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Post by bestialwarlust on Mar 20, 2016 18:20:02 GMT -5
So has anyone here utilized this supplement at all? Borrowed bits and pieces from it?
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Post by tetramorph on Mar 20, 2016 19:41:04 GMT -5
Just borrowing ideas and inspiration.
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 20, 2016 20:33:06 GMT -5
I have borrowed from it, it is always an inspiration to read it. I especially like the way he has fleshed out the major bad guys.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2016 13:17:20 GMT -5
I have used bits of it as well. In particular, the experience table that requires players to pick overall goals for their character ('fame', 'money', etc.), and all of their experience gains are modified based on whether the action accomplishes that goal.
By the time I picked it up I was already running a game and didn't want to rebuild everything from scratch with the FFC, so I only imported a few things like that. In a new game, I wouldn't be adverse to starting with just the FFC and meditating on that for a while, then adding in stuff from OD&D (or whatever else) as needed until it felt like a stable game.
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Post by robkuntz on Mar 21, 2016 15:05:22 GMT -5
I was early on (before FFC's publication) inspired to expand upon the design parameters noted in the Comeback Inn sequence that Dave ran us through in 1972. I have since expanded it considerably to other facets of the game and design avenues relating to these.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2016 15:17:10 GMT -5
I wish I could find a copy of FFC that didn't cost as much as the ransom of King Jean II of France.
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Post by bestialwarlust on Mar 21, 2016 15:20:27 GMT -5
Me too I keep hoping JG will put it up as a pdf on drivethru.
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 21, 2016 16:01:10 GMT -5
Me too I keep hoping JG will put it up as a pdf on drivethru. Or Dave's family if they have the rights. |
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Post by bestialwarlust on Mar 21, 2016 16:17:14 GMT -5
Me too I keep hoping JG will put it up as a pdf on drivethru. Or Dave's family if they have the rights. I guess that's the big question as to who owns the rights to it. |
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Post by robkuntz on Mar 21, 2016 18:01:49 GMT -5
Though i am not allowed to say who, there are behind the scenes negotiations taking place with both JG and the Arneson estate, and have been ongoing for some time now.
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 21, 2016 19:38:06 GMT -5
Maybe his and Richard Sniders "Adventures in Fantasy" will be available someday too.
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Post by bestialwarlust on Mar 21, 2016 20:45:39 GMT -5
Though i am not allowed to say who, there are behind the scenes negotiations taking place with both JG and the Arneson estate, and have been ongoing for some time now. That's good too hear. |
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 22, 2016 10:07:36 GMT -5
I wish I could find a copy of FFC that didn't cost as much as the ransom of King Jean II of France. There is a copy on eBay at $79.00, no bids and under 2 days left. You might give it a try. |
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Post by robkuntz on Mar 22, 2016 10:30:57 GMT -5
It must be a buy-it-now if there are no bids. In several years it will double that current price.
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 22, 2016 12:46:19 GMT -5
On eBay right now prices are all over the place. Some people on their are trying to get $1000 for three issues of The Dragon!  ?? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 13:47:38 GMT -5
That's just obscene ...
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Post by robkuntz on Mar 22, 2016 13:57:03 GMT -5
Fat chance since the release of the Dragon Archive disk many years ago, which instantly devalued their prices.
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 22, 2016 14:26:03 GMT -5
Fat chance since the release of the Dragon Archive disk many years ago, which instantly devalued their prices. The sad part is that people come along and buy the very badly overpriced items and as a result more and more sellers are putting higher minimum prices on things. I like to see people get a fair price, but some of the sellers and uniformed buyers with money burning a hole in their pockets are making some items really hard to buy for most of us. |
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 22, 2016 14:26:55 GMT -5
Fat chance since the release of the Dragon Archive disk many years ago, which instantly devalued their prices. Yeah, I love that Dragon Archive disk, shame there were not a lot more of them around. |
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Post by bestialwarlust on Mar 22, 2016 14:39:04 GMT -5
Fat chance since the release of the Dragon Archive disk many years ago, which instantly devalued their prices. Yeah, I love that Dragon Archive disk, shame there were not a lot more of them around. I'm one of the lucky few that got one when they came out. |
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Post by robkuntz on Mar 22, 2016 16:35:38 GMT -5
Fat chance since the release of the Dragon Archive disk many years ago, which instantly devalued their prices. The sad part is that people come along and buy the very badly overpriced items and as a result more and more sellers are putting higher minimum prices on things. I like to see people get a fair price, but some of the sellers and uniformed buyers with money burning a hole in their pockets are making some items really hard to buy for most of us. Yep. But that's how it goes. Some have money and no sense, and a mix of the two. It has been the way of the world since they invented currency and combined it with nit-wits. I surmise that it will even out in the long run after the few have spent themselves and the overpriced stuff is no longer moving. |
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Post by ffilz on Mar 24, 2016 13:39:53 GMT -5
I have used the FFC setting, I honestly have not used much if any of the rules content. Really, I mostly use the maps...
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Post by aldarron on Apr 19, 2016 10:05:33 GMT -5
I use it all the time. Champions of ZED is loaded with rules drawn from the FFC, especially treasure and magic item stuff. My way of helping to keep alive some of Dave's ideas.
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Post by smubee on Jun 8, 2016 13:23:35 GMT -5
Fat chance since the release of the Dragon Archive disk many years ago, which instantly devalued their prices. The sad part is that people come along and buy the very badly overpriced items and as a result more and more sellers are putting higher minimum prices on things. I like to see people get a fair price, but some of the sellers and uniformed buyers with money burning a hole in their pockets are making some items really hard to buy for most of us. True that. When I first started collecting AD&D books, I got the cores for about $10-$15 each plus shipping. Good luck finding that nowadays. |
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Post by captaincrumbcake on Jun 9, 2016 12:59:47 GMT -5
Me too I keep hoping JG will put it up as a pdf on drivethru. All i have are the maps. Got them from BadMike for, like, $14 + shipping. |
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Post by hengest on Jun 15, 2016 8:47:15 GMT -5
I think I got the 1E books for about $3 apiece in the mid-90s. I guess people were tossing them in favor of 2E at the time.
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Post by dragondaddy on Sept 11, 2016 0:09:57 GMT -5
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Post by havard on Sept 26, 2016 14:39:14 GMT -5
This is probably my favorite item in my collection. I have researched it extensively, picking apart every little sentence for ideas and possible interpretations. I like to use it as a supplement to other Blackmoor material like the DA modules. Alot of things were mentioned in the FFC that were never reprinted elsewhere. In some ways the book is a mess, but it is also a gold mine of ideas and Blackmoor lore.  -Havard |
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Post by Mighty Darci on Oct 10, 2016 19:29:25 GMT -5
This appears to be a must have, is that correct?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2016 23:40:21 GMT -5
I don't know if it's a "must have," due to its scarcity and expense. You could do well without it, but if you find a copy at a price you are willing to pay, grab it.
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