Rank the 3e/3.5e FR products released so far

[VorpalBunny]

From Best to Worst:

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Unapproachable East
Lords of Darkness
Races of Faerûn
Monsters of Faerûn
City of the Spider Queen
Silver Marches
Faiths and Pantheons
DM's Screen
Underdark
Magic of Faerûn
Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor
Into the Dargon's Lair

I have a love/hate relationship with Magic of Faerûn. I think it's a great book with a lot of worthwhile stuff in it, but it also has caused more headaches in my campaign than any other supplement.


[Edit: Forgot Monsters of Faerûn...]

 

[ashockney]

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Magic of Faerun
Unapproachable East
Silver Marches
Lords of Darkness
Faiths & Pantheons
Underdark
Races of Faerun
Monsters of Faerun
Forgotten Realms DM screen
City of the Spider Queen

I've really enjoyed the regional handbooks so far, and as much as I wanted the Silver Marches to totally rock, I think Unapproachable East is just a bit better. I thought Lords of Darkness was quite useful and interesting. I should probably drop Magic of Faerun down a bit since ghettognome uses so many of the broken spells out of there all the time, but its general utility still has me ranking it right up there.

Underdark and Races of Faerun just didn't float my boat, I found them a little flat and uninteresting. I wish Faiths and Pantheons had been 100 pages longer. Monsters of Faerun suffers for its pink cover , I don't use screens so I don't find it particularly useful, and I thought City of the Spider Queen was too much of a grind to be enjoyable (either as a player or a DM).

Magic of Faerun
Unapproachable East
Silver Marches
Lords of Darkness
Monsters of Faerun
Faiths & Pantheons
Underdark
Races of Faerun
Forgotten Realms DM screen
City of the Spider Queen

Ok, I'm not a complete copycat, but close!

I've run a campaign in the North (during Silver Marches) and in the East (since release of Unapproachable East) and the latter has been used FAR more.

I've definitely used Monsters of Faerun more than Wil.

In regards to balance problems, I pretty much say chuck that factor out the window, because it's a problem for everything up there the the exception of perhaps the DM's screen.

 

[Arnwyn]

My list, from best to worst:

Best
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Unapproachable East
Races of Faerun
City of the Spider Queen
Underdark
Lords of Darkness
Silver Marches
Faiths & Pantheons
Magic of Faerun
Into the Dragon's Lair
Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor
Forgotten Realms DM Screen
Worst

The two adventures were horrendous, the conversions in Magic of Faerun were awful, and Faiths & Pantheons was just a lackluster piece of the far superior 2e F&A, P&P, and DD books.

On the other hand, the "regional" concept in the FRCS was one of the greatest ideas of 3e yet. The "Life in Faerun" chapter was also something of beauty.

Unapproachable East was fantastic due to covering two previously untouched areas: The Great Dale and Thesk. Whoo! Worth the price of the book in this old FR fan's opinion.

As opposed to what Diaglo said above, much of Races of Faerun was, in fact, new (which is why it rates so high on my list). I hate regurgitation.

 

[Mystery Man]

OK I'll play


Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Silver Marches
Faiths & Pantheons
Underdark
Races of Faerun
Monsters of Faerun
Magic of Faerun
Unapproachable East
Lords of Darkness
City of the Spider Queen
Forgotten Realms DM screen

It's not really best to worst just the ones I like and use the most.

edit: Heck I forgot all about the other two modules. I have them, but I've never actually looked through them. Got the both out of the discount box at my FLGS.