[Different Worlds] January 2005 specials

[grodog]

JANUARY SPECIALS from Different Worlds Publications:

Free copy of the Gamelords module The Phantastical Phantasmagorical Montie Maul Dungeon by Larry Richardson and Kerry Lloyd with every order.

Special offer ends 31 January, 2005.

Please mention that you saw this post on ENWorld when responding---we're evaluating whether or not to advertise here, and seeing some specific mentions from folks would help us in that decision.

Have a great month!

 

[Garnfellow]

What is Different Worlds?

Sorry that I'm so late to the party, but I just discovered the Different Worlds website last week and am a little confused. Is this a publishing company, or a reseller of out-of-print material? How is Rob Kuntz affiliated? What's the deal with the Judges Guild and Different Worlds stock? I thought Different Worlds was a Chaosium magazaine.

 

[grodog]

Hi Garnfellow---

Different Worlds has a long history: the magazine originated at Chaosium, where it was edited and produced by Tadashi Ehara. Tadashi kept it up for a few years after he left Chaosium, which is when he founded Different Worlds Productions. DWP shut down in 1987 when Tadashi left the gaming industry to work in the technology industry of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Tadashi relaunched DWP as a d20 publisher in 2004. He chose to work with Ryan Smalley from ENWorld because of Ryan's well-regarded Story Hour. I've known Rob Kuntz since 1987, and Rob was looking for a publisher for the fourth of his Maze of Zayene d20 modules (the first three were published by Necromancer Games); at the time, Tadashi sought additional authors to publish, and the rest is history

Tadashi also sells a lot of old games on eBay and via his web site, which is why the OOP Judges Guild, DW magazines, etc. materials are listed and available.

Any other questions?