DaveMage
Slumbering in Tsar
Probably about 2/3 as they came out. The rest later. I loved the settings in 2E quite a lot.
Gotta Have Them All Gamers -- a problem?
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Probably about 2/3 as they came out. The rest later. I loved the settings in 2E quite a lot.
I just couldn't keep up with the pace of 2e.
That's why I do the Spockbrow when people say 3e/4e has an aggressive release schedule. I remember the 2e era when you saw at least one new book every week.
DaveMage
Slumbering in Tsar
If I recall correctly, 2E snowballed as well - meaning they were *really* pumping it out near the end (at least until WotC took over).
The Little Raven
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That's because they were trying to support almost a dozen settings, as well as core rules things like Player's Option and whatnot. They really stretched themselves thin at that point.
I buy game books just to read (I certainly haven't gotten any gaming use out of my complete collections of Werewolf: the Apocalyse, Wraith: the Oblivion, Mage: the Ascencion or Kindred of the East books, although I still fondle the Guide to the Technocracy and dream of playing a Man in Black occasionally). It's never been a problem, because out group yaws back and forth between simple games with basic characters and 'monster games' where the party consists of a Xixchil, a Krynnish Minotaur, a Wemic, a 1/2 Ogre Mage and a Gnomish Giant Space Werehamster.
And then we play a lot of Superhero games (V&V, GURPS Supers, Aberrant and Mutants & Masterminds), so any desire to play ridiculously over the top characters is dealt with long before we get around to playing D&D again on the roulette wheel. Our last two parties included a pair of Clerics, a Druid, an Archivist, a pair of Fighters, a Ranger, a Wizard and a specialist Necromancer. The Archivist is the only one that came from an unusual source, and the vast majority of them were Humans (exceptions being a Halfling and a Half-Orc, so, even then, nothing remotely exotic).
Owning hundreds of books between us has instilled not a single one of us with a burning desire to play an Illumian Mineral Template Soulknife, or whatever the cool kids are playing these days.
And then we play a lot of Superhero games (V&V, GURPS Supers, Aberrant and Mutants & Masterminds), so any desire to play ridiculously over the top characters is dealt with long before we get around to playing D&D again on the roulette wheel. Our last two parties included a pair of Clerics, a Druid, an Archivist, a pair of Fighters, a Ranger, a Wizard and a specialist Necromancer. The Archivist is the only one that came from an unusual source, and the vast majority of them were Humans (exceptions being a Halfling and a Half-Orc, so, even then, nothing remotely exotic).
Owning hundreds of books between us has instilled not a single one of us with a burning desire to play an Illumian Mineral Template Soulknife, or whatever the cool kids are playing these days.
Hussar
Legend
Tell me about it.
IIRC, there are well over fifty boxed sets alone for 2e.
That's just freaking INSANE.
DaveMage
Slumbering in Tsar
Tell me about it.
IIRC, there are well over fifty boxed sets alone for 2e.
That's just freaking INSANE.
If you count "half-sized" Birthright and Al-Qadim ones as well as the Dark Sun adventures as box sets, there were over 85.
If you count "half-sized" Birthright and Al-Qadim ones as well as the Dark Sun adventures as box sets, there were over 85.
How do you store so many boxed sets?
You need a closet JUST for this...Man this is why I prefer hardbacked books to boxed set.
DaveMage
Slumbering in Tsar
Yep. Closet + bookshelves.
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