FormCritic wrote:Ironhoof Highlands.This product of refugees from Judges Guild gives a new meaning to the word, "dud."Almost incredibly vapid.
Badmike wrote:Ironhoof Highlands is horrific. Is that the one with the picture of the "alien" monster attacking the barbarian? Ugh.I've voted for this before...Judges Guilds "Under the Storm Giant Castle". Terrible maps and artwork. Dumb "monster hotel" approach. Some of the absolute worst original monsters to grace an RPG product (love the Balloon Men...which are, you guessed it, living rubber balloons...). Dumb plotline. Dumb premise. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb......Mike B.
Beyondthebreach wrote:The cover picture for the Book of Treasure Maps by Judges Guild.
FormCritic wrote:Mike is the author of the infamous (to me) "Post-It Note Heard Round The World."A Post-It Note attached to Under the Storm Giant's Castle made it all the way from Texas to Mattias Bock's living room in Germany to the eyes of the actual author of the module...who wondered what sucked about his adventure on the Judges Guild forums.Under the Storm Giant's Castle was missing the two things that might have made it a great module....storm giants and a castle.
Badmike wrote:FormCritic wrote:Mike is the author of the infamous (to me) "Post-It Note Heard Round The World."A Post-It Note attached to Under the Storm Giant's Castle made it all the way from Texas to Mattias Bock's living room in Germany to the eyes of the actual author of the module...who wondered what sucked about his adventure on the Judges Guild forums.Under the Storm Giant's Castle was missing the two things that might have made it a great module....storm giants and a castle.That always cracks me up, Mark. Can't believe my comments have made such an impression, and after so many years (I think I wrote my original review for that module sometime in the early 90s)
Badmike wrote: Speaking of really bad JG stuff, there is a JG module (Tower of Ulisson?) that ends up being...a bad dream. That's right, at the end of the module, you have to annouce to your players that you are taking the "Bobby Ewing in the Shower" way out and everyone wakes up, none the worse for wear. Would anyone in their wildest dreams ever run an adventure that ended up being a dream? "Sorry guys, heh heh heh, but all that magic and treasure you found? All the monsters you killed? It was just some bad chili giving you bad dreams. Never really happened." My players would have tarred, feathered, and then skinned me alive if I had tried to pull that. I actually remember throwing the module across the room in disgust when I read it for the first time about 15 years ago....!Mike B.
jasonw1239 wrote:My vote would be the 1978 Chaosium publication of 'Real Magic' by Isaac Bonewits.
ExTSR wrote:And do you have the reprint too?
jasonw1239 wrote:No, but somebody has a reprint on eBay now for $1.99 ** expired/removed eBay auction **If I recall they changed the photo of the author to something less goofy.
