New Greyhawk Hardcover

[Philotomy Jurament]

Still think that RAR is worth being a box set.

Rappan Athuk is definitely worth a boxed set, IMO. Great dungeon. I don't use it as a site to explore and "clean out," but rather as a place the PCs have to go for other reasons (e.g. you have to track down the Hammer of Dain the Red, rumored to be lost in the depths of Rappan Athuk...).

My favorite boxed set from TSR (only considering supplements, not game rules) was Return to the Tomb of Horrors.

 

[Nightfall]

Yeah well I probably won't use it as a clean out either but certainly worthy of being a dungeon of legen like Tomb of Horrors and Undermountain.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

My favorite boxed set from TSR (only considering supplements, not game rules) was Return to the Tomb of Horrors.

Yeah, that's my favorite, also.

In general, I don't like boxed sets, especially for games like D&D. I've rarely seen one that justified the box, and boxes get messed up too easily. I know there'll be posters jumping in to say "I take care of my boxed sets!" but y'know what? So do I. I'm certainly not the only person who's noticed most boxed sets get crushed at some point over the years. They're not as easily stored as books.

In addition, D&D boxed sets have rarely had enough stuff to make the box worthwhile. A couple of saddle-stitched or perfect-bound books and a map or two is just not worth putting into a box. Occasionally a boxed set rises above the rest, with a lot of neat handouts and gewgaws - Return to the Tomb of Horrors and Dragon Mountain are good examples. Call fo Cthulhu had a number of good boxed sets way back in the 80s, with Masks of Nyarlathotep foremost among them, with a collection of some of the best handouts I've seen for a RPG.

But even those exceptions never realize the full potential of a boxed set. It'd be nice to see three-dimensional props occasionally - even the famous matchbox of Masks of Nyarlathotep had to be cut and assembled by the Keeper. But even if 3d props aren't included, I'd liek to see more handouts. A lot of those TSR boxes seemed pretty empty to me.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I've been thinking since the mid-days of 3e that WotC could do worse than put out a massive hardcover about each of the old campaign settings and make it work. Of course, some of the fan comments from that time made me realize that no matter who did what, someone would be unhappy with the treatment....it's kind of impossible to translate something like Dark Sun into 3e....the assumptions of the system are different, and whatever choice was made, someone wouldn't be happy with it.

That said, I'd buy a GH hardcover, despite not knowing GH that well, just because so many 3e books obliquely reference it. I'd buy a Dark Sun hardcover, because the place is just pretty awesome. I'd buy a Ravenloft hardcover....when Sword & Sorcery had the title, it annoyed me because they put out three core books for the setting, but I bought one.

I think Planescape really just needs a book on Sigil, and I could see that fitting the core pretty well. Spend a couple hundred pages talking of factions, wards, and a few planar locales that are popular, and you've virtually got a new Planescape Boxed Set.

 

[Nightfall]

Kam,

Well Ravenloft did get a HC...