This old school line totally rocks, especially if you want to run a game of theives or rogues. For a time in the early eighties , I completely transplanted the Thieves character class in 0D&D and 1eAD&D with the Gamelords Thieves Guild using the Thieves Guild supplements I-V they published.

The mechanics were smooth and fast and gave the thief class many more options for play by introducing new skills challenges, roguery techniques, and play options.

+1 endorsement here (Though I don't own any of the books or supplements any more).

Quote from: Benoist;333361Thieves Guild.
I think that's the stuff on which Croc (a French game designer) built his pure-Thieves AD&D campaign (which was a huge success for the players involved, IIRC).

That explains a lot...

 

http://www.legrog.org/detail.jsp?id=149
http://www.legrog.org/detail.jsp?id=8385

Wow, those are some cool covers.  I would be definitely interested if I spoke French beyond a preschooler's level. lol

For reasonable prices, it looks like you can buy all of the Thieves' Guild issues -- except for the core rules, alas! -- here:
http://www.diffworlds.com/gamelords_thieves_guild.htm

That Different Worlds site also seems to be offering some Judges Guild stuff!

The Freecity of Haven was such a cool place to explore. The city was so thoroughly detailed. I liked all of the expansions, too.

I am missing the one page from the first book that you need to actually play the game. It is the one that gives you all the Skill points based on your social standing. I still have my original copy of the game minus that one page. I also have all the other suplements as well as several of the city books that I was able to get copies of a few years back.

I am missing the one page needed to play the game. I have my original copy that I bought back in the early 80's as well as copies of the other supplements and some of the city books that I got a few years back. But I am missing the page with the chart that gives you the skill points based off of your social rank and standings. Which as I stated earlier is necessary to actually play the game lol.

Quote from: vonbek13;1033556I am missing the one page from the first book that you need to actually play the game. It is the one that gives you all the Skill points based on your social standing. I still have my original copy of the game minus that one page. I also have all the other suplements as well as several of the city books that I was able to get copies of a few years back.

I have all of the Thieve's World stuff. Cool stuff. Unfortunately the Free City of Haven was never finished, the 3rd installment never came out. I remember at a Boskone there was a panel with some of the Gamelords folks. Unfortunately, I think a key person (maybe Kerry Lloyd) passed away, leaving this gem unlikely to ever be finished. I do wonder if anyone has access to drafts or any other unpublished information.

Frank

Quote from: vonbek13;1033556I am missing the one page from the first book that you need to actually play the game. It is the one that gives you all the Skill points based on your social standing. I still have my original copy of the game minus that one page. I also have all the other suplements as well as several of the city books that I was able to get copies of a few years back.

Hey, welcome to theRPGsite, Vonbek!

Quote from: ffilz;1033570I have all of the Thieve's World stuff. Cool stuff. Unfortunately the Free City of Haven was never finished, the 3rd installment never came out. I remember at a Boskone there was a panel with some of the Gamelords folks. Unfortunately, I think a key person (maybe Kerry Lloyd) passed away, leaving this gem unlikely to ever be finished. I do wonder if anyone has access to drafts or any other unpublished information.

When I was working with Tadshi Ehara of Different Worlds (who owns the rights to the Gamelords lines, which is why he's selling the books on the DW site @ http://diffworlds.com/), Janet Trautvetter still had the floppy disks with the content for part 3 of The Free City of Haven, entitled Intrigue on the North Bank, but I believe that the PC they were written for/on wasn't working, or something like that.  

Allan.

Quote from: Drohem;333358Does anyone have a copy of Naked Sword or Paths of Sorcery?  Has anyone even seen these?  Are they any good?  

I never heard of them before until I read about them in the Thieves' Guild introduction.

They were never released. I talked to Tadshi Ehara  who owned the IP and the original author never turned over the notes they had on the other parts of the RPG when he bought it.

Quote from: grodog;1034131When I was working with Tadshi Ehara of Different Worlds (who owns the rights to the Gamelords lines, which is why he's selling the books on the DW site @ http://diffworlds.com/), Janet Trautvetter still had the floppy disks with the content for part 3 of The Free City of Haven, entitled Intrigue on the North Bank, but I believe that the PC they were written for/on wasn't working, or something like that.  

Allan.

So no more attempt has been made with this material? A thread about the Free City of Haven over on odd74 got bumped recently also.

Off topic: Any progress with any of the other digiitization efforts you were involved in?

Quote from: ffilz;1034136So no more attempt has been made with this material? A thread about the Free City of Haven over on odd74 got bumped recently also.

Not that I'm aware of, Frank.  Tadashi and I haven't spoken about his old DWP projects in quite awhile now.  I'll take a look at the ODD74 thread, thanks for the mention.

Quote from: ffilz;1034136Off topic: Any progress with any of the other digiitization efforts you were involved in?

Rob Kuntz's DVD archives were published in the fall of 2016 @ http://www.tlbgames.com/collections/archive (and by Rob and Paul Stormberg) but otherwise most of the others are still fallow/back-burner for the folks who own the IP.

Allan.