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Keep on the Borderlands: The Expansion
Publisher: Usherwood Publishing
by Ralph G. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 12/18/2014 13:12:03

Most of the text was in a cursive font, not real cursive. The maps are pretty much what I remembered from the "good old days." Personally, I would have done the text in the "A2like" font and used Print Shop images, so it would look like it was put together on an Apple //E in an attempt to make it seem more "professional" using the technology of the day.



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[2 of 5 Stars!]
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Keep on the Borderlands: The Expansion
Publisher: Usherwood Publishing
by Patrick V. R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/29/2014 22:33:44

Good thing that this is for free, because it's not worth any amount of money, however small. Its only virtue is a little bit of nostaglia for old school gamers. With this--and the makers' other similar products--all you get are, literally, handwritten notes in ink and scanned from a notebook--including sentences with lines running through crossing out errors. The amateur maps are as crude as the kind old school gamers like myself used to draw--kids' maps.

I understand that's the point and style of these modules. But I've been playing since 1981 and so I remember those days. Had we kids then had access to today's tech, you'd probably never would've seen old school notes and maps for I doubt that little of them would've existed--if any at all. The reason? I'd say most Dungeon Masters prefer neat and organized over sloppy and crudely rendered.

I never want to go back to the days of scribbled notes and maps. Give me choices of type fonts; let me have maps colored and glossy; grant me beautifully-rendered table top terrain,upon which tread the metal and plastic feet of monsters and heroes.



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[1 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Referring to the marketing copy on the product page, it should have been clear that all the HAMS products are reproduced and posted out of a sense of nostalgia for the young gamers we all were at the time of AD&D\'s heyday in the late 70\'s and early 80\'s period (but perhaps I should emphasize that point more strongly in the product description?). In particular, they are reflecting on how we as young teenagers fancied ourselves \'game designers\'. These HAMS (High-Adventure from Middle-School) games are unedited, undeveloped, and reproduced when possible, exactly as we created them \"back in the day.\" They are not meant to be taken as serious adventure writing. What they are meant to be is just reminiscent of our youthful gaming days. And I feel they achieve just exactly that. Here is hoping that someday you might take a second look at Usherwood Publishing\'s more \'serious\' adventuring options like the Bone-Hilt Sword Campaign, Arachnophobia!, The Rebel Faction, etc. Kramer
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Keep on the Borderlands: The Expansion
Publisher: Usherwood Publishing
by Richard K. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/18/2014 19:59:38

well its free, but I have to admit if it had cost me $1 or more, I would have 1- starred this module in a heartbeat. It definitely lives up to the hype. The treasure and rewards are too much and most DM's will be able to kill the party without much effort. Exactly the sort of thing I remember in my youth lol. Good for a quick read, but I'll pass on this one.



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[3 of 5 Stars!]
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Keep on the Borderlands: The Expansion
Publisher: Usherwood Publishing
by Mark C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/09/2013 18:41:45

Nice little expansion adds to the fun of the original.



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[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Keep on the Borderlands: The Expansion
Publisher: Usherwood Publishing
by Jeremy Z. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/29/2013 23:24:42

Cute idea, but virtually unreadable. Trying to simulate a kid writing in a loose leaf notebook, they went overboard with notebook graphics and a cursive font, making it very difficult for these middle aged eyes to read. Also sluggish, very sluggish even on my PC, much less my tablet.



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