Your Favorite RPG Supplement, for any Game, Period

[RichGreen]

Hi,

My all-time favourite has to be Horror on the Orient Express for Call of Cthulhu.

Honourable mentions go to 1e Oriental Adventures, the Old Grey Box Forgotten Realms boxed set and the Planescape boxed set.

Cheers


Richard

 

[ColonelHardisson]

My all-time favourite has to be Horror on the Orient Express for Call of Cthulhu.

That's an interesting choice. If I recall correctly, it was the product Chaosium had polled customers about. The gist of the poll was that Chaosium wanted to do the most deluxe adventure ever, one that would cose about $100, and include actual physical props like an idol - and this was back in the late 80s, if I'm remembering correctly. It didn't end up that complex, but was still pretty deluxe, apparently.

 

[ChristianW]

I gotta go with "The Free City of Haven" for the Thieves Guild rpg published by Gamelords Limited back in, say, 1982. It was jammed with infomration. Gosh, we spent so many hours exploring that city shop by shop...then robbing them. Good times!

 

[Lorgrom]

Tough question. I can think of three for me that are so close there is no way for me to decide.

Troll Pack (for Runequest)
Call of Cthulhu d20
Ruins of Undermountain

 

[grodog]

That's an interesting choice. If I recall correctly, it was the product Chaosium had polled customers about. The gist of the poll was that Chaosium wanted to do the most deluxe adventure ever, one that would cose about $100, and include actual physical props like an idol - and this was back in the late 80s, if I'm remembering correctly. It didn't end up that complex, but was still pretty deluxe, apparently.

Jeff, the one you're thinking of that Chaosium solicited for was actually the One Night adventure, which alas never came to be. Some details on that one are at http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=917

I think this might do much better in today's market, now that most of us aren't starving college students any longer

 

[grodog]

I gotta go with "The Free City of Haven" for the Thieves Guild rpg published by Gamelords Limited back in, say, 1982. It was jammed with infomration. Gosh, we spent so many hours exploring that city shop by shop...then robbing them. Good times!

If you're looking for Haven materials, see the Different Worlds site @ http://www.diffworlds.com/haven.htm

 

[buzz]

2. The original Thieves' World box set for Chaosium. The best fantasy city ever. A place I WANTED to run adventures in and play in. To this day gives me the warm fuzzies in a way so few books ever have.

YES! I often regret having sold this during the Great RPG Purge of '98. The few AD&D games I used this for were hella fun, but mostly I just loved paging through the "all known systems" stat book. That they included Traveller stats is testament to how cool Chaosium used to be, back in the day.

 

[diaglo]

Chainmail (1971) a supplement created before the game was created. it doesn't get any better than that for omniscience.

 

[WayneLigon]

Wow, there are so many choices...

It has to go to Strike Force by Aaron Allston. I can't think of any other book I've ever owned that was read cover to cover so many times. No core book, no adventure, nothing. Pavis comes close, as one of the best-ever city books made. Or possibly the original Thieve's World.

Of things from the modern era, either The Complete Books of Eldritch Magic or Freedom City.

 

[Nebulous]

Jeff, the one you're thinking of that Chaosium solicited for was actually the One Night adventure, which alas never came to be. Some details on that one are at http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=917

I think this might do much better in today's market, now that most of us aren't starving college students any longer

Now THAT'S interesting. I would be sorely tempted to buy something like that...but i make my own Cthulhu props and sound fx for much cheaper. Still, it would be a collector's item i probably couldn't resist. And given the prospensity of expensive books nowadays, it would fit right in.