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I just checked and I see that there are some "Wings of Glory" items listed on the Ares site.

Yes, Ares is still in business . . . at least the one that I order from. I buy "War of the Ring" games and accessories from them. That line of games was originally published by Fantasy Flight Games, but Ares took over the WotR line years ago. They've had a booth at Gen Con the past few years...

Thanks for the updated info. Although Goodman runs late on their OARs, they are nowhere near as bad in missing deadlines as Ares Games (overseas company that makes "War of the Ring" board game products, etc). I've occasionally ordered limited edition products directly from them. Ares...

I keep checking for any news of an OAR# 10, but have not yet been able to find anything. It has me wondering if perhaps OAR# 9 (Thracia) will be the last book in the series. I don't expect any more TSR products to be done due to licensing (unfortunately), but there are other JG products that...

I bought the original Caverns of Thracia when it was released back in the early 1980s. Bought a lot of Judges Guild modules back then since they were dirt cheap compared to the TSR modules. They held down prices by printing their products on cheap paper, but that didn't matter. Thracia was...

When the new books first came out, I was annoyed at the more widely-known controversial changes (dropping orcs from MM, dropping half-races from PHB, no ability bonuses for races, etc.), but I figured I could live with that so I'd go ahead and use 5.5 so I can stay up-to-date with things. As I...

I wish you luck in getting the remaining ones you want. I've checked eBay periodically over the past months to see what the OARs are going for and it seems that they fluctuate over time. Sometimes prices on certain ones have been extremely high and sometimes the same ones can be had for a...

I really liked this concept, especially as a new DM. B1 was the first module I went through as a player in 1979. The first thing I did after buying my first set of PHB/DMG/MM books in 1980 was to get a copy of B1 and stock it with a selection of monsters from my shiny new Monster Manual. It...

Ahhh yes, d4s. Those wonderful foot-stabbing caltrops of gaming tables everywhere.

I'm generally not a fan of car chases since they're ubiquitous in film & TV and are usually rather boring. But, as silly as this one was, it's still one of my favorite car chases of all time. Even though the scene is nearly five minutes long, I still like to re-watch it from time to time...

Clearly others don't like this bit of camp, but I've always loved the days of sports cars with missiles and oil slick generators, magnetic watches, poisoned shoe knives, and such. What fun!

Please do. I'm interested in hearing what you think about it.

Agreed. It's largely a combination of sympathetic magic, adages, and puns. Once this occurred to my players and me, we had a lot of fun combing through the spell lists to figure out all these hidden meanings in the 1e AD&D PHB. It was Gary's very clever early version of what nowadays we would...

Interesting fun fact: The "cosmic key" gizmo from the 1987 movie "Masters of the Universe", was covered with spinning components that roughly resembled tuning forks with asymmetrical tines. It generated tones that could tear open dimensional doorways to different universes.

I guess what I've got to say just goes to show how people can have such wildly different opinions on things, especially Bond films because: (1) I consider Charles Gray to be the Best. Blofeld. Ever. (2) Roger Moore has always been my favorite Bond. Some folks may think he looked a...

I don't see any connection with whitewash unless you're saying that a coating of white coloring infers magical power. Lime and carbon are used in the production of steel. The higher the carbon content, the harder the steel (although it's also more brittle). I know this because I'm a...

I'm sad to hear of Ernie Gygax's passing and wish to offer my deep condolences to all his friends and family.

Could be this is a pre-production print of the covers. By the time the actual books are printed, they may change the spine so it matches the new core books.

In the 5.5 MM promo video for the new dragons, the WotC folks talked about some scenarios where good PC may have to fight good-aligned dragons, but I agree that it's always much more fun to go up against those nasty, scheming chromatics. I, also, think it would be better to have more adventures...

I've noticed that the price listed on the covers is $49.99. I've also seen it listed at that price for pre-order with some retailers. I figured the core books were reduced to $50 to promote sales of the core set since that's been done before with the core D&D books, but I wonder why this book...