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<blockquote data-quote="scourger" data-source="post: 1936098" data-attributes="member: 12328">yes, less is moreYeah, I learned this lesson with AD&amp;D and just relearned it with d20.&nbsp; In my AD&amp;D game, it was great with just the core books + Dungeon.&nbsp; Then, some of the brown (splat?) books crept in.&nbsp; It was good at first to have a few more options, but it got out of control.&nbsp; Thank goodness I never used any of the Player's Option stuff.&nbsp; I was much happier when I took my AD&amp;D game back to the core.&nbsp; I kept my 3.0 D&amp;D game at the core.&nbsp; I used the 3 books plus the D&amp;D Gazetteer.&nbsp; One of my biggest challenges was that I had a player who was a Greyhawk fanboy from way back.&nbsp; But, he did loan me the excellent book Greyhawk, The Adventure Begins.&nbsp; I had less use for the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer.&nbsp; Again, I ran a few adventures straight from Dungeon adapted to my version of the Greyhawk World.&nbsp; It was pretty good.The lesson came later for all the other d20 stuff.&nbsp; I had to buy, read and get rid of a lot of other d20 books.&nbsp; Some were great.&nbsp; Most were not.&nbsp; I was and am intrigued by using the d20 rules to play in other genres using the D&amp;D game.&nbsp; I still really like Omega World, Judge Dredd and Star Wars (technically its own game, but I like it).&nbsp; I even added mutants, judges and jedi in my current Shackled City game--along with aasimar paladin straight from the MM.&nbsp; It really works for me, and the players like it, too.&nbsp; The DragonStar StarFarer's Handbook is a great book, but it deosn't work as a game for me.&nbsp; I guess you have to go through a lot of sand &amp; rocks to get a few nuggets of gold.Fortunately, I never got into other d20 games: Modern, Cthulhu, Wheel of Time, M&amp;M, etc.&nbsp; What I'm looking for now are good modules.&nbsp; They can be core d20 (by that I mean D&amp;D) or a variant that allows me to run it with a game I already like (I'm hoping Slavelords of Cydonia will fit this bill with Omega World/Judge Dredd/Star Wars).&nbsp; But I do not need any sourcebooks or campaign settings (unless bundled with an adventure).&nbsp; To me, sourcebooks exploit the market; modules grow the market.&nbsp; I hope to effect a market correction by restricting my purchases to adventures--and only the best ones at that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="scourger, post: 1936098, member: 12328"] [b]yes, less is more[/b] Yeah, I learned this lesson with AD&D and just relearned it with d20. In my AD&D game, it was great with just the core books + Dungeon. Then, some of the brown (splat?) books crept in. It was good at first to have a few more options, but it got out of control. Thank goodness I never used any of the Player's Option stuff. I was much happier when I took my AD&D game back to the core. I kept my 3.0 D&D game at the core. I used the 3 books plus the D&D Gazetteer. One of my biggest challenges was that I had a player who was a Greyhawk fanboy from way back. But, he did loan me the excellent book Greyhawk, The Adventure Begins. I had less use for the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Again, I ran a few adventures straight from Dungeon adapted to my version of the Greyhawk World. It was pretty good. The lesson came later for all the other d20 stuff. I had to buy, read and get rid of a lot of other d20 books. Some were great. Most were not. I was and am intrigued by using the d20 rules to play in other genres using the D&D game. I still really like Omega World, Judge Dredd and Star Wars (technically its own game, but I like it). I even added mutants, judges and jedi in my current Shackled City game--along with aasimar paladin straight from the MM. It really works for me, and the players like it, too. The DragonStar StarFarer's Handbook is a great book, but it deosn't work as a game for me. I guess you have to go through a lot of sand & rocks to get a few nuggets of gold. Fortunately, I never got into other d20 games: Modern, Cthulhu, Wheel of Time, M&M, etc. What I'm looking for now are good modules. They can be core d20 (by that I mean D&D) or a variant that allows me to run it with a game I already like (I'm hoping Slavelords of Cydonia will fit this bill with Omega World/Judge Dredd/Star Wars). But I do not need any sourcebooks or campaign settings (unless bundled with an adventure). To me, sourcebooks exploit the market; modules grow the market. I hope to effect a market correction by restricting my purchases to adventures--and only the best ones at that. [/QUOTE]

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