The book you were all excited to get... and now gathering dust...

[Henry]

Which book were you eager to get, only to have it gathering dust in some murky corner of your collection?

Many, many books - like, half my collection. But if I EVER want to run something with that game setting....

Most recently:

d20 Modern - Haven't played a game of it since April 2003.

Testament - Fascinating reading, but I haven't cracked it open since Gencon, I think.

Ultimate Firearms - Neat book, but not at all what I hoped for (actually got more use out of Call of Cthulhu Delta Green). Haven't opened it in 8 months, seriously thinking of selling it.

Freeport Hardcover - Haven't used a single sentence since December 2002 or thereabouts.


Please no comments about any trends.

 

[The Forsaken One]

Call of Cthulhu at the moment, half year campaign. Great fun and we finished the whole campaign afterwards its been just standing there... allthough I'm attempting to revigorate it in my new town...

 

[Psion]

I wasn't that disappointed, the original was the same deal.

But in 2e, they got smart with Faiths and Avatars and made a book that focussed on the followers, a book so widely acclaimed that non-FR fans used it.

Too bad they failed to learn from this experience.

 

[Uruk]

But in 2e, they got smart with Faiths and Avatars and made a book that focussed on the followers, a book so widely acclaimed that non-FR fans used it.

Too bad they failed to learn from this experience.

If they went through the whole book and inserted "these stats are for their avatars" would it be ok? How does it sully the book that there are stats? I loved killing off all the pantheons 15 years ago and now there's a new generation who's been waiting to stick it to Death, wrestle with Hercules and steal Thor's hammer and glove.

 

[Piratecat]

Let's not derail this thread, please. If you want to wrassle this out, start a new thread.

 

[Hardhead]

The Epic Level Handbook. It was flawed in so many different ways, I only tried once to use it, and the experience was so bad, I never tried again.

 

[francisca]

The Canting Crew

 

[TiQuinn]

The Epic Level Handbook.

Ditto. Never had a campaign get up that high, and even if I did, I would be sorely tempted to just wrap it up and start something new.

 

[Garmorn]

Mine are the 3.0 and 3.5 core books. We finaly got burned out on D&D after 20 years. So off we go to Stargate SG-1.

Yea, for d20, It has saved lots of effort trying to learn a new system from ground up. It also has allowe me to use Dragon Star and other d20 books, even though I am not playing D&D.

 

[Rel]

I hate to say this, but: The World Builder's Guidebook by Gary Gygax

I talked to Gary himself about it here on the boards and was really jazzed about the info inside. But when I took a closer look, it was mostly just a series of lists without too much additional info included.