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Right - which is exactly what I said :) As a literary setting, it pre-dates D&D, but as a campaign setting for D&D, it's between 37 and 40 years old.

Looks like the first published info about the Realms was 1979 in The Dragon #30. It's unclear when Ed's home version of the campaign started. He "discovered" D&D in '75, but seems like he wasn't serious about it until '78. So, FR as a *campaign setting for D&D* is somewhere between 37-40 years...

I think the formative ideas can be traced to Gen Con I (1968), when Gary saw a demonstration of a medieval miniatures game "Siege of Bodenberg". This by all accounts interested Gary, and he began thinking about how to improve miniatures rules for 1-on-1 combat, eventually leading to the...

Back to the original question, you did calculate the goblin XP incorrectly, though. Goblins are 50xp each, so the adjusted XP is 500 - a medium difficulty for four 2nd level PCs. The Githyanki is hard difficulty, hence more XP.

Me, too. Can't remember the last time I awarded per-encounter XP, which is probably why I'm as confused as the OP ;)

Ah, ok, missed that.

Ok, looking up the encounter rules and whatnot, I think you have it backwards. For 5 goblins, the un-adjusted encounter XP is 5x50=250. Since there are multiple monsters, you use a multiplier (in this case x2), so the adjusted XP becomes 500. You use the adjusted 500 XP, right?

Ah, sorry, I misread the post. I read those two backwards.

In the goblin example, there are 5 monsters that have a chance to hit the PCs each round, vs only 1 Githyanki. So, encounter XP is higher in the first example because there are more chances for the players to take damage. In other words: not all 700 XP encounters are the same.

Somehow we manage a weekly D&D game, full time jobs, some of us have kids, and still manage time for an occasional board game night. The closet full of board games hasn't detracted from our RPG playing or enjoyment one bit.

Throw in some will-o-wisps and/or banshees. Both should be immune to the medusa's gaze, so could be found in or around the ruins.

Except, as I showed in another thread, so far it's on-par with 1e AD&D/BECMI release schedule.

I spent *plenty* of money on AD&D and BECMI back in the day, and as I showed earlier, they had a nearly identical release schedule as we're now seeing with 5e.

Damn, I miss NextGen magazine. It was soooo good. They would have absolutely dug deep into game mechanics, back-end tools, etc. It got watered down when it was sold and became Next Generation magazine, but even that was better than the rest.

They've already started down that road with Eberron material, that will be fleshed out and improved upon with player feedback. And there's absolutely no shortage of other campaign setting material already available, particularly for FR. The nice thing about campaign setting materials is they are...

Once we finish up HotDQ/RoT, I'm thinking of running the original classic supermodule: G1–G3, D1–D3, and Q1

Have all the 1e books, plus the Basic Set, but don't actively use them. I am, however, using a ton of campaign materials: World of Greyhawk, Flying Buffalo Citybooks (I - IV, and VI), Judges Guild City State of the Invincible Overloard, Lankhmar, and a few others. I pretty much mix and match...

Not only that, you had zero chance if you didn't pause OFTEN. Paused was pretty much the natural state of the game most of the time.

I'm curious: how will forming your own system solve any of the concerns listed? You said your interest is waning for the same reasons, so you're going to create your own system. Ok...but: 1) Will your new system have digital tools? I'm guessing, no. 2) I assume you'll be able to produce PDFs...

C'mon, now. That's a whole lot of hyperbole. Converting adventure for 5e is pretty easy. You don't have to redo all the encounters from scratch. Not even close. Most monsters can be swapped with current equivalents, treasure can be easily adjusted (some earlier adventures, especially 2e, had a...