tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post1190514711308850822..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: new PDFs of noteJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-57256613061514831542007-05-22T22:09:00.000-05:002007-05-22T22:09:00.000-05:00The Unearthed Arcana, in particular, was legendary...The Unearthed Arcana, in particular, was legendary for falling apart at the seams if you breathed on it too hard, but all of the orange spines were very shoddy goods (cheaply glued, nothing sewn). We had a lot of books that would get the spine panel going wobbly within a couple of weeks. Of course, we used to <I>hit</I> each other with them, but we were a rough group. :)<BR/><BR/>I knew they did a Moldvay Basic (and lots of other boxes - even some later ones like the Elminster's Ecology and that Drow city thing), but I didn't know they did a miniature Greyhawk box. Damn. <BR/><BR/>Honest to Gruumsh, if I still had even the remotest interest in running AD&D1, I'd hunt down a core set and use those for regular play. I'm a sucker for anything portable :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-38001754327433374382007-05-22T18:06:00.000-05:002007-05-22T18:06:00.000-05:00I hear the maps in Open Design products are totall...I hear the maps in Open Design products are totally awesome...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-56096402415550862662007-05-22T16:17:00.000-05:002007-05-22T16:17:00.000-05:00No problem. BTW, I was catching up on Blue Room up...No problem. BTW, I was catching up on <A HREF="http://www.io.com/~sjohn/blueroom.htm" REL="nofollow">Blue Room updates</A> today. Thanks for re-assuring me that the AD&D books I started on were more cheaply made than earlier versions. Me and my buds positively destroyed my original PHB and Unearthed Arcana. I eventually removed the pages and three-hole punched them to put in a ring binder. And my first DMG is a coverless mess.<BR/><BR/>The tiny Advanced books never did much for me. But some days I'm tempted to buy one of the somewhat rarer boxed sets. They did a Moldvay Basic and a World of Greyhawk. Imagine the tiny map of the Flanaess!Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-88521371499362893162007-05-22T12:37:00.000-05:002007-05-22T12:37:00.000-05:00Ah. I misunderstood your post entirely, then. Sorr...Ah. I misunderstood your post <I>entirely,</I> then. Sorry to bother you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-999005826284188282007-05-22T12:20:00.000-05:002007-05-22T12:20:00.000-05:00I don't have a good read on Kobold Quarterly yet. ...I don't have a good read on Kobold Quarterly yet. Wolfgang Baur is spoken of favorably by folks who remember his work on several 90s-era TSR settings I never really followed: Al Qadim, Planescape, that sort of stuff. Since then he's done a lot of work in the 3rd party D&D scene. He editted Dungeon for a while, so he ought to know what a decent adventure looks like. Was he one of the guys who worked on the unreleased Magic: The Gathering RPG? I think so.<BR/><BR/>So nothing specific interests me about the zine just yet. At this stage I'm pretty much just delighted at the prospect of a random file of goodies appearing on a quarterly basis.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-52412571926335925312007-05-22T12:18:00.000-05:002007-05-22T12:18:00.000-05:00Hrm. I visited the website and they don't seem to ...Hrm. I visited the website and they don't seem to be making the first issue for sale individually ... You apparently have to subscribe, sight-unseen. That worries me something fierce. I can't even find a preview download (but I could be overlooking it).<BR/><BR/>Tell me what's awesome in there, man. The publishers don't seem to want us to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-22112144341162665082007-05-22T12:12:00.000-05:002007-05-22T12:12:00.000-05:00Kobold Quarterly is of potential interest to me, b...Kobold Quarterly is of potential interest to me, but I didn't get much of a sense of what you thought of it/why you'd recommend it.<BR/><BR/>I'm always (somewhat desperately) interested in new gaming 'zines, if they're good ones. I don't much care what system they're for; I just skim past the statblocks to get to the Stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com