Would you buy new 100% compatable 1E modules?
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Do you use anything from Supplement I, diaglo? Just curious.diaglo said:
Melan
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Yes, I have bought a fair number of them, and will buy more, although a bit more selectively than I used to - some publishers, I believe, are simply not producing quality content. So far, I have been really happy with the following:
Expeditious Retreat Press: all three of their short print modules are right in tone, brevity and encounter ideas... sort of following G1's legacy.
James Mishler's Adventure Games Publishing: only one product so far, a city state in the Judges Guild vein. A different traditiion, and no other releases for comparison, but very promising on an initial offer!
Rob Kuntz's Pied Piper Publishing: well, only two products so far. The first was very good, the second too "2e" for me. But then based on Rob's previous works I own, I expect the forthcoming material will be good indeed, with the occasional gem.
Dragonsfoot's free 1e adventures: they are a bit variable, but often very good! They resemble TSR's output both outside and inside.
So far, the rest haven't really wowed me.
WRT buying stuff - I prefer print to PDF, and don't care too much about production values. James Mishler's XXXI, a stapled B&W booklet with one piece of artwork (on the cover) and a map was perfectly all right. Of course, if you can get art by Stefan Poag, Matt Finch or great old ones such as the divine EROL OTUS, that will be even better. Price, I am prepared to pay for quality. I don't want a 250 page book full of boring filler. I don't want to wade through that. If you have 48 pages worth of things to say... release it on 48 pages (better yet, 40!
). Also, let's face it, writing RPG stuff sucks if you are in it for the money (as any sane for-living publisher should be). Sales are horrid. Rates are horrid. Payment can be late. Therefore, it is only logical - and fair - to pay premium for low print run niche stuff. It is irrealistic to think on 1980s TSR's scale. It isn't happening.
Expeditious Retreat Press: all three of their short print modules are right in tone, brevity and encounter ideas... sort of following G1's legacy.
James Mishler's Adventure Games Publishing: only one product so far, a city state in the Judges Guild vein. A different traditiion, and no other releases for comparison, but very promising on an initial offer!
Rob Kuntz's Pied Piper Publishing: well, only two products so far. The first was very good, the second too "2e" for me. But then based on Rob's previous works I own, I expect the forthcoming material will be good indeed, with the occasional gem.
Dragonsfoot's free 1e adventures: they are a bit variable, but often very good! They resemble TSR's output both outside and inside.
So far, the rest haven't really wowed me.
WRT buying stuff - I prefer print to PDF, and don't care too much about production values. James Mishler's XXXI, a stapled B&W booklet with one piece of artwork (on the cover) and a map was perfectly all right. Of course, if you can get art by Stefan Poag, Matt Finch or great old ones such as the divine EROL OTUS, that will be even better. Price, I am prepared to pay for quality. I don't want a 250 page book full of boring filler. I don't want to wade through that. If you have 48 pages worth of things to say... release it on 48 pages (better yet, 40!
). Also, let's face it, writing RPG stuff sucks if you are in it for the money (as any sane for-living publisher should be). Sales are horrid. Rates are horrid. Payment can be late. Therefore, it is only logical - and fair - to pay premium for low print run niche stuff. It is irrealistic to think on 1980s TSR's scale. It isn't happening.Melan wrote: -Dragonsfoot's free 1e adventures: they are a bit variable, but often very good! They resemble TSR's output both outside and inside.-
Melan, which of Dragonsfoot's 1e Adventures did you find to be the most like the early 1E TSR modules of 78-81 or so? Just curious. I've tried downloading some of their modules over the years and haven't had much luck, its not that their bad, just didn't seem on point (I'm looking for something akin to Homlet or White Plume that sorta thing). Thanks.
Melan, which of Dragonsfoot's 1e Adventures did you find to be the most like the early 1E TSR modules of 78-81 or so? Just curious. I've tried downloading some of their modules over the years and haven't had much luck, its not that their bad, just didn't seem on point (I'm looking for something akin to Homlet or White Plume that sorta thing). Thanks.
Melan
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They are more like modules from the "second" period of TSR (the move from pastel to colour, e.g. Bonehill, Slavers, etc.). John A. Turcotte is pretty good. Look at Where the Fallen Jarls Sleep here and see if you like it. Of course, Stefan Poag's Endless Tunnels of Enlandin is great as well, although it is classic D&D. Here it be.Valiant said:Melan wrote: -Dragonsfoot's free 1e adventures: they are a bit variable, but often very good! They resemble TSR's output both outside and inside.-
Melan, which of Dragonsfoot's 1e Adventures did you find to be the most like the early 1E TSR modules of 78-81 or so? Just curious. I've tried downloading some of their modules over the years and haven't had much luck, its not that their bad, just didn't seem on point (I'm looking for something akin to Homlet or White Plume that sorta thing). Thanks.
I didn't want to start an entirely new thread fort this one thought, so i figure this thread is as good as any:
I was thinking yesterday that WotC should have put out a 30th annual special edition -- leatherbound, maybe, or new cover -- of the core AD&D books this year, since AD&D "started" in 1977 with the MM. I have all the AD&D books, but I would still have likley dumped a butload of cash on "collector's editions", if for no other reason than to give WotC the "thumbs up" for recognizing the importance and historic significance of 1E.
I was thinking yesterday that WotC should have put out a 30th annual special edition -- leatherbound, maybe, or new cover -- of the core AD&D books this year, since AD&D "started" in 1977 with the MM. I have all the AD&D books, but I would still have likley dumped a butload of cash on "collector's editions", if for no other reason than to give WotC the "thumbs up" for recognizing the importance and historic significance of 1E.
