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Ordered mine in the first 5 minutes of its availability! Can't wait for it to arrive!!

Of course, the next 12 minutes will be agonizingly slow...

Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, Erik Mona, Tracy Hickman, Margret Weis, Ed Greenwood, Larry Elmore, J.R.R. Tolkien, Terry Brooks, and pretty much anyone else with the ability to really draw you in to the story and run a great game.

Soon. As in "I'm not quite sure why it isn't up yet, since it is certainly finished."

I'll check into it tomorrow at work.

--Erik

Any update on this, Mr. Mona? I can hardly wait!

Well, I began dungeon delving (playing D&D and other RPGs) in 1983 and haven't given it up yet, so I thought it was a fitting avatar title. I chose this avatar because I actually like playing the cleric!

What is your favorite RPG that you've ever played that is now out of print? Maybe you'd play it again if it came out as a d20 game?

I'll start off:

SPACEMASTER BY I.C.E. (very cool Starship combat system)
--played this game a lot in the early 90's--

Star Trek the RPG by FASA (everything S.T. since then has sucked)

Top Secret (D20 modern is pretty good, but the original Top Secret Boxed set with the "Sprechenhaltestelle" module has a place dear to my heart)

Space Opera (first RPG I tried other than AD&D back in my sophomore year in high school (1982)) Kind of corny, but it had dogs and cats as alien races and a hellaciously complicated combat system. I still liked running a space marine though.

Gangbusters by TSR (only played this a few times, but the setting was fun--first game I played a bad guy in)

and my all time favorite OOP RPG:

Twilight: 2000 by GDW (this game kicked butt, we played it almost exclusively in 1985-86--Pirates of the Vistula and the Free City of Krakow were two of the most fun adventures I ever played. The combat system and coolness under fire ratings were pretty good. I would most certainly buy this game--could be put out as an extension of d20 modern. But please, re-design the vehicle combat rules a la Twilight 2000. Oh, I forgot the module--Lone Star, Red Star where San Antonio is occupied by a Soviet airborne division. We spent the entire summer of '86 refighting the Texas Revolution and kicking the Russkies off the Riverwalk!!

My favorites of the bygone days:

<b>Ghostbusters</b> (West End Games) - The few games I played were fantastic! Maybe it could show up as a d20 Modern/Future add on?

<b>Indiana Jones RPG</b> (TSR) - That was a fun game! The later version by West End Games looked like it would have been cool, but I never had the chance to play it. I suppose this one could be resurrected as a d20 Past/Modern series?

And I'm sure that the next one could be a d20 Future mega seller: <b>Star Frontiers</b> (TSR)- Yazirians and Dralasites. 'Nuff Said!

I spoke to the fine fine folks at Crystal Caste just this past Thursday, and they said "they'll be here in June, that's all we know."

So, uhh, check back in like June and stuff :)

"D'OH!"

... and It's away!!

Some of these things are pretty cool.

-Vic.

Huzzah! Huzzah! The dice have finally arrived! Now if only I had some ducats to spend on them. *Sigh* Maybe by the end of the week...

Just wondering, up through what issue # of Dragon Magazine does the Dragon Compendium Vol. 1 draw its collection of articles, etc?
I'd really like to know!!

Here's looking forward to an early retirement!

Takasi wrote:

Dungeon 134 and 135 have no Forgotten Realms or Eberron content

And I couldn't be happier. Well, I could. It could be ALL GREYHAWK ALL THE TIME!!

But, hey, I'll just have to revel in my satisfaction with the Dungeon being at the 'Close to Overflowing' level. Sigh.

As much as I love the "Classic Greyhawk" adventures for the ease of use in my homebrew campaign (since it's heavily based on Greyhawk lore), I do enjoy the occasional challenge of converting an Eberron or Realms adventure to suit my campaign.

Unfortunately, I don't have as much leisure time to devote to conversions as I'd like to have, so the Classic Greyhawk and generic settings work best for me.

That said, I think all of the settings are of top quality and that each holds appeal to some people more than others. But when you take it all down to the bare bones it's all Official D&D, and after that it's up to the individual as to whether or not it fits in with what they're running.

Wow, Koga. A lot seems to be going down at once for ya! I can particularly identify with the friend who fell in with the wrong crowd, but after a couple of years of being the "Delusional Optimist", it finally paid off. So hang in there and don't give up the good fight!

I hope you're able to find a way to stock those dice! I'll buy a few sets for my gaming group!