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Interview with Douglas Niles (BATTLESYSTEM)

Started by random-wizard, May 06, 2013, 12:20:49 PM

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random-wizard

May 06, 2013, 12:20:49 PM
Way back in the 80s, Douglas Niles made a long line of contributions to TSR's product line up; N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God, X3 Curse of Xanathon, CM1 Test of the Warlords, BATTLESYSTEM, Star Frontiers Knight Hawks, Greyhawk Adventures.
He then started writing novels based off of TSR's various worlds. After leaving TSR, he continued to write novels on a wide range of subjects. His latest offering goes into an alternate version of history concerning the Cuban missile crisis.

http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/05/douglas-niles-interview.html

KenHR

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May 06, 2013, 12:27:16 PM
Awesome.  He's an underrated wargame designer, for sure.  He did some cool non-D&D work after SPI was acquired by TSR.
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Exploderwizard

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May 06, 2013, 12:39:57 PM
B5 Horror on the Hill is badass and still ranks high on my list of great TSR modules.
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random-wizard

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May 06, 2013, 01:27:54 PM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;652258B5 Horror on the Hill is badass and still ranks high on my list of great TSR modules.

I agree. I think B5 is a better version of B2 in a lot of ways (although B2 still trumps in a couple of areas).
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