Post/Author/DateTime	Post
weasel fierce 01-11-06, 09:16 PM	Normally, Im not much of a Realms person, but I just got a package in the mail, with my recent ebay win, the original AD&D 1st edition Forgotten Realms box, complete with all the maps (my biggest surprise) Maybe its time to do a campaign along the Sword coast after all :)
Aaron L 01-12-06, 09:09 AM	The old grey box is a wonderful piece of stuff. Now skip all that garbage from 2E and use the grey box and the FRCS and youre set.
Faraer 01-12-06, 09:21 AM	I would recommend the original, 1987 Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (http://paizo.com/store/brand/forgottenRealms/roleplayingGames/1stEdition/v5748btpy7mcw) to everyone interested in the Realms. For those playing in 3E, it's a fascinating supplement to the 2001 FRCS, a more concise introduction that gives you a more concentrated sense of the core feel of the Realms before the process of being added to, mixed up, and developed in different directions by TSR and Wizards of the Coast. (As well as some material that's in no other source.) The 1990s were when, especially toward the end of the decade, the main areas of the Realms had received basic coverage and the real depth began to emerge with the Volo's Guides on one hand and the FOR supplements on the other. This material is essential for everyone who wants to immerse their campaigns in the detail of the Realms, rather than use one of the introductory setting works as a basic campaign starting point.
weasel fierce 01-12-06, 04:03 PM	The original box also has the edge of being system neutral. You could run it in AD&D 1st edition, 3.5 D&D, Runequest or GURPS, and it'd still work