A small point of clarification: the "buttload of money" made by Magic the Gathering was largely made before Wizards was bought by Hasbro. Its still profitable, of course.
Allen
Favorite D&D module that I have run is probably 2nd editions version of "Against The Giants: The Liberation of Geoff" which I ran for 3rd edition at our local gaming club a few years back.
One of my all-time favorite non-D&D modules was "A Doomsday Like Any Other" for the FASA Star Trek RPG...
I ran it the module. Our group's paladin wound up being compelled to strangle someone to death with his bare hands and thus lost his paladinhood until he completed a quest, said quest being to destroy those who enslaved him. Trouble was, we were using those optional experience things in 2nd...
I can't remember the name, but one I really liked involved a library in the Forgotten Realms with rooms that shifted around and the place was filled with abishai; this was back in 2nd edition days. I also enjoy "Deadly Treasure" from issue #41, which I ran recently for Hackmaster and again using...
Sad to say, this would probably not work too well...but it would be nice if they RE-RELEASED OD&D(1974) as D&D Classic so those who wish to could buy it.
Allen
When did my silly little thread about two really huge monsters with D20 stats fighting each other turn into a quasi-serious literary discussion/flame war?
Allen
about the question of how to get today's gamer's to try AD&D...it was simple. I sent out an e-mail that went something like:
"Guys, its the Saturday after Thanksgiving and I am bored to tears. I want to run a game. Problem is, the adventure that I want to run is not for D&D 3.5 and I don't have...
As a member of a mainline Christian denomination I can assure you that the segment of Christianity that is represented by hate-mongers like Jack Chick is NOT part of the mainline.
Allen
Oh yeah? well I just got a Players Handbook for 98 cents!!
of course it was a 1st edition PHB, but hey...:)
(just injecting a bit of levity here...)
Allen
Thank you! That is exactly how I feel! And that was the problem, I believe, with the last game I ran. One player, in particular, just didn't trust me, or from what he said, GMs in general. I just can't run in that environment.
Allen
I agree with this statement...but I am not prepared tosay this is a bad thing. It just is.
There are some design concepts of original D&D that carried through to AD&D. Some of these carried through into 2nd edition. Very few made it to 3rd.
I do thinnk that 3rd edition is suffering from splat...
My problem is not with DMS who run the rules as written. I actually do try to do this most of the time. It is easier, after all :) Sometimes I forget things and would rather not slow the game down looking something up. I want the freedom to make a ruling and get on with it. THAT seems to be what...
In my game, if you tried to argue with me about a rule just because you didn't like the rule and thought it should be changed you would get one of two responses:
1.) Take it up with the WOTC design team, not me
OR
2.) When you run a campaign, feel free to change any rules you want. In my...
I recently ran 3.5 at our local gaming club. I will admit up front that I had not run the game in awhile and I own very little 3.5 beyond the core books. But I ran this game at the direct request of a friend of mine for he and two of his friends. One of those friends turned out to be one of the...