Quote from: zombenI thought Wallis had retired from the RPG hobby?

You're thinking of Jamie Wallis, who used to run Hogshead.

James Wallis is a different person entirely. He was behind the d20 conversions of the old Fighting Fantasy novels a few years back.

Quote from: DrewJames Wallis is a different person entirely..

No, sorry.   You're mistaken.  Same guy.  

James is a friend of mine. He's getting back into the industry (sort of-- concentrating on direct-to-consumer collector stuff), and the Dragon Warriors stuff is one of the things that he's currently working on.

Quote from: GMSkarkaNo, sorry.   You're mistaken.  Same guy.  

James is a friend of mine. He's getting back into the industry (sort of-- concentrating on direct-to-consumer collector stuff), and the Dragon Warriors stuff is one of the things that he's currently working on.

What?! I used to think they were one and the same, but was 'corrected' by a number of people on different sites.

Shit. Shows me up for the trusting fool I am...:deflated:

So, the James Wallis responsible for the d20 conversions of the Fighting Fantasy novels was the same James Wallis of Hogshead.

Apologies to Zomben for the misinformation.

Good to hear. Is there a publisher or a release date for the final product yet?  

Quote from: GMSkarkaJames is a friend of mine. He's getting back into the industry (sort of-- concentrating on direct-to-consumer collector stuff), and the Dragon Warriors stuff is one of the things that he's currently working on.

Quote from: rumbleGood to hear. Is there a publisher or a release date for the final product yet?

His own publishing imprint.  (Not sure of the name)

He has set no release date, but I know that it is underway.

He posted a few details about this on RPGnet last July.

Quote from: rumbleCreeks and Crawdads - fluffy crap, but mildly entertaining. I'm keeping my copy because I seriously doubt it's worth the trouble to find it and assign it a reasonable value. Plus, I'll probably NEVER get another copy.

Ghostbusters - I think I got (and got rid of) the second edition a while ago, and wasn't impressed. Can't imagine why I'd want the first.

I've seen maybe one copy of Creeks and Crawdads available (ever), and I promptly bought it.  Turned out to be a playtest copy, with various authenticating documents.  Not often you get provenance like that.  Having never seen another copy for sale, I'm not sure if it's "rare-valuable" or just "rare."

1st edition of Ghostbusters is simply more entertaining than 2nd.  I bought an editor's copy of the Ghostbusters Handbook from a lady that worked at WEG.  It's a dot-matrix printout with some handwritten notes.  More of a historical oddity than anything else, I suppose, but it sits in the boxed set with the other stuff.

Ringworld?  Two copies, one for each hand.

KABAL was a beast to locate.  I'm still not sure just how many books comprise it.  I've got a first edition copy that's just one book.  Not sure if I'm missing anything or not.

The worst was The Spawn of Fashan.  I spent years looking for that thing and finally acquired one by getting in touch with the guy who wrote it.  I e-mailed him on a lark, figuring nothing would come of it.  He asked why I wanted it, I told him why, and it arrived about a week later in a BRIGHT red envelope.

Teenagers From Outer Space

The "beer and pretzels" game I've had the most fun with. My copy got waterlogged and molded after the tub in my apartment started leaking (I didn't figure this out for a month, hence the mold).

TORG.

 I want some TORG! corebooks.

 Also, I am the sick puppy that would convert it to GURPS - somehow.

 Hell, give me half a chance and I'll convert almost anything into GURPS.

- Ed C.

Hey, I want more conversions of GURPS books to the Torg system

Quote from: jeff37923Teenagers From Outer Space

The "beer and pretzels" game I've had the most fun with. My copy got waterlogged and molded after the tub in my apartment started leaking (I didn't figure this out for a month, hence the mold).

You can get this in .pdf form on both rpgnpw and drivethrurpg (R. talsorian finally added it).

Quote from: KoltarTORG.

 I want some TORG! corebooks.

 Also, I am the sick puppy that would convert it to GURPS - somehow.

 Hell, give me half a chance and I'll convert almost anything into GURPS.

- Ed C.

They have a copy of the revised and edited edition in hardback at my FLGS.

It doesn't have the templates or the cards and I don't want to have to track those things down so I didn't buy it.

I would love to see Torg 2.0 come out

Quote from: One Horse TownJames Wallis has been working on a hardcover containing all six books for some time now. Not sure when it will see the light of day though.

IIRC he said on the DragWars ML that the new one-book edition of Dragon Warriors would contain a few revisions but essentially be reprint of the original material. I'd certainly buy it. I already have 2 complete 6-book sets of the originals, including the set I bought when it was first published and I saved my allowance to get each book as they arrived in the local book store. I was 12

I now have complete editions of both the original and the recent reprint of Divine Right, so all is right in the world again.

This marks the first night that I'm posting here as my main forum. I refuse to be a ghettoized D&Der at big purple. I'm so mad about that I could spit.

Quote from: CalithenaThis marks the first night that I'm posting here as my main forum. I refuse to be a ghettoized D&Der at big purple. I'm so mad about that I could spit.

We're glad to have you here, Cal!

Quote from: CalithenaThis marks the first night that I'm posting here as my main forum. I refuse to be a ghettoized D&Der at big purple. I'm so mad about that I could spit.

I still don't get this idea that having it's own forum is ghettoizing any specific game, it's more giving it it's own forum.

You aren't the only one having this knee-jerk reaction to the change though