tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6146289182309742951..comments2024-03-28T06:20:47.668-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Different Worlds: Issue #14James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-64910560003384939162021-05-13T21:50:40.175-04:002021-05-13T21:50:40.175-04:00Sad timing on the Robin Wood article. She passed a...Sad timing on the Robin Wood article. She passed away only a few weeks ago.<br /><br />https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-robin-wood-passes-away/MrTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084822396204798752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-36174558462053191852021-05-13T11:55:54.645-04:002021-05-13T11:55:54.645-04:00The Grogtalk podcast show on YouTube has interview...The Grogtalk podcast show on YouTube has interviewed a few of the TSR people that were involved at different levels with the module. It’s all more complicated than generally gets reported, and is an interesting story. Nameless Jedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16919938855936773398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27431650336319264132021-05-13T06:02:24.171-04:002021-05-13T06:02:24.171-04:00I learned how to paint miniatures from the article...I learned how to paint miniatures from the article in this issue.Sir Harrokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064391207365006286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15784183198596626142021-05-12T03:10:45.761-04:002021-05-12T03:10:45.761-04:00Avalon Hill did hire much of the talented SPI desi...Avalon Hill did hire much of the talented SPI design staff and they founded Victory Games under the Avalon Hill umbrella.John Middletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995017823921643745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79757317133427260352021-05-11T16:25:33.471-04:002021-05-11T16:25:33.471-04:00Ha! I just got it after reading this. That's...Ha! I just got it after reading this. That's a solid joke name right there!ligehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866236293322652977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2380777780977075552021-05-11T11:43:07.976-04:002021-05-11T11:43:07.976-04:00I can’t believe it took me until now to recognize ...I can’t believe it took me until now to recognize why Gigi D’arn was ringing so many bells. Clever to name a gossip after those two famous squabblers. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183165939784604145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38861969909707437052021-05-11T09:03:26.354-04:002021-05-11T09:03:26.354-04:00It's mostly down to one piece of art where Otu...It's mostly down to one piece of art where Otus supposedly drew the faces of several TSR management members onto the ubues, new monsters in the module whose description includes a mention of how much they argue and bicker between their (three, gender-mixed) heads. Might also have been the slightly extreme description and illustration of torture in the decapus encounter's illusion, but I'd be willing to bet it was the former that really got it pulled. You can see the specific pieces around 2:15 on the video at the link, which is generally worth a watch anyway:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rrX_obJ_9s<br /><br />From a 2021 POV there's some other awkwardness, but they wouldn't have been a factor way back then.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-8648496554207057582021-05-11T08:38:00.380-04:002021-05-11T08:38:00.380-04:00I had the fortune to play the unadulterated and &q...I had the fortune to play the unadulterated and "suppressed" Palace of the Silver Princess. Haven't seen anything remotely controversial or edgy in it.Voljahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826776454392269862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-32558518842697271262021-05-11T08:24:17.157-04:002021-05-11T08:24:17.157-04:00Gigi doesn't believe the rumor but reported it...Gigi doesn't believe the rumor but reported it anyway. I, too, have a hard time imagining that Heritage ever had the resources to place a bid on SPI. Avalon Hill, on the other hand, seems more plausible.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24754208399058571742021-05-11T08:07:56.077-04:002021-05-11T08:07:56.077-04:00"to wade through masses of rubbish, poor art,..."to wade through masses of rubbish, poor art, and typoes [sic]"<br /><br />That's priceless. :)<br /><br />Can't really argue with their choices for what's worth looking at out of the mass of Judge's Guild stuff, though. Most of their products are evidence that Sturgeon's Law is valid IME, but they had some things I enjoyed.<br /><br />The SPI gossip is sad but true by this point. First I'd heard of Heritage making an offer though. Interesting if true.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-61131427086565999392021-05-11T07:54:32.662-04:002021-05-11T07:54:32.662-04:00Tadashi's...err Gigi's column was so much ...Tadashi's...err Gigi's column was so much fun. I was never aware of the B3 "issue" either, at the time, nor saw an Orange cover in the wild. I think it wasn't until the mid to late 90s and getting into some discussion online that I heard about it, and then TSR/WOTC released it online for free (much to the chagrin of the collectors) along with a article about it on their website.<br /><br />And I'm firmly in the camp of Mr. Amory re: Judges Guild. Their good stuff was very good, but the majority of their output was crap (putting it kindly). Especially in that '79-demise period.<br /><br /> JEFFBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862106711059104379noreply@blogger.com