Failed promises

[glass]

I can't name D&D fansites right off the top of my head.

Well, there's an obscure little site called EN World.


glass.

 

[The_Universe]

It's not D&D, but it is D20 - I thought the original edition of Dark Inheritance left a lot to be desired. It was an interesting idea, but it definitely didn't fit with a lot of the standard D20 Modern stuff.

I've never played the Spycraft version. It might be better - I hope it is, but I have to say that the one product certainly turned me off of the rest of them.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Well, there's an obscure little site called EN World.


glass.

Yeah, I feel a little silly there. Mostly because I don't consider this as much of a fan site, but a news site. It's hairsplitting, but oh well. My goof. Beyond that, I only know of a few fan sites right off the top of my head. I just don't spend a lot of time on then except for here.

Kane

 

[Macbeth]

In the PDF market, it seems like all the 'Shakespeare' PDFs, desigend to let you play a session/campaign based on a Shakespeare play have all been pretty disspoainting. Not so much a tool for running the play,but an extended summary with a couple of adventure hooks thrown in.

Sorry for the sidetrack.

 

[EvilGM]

Hero Builder's Guidebook
Worst. Book. Ever.

 

[diaglo]

Well, people, what books have you bought because they sounded way cool, but - when you finally read them - failed to deliver?

Example: for me, it was Ghostwalk. The premise was brilliant, but I couldn't find a way to logicallay build it into a gameworld, without letting it dominate my homebrew or having to rewrite an "official" setting to accomadate Manifest. Plus, I don't think the idea of the ghosts to PC's and back doesn't quite mesh with standard D&D.

So, what about you?

The Shady Dragon Inn.

Worst RPG product EVAR

 

[eyebeams]

Same here. My group is made up of two college kids I've known throughout grade and high school, my old HS science teacher and his wife. The college students have enough trouble paying to live, no less pay for game books. My old teacher and his wife (who are like the older siblings I never had) have had a lot of financial burdens lately. They've had to cut way back, even to the point of not buying any games at all anymore, but they still supply the food and the place to play. I'm in a better place financially, even with a wedding looming for me next summer. I don't mind buying the books. It keeps us all together to have a few laughs, some good food, and some great gaming memories. I wouldn't have it any other way. Too bad, eyebeams sees this as dysfunctional and unhealthy...

Really, it means that you aren't in the situation I'm talking about. I'm certainly not recommending that you eschew all generosity.

Does that excuse buying without investigating what you're planning on buying. No, not really.

 

[eyebeams]

You're right. None of us should have let eyebeams get under our skin like that. I am personally sorry for contributing to downward spiral of the thread just due to an insulting troll. My apologies. Back to the thread topic at hand.

Kane

Your offense and being disagreed with is not tatamount to being insulted.

The title of this thread is "failed promises." But in fact, many of the comments have little if anything to do with what the company or designers promised you.

Things that *were* promised are functions of commentary by designers, adcopy, and the like.

 

[Gnarlo]

My biggest disappointment was RttToEE; I just expected something different than a never-ending slog through that elemental ring dungeon thing.

 

[Einan]

I was also pretty disappointed with Dark Inheritance's D20 Modern book. Such a great idea that never seemed to fulfill.

Also, Manual of the Planes. It just didn't seem to add anything that I couldn't have made up on my own.

Oh yeah, and the Monster Manual! Jeez, we get it, you got monsters. Man.

Einan