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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 3552836" data-attributes="member: 11760">A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe is a fantastic resource for running a "medieval" game. <a href="http://www.montecook.com/arch_review25.html" target="_blank">Monte Cook says</a>: "If you're a DM and running a D&D game, you should have this book. Period." It does what no WotC or TSR product does and what WotC is never likely to equal. It's also available in PDF, even in Japan.Goodman Games modules capture what I like about the good old (1E ) days with updated rules and less-blatant lack of logic (usually). They also produce more modules in a quarter than WotC produces in a year. July will see the publication of the 47th Dungeon Crawl Classic, which range from coastal and ocean-going adventures, to urban adventures to deserts and beyond.Freeport and Redhurst are great settings ... that WotC didn't produce and are equal-or-better to anything that they have. Also available in PDF.Advanced Bestiary is a book of a type that WotC hasn't produced, for whatever reason, and makes every book at they have better. Also available in PDF.Last, but not least among my major off-brand purchases/uses, Ptolus is a mega-setting/module created by the author of the DMG, playtested by seemingly half of WotC and Paizo and supported with supplements, modules and more. It might as well be WotC-made, except that it's also far more deluxe than anything WotC is ever likely to produce, since they seem to prefer their big-ticket items to be things like chess sets, for some reason. Also available in PDF.Buying only WotC is like only getting your Italian food at Olive Garden and asking why anyone would go anywhere else. The answer, of course, is that while Olive Garden may be your favorite, it's hardly the first and last word in what else is available out there, and many people's tastes may differ. But hey, unlimited salad and breadsticks!</blockquote>

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