Re: 3e SJ races...

>From:    "Rian A. McMurtry" <Whalejudge@???.com>
>Subject: Re: 3e SJ races...
>
>In a message dated 12/9/2002 10:11:39 AM, westermeyer.3@???.edu writes:
>
><< 'Professional' game designers wrote all of TSR's products. How many
>of them were truly, truly, awful? In the old days (pre-3e) the
>'amateur' written adventures in Dungeon blew away the 'professional'
>written TSR adventures (like the Marco Volo series, for example).
>Today, of course, no fan adventures get into Dungeon (or so I
>understand, I dropped my subscription when 3e came out.)
>
>My point is 'professional' game designers have no particular skill.
>It's not a 'profession', really. Some are good, many are not. >>
>
>Depends on just how "old" you're talking about.  Some excellent work was done
>just prior to the ceasing of production for 2nd Edition.  I still haul out
>old favorites on occasion from the days of Basic and 1st edition.  And there
>are a few people who's adventures are usually worth a look simply because
>they wrote it.

Oh, I agree that some were/are quite good. But many were not. Do i
have to say the name 'slade' on this list?:)
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H.G. Wells.

Paul Westermeyer,  westermeyer.3@???.edu
Phd Candidate, History, Ohio State University
Instructor, Humanities, Columbus State Community College