I have a copy. I don't remember how much I got it for, but it certainly wasn't THAT much, or I'd remember. No idea what it should go for, but yours is only the second I've seen.

T.H.E. Fighter.... by Martian Game Modules listed on Matthias' page here..

http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/af ... index.html

for sale on Aarons' page here in mint condition for $9.95... (which I believe he has a few of as well...)

T.H.E. Fighter

worn condition prob a couple of bucks...?

Brette:)

Anyone knows if T.H.E. Mage - magic system, was ever released?

Here it says "probably never released":

web.archive.org/web/20061008133844/www. ... index.html

Also, would T.H.E. Fighter be useful for handling combats between characters and monsters or is it uniquely concerned with man-to-man combat?

Thank you for the information.

Do you think this combat system can be utilized with AD&D monsters?

Hello VK, iirc, Nobleknight used to sell these two booklets at a very low price.

Ciaooo

The "L" in "L Willis" stands for Lloyd.  I know because Ken Costley and I designed and with the help of Forest Brown published T.H.E. NPC and T.H.E. Fighter back in that day.  The printing company we used was in Copperas Cove, Texas but we did our design work in my house in Nolanville, TX.  Both Ken and I were on active duty in the U.S. Army at that time; Forest was a civilian but former chopper pilot in the Army.  No, T.H.E. Mage was never finished.  We were working on it but the company needed money for some advertising.  We had gone to Origins in Pontiac, Michigan in '78 IIRC and sold out our first print run of T.H.E. NPC (5,000 copies) and had ordered a second print run of it.  We couldn't find the money for the advertising Forest thought we needed so we folded our tent.  At that time, Forest was the sole proprietor and cook, dishwasher and waiter    for Martian Metals, a figure-casing company also in Copperas Cove.  Ken stayed in the service, Forest went on to better things ... well bigger things in the gaming industry, and I got off of active duty and worked as a civilian court reporter for about 15 years after that.  No more game designs, although we signed the copyright over to Ken.  Ken and I visited briefly when I went to Fort Hood, but have lost his phone number/address.  Forest, I never spoke to again, no issue just lost track of each other.  There you have a bit of early FRPG history that no one seriously cares about except us.  The drive to Michigan for Origins was a blast, my first wife came with us and she had with a couple of her friends made up tee-shirts for us to wear at Origins:  Martian Orange shirts with maroon lettering:  "Martian Game Modules" all caps on the back and our names with the company name in normal case on the front.  Good Times, I tell you!!!  Bless you all for bringing up an old man's memories to fresh recall.

You're very welcome, sir.  Not often is there a sense of closure, of competent conclusion (only three "c's" there   ) but I'm glad to have found this forum and to have been able to give a very tiny bit of RPG history to folks who care.  I learned earlier today that Forest Brown passed away in 2010, he had also founded Demios another figure company.  Nearly all those involved in this are gone now, only myself and Ken remain.

  I'm certain of it, Hector, and "rules-lawyering" to beat the band as well.  He used to play RPG's when he had a Sunday free and once in a great while we'd talk him into playing Napoleonic Era miniatures, 15 mm, Empire III rules IIRC and he'd quibble over a comma with the best of them.  We played there in Copperas Cove, in a war games store called "The Bunker".  My first wife especially loved FRPG's D&D First Edition of course.   Sometimes, we'd get a campaign game going using ... hmmm ... can't remember the rule set, large paper back book, red cover ... started with a "C..."  Anyhow, yep, he is and would be.

Ike47 wrote in T.H.E Fighter (GM2): Forest, I never spoke to again, no issue just lost track of each other.

That seems to often be the case with the people you meet in D&D games (much like work/school/church). You can spend a few hours a week with these people for a span of years, but then something in their situations or your situation changes. The last time you see them, you might not know it's the last.