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I agree that these should be on the list. My revised list... 1 - Castle Amber 2 - Ravenloft 3 - The Desert of Desolation 4 - The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh 5 - Scourge of the Slave Lords 6 - Dragons of Despair 7 - The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan 8 - The Assassin's Knot 9 - White Plume...

New game starting up and scheduled to run on alternate Saturday nights. Looking for two more mature individuals to join our Orange County group. Intrigue-oriented and gritty campaign. Contact ishowind@yahoo.com if you are interested.

I think most people just do not know how to properly use modules these days. I've had several non-module users start to use modules after they've seen how I do it and it has increased the quality of their games substantially.

I have 500+ adventures between my module collection and Dungeon magazine. Iuse them constantly. If my group decides to head of in a random direction I usually have another module that can accomdodate it. Then I simply re-tailor important details accordingly.

It will increase my interest because I see it as some possible indication of quality, though I continue to scrutinize it before purchase.

Erol Otus? Dave J. Browne? Scott Bennie?

I love cool maps as well. I would argue that there are several really good modules without a central villian. Pharoah, Danger at Dunwater, and Castle Amber are several great modules without a focal villian.

In high school I got tired of running the current campaign and decided I wanted to start from scratch with a new campaign. I intentionally killed off all the characters but tried make it look like it was their fault. Suffice to say I wasn't as clever as I thought. No one showed up for the...

Yeah, but there isn't a lot of added value to these things. Most DMs could product stuff like this pretty easily. It's the really quality modules that add value.

My thoughts in 1997 on what makes a good module... "I buy modules because they save me time that I don't have to properly construct an adventure myself. Honestly, I can only spend maybe five hours a week planning the next adventure. In that time I think of a plot, several plot twists, the...

I agree with this. Modules are of most use to DMs, which are probably 20-25% of gamers out there. So by their very nature they appeal to a much more limited audience. Once you begin to layer in further constraints such as being setting-specific, set levels, quality issues, etc. this limits...

A couple more resources for games in San Diego... games.groups.yahoo.com/group/SDDND/ www.terrorlake.com/greyhawk www.terrorlake.com/rpg

I appreciate the changes and resubscribed a couple weeks ago.

Anti-crunch! Always have been... always will be. The law of diminishing returns definitely applies to game mechanics as well.

Cool, I wonder how much it would cost to buy the IP.

That's interesting. I had heard that the original creator of the game, Andrew Leker, had been against it being commercialized in any way after the Alien Logic computer game. What exactly happened with the d20 conversion and who was behind it?

I have to agree with Mach2.5's assessment. Amazing campaign world, clunky game-mechanics. Jorune basically boils down to the following: People from Earth discover faster-than-light travel and are able to find another habitable planet, Jorune. The problem is when they arrive the planet is...

Dude, you rock.

It's not too different than most computer manufacturers having to use Intel processors or go out of business. Between Intel's branding and their MDF, it is pretty difficult for other CPU manufacturers to get traction unless there is some substantial economic benefit.

Prestige classes are like spice. A little bit can really add some flavor, but too much can make you want to throw up. There are some decent prestige classes out there, but most are unfortunately mindless, uninspired, and poorly balanced. My rule of thumb is they really have to fill some niche...