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You can always add lots of small hamlets and throps in between the larger towns and villages to help things 'make sense'. Pick up the original JG 'Village Book' (an inexpensive pdf) and you will have plenty of nice simple maps of villages that you can use when necessary. Also, if you're...

I think it's a great adventure. I love site-based adventures, and B2 is a fine example of that genre. As already mentioned, it is generic enough to fit into any setting. In addition, it has a lot of great 'plot hooks' for future adventures (including further investigations into the 'Cult of...

I like the solution of having one hex = 5 leagues (15 miles). (This was, I believe, Bob Bledsaw's original intention.) It makes for a far more expansive -- and 'wild' -- Wilderlands! :)

Well this looks very interesting! I'm a huge fan of Mystara, and have been thinking about using it for a future campaign. This product gives me pause a possible rival. . At the very least I will likely purchase it in order to mine it for ideas, and the sheer enjoyment of reading it. I...

I have very fond memories of this module, and am sometimes tempted to run it again. It surprised me as a young lad when it came out, as it involved a novel feature, namely, 'exploring' Orlane carefully (i.e. not killing everything the PCs encoutered). I think it was possibly the first module...

I feel the opposite. However Mongoose Matt has made it clear that Conan will stay d20/OGL.

I think that the 'feel' of Conan is completely inappropriate for IH. In contrast, the Conan RPG captures the 'grimness' and 'grittiness' of Howard's Hyboria quite well.

I'm torn between: ~ The Wilderlands of High Fantasy box set (current Necromancer Games/Judges Guild version); ~ The original Grand Duchy of Karameikos Gazetteer (for B/X/RC D&D); and ~ The Court of Ardor campaign setting (from ICE in 1982, for Rolemaster; nominally set in Middle-earth, but I...

No, I don't like them at all. Metaplot foolishness ruined the Known World (a.k.a. Mystara). One of the great things about the Wilderlands is that it is metaplot free.

I ran two ‘low magic’ 3e campaigns, and both worked out quite well. However, both ended well before 10th level (I cut experience awards in half). Also, one had no ‘pure’ arcane spellcasters (only a bard and a cleric), while the other only had a sorcerer (and a multiclass rogue-cleric NPC for...

I suppose that I’m 2:8 in favour of GM’ing on the Piratecate scale. Having run two 3e campaigns, I have to agree with this. It’s probably the main reason why I’m very reluctant to GM 3e ever again, and vastly prefer GMing other systems (C&C, WFRP, True20, etc.). Yeah, there are plenty of...

Thanks for that link. Lots of interesting procrastination reading there. :cool:

Yeah, I noticed that. :\ Still, it is cool to see such fan-produced free products. 'Basic Fantasy' clearly hearkens back to the Moldvay/Cook Basic/Expert rules, whereas C&C is more 'AD&D-ish' (but less byzantine).

I knew about C&C and Basic Fantasy, but not Warriors and Wizards. Interesting ... :)

I don't understand all these worries about 'splitting the market' with multiple 'versions' of D&D. It seems to me that if group A is running a game with 'core rules only' and group B is running a game with 'core rules + every WotC supplement published', the rules being used in those two groups...

Ahhh, thank you for reminding me why I normally ignore your posts and reviews. :cool:

I would LOVE to see a new version of the Rules Cylcopedia or the Moldvay/Cook Basic and Expert D&D rules. But I’m 100 percent confident that it will not happen. Best to simply get by with one’s old copies or C&C. Judging by the popularity of sites like dragonsfoot.org, and the widely...

In addition to gods, races, classes, and new feats, the PG also includes more recent history. The history section in the box set ends rather abruptly, and tells the reader to go to the PG for the more recent stuff. This is the one area where the box set does refer to the PG. The PG also...

Very sound advice! Also, I'm pleasantly surprised at how civil the replies to the initial 'trollish' post have been. I'm not a huge fan of 3e myself -- I prefer C&C, True20, WFRP, RC D&D, HARP, etc. -- but I don't see how WotC's many 'splatbooks' are killing off the game. I don't care for...

Thanks for the overview, JohnSnow. :) I take it that the 'feel' of the magic system in True Sorcery is quite different than the one in True20? True20's system feels like a 'psionics' system, or something like it, which I guess is not surprising given that it is based on the system in GR's...