Favorite D&D setting (of those listed)?

[Sadrik]

Wow that is remarkably tough. Those are my 3 favorite. I think I have to abstain. My collection contains ravenloft and birthright because I picked up greyhawk stuff in 3e and I stupidly got rid of a bunch of my old 1e modules (...of course set in greyhawk).

 

[Big Mac]

SPELLJAMMER - F T W

I know, I know.... it was conceptually flawed, mechanically inane, and adolescent at best - but by far, and I mean FAR, it is my favorite TSR/DnD campaign setting. It allows me to connect all of my homebrew with the homebrew of the other DMs I play with - and subsequently with Krynn, Greyhawk, Faerun, Hollow World - the list goes on and on. Of course it helps that my group has gone to great lengths to tweak it and amend it - adding siginificantly more detailed combat capabilities, special maneurvers, tons of new means of propulsion (helms, etc), and taken the simplistic material presented and turned it into detailed, rich and full content. My campaigns, all of them, have a Spelljamming element.

Spelljammer was not on jdrakeh's list, so maybe he has already tossed or sold it. But it is my favourite setting too.

I'd love to know more about your homebrew helms and other rules. Perhaps you could come over to The Piazza'a Spelljammer forum and start a few threads about the various things you have made.

 

[RainOfSteel]

Of those listed, hmm, I like Greyhawk best, but Ravenloft is howling in the distance and running it down.

Birthright? Meh.

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The original Forgotten Realms was by far my favorite, despite poor editing. The successive editions were good but suffered just a bit from having too many authors, and a lot from fans who either a) obsessed over wanting to have what occurred in the novels be the RPG setting, or b) with expecting canon RPG material (or novel material) to take precedence over what the DM had come up with. (Player: "What do you mean, Drizz't isn't here?" DM: "Nobody from Calimshan to the Icewind Dales has ever heard of someone by that name." Player: "Ur bad. I'm quit.")

 

[Treebore]

Wow, there are many games I've circled around and played again years after last setting them down (one of the problems with having lots of interests and lots of friends with different game interests and not as much time). I would hate to have to resort to a rule like yours.

Yep. I last ran Ravenloft in 2002, but I am getting ready to run a campaign there again. Life is too unpredictable, especially when it comes to what RPG games get played. I keep EVERYTHING unless I have to get rid of it. Only RPG material I get rid of is stuff I flat out do not like.

 

[Roland55]

I don't think I'd be the kind of person to take other's advice on what to keep in my gaming collection, personally.

As for the question, keep them all. None of them are coming back, most likely, which means you will not be able to get materials for any reasonable price.

This reflects my own opinion.

But, for the poll, I picked Ravenloft.

Old as I am, should have picked Greyhawk ... but I do love the horror!!

 

[David Howery]

I chose to keep Greyhawk, in large because I have every product leading up to the Greyhawk Wars

Greyhawk all the way! And what is this Greyhawk Wars you keep talking about, they never happened, I'm not listening, LA LA LA....

 

[Gronin]

From a purely sentimental point of view I would have to hang on to Grey Hawk -- I have played from the day it came out and I know it like the back of my hand. Some of my fondest gaming memories played out on that map.

However Birthright has always facinated me and I had a lot of fun playing it.

If could only keep one it would be Birthright as I am sure I could pick up something similar enough to Greyhawk if I ever need to.

On a slightly different note -- I could never do what you are doing -- anything I haven't used in over a year gone!!! -- I think I'd rather lose an arm.

 

[kitsune9]

jdrakeh,

Out of the three, I like Ravenloft the best.

 

[grodog]

Incidentally, after weighing my options and the opinions of others, Greyhawk won out - partly because it's the one setting of those three that is easiest for me to find players for, partly because I own tons of it, and partly because of the opinion poll.

Great choice, James

 

[Pilgrim]

I had to go with Birthright. Looking past the whole political scene, which in itself is awesome, the setting is well written and offers a lot of variety.