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<blockquote data-quote="IvarBoneCrusher" data-source="post: 3471555" data-attributes="member: 7349">Judges GuildDave,No problem.&nbsp; Just do me a favor and make sure you put your hard-earned dough where your heart is:&nbsp; buy the Wilderlands of High Fantasy boxed set, and the Judges Guild modules from Goodman Games.&nbsp; The Gaming industry is hitting another cross-roads.&nbsp; The viability of independent content publishers is being tested by the market.&nbsp; Your local hobby shop owner will likely talk your ear off if you ask him/her about this topic.&nbsp; &quot;What's selling?&quot;, and &quot;What's not selling?&quot;&nbsp; There are only a handful of companies out there who are viewed as putting out top-notch material.&nbsp; I can't name them all, because I'm only involved in some very narrow stuff:&nbsp; D20-based Judges Guild projects.&nbsp; So I've been exposed to two of those top-notch companies:&nbsp; Necromancer Games and Goodman Games.&nbsp; There's a movement sweeping around right now to go C&amp;C on everything.&nbsp; Fine.&nbsp; Not my cup of tea, but if that's what people really want, fine.&nbsp; I'm a narrowly focused old-schooler when it comes to gaming:&nbsp; Just D&amp;D.&nbsp; You can call it D&amp;D, AD&amp;D, D&amp;D II, 3.0, 3.5 , or D20.&nbsp; But that's all I'm really interested in.&nbsp; Anything else is like putting some sprinkles on your vanilla ice cream cone and calling it a new flavor of ice cream (&quot;Sprinkilla!!&quot;).&nbsp; To me, that's the game.&nbsp; C&amp;C seems an awful lot like D&amp;D with 'sprinkles'.&nbsp; Whatever.&nbsp; As long as it's a fantasy adventure role-playing game, JG content can fit right in.&nbsp; To me, the key is the writing and the characters.&nbsp; The stats are an important nuisance which must be cared for with an eye on the details, but the setting and plot and characters in the adventure are what make it.&nbsp; I doubt that anybody remembers that Konah the Dissenter (famous bad-guy from Dark Tower) had 70 hp and an AC of -1.&nbsp; What they remember is getting fried by that dude and his skeletons when they busted in on his creepy 'black-light' hall.&nbsp; JG stuff has always been great for plot/settings/characters, and we'll try hard to update it so that it's relevant and still great in regards to plot/settings/characters.&nbsp; Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor is in stores now, as is the WoHF Boxed set.&nbsp; Check 'em out, and I am very confident you will have no regrets.Thanks,SS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IvarBoneCrusher, post: 3471555, member: 7349"] [b]Judges Guild[/b] Dave, No problem. Just do me a favor and make sure you put your hard-earned dough where your heart is: buy the Wilderlands of High Fantasy boxed set, and the Judges Guild modules from Goodman Games. The Gaming industry is hitting another cross-roads. The viability of independent content publishers is being tested by the market. Your local hobby shop owner will likely talk your ear off if you ask him/her about this topic. "What's selling?", and "What's not selling?" There are only a handful of companies out there who are viewed as putting out top-notch material. I can't name them all, because I'm only involved in some very narrow stuff: D20-based Judges Guild projects. So I've been exposed to two of those top-notch companies: Necromancer Games and Goodman Games. There's a movement sweeping around right now to go C&C on everything. Fine. Not my cup of tea, but if that's what people really want, fine. I'm a narrowly focused old-schooler when it comes to gaming: Just D&D. You can call it D&D, AD&D, D&D II, 3.0, 3.5 , or D20. But that's all I'm really interested in. Anything else is like putting some sprinkles on your vanilla ice cream cone and calling it a new flavor of ice cream ("Sprinkilla!!"). To me, that's the game. C&C seems an awful lot like D&D with 'sprinkles'. Whatever. As long as it's a fantasy adventure role-playing game, JG content can fit right in. To me, the key is the writing and the characters. The stats are an important nuisance which must be cared for with an eye on the details, but the setting and plot and characters in the adventure are what make it. I doubt that anybody remembers that Konah the Dissenter (famous bad-guy from Dark Tower) had 70 hp and an AC of -1. What they remember is getting fried by that dude and his skeletons when they busted in on his creepy 'black-light' hall. JG stuff has always been great for plot/settings/characters, and we'll try hard to update it so that it's relevant and still great in regards to plot/settings/characters. Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor is in stores now, as is the WoHF Boxed set. Check 'em out, and I am very confident you will have no regrets. Thanks, SS [/QUOTE]

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