Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk - got it!

[Nyarlathotep]

I got this and EtCR from Amazon a couple of days ago and just sat down to start reading it. First impressions are: I'm too old school and find the new Delve format hard to read. That said, I'm really impressed with the first chapter of the book. I like the opportunities for RP encounters, locations and side quests offered. Flipping through the book, I really liked seeing the guy who's name I forget from Age of Worms appear, nice tie in!

On the map of the city where would the arena from Belt of Champions be located? The big colliseum-like building with the letter C on top of it?

Kudos on a great product!

 

[T. Foster]

Gave this a quick flip-through at Border's today. On the one hand it looks like the designers achieved pretty much exactly what they set out to do -- a big epic adventure set mostly in and around a version of Greyhawk Castle that incorporates tons of Greyhawk-lore while remaining true to "official Greyhawk canon." Alas, that's not what I would've wanted (essentially as complete and faithful a recreation as possible of the original 70s-era Castle and Dungeons, relying on printed legends, public knowledge (and perhaps some private knowledge from Rob Kuntz -- EGG himself, sadly, is probably hording his private knowledge since he's planning to publish his own remake/remodel version of the Castle)), and therefore I wasn't even tempted to actually buy the book. No hard feelings, I'm not going to denounce this book as teh crap!!1! or anything, and in fact it's pretty much exactly what I expected it to be -- I was just hoping to be pleasantly surprised...

 

[RichGreen]

This books sounds great and it's out today in the UK! It must be mine!


Richard

 

[TerraDave]

Something NOT 4thed related on the D&D website (if you can get to it)

A web enhancement: more side quests.

 

[EricNoah]

I saw this in the store today and it was all I could do to resit picking it up. I'll put it on some wishlist and maybe see it for a birthday or Christmas...

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

I saw this in the store today and it was all I could do to resit picking it up. I'll put it on some wishlist and maybe see it for a birthday or Christmas...

I guess you made your will save then. I on the other hand failed mine and am waiting for my order from Buy.com to arrive. I got that and Necro's City of Brass, with no shipping cost the combination of the two products made it cheaper then anywhere else I could find them.

 

[Pants]

Been reading through it lately, but man, this is easily the best of the Expedition series, bar none. I really like how old-schooly the module feels while still sticking with the 3e sensibilities.

I really want to run this now.

 

[Erik Mona]

Gave this a quick flip-through at Border's today. On the one hand it looks like the designers achieved pretty much exactly what they set out to do -- a big epic adventure set mostly in and around a version of Greyhawk Castle that incorporates tons of Greyhawk-lore while remaining true to "official Greyhawk canon." Alas, that's not what I would've wanted (essentially as complete and faithful a recreation as possible of the original 70s-era Castle and Dungeons, relying on printed legends, public knowledge (and perhaps some private knowledge from Rob Kuntz -- EGG himself, sadly, is probably hording his private knowledge since he's planning to publish his own remake/remodel version of the Castle)), and therefore I wasn't even tempted to actually buy the book. No hard feelings, I'm not going to denounce this book as teh crap!!1! or anything, and in fact it's pretty much exactly what I expected it to be -- I was just hoping to be pleasantly surprised...

Actually, with a few exceptions like the "godtrap" the Isle of the Ape and Dungeonland (the latter two of which we adapted from existing material), the goal was to specifically avoid some of these "classic" levels, so that those who want to can use our framework and insert the "genuine" levels from Rob Kuntz and Gary Gygax as needed. Why come to the three of us when you can get the real deal direct from the source?

--Erik

 

[soulcatcher78]

Actually, with a few exceptions like the "godtrap" the Isle of the Ape and Dungeonland (the latter two of which we adapted from existing material), the goal was to specifically avoid some of these "classic" levels, so that those who want to can use our framework and insert the "genuine" levels from Rob Kuntz and Gary Gygax as needed. Why come to the three of us when you can get the real deal direct from the source?

--Erik

Thank you. That was quite possibly the coolest thing I've read on a gaming forum recently and might have just pushed me into wanting to buy the book.

I'm just getting impatient waiting for Castle Zagyg to be released so this might just hold me over with the included material and maybe adding some things from EtUM to fill it up.

 

[Jared Rascher]

As someone that is normally a Forgotten Realms fan, but who was a player in several long running Greyhawk games when I was a younger man (including playing my character from 1st edition in Fate of Istus into 2nd edition), and one that remembers From the Ashes, I have to say that I was really impressed with this adventure, and I have to commend all the Paizonians involved in pulling off a Greyhawk fix similar to the wonderful fixes that people like Eric Boyd have pulled off for us Realms fans several times.