Col_Pladoh said:
I dropped the idea because of the amount of work needed to set it up and go forward, too much like an historical military miniatures campaign without established facts. Too many unknowns that would demand preparation and then attention on an ongoing basis.
Good point. I think a little bit of the wargaming element is fun (most of my players like wargaming in one way or another), but it should be background to the pure RPG -- which is to say, small groups of heroes, killing things and taking their stuff, in the quest to save the world from evil.
BTW, I've never seen a D&D to wargaming crossover version I really liked. The one in Basic D&D (Red Arrow, Black Shield was the module, IIRC) was OK for resolving things, but it wasn't completely satisfying. We've twice played out Company-size (100-120 plus leaders/monsters versus 30-50 grunts plus PC's) engagements, shot by shot using regular AD&D rules, and loved it!
Col_Pladoh said:
If you wish to include the forces of the Obsidian Citadel in the campaign, they you will have to run them, as I haven't the time--if I get started then I'll want to manage things, what with being a gamer and all.
Naturally. I don't want to distract you, just asking questions 'cause it's fun to talk to you about these things. All Greyhawk DM's have managed to take little nuggets from your campaign and make them our own.
Col_Pladoh said:
Assuming there is a good reason to become involved, some imbalance in the offing, and there is funding and reward for the troops, then I can supply you with list of the troops available. You can take it from there.
Of course I will not count whatever happens as actuality in regards the force
Cheers,
Gary
Nod. Your Greyhawk campaign, my Greyhawk campaign, and everyone else's Greyhawk campaign are different games. But some portability (out from Lake Geneva) is fun. For instance, Robilar is one of the most memorable NPC's in my campaign. But the Lake Geneva Robilar never captured, sold into slavery, and later cooperated with my PCs to escape an island in the Dramidj, rescue some nice kobolds, and slay one of Sauron's fell beasts. Unless you and Rob say he did.
Though I liked the thing Roger Moore did, where he had the PC of somebody who apparently wrote TSR about his 100th level character conquering all of Greyhawk appear as an official character in a pub in the great city, who claims to be all powerful but isn't believed -- but is not messed with either. Neat, I think.
Thanks for being so generous with info on the olden days.
And Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!