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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 4522075" data-attributes="member: 463">I got introduced to JG via the Necromancer Wilderlands stuff, and have become a fanatic too, loading up on the old stuff off Ebay and rpgnow.  There is some drek, certainly, but also a lot of fantastic stuff (Tegel Manor!), and stuff that might look like drek initially but turns out fantastic in play, like The Unknown Gods with its dozens of fantasy deities, covering all those portfolios that get forgotten about usually.  My Tegel C&C PBEM has a PC Cleric of Kadrim - God of Small Birds!My best buys have been Necromancer's Players Guide to the Wilderlands, and Wilderlands of High Fantasy Boxed Set.  Caverns of Thracia should be good if I can get to run it.  The Goodman Games 3e conversions Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor and Citadel of Fire have not been so good, converted at much too high a level IMO; I don't have their Dark Tower.Of the old stuff, Tegel Manor Gamescience version off rpgnow is fantastic, though initially I struggled a bit to get to grips with it, the map keying is a bit erratic.  It's ideal for a PBEM, because every room is crammed full of coolness.  "Fantastic Personalities" is a fat booklet of detailed NPCs and has lots of inspiration.  The Unknown Gods is bare-bones, but we've found it highly inspirational.  Shield Maidens of Sea Rune is a cool mini setting, with its 3 opposed factions.  The Ilhiedrin Book is a nice introductory adventure, cheap off ebay, works well set in the plains west of the City State - but reduce the map scale!  And the free Pegasus magazine downloads off Necromancer's JG site and judgesguild.net have tons of good stuff.</blockquote>

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