Troll Lord Games

<t>People, <br/> <br/> I listen to everything you say on these forums. As I look through the finished Gnome section I take to heart what Serleran requests in wanting an evil gnome, but I didn't do one. I have neutral ones and chaotic good ones, but no evil ones. It's because I can't see the gnomish ...

I just finished the Greeks, lots of adamantine in those boys. Now I have to work up the halflings so they aren't confused with the Gnomes. That's tougher than you might think.

James M. Ward

<t>14 should be shipping this week the 30th. I know this because we don't want to change the volume number on the cover so it's going in the mail on the 31. <br/> <br/> the only thing stopping it would be the magic of the ancients. Sometimes those ancients can get really nasty. <br/> <br/> best,<br/...

<t>Thanks a lot for subscribing. I need a bunch more of you readers signing up so that I can make the Crusader even better. Right now it's going to become a 36 page magazine, but if I can get a bunch more people signing up I might be able to make it a 48 pager by the end of next year. <br/> <br/> be...

<t>I just finished the pantheon of the gnomes and I'm thinking it's some of my best work. They are amusing deities with items and spells that don't seem useful at all at first, but show some amazing uses if one thinks about them for a bit. <br/> <br/> On to the Greeks and Titans!<br/> <br/> James M....

<t>Since I'm the managing editor of Crusader magazine, I think for now we will keep the idea of this wonderful set of Gods articles only in the magazine. After all, I need my Christmas stocking filled with subscribers to the magazine or there will be no Ho, Ho, Hoing for me for the rest of the year....

Mike,

Your thoughts do give me an idea. I can always present several pages of 'lost' gods in the Crusader magazine every month. That way anyone who really wanted to see a particular god can have their cake and eat it too.

James M. Ward

<t>O,<br/> <br/> I completely understand your position. Let me ask you a few things. Out buddy Anubis is known as the guardian of the dead. What character class would want to worship this god? All of the deities I have grant powers to their worshipers, what power would Anubis grant to his clerics an...

<t>Just for fun I would like to hear from you fans on my choices. I'm not saying I will change a thing, but I value the discussion from the people buying the product. <br/> <br/> I am at the top of my word count in this section. Each section lists the gods, lists 9 spells unique to that pantheon and...

<t>Mike, Mike,<br/> <br/> You need to read this entire post. I have given all of the pantheons that are going to be covered. I can see in another product the deities of Summer, but it isn't happening in this book. I feel your pain, but you can only do so much in 160 pages. I spent thirty minutes ago...

<t>I just finished the Egyptian Pantheon. For those of you that are interested, I have posted the outline of what we are doing. Those Egyptian deities seemed to take a lot more time than the others have so far. Steve asked that I make sure there are a lot of role playing opportunities in this book s...

<t>Many of you know that I wrote METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA. I haven't had the means to support the game like I want to but I have a few friends that are putting out great product. That website helps people find other MA material. If any of you have any questions about MA please ask them here or on the oth...

<t>I just wanted to thank you people who have been subscribing to the Crusader magazine. Subscriptions are the lifesblood to the magazine and we need everyone of them. Please tell your friends if they like C&C and want to help out, they should get on the web and sign up. There is a 6 month and a...

I'm very happy this isn't a democracy. The best reason for buying the product is the Aihrde gods. You will have to settle for something like the dwarf or elf deities.

Happy Holidays!

James M. Ward

<t>People,<br/> <br/> I'm happy to say I have the first five pantheons done and I'm working on the Egyptian Pantheon right now. <br/> <br/> Steve requested that I put more role-playing elements in the work and I think you all will like the fact that now you can earn the artifacts of the gods if you ...

<t>Art is very subjective, but from my experience (30+ years in the hobby industry) I think that piece of art is fantastic. It's a dynamic battle scene. The two figures are in the proper proportions. It's an exciting piece of action that I can easily imagine myself doing. Plust it gives fans of C&am...

<t>I asked Steve to delay putting up Crusader PDFs. I didn't tell him to stop doing them, but I need to sell more magazines and if you have to wait a bit to see your favorite magazine, maybe you will consider subscribing. <br/> <br/> I certainly don't ever intend to irritate a Crusader fan, but subs...

<t>We change volume numbers with every January issue. I'm glad to see the airship article was of interest. I want to talk about a good game in every issue so that some of you can make fun buying choices. <br/> <br/> It's the same thing with the book reviews that are coming up. Remember that with iss...

I'm sorry to see my METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA didn't show up at all. Maybe I can talk Steve into letting me show a little bit of it in Crusader.

Happy Holidays

James M. Ward

<t>It is odd, I have been a gamer and game designer since 1974 and all the rest of my family couldn't be bothered about gaming. I've tried and they just aren't interested, sigh. Apples to Apples is about all they would even try and that gets old real fast when you have had fun playing hobby games. I...

<t>I hope you other people won't mind if I quickly answer John's question. I hadn't read Orphans in the Sky before I did METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA. I did read it afterward and enjoyed it greatly. There are a lot of (quite by accident) MA themes in that book. Starship by Brian Aldriss was my real inspirati...

<t>While I'm thinking of it I would ask all readers of this forum to seriously think about subscribing to Crusader magazine. We are going to 36 pages in December and now that I kinda know what I'm doing we are going to have lots of fun things happening in 2009 with the magazine. It would be worth yo...

<t>Steve beat me to it,<br/> <br/> I've very proud to add my note to the fact that 13 is shipping. I think there are some fun things in it. <br/> <br/> You all might be happy to know that 14 is finished in the can and the trolls are working hard to get it out soon as well. <br/> <br/> I just finishe...

<t>I really appreciate the fans of Troll Lords and Crusader. We will get better and better as time goes on. I'm working toward getting two months ahead in the magazine and I know it's possible because I did it at TSR with DRAGON and that was 128 pages. Of course we had a staff of six people. <br/> <...

<t>I'm sorry to say issue 13 is late. We've had a death in the family and the printing presses needed a few things. We are struggling hard to get it out this week. It's all written and int he can, but late which is irritating all of us here at Troll Lords. <br/> <br/> Just as a point of interest thi...

<r>James M. Ward here and this has been such a fun read, I thought I might add to it. I'm 57 with three grown sons who have kids of their own and a lovely wife who puts up with my gaming habit. I was lucky to meet Gary Gygax in '74 and he taught me how to play D&D. He also allowed me to write th...

<t>I'm sorry for those mistakes. The cover gets printed first and sometimes things get shifted or move or deleted altogether. That does happen with every magazine in the universe. <br/> <br/> So far when I can manage 32 pages I'm happy. Now the cruel trolls want me to fill 36 pages starting with Dec...

Steve and I are still talking about the different Mayan, Aztex, Inca cultures so I don't have a good answer for you yet. This is all a work in progress and I want to make sure Steve and his crew are satisfied first. There will be more on this later.

James M. Ward

<t>Dan,<br/> <br/> I thought I already made that clear. There will be no stats on pure gods. A normal player character should not be battling a god. However, deities appear on the earth in humanoid form as avatars. The largest one I do is 20th level and many of them are 15th level. I think you will ...

<t>I'm trying hard to make this work very different especially from the volumes I did in the long ago past. <br/> <br/> The Roman and Greek will be very different. I know The Romans stole a lot from the Greek, that doesn't mean I need to. Each will have their own flavor. I will still have to have a ...