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A point for we Greyhawk DMs to ponder-

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#1
lincoln_hills
Jan 24, 2006 14:28:38
devinmdp wrote:
#2
mortellan
Jan 24, 2006 15:03:51 Those who fear deviating from a published storyline are readers, those who don't are writers.

Anyhow, I can agree with you there and I've always said it, I have enough GH material from just 1E and 2E to last the rest of my life if I run nothing but Greyhawk. I have barely even scratched the 3.x stuff that appears in the Living Greyhawk Journals and Dungeon.
#3
Elendur
Jan 24, 2006 16:34:19 Yep, I'm not interested in the deluge of materials that Forgotten Realms and Eberron are getting. A hardbound setting book would have been nice, if only for the production values, but I can live with the excellent magazine articles and the dozens of original Greyhawk adventures I have yet to play through or DM.
#4
bdpenney
Jan 25, 2006 12:05:09
Those who fear deviating from a published storyline are readers, those who don't are writers.

Anyhow, I can agree with you there and I've always said it, I have enough GH material from just 1E and 2E to last the rest of my life if I run nothing but Greyhawk. I have barely even scratched the 3.x stuff that appears in the Living Greyhawk Journals and Dungeon.

I agree 1,000% with extra chocolate sprinkles.

I don't need a book every 6 months to a year to give me data and ideas to work with on Greyhawk, I have enough info to last the rest of my life with my personal GH collection.

What is more, Eric Mona and Dungeon Magazine is doing a fantastic job keeping Greyhawk alive and bringing us adventures with that classig 'Greyhawk' feel.

True, Wizards is moving away from sourcebooks mentioning GH, but we don't need Wizards to produce anything to keep the world going. There's plenty enough without them.
#5
Amaril
Jan 25, 2006 15:00:16 I will say that they could have at least put out a few supplements to represent the out-of-print content for those of us who were new to Greyhawk (and/or D&D) as of 3e. I had a hell of a time learning and collecting information about Greyhawk and I still have a hard time sorting and searching through PDFs and other files on my hard drive. The LGG was good, but it really was only enough to spark interest and create an unhealthy obsession with collecting Greyhawk content from a seemingly sprawling array of sources.
#6
extempus
Feb 05, 2006 3:51:53 I'm still using 1988's Greyhawk Adventures for ideas (among other things)! Most recently (the last couple of months, in fact), my players were at the Burning Cliffs, and over the last few years have been to the Sea of Dust, Tovag Baragu, Rigodruok and Esmerin. I've yet to work out how they'll get to the Twisted Forest, and possibly Turucambi as well...
#7
zombiegleemax
Feb 05, 2006 7:36:20 Since I have, and will continue to, GM GH games, it's obvious that I don't "need" anything more than I have now.

Still, I want it.
#8
maldin
Feb 05, 2006 15:12:35 I agree yet disagree.

Yes, I have more then enough Greyhawk (and more then enough personal creativity) to continue my 26 year campaign for another 26 years. However WotC's unfathomable policy of the two position switch.... massive, insane support vs. virtual absolute ban on all publication... is most unfortunate (to state the obvious). There are alot of cool things that could be done, be can't. Right now, only a very limited arena can be utilized (Dungeon mods), and then only if we can pretend it is (or can be) generic. This is what makes me sad. Not the fact that we don't have a flood of publications. If only the world knew just how hard Erik must swim to fight the current.

Denis, aka "Maldin"
==============================
Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com
Loads of edition-independent Greyhawk goodness and other stuff.
#9
zombiegleemax
Feb 06, 2006 16:43:08 I want more stuff to read.

I've read every (non-living) Greyhawk book ever printed. I would be interested in print that covers one of the 4 eras much moreso than new events unfolding though.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 lincoln_hills Jan 24, 2006 14:28:38	devinmdp wrote:
#2 mortellan Jan 24, 2006 15:03:51	Those who fear deviating from a published storyline are readers, those who don't are writers. Anyhow, I can agree with you there and I've always said it, I have enough GH material from just 1E and 2E to last the rest of my life if I run nothing but Greyhawk. I have barely even scratched the 3.x stuff that appears in the Living Greyhawk Journals and Dungeon.
#3 Elendur Jan 24, 2006 16:34:19	Yep, I'm not interested in the deluge of materials that Forgotten Realms and Eberron are getting. A hardbound setting book would have been nice, if only for the production values, but I can live with the excellent magazine articles and the dozens of original Greyhawk adventures I have yet to play through or DM.
#4 bdpenney Jan 25, 2006 12:05:09	Those who fear deviating from a published storyline are readers, those who don't are writers. Anyhow, I can agree with you there and I've always said it, I have enough GH material from just 1E and 2E to last the rest of my life if I run nothing but Greyhawk. I have barely even scratched the 3.x stuff that appears in the Living Greyhawk Journals and Dungeon. I agree 1,000% with extra chocolate sprinkles. I don't need a book every 6 months to a year to give me data and ideas to work with on Greyhawk, I have enough info to last the rest of my life with my personal GH collection. What is more, Eric Mona and Dungeon Magazine is doing a fantastic job keeping Greyhawk alive and bringing us adventures with that classig 'Greyhawk' feel. True, Wizards is moving away from sourcebooks mentioning GH, but we don't need Wizards to produce anything to keep the world going. There's plenty enough without them.
#5 Amaril Jan 25, 2006 15:00:16	I will say that they could have at least put out a few supplements to represent the out-of-print content for those of us who were new to Greyhawk (and/or D&D) as of 3e. I had a hell of a time learning and collecting information about Greyhawk and I still have a hard time sorting and searching through PDFs and other files on my hard drive. The LGG was good, but it really was only enough to spark interest and create an unhealthy obsession with collecting Greyhawk content from a seemingly sprawling array of sources.
#6 extempus Feb 05, 2006 3:51:53	I'm still using 1988's Greyhawk Adventures for ideas (among other things)! Most recently (the last couple of months, in fact), my players were at the Burning Cliffs, and over the last few years have been to the Sea of Dust, Tovag Baragu, Rigodruok and Esmerin. I've yet to work out how they'll get to the Twisted Forest, and possibly Turucambi as well...
#7 zombiegleemax Feb 05, 2006 7:36:20	Since I have, and will continue to, GM GH games, it's obvious that I don't "need" anything more than I have now. Still, I want it.
#8 maldin Feb 05, 2006 15:12:35	I agree yet disagree. Yes, I have more then enough Greyhawk (and more then enough personal creativity) to continue my 26 year campaign for another 26 years. However WotC's unfathomable policy of the two position switch.... massive, insane support vs. virtual absolute ban on all publication... is most unfortunate (to state the obvious). There are alot of cool things that could be done, be can't. Right now, only a very limited arena can be utilized (Dungeon mods), and then only if we can pretend it is (or can be) generic. This is what makes me sad. Not the fact that we don't have a flood of publications. If only the world knew just how hard Erik must swim to fight the current. Denis, aka "Maldin" ============================== Maldin's Greyhawk http://melkot.com Loads of edition-independent Greyhawk goodness and other stuff.
#9 zombiegleemax Feb 06, 2006 16:43:08	I want more stuff to read. I've read every (non-living) Greyhawk book ever printed. I would be interested in print that covers one of the 4 eras much moreso than new events unfolding though.