropes again and again. Thus, I see Dark Sun not as something different from sword&sorcery, but as something that expanded its frontiers. Sort of like how Moorcock did with his...

That should have been in an OD&D supplement.

The DMG recommends 4d6, drop lowest, arrange to taste. OD&D and Basic D&D were 3d6 in order. (I have players roll 4d6, drop lowest in order, choose from two series, but that's a house rule ;) )

It is definitely the most Sword&Sorcery TSR setting out there. Dark Sun is somewhat different from the best known S&S settings, and that tends to mislead people. But the underlying themes - strength as the only thing to save you in a brutal world, the corruption of authority, a harsh...

The book should never have been published in the form it was. Its positive effects on 1st edition AD&D are negligible, while the negative ones are quite numerous and severe. The idea, for example, that cavaliers and barbarians should be a separate class instead of a subset of fighters, not to...

Other. I roll stats randomly, in order, assign a class, plus feats and skills (in a 3e game). I only come up with a character personality during actual play, and do so gradually. Backstories are right out, I'd never bothered about that stuff.

If it is not a busy place, maybe. Bothering the crowds is just not a polite thing to do, and getting bothered by the crowd is irritating. Of course, I assume the question asked on RPGNet is "Are you ashamed of being a gamer?". Did Kiero open it, perchance? :lol:

With all due respect, it is not just the number of words, it is how you use them! I would rather breeze through 8 pages of Tomb of Horrors quality material than 256 pages of a 2e Forgotten Realms epic. Adventure writers take note: a module should be as long as needed, and not a page longer...

Interesting! What would be your estimate for post-boom Basic D&D sales? Commentary from various designers and TSR staff points towards impressive figures, but apart from this Acaeum data, little in the way of exact figures.

However, there is a world of difference between "bad and cool" and "bad and pathetic". The first drives sales, the second can kill a company. :cool: