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<blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 5327283" data-attributes="member: 518">In the latter days of 2E I got into a campaign setting frenzy (I had been out of D&amp;D for approx 10 years bypassing 2E's heyday).I bought dozens of FR books and boxes, the original RL boxed set as well as the hardcover and several supplements, The Karmeikos box and a few other AD&amp;D Mystara items, All of the GH material I could find (every item for late 2E Roger Moore era, as well as&nbsp; FTA, and all associated regional supplements), Planescape boxes and some other supplements,&nbsp; D&amp;D Mystara gaz'es, etc. During 3E I picked up everything GH, and then then every 3.0 FR release as well as many 3rd party settings and supplements. Birthright never interested me, and at the time neither did Dark Sun (which now I find appealing from what I know of it) I realized at some point, a very large percentage of the TSR era work was pretty bad (i.e not useful gaming material but&nbsp; storybooks written by wannabe novel writers-not to mention full of inconsistencies, and errors-FR was particularly bad for this). And none of the 3P settings did a thing for me. Some of the early 3.0 FR release were good, but quickly became splat/stat books with more overt &quot;here's the plot and a bunch of details you'll never use&quot; like the 2E days.Nowadays I 'm good with a basic setting book of short to moderate length and a couple of specific supplements that catch my eye (or not). &quot;I'd rather buy the lot, and build the house myself&quot; so to speak. I got more inspiration from the sprinkling of fluff in the rules and supplements for 4E, and in particular the mini-gaz of the Nentir Vale in the 4E DMG, than I have anything since I was a kid.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JeffB, post: 5327283, member: 518"] In the latter days of 2E I got into a campaign setting frenzy (I had been out of D&D for approx 10 years bypassing 2E's heyday). I bought dozens of FR books and boxes, the original RL boxed set as well as the hardcover and several supplements, The Karmeikos box and a few other AD&D Mystara items, All of the GH material I could find (every item for late 2E Roger Moore era, as well as FTA, and all associated regional supplements), Planescape boxes and some other supplements, D&D Mystara gaz'es, etc. During 3E I picked up everything GH, and then then every 3.0 FR release as well as many 3rd party settings and supplements. Birthright never interested me, and at the time neither did Dark Sun (which now I find appealing from what I know of it) I realized at some point, a very large percentage of the TSR era work was pretty bad (i.e not useful gaming material but storybooks written by wannabe novel writers-not to mention full of inconsistencies, and errors-FR was particularly bad for this). And none of the 3P settings did a thing for me. Some of the early 3.0 FR release were good, but quickly became splat/stat books with more overt "here's the plot and a bunch of details you'll never use" like the 2E days. Nowadays I 'm good with a basic setting book of short to moderate length and a couple of specific supplements that catch my eye (or not). "I'd rather buy the lot, and build the house myself" so to speak. I got more inspiration from the sprinkling of fluff in the rules and supplements for 4E, and in particular the mini-gaz of the Nentir Vale in the 4E DMG, than I have anything since I was a kid. [/QUOTE]

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