Troll Lord Games

Well I think I can now say that I'm addicted to megadungeons. Just before Christmas I bought Barrowmaze Complete and Forbidden Caverns of Archaia . Shortly after I purchased Rappan Athuk. I bought them all in hardcover. I've read the first two, but not the third yet, as I'm currently reading the OS...

Most of the Advanced Adventures line have struck me as so-so, with a handful of good modules and a larger number of stinkers. I don't think the compilations are great values. I'd just get the individual modules that strike your fancy. That being said, I ran an 8 month long C&C Barrowmaze game using ...

I'm in. I've wanted to run Rifts again for a long time, but too many players in my group have vetoed it due to Palladium's house system being too heavy. Over the years, I've adapted more and more science-fantasy into my C&C games, but I'm still yearning to play the real thing. While I really respect...

I wish the C&C Monk was more like the S&W Monk, and I wish C&C's Knights didn't focus on horses. Horses don't exist in some of my favorite settings.

Both of those things are house ruled easily enough, though.

Certainly my favorite class. In contrast with Treebore's view, I like them in large part because their lack of fiddly bits means that I have more time to engage in the game creatively. That and nobody is better in a straight up fight.

For a straight dungeon crawl, I really like Dark Journey. I think the magic items need some spicing up, wandering monster tables need to be added, and the author's recommendation to avoiding restocking is wrong. In fact, I think those are weak spots in many of TLG's modules. Nevertheless, the dungeo...

Mini flip book (including the 6th print PHB in B&W).

FWIW, I use the dungeon level as a baseline for the CL. Seems to work pretty well.

That's disappointing. I missed Steve's single game last year and hoped he'd be running more this year.

After the CKG was released, my gaming group used them in a couple of campaigns. I wasn't a fan since they seemed to narrow the variety of actions the players took. Previously, I had adjudicated actions similarly to Treebore and, as a result, players tended to tried more things and be more imaginativ...

This weekend we'll be kicking off a new C&C campaign using Kevin Crawford's Red Tide setting.

Probably Elf. I like exploring what it is to be effectively immortal. I also like that they're good with swords.

Half-Orcs are pretty interesting too, though.

C&C White Box #172

How about their campaign books like Sword of Air? Ordered it and am hoping to use it with C&C. The only issue that I've seen with using S&W materials with C&C is that as characters progress in the two systems, the way that saving throws work diverges quite a bit. Higher level adventures that call f...

Has anyone used the Monstrosities book for Swords & Wizardry in their C&C game? It is a great book, but I much prefer C&C as a system. It looks as though it would be easy to concert...even on the fly. Any have any experience with this? You're right... it is a great book. I have first hand experienc...

There is now a C&C pledge level for the Revised Book of Familiars. $30 for a .pdf? For something that's primary draw (as I see it, anyhow) is that it fixes broken components in something we've already paid for? :? Why not provides errata to fix the book for existing customers at no charge first? Th...

Great job! Thank you!

If you say my name then I appear. Here are some reviews. GG1: The Mysterious Tower http://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=2147 GG2: Palace of Shadow http://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=2120 DCC7: Secret of Smugglers Cove http://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=45 GG5: Dread Crypt of Srihoz http://tenfootp...

I think this very issue is why I increasing tweak existing monsters to have different appearances and/or modified powers, or use new monsters altogether.

I don't like discouraging players from using every scrap of knowledge they have to help them.

A Red & Pleasant Land is well worth looking into, and it's easily adapted to C&C.

Here's hoping that they can pull it together this year. I'd love to attend.

One week to registration... Steve, please submit your game(s)! I don't want to miss out!

I didn't find the Haunted Highlands to be any darker or grittier than the rest of the setting I used, which was Aihrde. I find your perspective interesting. I haven't used HH extensively, but the gods presented therein and things like sacrificial magic definitely gave me the impression of it as a d...

I think that would simply escalate things. Fighters would then want a d12, and Barbarians would want to roll Zocchi dice for hit points! To me, Clerics in C&C are a pretty powerful class as is. They have both offensive and defensive magic, great AC options, good weapon options, and they can turn und...

Rigon wrote:It's not the miniature, it's the player. I invest the the same roll-play aspects into each character whether I use a mini for it or not.

That's exactly right.

I was thinking it would be pretty easy to connect it to the Haunted Highlands module series. My take on the Haunted Highlands is that it is a somewhat darker setting than what Kalas presents. Having said that, and having used Kalas fairly extensively, I think a grim and grittier take on Kalas would...

To Steve et al, you better get your events in soon! Game reservations start in two weeks!

I ran a pretty successful campaign based around Kalas. As long as a person is OK with high levels of magic, Kalas is a great setting for starting out a game. I used Dark Journey for an initial adventure, placing it to the north of Kalas. While that module really needs wandering monsters, restocking,...

I would *love* to play in his big game, as would the other members of my gaming group that will be coming. If he can possibly schedule it for Thursday night, that would be spectacular.

We're just over a month out from registration!

I saw that Steve is planning on coming to NTRPGCon this year, which is great news. Will any scheduled games be forthcoming?