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<t>1. Yggsburgh/Greyhawk<br/> <br/> 2. Yggsburgh/Homebrew (although it's moving out of the Yggsburgh area, now, and I'm considering morphing the homebrew with the Wilderlands -- I think I could pull it off without anyone realizing that it wasn't that way all along...)<br/> <br/> 3. Wilderlands (Ghin...

<t>Yeah, I picked it up during the previous $10 sale. It's a pretty cool book, with lots of usable material and a decent old-school feel. Much like classic modules (e.g. B2 or T1), it has a "home base" town, a wilderness map/encounters, and a dungeon. However, it's much larger than B2 or T1. The dun...

DangerDwarf wrote: When I pull out the RC I find myself saying, "Why aren't I playing this instead?" It has a dangerous allure. I'm the same way. One of the longest-running and best campaigns I ever ran was a BECMI/RC game; if there's a version of D&D that could pull me away from C&am...

slimykuotoan wrote: I've noticed on this site that many people have gaming stiles that lean towards: no rules 'on the fly' styles of play...I do enjoy narration and prose...but that said, I do like rules, and am not a fan of 'making up whatever because it makes the story line cool' GMing... Like yo...

I posted my thoughts on this question over at Dragonsfoot.

Maliki wrote:
We just use the common sense rule.

Me too. Less bookkeeping.

I like old-school level drain: no save, and get it back with restoration or earned XP. The reason I like it is because there it makes undead truly scary and dreadful.

Ryan S. wrote: - Likewise, I'm looking to place the East Mark in the Judges Guild's Wilderlands campaign (preferably on the same map as the City State of the Invincible Overlord, some distance from the CSIO itself). Any good suggestions for this? What did you decide, as far as placing the East Mark...

<t>The other thing I like to do is one-shots or mini-series; I've been doing "fantasy history" games like that:<br/> <br/> Ancient Greece (actually this took them to the eastern shores of the Black Sea, and also to the ruins of Troy)<br/> <br/> Ancient Levant (I used Green Ronin's Testament)<br/> <b...

<t>For a change of pace, I like:<br/> <br/> Dying Earth<br/> <br/> Call of Cthulhu (& Delta Green)<br/> <br/> Savage Worlds<br/> <br/> Behind Enemy Lines (old FASA WWII RPG)<br/> <br/> Mutants & Masterminds<br/> <br/> Lejendary Adventure<br/> <br/> The Morrow Project<br/> <br/> On the opposi...

<t>I recently got the Wilderlands boxed set, and am really excited by what a great setting and product it is. I'm getting ready to start a Wilderlands campaign (using C&C, obviously), and decided to begin with a randomly chosen hex.<br/> <br/> Here's a link to my post on how that turned out. Let...

<t>I received mine this evening. It's quite nice -- much nicer than the classic D&D screen I've been using (the all-black one with the Dungeons & Dragons logo-type). It's sturdy and shiny, and it has hot babes. <br/> The charts include a listing of class abilities gained at various levels, c...

Lurker wrote: I've always loved historic gaming so IMHO I'd go for "alteration of the genre to suit standard PC party play." - The entourage can rub some players the wrong way. I've been kicking around the idea of using the "entourage approach" where the main hero is an NPC and ...

Eisenmann wrote:
If so, are there any OS X specific C&C player utilities out there? How about Castle Keeper utils?

Thanks!

If there aren't any utils, I might have to whip some up.

Dunno of any. I use OS X, though.

Eisenmann wrote: ...I ran a medieval 12th century historical fiction game about crusaders returning home from Jerusalem. The return path was through Transylvania...it's one of the best games that I've ever run. My players still talk about it! That sounds very cool. I've become a big fan of the hist...

<t>If I'm feeling in rut, I typically run one of the following:<br/> <br/> 1. Historical Fantasy mini-series or one-shot. (e.g. Vikings, ancient Greece, Rome, ancient Levant, crusades, etc)<br/> <br/> 2. Call of Cthulhu/Delta Green<br/> <br/> 3. Mutants & Masterminds<br/> <br/> At some point I a...

I think I'd get Dark Chateau, if I were you. You can start reading (and modifying adding/to) it right away, and can use your 2E MM, for now. Monsters & Treasure will be there, later.

I thought the Rick James post was the best one in the thread. Superfreak, baby...

Metathiax wrote:
Good point. If this is the case, we should then be more careful not to contribute to the phenomenon even more than this proposed natural course will...

True. Also, the degree to which we need to be careful also depends on the degree to which our contribution is significant.

Dristram wrote: The thing is for me, if a global warming is happening, like it may well indeed be, why are some so quick to think we're the cause instead of it just simply being a natural course of the planet and focus on what we can do to prepare for it instead of so much energy spent on blaming. ...

<t>I'll add my vote to "Beacon." If they rescue whatzisname-the-wizard, he can become a mentor, of sorts, or just a contact that can send them on missions. I started a game with Beacon and have now sent the PCs north to the borderlands, where they're looking for some place called Quasqueton, trying ...

Welcome back, Gary!

<t>This is one area where I don't like using the SIEGE engine, because it doesn't model surprise like I want it to work (I especially didn't like how using a Wisdom check made the cleric one of the best ambush detectors in the game). I replaced the Wisdom check with a class and race dependent (level...

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<t>Sounds like a reasonable approach if you want to get some more illusionists into play.<br/> <br/> I see the illusionist as representing a different sort of magical archetype from magic-users. That is, more of an alternative to be used if that sort of magic/spellcaster fit your campaign or story b...

Dragonhelm wrote: I'm apparantly the only fan of that module. It was my first introduction to Castle Greyhawk, and I had a ball with it. Joke, maybe, but I've been laughing for years. My problem with it wasn't so much the fact of a humor-based dungeon, but that TSR took the premier dungeon of the s...

Orpheus wrote: *sniff*I still like THAC0. I have mixed feelings about it. I like the way C&C does it, but I've also played some B/X, lately, and I liked that just fine, too. One of the more interesting arguments for the old system was presented by T. Foster on the K&K forums: Quote: I like ...

<t>I have Greyhawk Ruins, which I found to be rather boring. I doubt I'll be getting the new version. If you do run a campaign with all the versions of Greyhawk, I advise making an exception for the excremental Castle Greyhawk that TSR put out. It turns the whole thing into a joke dungeon (certainly...

<t>I actually liked the evil aspect. The PCs were wondering about it, obviously, but Karthedon worked with the town, and he was grateful when revived, so they're unsure what to make of him.<br/> <br/> I'm running him as "lawful evil"; he's not a sociopath, and he's not completely selfish. He has his...

Dristram wrote: So, what I can't remember is if I was ever unhappy with 1st Ed. AD&D. So, if you played 1st Ed. AD&D, what didn't you like about it? - didn't like the 1 min combat round - unarmed combat rules - psionics - thought initiative with segments, etc. unnecessarily complex None of ...