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Best d20 Publishers?
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CullAfulMoshuN
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Its hard to judge which companies are the best without seeing a range of their products, particularly since most seem to be improving on previous products with each release. Of the companies that I have read products from, the best IMO, in no particular order would be:
* Auran d20 - don't have much out yet, but their adventure modules have a really good atmosphere and attention to detail, great for my more experienced PCs that want more than a dungeon crawl.
* FFG - Only have Traps & Treachery but it would have to be the source book I have got the most use out of apart from WotC.
* Mongoose Pub - Have several of their products and have yet to use any but they have plenty of interesting ideas in them.
* Necromancer Games - Only have the Cruible of Freya but it is prooving to be a fun module with a 1st ed feel to it.
* Monte Cook - Use alot out of all of his products I have got.
Have some products from AEG but haven't been impressed with them, haven't seen anything in either that I though I would like to use any of my games.
* Auran d20 - don't have much out yet, but their adventure modules have a really good atmosphere and attention to detail, great for my more experienced PCs that want more than a dungeon crawl.
* FFG - Only have Traps & Treachery but it would have to be the source book I have got the most use out of apart from WotC.
* Mongoose Pub - Have several of their products and have yet to use any but they have plenty of interesting ideas in them.
* Necromancer Games - Only have the Cruible of Freya but it is prooving to be a fun module with a 1st ed feel to it.
* Monte Cook - Use alot out of all of his products I have got.
Have some products from AEG but haven't been impressed with them, haven't seen anything in either that I though I would like to use any of my games.
Psion
Adventurer
Based on what? There are so many factors you could weigh in on.
Quality? Okay, but my experience is that the best products are put out by companies that don't seem to keep up that value.
Ideas? Again.
Quantity? I wouldn't use that as a criteria itself, but it is too hard to judge a company with too few products.
Format? Atlas has the best format, I think. But they have no single product that has really knocked my socks off yet.
Anyways, in my very general estimation, I think it is safe to name (in no particular order):
Green Ronin: Thought their shipping schedule is a little light, their idea content and rules knowledge seems to be very high, and their books are invariably useful to me.
Sword & Sorcery Studios: Delivers a lot of material for the money, good ideas, good editing, and highly adaptable.
Fiery Dragon: The BEST modules IMO. A lot of character in a lot of their modules, and they seem to listen well to feedback, and have some very strong products on their lineup.
Right now I wouldn't put AEG here yet, but I think they are strongly poised to get there. Rokugan was a simply fantastic product. Undead, War and Monster show that they are still improving the format and style of their general D20 books (Monster is clever and quite a value to boot.) And they are well poised to move more fantastic d20 games onto the market in the near future like Spycraft and Farscape (holding my breath here...)
Quality? Okay, but my experience is that the best products are put out by companies that don't seem to keep up that value.
Ideas? Again.
Quantity? I wouldn't use that as a criteria itself, but it is too hard to judge a company with too few products.
Format? Atlas has the best format, I think. But they have no single product that has really knocked my socks off yet.
Anyways, in my very general estimation, I think it is safe to name (in no particular order):
Green Ronin: Thought their shipping schedule is a little light, their idea content and rules knowledge seems to be very high, and their books are invariably useful to me.
Sword & Sorcery Studios: Delivers a lot of material for the money, good ideas, good editing, and highly adaptable.
Fiery Dragon: The BEST modules IMO. A lot of character in a lot of their modules, and they seem to listen well to feedback, and have some very strong products on their lineup.
Right now I wouldn't put AEG here yet, but I think they are strongly poised to get there. Rokugan was a simply fantastic product. Undead, War and Monster show that they are still improving the format and style of their general D20 books (Monster is clever and quite a value to boot.) And they are well poised to move more fantastic d20 games onto the market in the near future like Spycraft and Farscape (holding my breath here...)
Pramas
Explorer
Psion said:
Regarding our shipping schedule, the winter of our discontent is over, thankfully. Over the next month you'll be seeing Freeport: The City of Adventure, Armies of the Abyss, and The Shaman's Handbook, and its onwards and upwards from there.
Chris Pramas
Green Ronin Publishing
"d20 Rules Done Right!"
www.greenronin.com
coyote6
Adventurer
My top three, this time in the right thread: probably Atlas, Green Ronin, and Malhavoc, in alphabetical order (and not any preferential order).
After them, Fiery Dragon, Sword & Sorcery, Fantasy Flight Games, and part of AEG (AEG seems rather schizophrenic -- some stuff's great, some's pretty bad).
After them, Fiery Dragon, Sword & Sorcery, Fantasy Flight Games, and part of AEG (AEG seems rather schizophrenic -- some stuff's great, some's pretty bad).
Nellisir
Hero
Without assigning values, right now my favorites are Fantasy Flight Games, AEG (ROKUGAN!!!), Malhovoc Press, and Sword & Sorcery/Necromancer Games. I'd like to see a little of the Rokugan work bleed into AEGs' generic sourcebooks. My players love the Books of Eldritch Might; I enjoy the Scarred Lands, and Necromancer Games has the only adventures I buy. I'm really looking forward to Green Ronin's non-adventure material, but so far it's been mixed. Legions of Hell was great; Hungry Ghost. Jade Dragons pretty iffy.
Bastion Press's products have caught my eye too...
Nell.
Bastion Press's products have caught my eye too...
Nell.
Alaric_Prympax
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In no particular order:
1. Green Ronin
2. Mongoose
3. S&SS Family: SL, Malhavoc Press, FDP, Ravenloft, and Necromancer Games
4. Fantasy Flight Games
1. Green Ronin
2. Mongoose
3. S&SS Family: SL, Malhavoc Press, FDP, Ravenloft, and Necromancer Games
4. Fantasy Flight Games
Creeping Death
First Post
My favs
My favorites in no particular order:
Mongoose - Slayers guides, and Encyclopedia arcane series.
Malhavoc - If thoughts could kill, Eldritch books.
Green Ronin - Legions, Army, and character portfolio ( I liked it ).
My favorites in no particular order:
Mongoose - Slayers guides, and Encyclopedia arcane series.
Malhavoc - If thoughts could kill, Eldritch books.
Green Ronin - Legions, Army, and character portfolio ( I liked it ).
Snotling Lover
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Troll Lord Games and Necromancer Games.
Bilbo Shaggins
"Snotling Lover"
Bilbo Shaggins
"Snotling Lover"
Lady Dragon
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1.Green ronin
2.Malhavoc press
3.Necromancer games
4.AEG-Rokugan only
5.mongoose
6.FFG
7.Sword and sorcery studios
8.Bastion press
9.Fast forward games
10.Mystic eye games
Also Gaslight press,Privateer press,Paradigm Concepts and Thunderhead games all deserve credit for having put out a least one fantastic adventure
Lady Dragon
2.Malhavoc press
3.Necromancer games
4.AEG-Rokugan only
5.mongoose
6.FFG
7.Sword and sorcery studios
8.Bastion press
9.Fast forward games
10.Mystic eye games
Also Gaslight press,Privateer press,Paradigm Concepts and Thunderhead games all deserve credit for having put out a least one fantastic adventure
Lady Dragon
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