Bearcat
11-30-1997, 12:00 AM
>Rjurik Highlands
Cool, I really liked the little folk tales that are put in the
little colored boxes every now and then throughout the beginning chapters.
The kingdoms are also cool and several are on the verge of collapsing and
make for good starting locations for a campaign (I'm just about to rip
Stjordvik to pieces).
>Book of Magecraft
Also cool, Its been a while since i've read it though, which is
understandable when you realize that my brother (my only player) has this
thing against mages and we're based in the highlands. They have nice new
realm spells (I love Warding, its got so much potential ;) and the
descriptions for the spellcasters of different races are also great. I also
think that they give several good alternatives to the ever problematic
leylines.
>Havens of the Great Bay
Cool, This one takes the initiative of not giving an adventure like the
other sets. Instead it uses that precious space to outline tons of possible
hooks and allows the DM to think for himself. Another thing that appears for
the first time is kingdoms whose provinces are not all ruled by the same
regent (at first I thought this was strange but then I got kinda used to the
idea).
>Blood Enemies: Abominations of Cerilia
Elusive, last summer I spent almost two months searching for this book. I
never found it, and I can say that I probably won't find it this coming
summer either...ARGH!
>Of all these, the only ones my gaming shop ever got in is the BoP and Blood
>Enemies. They say they have never had the others in stock (see there is a
>bad side to living in Australia - we get everything at least 3 months after
>everywhere else. Tribe of the Heartless Wastes arrived just the other
>day.). I guess some of these are probably sold out by now :-(
Not EVERYONE else. Let's face it, you are lucky that the concept of the
gaming store even exists where you live. Here in Pernambuco, Brazil even the
_national_ gaming magazines arrive three months late if ever. My bookstore
found out that imported roleplaying games just don't bring a profit and gave
up on them. I was lucky to arrive at this point and buy everything at a HUGE
discount (ie: the normal price for you all). Abril Jovem, the company that
translates AD&D, has only produced three "boxed sets" which they divide in
two parts and charge for each part what you people in the States would pay
for the whole set. To make matters worse, now that WotC has bought TSR the
rights for AD&D go to Devir publishing giving them a monopoly on the entire
industry here.
Sorry about my letting off so much steam, but I really think that if you
consider your situation you will see that there are people worse off than
you (I'm sure, for example, that there are brazilians who can't get to the
states every year or so like I can).
Bearcat
lcgm@elogica.com.br
Come visit Bearcat's Birthright Homepage at:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/6204
Cool, I really liked the little folk tales that are put in the
little colored boxes every now and then throughout the beginning chapters.
The kingdoms are also cool and several are on the verge of collapsing and
make for good starting locations for a campaign (I'm just about to rip
Stjordvik to pieces).
>Book of Magecraft
Also cool, Its been a while since i've read it though, which is
understandable when you realize that my brother (my only player) has this
thing against mages and we're based in the highlands. They have nice new
realm spells (I love Warding, its got so much potential ;) and the
descriptions for the spellcasters of different races are also great. I also
think that they give several good alternatives to the ever problematic
leylines.
>Havens of the Great Bay
Cool, This one takes the initiative of not giving an adventure like the
other sets. Instead it uses that precious space to outline tons of possible
hooks and allows the DM to think for himself. Another thing that appears for
the first time is kingdoms whose provinces are not all ruled by the same
regent (at first I thought this was strange but then I got kinda used to the
idea).
>Blood Enemies: Abominations of Cerilia
Elusive, last summer I spent almost two months searching for this book. I
never found it, and I can say that I probably won't find it this coming
summer either...ARGH!
>Of all these, the only ones my gaming shop ever got in is the BoP and Blood
>Enemies. They say they have never had the others in stock (see there is a
>bad side to living in Australia - we get everything at least 3 months after
>everywhere else. Tribe of the Heartless Wastes arrived just the other
>day.). I guess some of these are probably sold out by now :-(
Not EVERYONE else. Let's face it, you are lucky that the concept of the
gaming store even exists where you live. Here in Pernambuco, Brazil even the
_national_ gaming magazines arrive three months late if ever. My bookstore
found out that imported roleplaying games just don't bring a profit and gave
up on them. I was lucky to arrive at this point and buy everything at a HUGE
discount (ie: the normal price for you all). Abril Jovem, the company that
translates AD&D, has only produced three "boxed sets" which they divide in
two parts and charge for each part what you people in the States would pay
for the whole set. To make matters worse, now that WotC has bought TSR the
rights for AD&D go to Devir publishing giving them a monopoly on the entire
industry here.
Sorry about my letting off so much steam, but I really think that if you
consider your situation you will see that there are people worse off than
you (I'm sure, for example, that there are brazilians who can't get to the
states every year or so like I can).
Bearcat
lcgm@elogica.com.br
Come visit Bearcat's Birthright Homepage at:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/6204