Dangerous Journeys & LA. Please Explain.

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I am very intrigued about these two games and had some questions:

Dangerous Journeys

1) Did anyone play this?

2) Are there die-hard DJ fans out there like there are die-hard 1E AD&D fans still playing the 1st Edition?

3) Why did GDW die?

Lenjendary Adventure

4) Does anyone play this game? Is it good? Is it Gary's "AD&D 3rd Edition"?

I never played DJ but I bought the 1st publication, Mythus, when it came out. I was very enthusiastic during the lead-up to its release, but when I finally bought it I found it a little difficult to *consume* all the rules -- I only got half way through the book. I know there was a primer at the beginning but it kind of seemed like it was added to the book at the last minute.

As to LA, I've never played it but would love to hear other people's experiences. It seems this book tries to be the opposite of DJ in terms of complexity of rules. From what I've heard, LA has a fairly basic set of rules in order to attract new gamers.

Thanks.

 

[isidorus]

Dangerous journeys Haven't played in years Killed in a lawsuit with Tsr I think.

LA I play a lot, write quite a bit of fan material and fiannly got My Evil preist in LA article to be published in the troollords free ezine called the seeker. I am not the first one to publish something though.

Rules light ,seat of the pants playing and which I think it is fun.

If you go to this site http://www.lejendary.com/ which is a great forum board and people can answer alot of your questions. Also their is download of the rules light version in the downloads section. Gary use to post at the site quite a bit, but has slowed down since recent health problem.

 

[T. Foster]

1) Did anyone play this?

I did. I ran a campaign for a little over a year, from when the first rulebook was released (spring of 1992?) until I left for college in August 1993. Haven't played since, or had any partocular desire to (IMO the rules were WAY too complex), but we had some fun with it at the time.

2) Are there die-hard DJ fans out there like there are die-hard 1E AD&D fans still playing the 1st Edition?

Probably a few, but I don't know where they are. I'm not one of them (though I am one of those die-hard 1E AD&D fans).

3) Why did GDW die?

See here (the FAQ of Loren Wiseman, who was one of the principals of GDW)

Lenjendary Adventure

4) Does anyone play this game? Is it good? Is it Gary's "AD&D 3rd Edition"?

I bought the first 3 books as they were released, but have never played it and probably never will. It's much much simpler than Mythus though the rulebooks are so oddly organized that it probably looks more complicated than it is (something that will hopefully be fixed in the forthcoming Lejendary Adventures: Essentials set). It's definitely not Gary's "AD&D 3rd edition," and is much further in feel from AD&D than Mythus was, with very different mechanics. That's why Gary is not writing up his Castle Project for LA but is rather writing it for a game closer in feel and style to OAD&D.

 

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Thanks for all the info!

What's the LA world like? Is it Epic of Aerth all over again?

I think Gygax should embrace 3E D&D/d20 and put out his own campaign world, maybe this Lejendary Earth. He never will, though; he dislikes d20 too much.