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RIP Chief. Thanks for starting this crazy hobby, I am forever grateful.

I'd get it for the pawns and the adventures alone. Maybe I can convince my 5e group to give it a trial run with this. (But not likely.)

I would also recommend Ghosts of Saltmarsh. It goes from Level 1-12. Each adventure can stand by itself but three are actually part of a series (Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, Danger at Dunwater & the Final Enemy) and the rest are tied together pretty well. It comes with a detailed town and a...

I read only what I needed at a given time but since its release I've probably read the whole thing, just not cover to cover. (Sans the Magic Item descriptions) I like the world building stuff, though if you are experienced in this or already have a world it isn't that useful. Adventure creation...

If you don't use battlemaps or dice rollers something like Roll20 isn't going to be super useful to you. My suggestion would be to pick your favorite video-chat software and make a conference call. I've used Discord and Google Hangouts in the past. I like Discord because if you want to link an...

Sweet! I was just planning on running this in an upcoming B/X Campaign.

Hoh boy, that's a lot of stuff I like to hear. Time will tell I suppose!

Awesome! I'm so glad to see this is continuing. Now what I'm curious about is what about the progress C7 already made? Are they going to sell those art assets and already written manuscripts to Free League? Are they part of the license? Or do they have to start from scratch? Considering the...

I believe that was the intention in changing things up for 4e. By that time there was already a large glut of material and many people found it intimidating to get into the setting. The idea was with the reset you could ignore the history and start fresh. I don't really think it worked though as...

I love the bit about player's hating change. It is why Campaign Settings with a meta-plot are so often poorly received by players. I think its a great reason why 4e Forgotten Realms was so contentious. Sure as a DM you could ignore the Spellplague but I think as much as gamers hate change they...

Yeah, I'm not likely to ignore or turn away a large backstory. If you made the effort I'm going to at least give it a look, but my preference for shorter more usable backstories still stands. That also tends to agree with what you say about first level. Not much adventuring you can do before 1st...

I like to incorporate them, but only slightly. This is also because I like a short background. My goal is not to make the character's personal history the source of the adventure, but to make those character feel like a part of the world and not someone removed. Featuring NPCs, Factions or...

As for which book I would rather own, I think I prefer the original cover. The Alternate Artwork looks very cool, but I don't like the way the title and text on it looks (on WotC site.) It would make an awesome poster though.

I adore Old School Essentials (which is essentially the B/X rules) but I wouldn't use B/X because OSE is just so much more cleaned up. However while I haven't played it I'm also interested in BECMI since it is largely compatible with B/X but has the Companion, Master and Iimmortals sets as well...

Am I the only one who prefers turn-based combat? I love Pathfinder Kingmaker (haven't played Pillars yet, but I own it and its on my list) but man the combat irritates me sometimes. I loved Divinity Original Sin 1 & 2. If this was just those games with a D&D paint-job I would be happy. But its...

I love Jared Blando's style so all of his maps are an isntant win for me!

I really like the "Dark Magic" users from The Dragon Prince. They suck the life out of magical living things (plants and animals, typically small ones, but you could suck it out of large creatures and humanoids too) in order to cast their spells. You could argue it as wizardry too, since its...

The green sun thing might just be a play on that green being somewhat of an unhealthy color when used in fiction. While not exactly a sun, I can think of Warpstone and all its related Chaos magic/fire in Warhammer has a green color. (Plus the Chaos Moon Morrslieb is also green, maybe made of...

I don't really think lethality = challenge. And I don't really approve of making it more likely to die to make the game "harder." (Personal preference really.) I like to think of the tactical combat of D&D like a game of XCOM or Fire Emblem or Divinity Original Sin. (Any turn based game...

You've got a point. The number is pretty arbitrary really. Maybe it was a decision they made during playtest or simply thought it felt right?