tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post7131085845528338628..comments2024-03-28T17:48:19.196-05:00Comments on The Other Side blog: White Dwarf Wednesday #89Timothy S. Brannanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-81119706783102100182013-12-04T11:05:39.289-06:002013-12-04T11:05:39.289-06:00On Ealden Bergen was essentially an adventure trai...On Ealden Bergen was essentially an adventure trailer for ICE's Robin Hood supplement written by Graham Staplehurst, then an excellent freelancer for ICE. I never took the systemless tag seriously; all WD's scenarios had a specific RPG or RPGs in mind (obviously Rolemaster/MERP here but WFRP would also have worked). I don't think the supplement was ever produced in great numbers - the RPGnet review essentially sold the product to me but I've been looking for it at a reasonable (sub-£20, $30) price ever since.<br /><br />ALL the Unearthed Arcana stuff produced for WD was useless, primarily because in my view UA itself was one of the most pointless pieces to emerge from Wisconsin in the eighties. Any regular AD&D player unhappy with certain elements of AD&D 2nd edition by that time had cobbled together their own house rules to cover them: as for extra spells etc. these were readily available from other sources. I know we can look back after nearly three decades and know this stuff but I guess it doesn't come to mind when you're fifteen and fairly green to the hobby.<br /><br />By WD89, WFRP had been out for about eight months - the best WD scenarios for it are on their way, although sadly the reviews section went downhill fast from this point.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00356888132419140118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-75412168595977013852013-12-04T08:13:50.000-06:002013-12-04T08:13:50.000-06:00Yeah it had that tone, but I didn't know if th...Yeah it had that tone, but I didn't know if that was it or just my read on it. I never paid much attention to the UA errata to know if this guy was spot on or not.Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-83514411583117701042013-12-04T07:38:49.478-06:002013-12-04T07:38:49.478-06:00As I recall from my WD read-through, the UA "...As I recall from my WD read-through, the UA "errata" aren't actually errata at all, in the sense that TSR said "oops, we made some errors, here are the corrections". Rather, they are an extended rant by the author of the article expressing his personal views on how the book breaks the game. I'm pretty sure he's got a sequel coming up.<br /><br />Really it reads like a lot of the comments that came around the time 3e was released, then 4e and so on. Plus ca change.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03157200797287827304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-41615764581464783982013-12-04T07:17:26.888-06:002013-12-04T07:17:26.888-06:00Speaking about the UA errata, back in the day we n...Speaking about the UA errata, back in the day we never even knew such a concept existed, we just played the game "as is" and hand waved what we didn't like.<br /><br />This attitude carried with me up until my 3.5 days, I just didn't care enough to worry about the stuff.<br /><br />However with the popularity of PDFs now and "Drivethrurpg" it's easy to get updated versions of the games I play. That can be printed out and placed in binders.<br /><br />ERIC!ERIC!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18251132223571608976noreply@blogger.com