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<blockquote data-quote="johnsemlak" data-source="post: 529932" data-attributes="member: 7233">Tom Moldvay and Frank Mentzer wrote a lot of good stuff for 1e and the &quot;Basic D&amp;D&quot; and &quot;Expert D&amp;D&quot; lines.&nbsp; I believe both are not writing D&amp;D stuff now.&nbsp; Tom Moldvay wrote the Basic D&amp;D boxed set which many people, including myself, started with.&nbsp; (As I said in the opening post, a few people in the poll are not currently writing).Jim Ward is generally better rated for the stuff he wrote in the old days.&nbsp; He was one first to join TSR.IF you say you wouldn't vote for Gygax, that may be a fair opinion, but do realize some of the stuff he did for 1e is considered the best RPG stuff ever by a lot of people.&nbsp; Aside from the fact that he and Arneson CREATED D&amp;D, modules like Tomb of Horrors, Temple of Elemental Evil, the Keep on the Borderlands, Against the Giants et. al. are considered classics.&nbsp; Plus the 1e Hardbacks.I still pick up stuff he wrote more than 20 years ago and page through it, and I think other people do too.&nbsp; There are very few people in the industry who have that status.On the other hand, a few things he's done for d20 haven't been received very well.&nbsp; But many have been highly rated.&nbsp; Personally, I'll always give a Gygax product a hard look.&nbsp; There aren't any other authors I can say that about, given the sheer amount of choice now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="johnsemlak, post: 529932, member: 7233"] Tom Moldvay and Frank Mentzer wrote a lot of good stuff for 1e and the "Basic D&D" and "Expert D&D" lines. I believe both are not writing D&D stuff now. Tom Moldvay wrote the Basic D&D boxed set which many people, including myself, started with. (As I said in the opening post, a few people in the poll are not currently writing). Jim Ward is generally better rated for the stuff he wrote in the old days. He was one first to join TSR. IF you say you wouldn't vote for Gygax, that may be a fair opinion, but do realize some of the stuff he did for 1e is considered the best RPG stuff ever by a lot of people. Aside from the fact that he and Arneson CREATED D&D, modules like Tomb of Horrors, Temple of Elemental Evil, the Keep on the Borderlands, Against the Giants et. al. are considered classics. Plus the 1e Hardbacks. I still pick up stuff he wrote more than 20 years ago and page through it, and I think other people do too. There are very few people in the industry who have that status. On the other hand, a few things he's done for d20 haven't been received very well. But many have been highly rated. Personally, I'll always give a Gygax product a hard look. There aren't any other authors I can say that about, given the sheer amount of choice now. [/QUOTE]

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