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How much 3PP stuff do you buy for D&D?

Started by Spinachcat, June 04, 2014, 01:07:24 AM

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Omega

#15
June 04, 2014, 05:22:42 PM
Do the Flying Buffalo Citybook series count? Those are generic "use in anything" books. Though I got the impression those and the Grimtooth series were aimed at Tunnels & Trolls in some manner.

Opaopajr

#16
June 04, 2014, 08:27:49 PM
There was little of it in 2e, the 1e stuff is in the higher heavens of collector circles, IME, and 3e stuff is like shifting through a pile of shit to find the corn kernel tidbits. Is there 4e 3PP stuff even worth writing home about, and that's adaptable out of 4e mechanics?

Overall, never had much interest in 3PP stuff until the OSR came around, if that even counts. I hope it does, because it has been the most interesting new batch of material I've seen in the past 15+ years.
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Spinachcat

#17
June 05, 2014, 12:43:55 AM
I get the sense that lots of the 1e Era 3PP stuff outside of Judges Guild was very regional.

Does anyone remember All the World's Monsters Volume 1-3 from "The Chaosium"???

My friends back east never heard of it, but in the San Francisco Bay Area, the books were pretty common sight since Chaosium is in the East Bay.

Here is a review from Kickassistan...
http://www.kickassistan.net/2013/09/monster-book-monday-all-worlds-monsters.html

Zachary The First

#18
June 05, 2014, 07:14:58 AM
Ocassionally. I was, and am, much more likely to pick up a moderately-priced, focused 3PP product in pdf than anything.

In 3e, probably the 3PP book I used most was Silk Road by XRP. Fantastic book for trade, as well as a nice primer for the historical Silk Road, and making a fantasy equivalent.
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#19
June 06, 2014, 10:51:55 PM
I get everything as review copies these days.
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#20
June 07, 2014, 12:45:12 PM
From scavenging through bargain bins long after the d20 glut collapsed:

- Scarred Lands
- Dungeon Crawl Classics modules
- Necromancer modules

Didn't really use much of this stuff.  Though I briefly used the Pathfinder Golarion setting for my 4E games, when the other players weren't interested in the generic Nentir Vale and 4E Forgotten Realms settings.
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