tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post506483596324424456..comments2024-03-28T20:36:33.364-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Thieves' GuildJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10597537578127738742021-03-02T21:55:02.234-05:002021-03-02T21:55:02.234-05:00The Gamelords books in general are still in-print ...The Gamelords books in general are still in-print and available from Tadashi Ehara: http://diffworlds.com/gamelords.htm<br /><br />Allan. grodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800184312511280050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23834756756181937722021-02-26T12:31:43.040-05:002021-02-26T12:31:43.040-05:00It's a strange coincidence, both Kerry Lloyd a...It's a strange coincidence, both Kerry Lloyd and David A. Hargrave, died two days apart.Old Black Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673828726570977353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10431583145334750402021-02-25T22:59:26.172-05:002021-02-25T22:59:26.172-05:00Had not thought of this for many years. Then I rea...Had not thought of this for many years. Then I read the first book of the Gentlmen Bastard series, The Lies of Locke Lamora. And then I remembered it. Thanks for the review!Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573515239455290988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23508517216253292282021-02-25T00:03:07.662-05:002021-02-25T00:03:07.662-05:00My favorite from the line, the only one I still ke...My favorite from the line, the only one I still keep a copy of, is <i>Thieves' Guild VI: Scourge of the Seaways - Pirates in Action</i>. It includes rules for ship design, finding crew, ship combat and boarding, sea exploration (with the possibility of discovering a new continent!), more setting info focused on the southern seas where piracy is rampant, and even includes a streamlined version of the magic system. The bang for the buck, or page, is very high.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-66316131203912236612021-02-24T22:32:04.411-05:002021-02-24T22:32:04.411-05:00We ran a bunch of thieves only campaigns back in t...We ran a bunch of thieves only campaigns back in the 90s. Which is to say we would always just make dual or multi class thieves no matter what the adventure the DM was pushing was about. Then mess around in town till the DM killed us or relented. I ran a lot too and loved complex urban heists and such more than dungeons.<br /><br />I tried to get my current group to migrate to a urban thief campaign, but they are more traditional.sevenbastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961009160456478009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18674140569853421132021-02-24T21:51:30.375-05:002021-02-24T21:51:30.375-05:00At a convention a couple years back (remember thos...At a convention a couple years back (remember those? Ah, the pre-pandemic days), I had the chance to play in a game that was “all thieves” using slightly modified B/X. The pre-gens were all thieves with perhaps 1 or 2 “thug-llke” fighters. It was actually a blast in a Asprin/Thieves World type way (started with a house breaking, led to a greater score/mystery in an old wizard’s tower...all in the same city). Good fun...if I owned a supplement like this, I’d be tempted to run such a campaign.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62595110444802884012021-02-24T19:29:27.284-05:002021-02-24T19:29:27.284-05:00I think this is the one that had a merchants house...I think this is the one that had a merchants house that you can rob and you had a large dog with a name and a little dog called the "yapping ball of fur", that you really had to worry about because it was a living alarm system.The Man in Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06081040874617462809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-63403065790372201572021-02-24T16:01:25.980-05:002021-02-24T16:01:25.980-05:00I ran a "band of thieves"-style campaign...I ran a "band of thieves"-style campaign once back in the day (though I permitted fighters also, on the grounds that a successful crime syndicate needs thugs and sellswords in addition to actual thieves and con men), and it was a hoot. It didn't run for very long, though; the party got into a scrape with the city guard and ended up slaughtering their way out of town. The prospect of trying to reëstablish operations elsewhere didn't excite anybody, so it kind of petered out at that point. Darien Sumnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08586351803319498406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40562573191859195472021-02-24T15:27:31.739-05:002021-02-24T15:27:31.739-05:00Had the original, as well as the 2E boxed version,...Had the original, as well as the 2E boxed version, and several of the volumes. #2 was my fave (Tomb robbing scenarios- a couple of of real fun dungeon romps), as well as the one that was a Dress Ball. Magic was introduced in these later supplements (in order for magic items/scrolls to be found as loot), but the system never got the full treatment. They did promise to offer the boxed sets for Warriors and Mages, but Kerry Lloyd died suddenly as I recall, and the company folded.<br /><br />Gamelords made a couple of generic fantasy adventures and some for The Fantasy Trip as well. I owned a few of them and recall liking them, but I don't have any detailed memory of them.JEFFBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862106711059104379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35318916905473855702021-02-24T14:13:36.555-05:002021-02-24T14:13:36.555-05:00Tadashi Ehara still has some original stock Thieve...Tadashi Ehara still has some original stock Thieves' Guild product on his Different Worlds website: https://www.diffworlds.com/gamelords.htmJon Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483110614579754014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51108783529122093722021-02-24T13:53:17.484-05:002021-02-24T13:53:17.484-05:00I believe so, yes.I believe so, yes.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-1254826486517010492021-02-24T13:20:35.158-05:002021-02-24T13:20:35.158-05:00Hadn't Gamelords promised to publish two siste...Hadn't Gamelords promised to publish two sister games to TG, one on warriors and one on mages?artikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.com