In article <447247c4$0$24212$88260bb3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Matthew Amsel <matthew.amsel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> IMHO, ToTL works as long as you ignore DLA. It's quite consistent and
> workable internally.
I'm taking a "second look" at TotL now. Right now, I'm thinking "great
concept, horrible execution." The map of Ansalon in that set is really
great. Aside from Taladas, the TotL map is the next, necessary step in
the evolution of Krynn. Too bad it was ignored except in The Odyssey of
Gilthanas. Anyway, you have to read:
http://ulmo.mux.net/dragonlance/totl.txt
TotL adds some interesting detail, but overall it is useless. The
contradictions with previously published Dragonlance are overwhelming.
In many cases it does contradict itself. The majority of DL fans are
coming from the Holy Six, so I don't see how you can say to ignore the
canon in favor of TotL!
The core problem with TotL--other than it being Johnson's vision and
emphatically not Hickman's--is that it can't seem to decide whether it
is a WotL gazetteer (in which case, the recent War of the Lance
hardcover is far superior) or an expansion for future adventures in
Ansalon (which it fails miserably at).
Incidentally, Dragonlance originated in the AD&D 1st Edition game.
Regards!
--
Michael Falconer - http://ulmo.mux.net/
"Because by fate even the gods are cast down, weep ye all with me."
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