My top ten:
Honorable mention - Thunderhead & Gaslight Press. I love these companies. But only 1 item each! The jury is still out....
also Eden Studios - nothing since last GenCon!
10 - Mongoose - Love those Slayers Guides & Q:Fighter.
9 - Fiery Dragon - Until Of Sound Mind came out, their counters was all I liked. OSM is one of the best adventures out there, bar none.
8 - Monkey God - They keep publishing good, quality adventures.
7 - Fantasy Flight - Their Legends & Lairs are better than AEG's entry.
6 - Necromancer - 1st edition feel is there.
5 - Paradigm - Their Hard/Soft Points for adventures helps a GM greatly. BTW: Finish your trilogy already!! Waiting for part 3.
4 - Troll Lord - I'm a little biased, as I ran an adventure for them at Origins last year, but their adventures are right on.
3 - AEG - They have over 40! adventures out there and their sourcebooks are better than WOTC.
2 - Kenzer - Well designed (with ImageQuest), well written adventures. The Coin trilogy IS the best starting adventure out there.
and first:
1A - Atlas Games
1B - Green Ronin
You guys were the first. When the 3rd ED PHB was released at GenCon, nearly everyone brought a copy. But most people after buying it thought, "Now what? I have the book, but I could use an adventure to give it a test run".
You were there. I still have my pre-release copies of "Three Days to a Kill" and "Death in Freeport". For newbies who want to try out 3rd ED, I run those adventures. And they are hooked. Every time. For old timers who have "come back", I have run it. They are hooked.
Each has a sourcebook that should be on every DM's list. For Atlas, it's either En Route or Touched by the Gods. For Green Ronin, it's Legions of Hell.
Each has a adventure that I consider to be of the "gold standard" for d20. Atlas has Maiden Voyage, Green Ronin's is Death in Freeport. I will start my next new group with Maiden Vovage. Their destination: Freeport.
You were the first. And in my very humble opinion, you're each the best.
Honorable mention - Thunderhead & Gaslight Press. I love these companies. But only 1 item each! The jury is still out....
also Eden Studios - nothing since last GenCon!
10 - Mongoose - Love those Slayers Guides & Q:Fighter.
9 - Fiery Dragon - Until Of Sound Mind came out, their counters was all I liked. OSM is one of the best adventures out there, bar none.
8 - Monkey God - They keep publishing good, quality adventures.
7 - Fantasy Flight - Their Legends & Lairs are better than AEG's entry.
6 - Necromancer - 1st edition feel is there.
5 - Paradigm - Their Hard/Soft Points for adventures helps a GM greatly. BTW: Finish your trilogy already!! Waiting for part 3.
4 - Troll Lord - I'm a little biased, as I ran an adventure for them at Origins last year, but their adventures are right on.
3 - AEG - They have over 40! adventures out there and their sourcebooks are better than WOTC.
2 - Kenzer - Well designed (with ImageQuest), well written adventures. The Coin trilogy IS the best starting adventure out there.
and first:
1A - Atlas Games
1B - Green Ronin
You guys were the first. When the 3rd ED PHB was released at GenCon, nearly everyone brought a copy. But most people after buying it thought, "Now what? I have the book, but I could use an adventure to give it a test run".
You were there. I still have my pre-release copies of "Three Days to a Kill" and "Death in Freeport". For newbies who want to try out 3rd ED, I run those adventures. And they are hooked. Every time. For old timers who have "come back", I have run it. They are hooked.
Each has a sourcebook that should be on every DM's list. For Atlas, it's either En Route or Touched by the Gods. For Green Ronin, it's Legions of Hell.
Each has a adventure that I consider to be of the "gold standard" for d20. Atlas has Maiden Voyage, Green Ronin's is Death in Freeport. I will start my next new group with Maiden Vovage. Their destination: Freeport.
You were the first. And in my very humble opinion, you're each the best.
