Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Reading Ravenloft the setting
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8251990" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>'</p><p>I like plenty of the material past the black box (I bought every single book all the way up through the d20 era). I just prefer black box and I think it is fair to bring up the core concepts the black box laid out (which even books like DoD, even thought they take a different approach in terms of how much fantasy to blend in, still try to adhere to). My view is there are two very good iterations of Ravenloft: Black Box and DoD. And those basically represent the two major camps. There are people who stuck with it through the d20 era. I continued playing using that material. But for me, it clearly lost its identity as a line when it shifted to white wolf (it is just so far removed from what I think made Ravenloft good). </p><p></p><p>All That said, I completely understand this new version is not catering to me. I also understand, given there are three different old fan bases (black box, DoD, and d20) they can't cater to all three at the same time, if they even wanted to. But I can advocate for what I think makes the setting work. And I would maintain the stuff laid out in the black box is what I think truly worked about the setting. For me, perhaps not for you or for others, going the dark fantasy, broad horror approach, just waters the flavor down too much</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8251990, member: 85555"] ' I like plenty of the material past the black box (I bought every single book all the way up through the d20 era). I just prefer black box and I think it is fair to bring up the core concepts the black box laid out (which even books like DoD, even thought they take a different approach in terms of how much fantasy to blend in, still try to adhere to). My view is there are two very good iterations of Ravenloft: Black Box and DoD. And those basically represent the two major camps. There are people who stuck with it through the d20 era. I continued playing using that material. But for me, it clearly lost its identity as a line when it shifted to white wolf (it is just so far removed from what I think made Ravenloft good). All That said, I completely understand this new version is not catering to me. I also understand, given there are three different old fan bases (black box, DoD, and d20) they can't cater to all three at the same time, if they even wanted to. But I can advocate for what I think makes the setting work. And I would maintain the stuff laid out in the black box is what I think truly worked about the setting. For me, perhaps not for you or for others, going the dark fantasy, broad horror approach, just waters the flavor down too much [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Reading Ravenloft the setting
Top