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    Bryan Palmer
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    First I'd like to thank "Ed" (sorry about the Mr. Stark, it's a function
    of my past military training) for all the great products and help
    provided to me over the past two years. Over the last ten years the
    majority of my expereince with RPGs has been as a player character. I
    have long wanted to be a DM and chose the Birthright genre as my first
    serious DMing challenge. It has been great! I DM a group of five player
    characters that have been playing D&D and AD&D games for at least an
    average of 20 years. The Birthright campaign has re-energized a group of
    tired adventurers. this is due primarilty to the game mechanics of
    controlling an entire realm and the great political intrigue involved in
    every turn. We have gone for many enjoyable gaming sessions without
    lifting a sword.

    For a wish list I'd suggest the following:

    1. I wholeheartedly support Tripp Elliott's suggestion for having the
    domain maps put in pdf formats on cds. But I'd also go a bit further.
    Why not put the entire domain sourcebook(s) on a cd so the dm can print
    out whatever portions he/she desires. That way, the DM can decide on what
    the players will or will not have in terms of domain information. I'd
    think this would make the Western Coast/TSR folks happy since it would
    cut down on printing costs. However it does assume that most DMs or
    PCs have the electronic capacity to benefit from CD based information.

    2. If CDs are marketable, Id' vote for the compilation of domain source
    books into one overall DM usable index and rework past source material so
    it wouldn't give away too much information to the players. I agree that
    past books have given away too many secrets that the DM would like
    players to work for.

    3. A source book for the Imperial city is a must! My PCs simply
    salivate everytime they try to get a piece of the pie in the Imperial
    city.

    4. I think an overall DM's guide to the Birthright realm would be very
    useful. Kind of like the AD&D DM's guide. However, it would include
    those areas that are particular to Birthright (Realm magic/spells,
    character classes, holding descriptions, domain rules, battle rules, etc.)

    5. The war/battle card system could be updated to include optional/new
    rules. We have already made a good many modifications such as enlarging
    the battle map, upgrading armies, using siege tactics that encorporate
    individual PC battles, etc.

    6. Being a fairly new DM, I had a good deal of trouble in acurately and
    fairly awarding experience points for domain/regent actions. Having an
    index or list of each domain actions along with points given for level of
    success would have been helpful.

    7. Any kind of supplementary materials that promote political intrigue.
    (eg. history of royal families, history of past alliances or double
    dealing, adventures based on espionage and politics, etc.)

    8. Some explanation of the shadow world would be great. My players have
    already used passage within this realm for a military campaign (at a
    frightful cost to thier armies).

    9. I also try to use the combat(using minatures) and PC creation system
    presented in the last AD&D updates. It would be interesting to see if
    the concepts in those two supplements could be melded into the Birthright
    campaign. The use of minatures for both small and large engagements
    helps to keep my PCs honest.

    Thanks again Ed for your support and I'm really looking forward to the
    new priest book and the Vos supplement.

    Bryan Palmer
    ARizona State University

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    Tripp Elliott
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    Bryan Palmer wrote:

    > 1. I wholeheartedly support Tripp Elliott's suggestion for having the
    > domain maps put in pdf formats on cds. But I'd also go a bit further.
    > Why not put the entire domain sourcebook(s) on a cd so the dm can print
    > out whatever portions he/she desires. That way, the DM can decide on what
    > the players will or will not have in terms of domain information. I'd
    > think this would make the Western Coast/TSR folks happy since it would
    > cut down on printing costs. However it does assume that most DMs or
    > PCs have the electronic capacity to benefit from CD based information.


    This WAS the idea. Check out the Muden stuff on TSR's site. That's the
    format I want to see the info in.

    Tripp

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    Brian Stoner
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    This is actually not a strictly BR idea. I have found the war cards in
    the box set to be awkward and certainly not detailed enough for myself.
    They do not encourage much strategy or ingenious battlefield playing.
    Also, I think that seiges have a great potential for a combination of
    adventuring and wargaming. Perhaps a new product that detailed
    different ways of resolving mass battles would be good idea. Some ideas
    would involve more detailed battle aspects, others encourage more role
    playing. This would be useful for all AD&D settings not just BR.
    What's everyone think?

    Brian

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    Neil Barnes
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    Brian wrote:
    > This is actually not a strictly BR idea. I have found the war cards in
    > the box set to be awkward and certainly not detailed enough for myself.
    > They do not encourage much strategy or ingenious battlefield playing.

    I find this one of the advantages of the the cards system - it forces
    players to fight within the medieval paradigm, rather than applying their
    modern sensibilities to the game. However I find the resolution system
    really annoying and counter-intuitive, so I'd prefer to see it replaced
    with something involving dice. Oh yeah. I'd also like to see the battle
    mat expanded to 7 squares across rather than 5.

    > Also, I think that seiges have a great potential for a combination of
    > adventuring and wargaming.

    Agreed. There's no really satisfactory methos of resolving sieges at the
    moment.

    neil

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