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Post by calithena on Mar 20, 2010 10:33:11 GMT -6
Dark Tower and Caverns of Thracia are great monuments in the history of our hobby, of course.
Melan has often said that something called "Realm of the Slime God" is really good IIRC.
What are other 'core Jaquays' TTRPG products, of any era?
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Post by Melan on Mar 20, 2010 11:03:43 GMT -6
These, The Book of Treasure Maps and as I have heard, Griffin Mountain for RQ. A friend of mine remembers the dual-statted (DQ/AD&D) module The Shattered Statue as one of his formative AD&D experiences, but I know next to nothing about Paul's post-JG work, so take it with a grain fo salt.
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Post by Falconer on Mar 20, 2010 13:52:31 GMT -6
Here is a list of Paul Jaquays’ D&D modules for Judges Guild. (I would not make much of the D&D vs. AD&D branding, in this case.) F’chelrak’s Tomb, Borshak’s Lair, and Night of the Walking Wet (1976-1977, D&D) Morkendaine Dungeon (1979, AD&D) Dark Tower (1979, AD&D) The Caverns of Thracia (1979, D&D) The Book of Treasure Maps I (1979, D&D) The Unknown Gods (1980, D&D)After 1980, he did not return to (A)D&D until 1987, which, to the say the least, brings us far afield of this forum’s purpose. Regards.
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Post by kenmeister on Mar 21, 2010 19:39:42 GMT -6
Thanks for the tip on Morkendaine Dungeon; I didn't know about that one.
I've heard people say that the Enchanted Wood adventure is really good; not sure what game system it is for but it isn't D&D.
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Post by aldarron on Mar 21, 2010 20:05:57 GMT -6
I may be in the minority on this, but I have always loved "Hellpits of Nightfang". Its likely my favorite module. It's set up for Runequest, but since I never played runequest I long ago converted stats to D&D and play around with other changes such as sometimes making "Nightfang" a dragon instead of a vampire. I think the thing that attracks me to it is the setting, - limestone sinkholes - which are every bit as common as horizontal caves but rarely make an appearance in RPG's. In some ways, its kind of a mini Caves of Chaos.
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Post by calithena on Mar 21, 2010 21:53:10 GMT -6
I like Hellpits too. I've run it twice and did part of a 3e conversion way back in the early days of the NG website. It's not as epic as CT, DT, or GM, but it's a fine piece of work.
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Post by kenmeister on Mar 23, 2010 14:25:51 GMT -6
I like Hellpits too. I've run it twice and did part of a 3e conversion way back in the early days of the NG website. It's not as epic as CT, DT, or GM, but it's a fine piece of work. GM? aldarron, I'd love a copy of your D&D conversion since I happen to have Hellpits in pdf. There's also the Legendary Duck Tower...
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Post by kenmeister on Mar 23, 2010 14:27:18 GMT -6
Oh, also Jaquays did M5 Talons of Night; I've heard good things about it but I haven't read it.
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Post by moonlapse vertigo on Mar 24, 2010 9:50:36 GMT -6
I know I should just suck it up and check out Talons of Night, but that "Levels 20-25" thing always threw me off. Playing at that level seems like it would be so multi-planar and gonzo that I can't imagine why anyone would even need any modules. I'm sure Jaquays has done something clever with it, so maybe I should track it down.
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Post by irdaranger on Mar 25, 2010 23:20:45 GMT -6
Went snooping around for this stuff and ... holy crap! Thracia is selling for $42 on Ebay, and the only Dark Tower I can find is a D&D 3.5 (blech) conversion at RPG Now.
Any tips on how one might go about acquiring these for reasonable prices? I see the Book of Treasure Maps at RPG Now is going for $2.75, which is more my budget ...
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Post by harami2000 on Mar 26, 2010 6:47:35 GMT -6
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Post by irdaranger on Mar 26, 2010 7:44:44 GMT -6
Heh, ok. First, thanks. Second, you know what happened? I had included Jaquays' name in my search terms because I thought Dark and Tower were going to be too common to get good results. But oddly this listing doesn't list the author or publisher. Weird.
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Post by harami2000 on Mar 26, 2010 8:16:36 GMT -6
Second, you know what happened? I had included Jaquays' name in my search terms because I thought Dark and Tower were going to be too common to get good results. But oddly this listing doesn't list the author or publisher. Weird. No probs: you're not the first person to have missed that .pdf whilst ploughing through other results! I've given them a wave over to at least credit Paul in the description so that it's easier to hook from a Google search, too.
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Post by kenmeister on Mar 27, 2010 18:36:43 GMT -6
Went snooping around for this stuff and ... holy crap! Thracia is selling for $42 on Ebay, and the only Dark Tower I can find is a D&D 3.5 (blech) conversion at RPG Now. Any tips on how one might go about acquiring these for reasonable prices? I see the Book of Treasure Maps at RPG Now is going for $2.75, which is more my budget ... Don't buy them individually, keep a search going on eBay for Judges Guild lot and buy them all together.
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Post by kenmeister on Apr 5, 2010 11:43:00 GMT -6
Here is a list of Paul Jaquays’ D&D modules for Judges Guild. (I would not make much of the D&D vs. AD&D branding, in this case.) F’chelrak’s Tomb, Borshak’s Lair, and Night of the Walking Wet (1976-1977, D&D) Morkendaine Dungeon (1979, AD&D) Dark Tower (1979, AD&D) The Caverns of Thracia (1979, D&D) The Book of Treasure Maps I (1979, D&D) The Unknown Gods (1980, D&D)After 1980, he did not return to (A)D&D until 1987, which, to the say the least, brings us far afield of this forum’s purpose. Regards. So I picked up Morkendaine Dungeon, and I was very pleased to see it has the Jaquays quality to it - even if it has a Vorpal Bunny at the end. It also happens to be for levels 1-2, which means you can now play an all-Jaquays campaign: Morkendaine Dungeon Caverns of Thracia some of the stuff from Book of Treasure Maps Night of the Walking Wet Dark Tower
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Post by grodog on Apr 18, 2010 0:14:14 GMT -6
I've heard people say that the Enchanted Wood adventure is really good; not sure what game system it is for but it isn't D&D. EW is for SPI's DragonQuest (later inherited by TSR when they acquired SPI), and it's quite good: Paul considers it his best work.
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Post by kenmeister on Apr 19, 2010 5:46:58 GMT -6
I've heard people say that the Enchanted Wood adventure is really good; not sure what game system it is for but it isn't D&D. EW is for SPI's DragonQuest (later inherited by TSR when they acquired SPI), and it's quite good: Paul considers it his best work. I was worried you'd say that (that it is great). So the next logical question is if you know D&D well but do not know DragonQuest, can you make heads or tails out of Enchanted Wood?
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Post by grodog on Apr 27, 2010 21:41:12 GMT -6
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