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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:31 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:CTH0070 The Tentacles that Loved Me

damn we had a good thread on these but scott deleted

I only know of a few threads that have been deleted in the time I have been on here and all of those were because of the fact that they had turned into all out flame wars.

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:37 pm

bclarkie wrote:I only know of a few threads that have been deleted in the time I have been on here and all of those were because of the fact that they had turned into all out flame wars.

was only other mass deletion that i know
were having too much fun w/joke module titles for several pages. thought you were in on that??

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:38 pm

serleran wrote:even if it makes me seem downright stupid or foolish.

no problem, serl'

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:46 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:was only other mass deletion that i know
were having too much fun w/joke module titles for several pages. thought you were in on that??

I remember the jonb thread kind of deluged into that for several pages, but nothing other than that I can remember. That's not to say it didn't happen, I just don't remember it.

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:02 pm

serleran wrote:A poster at Dragonsfoot made an interesting statement regarding some non-UK modules, apparently produced by "other divisions" of TSR in other countries, to the tune of a bunch of releases, which are, in that poster's estimation, considerably better than most the rest of the official products. And me, not really claiming to be a history aficionado, come to the esteemed sages of these parts to ask a simple question: Ever hear of any of these --

AI1 The First Apocalypse
AI2 Mystery of the Tunnels of Ancients Not Yet Ancients

AR1 The Quest
AR2 World of the Black-Haired Queen
AR3 Death of Heroes

BA1 City of Decadence
BA2 Gates of Time
BA3 Beyond the Realm of the Final God

CE1 Slaughter of Firbolgs
CE2 Fairy Mound
CE3 Otherworld

CAM1 Paradise
CAM2 Starving Gods (A Tale of the First Apocalypse)
CAM3 Doors of Rotting Corpses

CH1 Temple of Wuxia
CH2 Pyramid of the First Emperor
CH3 Mystery of the North Star

CTH1 Dreamlands
CTH2 Providence (Asylum)
CTH3 The Horror of Truth

E1 Mystery of the Old Kingdom
E2 Secret of the Coffin Texts
E3 Gone Forth by Day : The Book of Gates

F1 Crystal Lake
F2 Forest Graveyard
F3 The Last Runesinger

GRE1 Blood of Titans
GRE2 Labyrinth
GRE3 Finite Consciousness (Tragedy of Hubris)

IN1 Ruins of the Sky
IN2 Black Earth Mother
IN3 Avatar

J1 Cave of No Sunrise
J2 Eyes of the Ancients
J3 The Art of Suicide

ML1 Infinity
ML2 Eternity
ML3 Immortality

LNK1 Crime = Social Justice
LNK2 Freedom or Death
LNK3 Kill the Reaper

NH1 Secrets Under the Mountain
NH2 Burrows of Tears
NH3 City of Tree Skeleton

NR1 Cross & Hammer
NR2 Black Metal
NR3 Final Battle

SU1 The First City
SU2 Storm, Veil, Mystery
SU3 Mother of Creation

Sounds like a bunch of homebrew stuff. TSR never approved/published any of that stuff. I've been collecting since 1992 and never heard of any of it.

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:26 pm

The only one to me that sounds possibly related to another product is CE2 Fairy Mound (isn't there an EQ or related book with that title?). Also, the "CTH" series seems to be Lovecraftian-inspired at least, CTH = Cthulhu, with Dreamlands being one of Chaosium's early releases, and "Providence (Asylum)" perhaps being a play on Arkham.

Just thinking out loud....

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:01 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:was only other mass deletion that i know
were having too much fun w/joke module titles for several pages. thought you were in on that??

I can confirm this deletion. I contributed a few posts and then was a bit perturbed that it was completely gone the next day - I didn't even see a post by Foul saying it was going to be deleted. IIRC, it was a threadjack [interesting items thread?]. I think MShipley or Killjoy started it all.

Stuff like

WG5.5 Mordenkainen's Merely OK Adventure
S5 Tomb of Somewhat Scary Traps

...but better

[Perhaps a good use for this thread?]

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:37 pm

zhowar wrote:[Perhaps a good use for this thread?]

hey i tried but no calamari ^^
not bad btw zhowar

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:44 pm

Well, I just *involved* myself.

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:45 pm

zhowar wrote:
WG5.5 Mordenkainen's Merely OK Adventure
S5 Tomb of Somewhat Scary Traps

...but better

[Perhaps a good use for this thread?]

Soon to be released!

A1.5 Arm Pits of the Undercity
D 2.5 Shrine of Blib Dool's Poop
DA 4.5 Duchy of Eleven
G 1.5 Steadying the Stoned Giant Chief
H 1.1 *BLOCK WIPE* Pass
I15 Raveloft III: Completionists Will Buy Anything
U4 The Really, Really Final Enemy
X1.5 Penisula of Power, Estuary of Evil & Shoal of Sorrow Mega Adventure!

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:40 pm

Commonly found Hardbacks, which should go without saying, sorry :roll:

For pacifists - The Friend Folio

For Spaniards/Mexicans - The Monster Manuel

Dog Lovers - World of Greyhound

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:18 pm

And the little-known Dutch OD&D rulebook "Gaities & Denimclogs".

Plus, for the fatherless amnesiac parachutists: "Plungin' Bastards Guide".

Let mirth prevail!

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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:37 pm

now I know why the previous thread got deleted

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:35 am

I've wondered if U3 The Final Enemy was a pun on the Sahuagin having fins, i.e., The "Fin-al" Enemy. It always seemed like such a weak title compared to U1 and U2 until I thought of the possible pun.

I even asked Gygax, but he wouldn't bite (sorry). Said he wasn't involved. Led to an exchange of fish puns, naturally. I miss his thread on DF.

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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:54 am

zhowar wrote:I've wondered if U3 The Final Enemy was a pun on the Sahuagin having fins, i.e., The "Fin-al" Enemy. It always seemed like such a weak title compared to U1 and U2 until I thought of the possible pun.

I don't think this is the right plaice for this kind of discussion.

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:38 am

benjoshua wrote:
Soon to be released!

DA 4.5 Duchy of Eleven

That was so funny I just had to post it again...

Brette:)

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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:51 am

Mars wrote:
I don't remember this. How long ago?

I'll see if I kept anything.. there was some posts here about it I'm sure...

Brette:)

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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:16 am

Tharizdun wrote:Almost 50 books on that list.

Hey Brette!! I went through piles of original TSR artwork this past week! It was surreal... 1000's of pieces and the prices! OMG. I'll tell you all about it when I'm done buying it all

get some nice photo's then.. oh you might also include your address with it as well....

...AS IT WILL SAVE ME THE EFFORT OF TRACKING YOU DOWN!!!!!!!!!

LOL.. its funny becaue its true;)
Brette:)

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