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#1 zombiegleemax Feb 04, 2004 21:02:53	I must admit, when the setting first came out I pretty much ignored it. It came out in 1984, and even though I was into rpgs at the time, I pretty much only played Dragonquest at that point. I just kind of missed Dragonlance... So, fast forward 20 years. I found a used copy of "Dragonlance Classics," adventures DL1-15 for $10. It looks pretty decent. I then bought the novels, Chronicles 1-3, and the new d20 Campaign Setting and "Age of Mortals." The more I read, the more impressed I am. Where should I go from here?
#2 qstor Feb 04, 2004 21:06:06	Depends, if you play 3e get the Dragonlance campaign setting its great! If you play 2e you might consider getting the Tales of the Lance boxed set. Mike
#3 iltharanos Feb 04, 2004 21:38:59	Originally posted by Cessna182 I must admit, when the setting first came out I pretty much ignored it. It came out in 1984, and even though I was into rpgs at the time, I pretty much only played Dragonquest at that point. I just kind of missed Dragonlance... So, fast forward 20 years. I found a used copy of "Dragonlance Classics," adventures DL1-15 for $10. It looks pretty decent. I then bought the novels, Chronicles 1-3, and the new d20 Campaign Setting and "Age of Mortals." The more I read, the more impressed I am. Where should I go from here? Reading wise, here's a good suggestion: http://www.dragonlance.com/products/reading.asp
#4 zombiegleemax Feb 04, 2004 23:45:29	Originally posted by qstor Depends, if you play 3e get the Dragonlance campaign setting its great! If you play 2e you might consider getting the Tales of the Lance boxed set. Mike How is this different from what I already have? Does it cover a different time period, or add more background? (Yeah, I'm a newbie...)
#5 HobbitFan Feb 05, 2004 0:06:07	Hello! As another longtime gamer who only discovered Krynn recently I can understand where you are coming from. Gaming material wise you have a good start. If you play 3rd edition or 3.5 you pretty much have the main books for now but Soverign Press will have some more stuff coming out (hopefully) soon. In terms of the big novels, I'd suggest you pick up or borrow a copy of Dragons of Summer Flame, Time of the Twins, War of the Twins and Test of the Twins. Reading the short story collection the Second Generation will help bridge between Chronicles 1-3 and Dragons of Summer Flame. After Dragons of Summer Flame I would suggest Weis and Hickman's War of Souls trilogy. You can get all of this in paperback now so have at it! Basically, read up on the Wies and Hickman books and then branch out from there as you In terms of other Dragonlance writers it's a mixed bag but you can pretty much count upon anything by Richard Knaak or Doug Niles to be good. Enjoy,
#6 zombiegleemax Feb 05, 2004 21:10:09	Originally posted by qstor Depends, if you play 3e get the Dragonlance campaign setting its great! Mike I think he said he already had the DLCS. Anyway, book wise, get the Legends trilogy, The Second Generation, and Dragons of Summer Flame. If you want to, go for the Dragons of a New Age trilogy, and maybe the Dhamon Saga after that, or you could skip ahead to the War of Souls trilogy. That's the main series. Gaming wise, the Dragonlance DM's Screen is awsome, plus the first 3rd edition DL adventure, Key of Destiny, will be out soon.
#7 zombiegleemax Feb 06, 2004 0:28:27	Actually I was also asking about "War of the Lance," mentioned above - and how is it different from the 3e stuff I have...?
#8 talinthas Feb 06, 2004 1:13:14	the 3e stuff covers the modern period, the fifth age/war of souls. the tales of the lance stuff covers the war of the lance period, which is in chronicals and immediatly after. so yes, they are different time periods.
#9 sweetmeats Feb 06, 2004 5:38:28	Basically there is like roughly 80 years between the events of the War of the Lance and where the Dragonlance setting is now. Of course there is nothing stopping you from running a War of the Lance era game, everything you need is in the DLCS. Later this year a WotL era book is planned as well.
#10 zombiegleemax Feb 11, 2004 12:58:20	Really? That's good to hear. As it is, there are is so much information out there that it's easy to get swamped. I'm thinking it would be a lot of fun to run a straight up, "old school" war of the lance campaign when that book comes out...!
#11 b4real Feb 11, 2004 14:17:05	Originally posted by qstor Depends, if you play 3e get the Dragonlance campaign setting its great! If you play 2e you might consider getting the Tales of the Lance boxed set. Mike He already has the 3e setting. ~B4Real
#12 zombiegleemax Feb 13, 2004 13:09:27	Yeah, but I still picked up a copy of Tales of the Lance, just for background info...