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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 7657005" data-attributes="member: 3586"><p>The 1998-2000 releases were the ones I was referring to, which tried to bring Greyhawk back a bit to the original setting.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agreed. (Actually, I'd almost say they're very consistent in quality, but it's not on the good end of quality).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You probably should. Fate of Istus also has some important source info, even though most of the product is just plain bad.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There was. The trouble was that, in 1990, you've got a setting that has been around for 10+ years and nothing's really been done with the setting. In retrospect, we can tell why the changes were a bad idea, but there are a lot of elements of the concept that *aren't* bad ideas. Heck, I really like the idea of Iuz trying to gain control of the Barbarians and accidentally provoking this major conflict. I just don't like where it went from there. "Five Shall Be One" is a pretty good adventure. "Howl from the North" is trash.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, they planned to do so. The From the Ashes era did a lot of those sourcebooks, but - unfortunately - it was the wrong setting.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's a lot of great stuff in the original boxed set (there's a reason its my baseline for my campaigns), but you need to compare it to the LGG to really see the difference.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yep. Absolutely. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's the one! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's really good. It's still flawed, but you should try to pick up a copy if you can.</p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 7657005, member: 3586"] The 1998-2000 releases were the ones I was referring to, which tried to bring Greyhawk back a bit to the original setting. Agreed. (Actually, I'd almost say they're very consistent in quality, but it's not on the good end of quality). You probably should. Fate of Istus also has some important source info, even though most of the product is just plain bad. There was. The trouble was that, in 1990, you've got a setting that has been around for 10+ years and nothing's really been done with the setting. In retrospect, we can tell why the changes were a bad idea, but there are a lot of elements of the concept that *aren't* bad ideas. Heck, I really like the idea of Iuz trying to gain control of the Barbarians and accidentally provoking this major conflict. I just don't like where it went from there. "Five Shall Be One" is a pretty good adventure. "Howl from the North" is trash. Well, they planned to do so. The From the Ashes era did a lot of those sourcebooks, but - unfortunately - it was the wrong setting. There's a lot of great stuff in the original boxed set (there's a reason its my baseline for my campaigns), but you need to compare it to the LGG to really see the difference. Yep. Absolutely. That's the one! :) It's really good. It's still flawed, but you should try to pick up a copy if you can. Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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