Post originally by Calithena at 2004-08-09 09:13:01
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Nice to see you keeping the 'old school' fires burning!

As to NG, I agree and disagree. The works by the company's founders (Bill Webb and Clark Peterson) and by Bill Kenower actually do have a very high '1e feel' component IMO - Demons and Devils, Rappan Athuk, Tomb of Abysthor, Crucible of Freya, Vault of Larin Karr, and Lost City of Barakus. (Also, it's hard to deny the 1e feel title to Rob Kuntz' Maze of Zayene (about to be completed by Different Worlds Productions) and Gary Gygax's Necropolis.) Mike Mearls' fine dungeon romp Siege of Durgam's Folly also has the old-school feel IMO.

On the other hand, a lot of their fine new authors, like Nate McPhail (Grey Citadel) and Lance Hawvermale (Lamentation of Thieves, What Evil Lurks), though of high quality, are certainly not what you'd call '1e feel'. Someone like Patrick Lawinger (Hall of the Rainbow Mage) falls in between.

The Goodman Games people do have the look down better than anyone, including NG, I'll grant you that!