Comments on: The Secret to Arabian Nights (And Days)

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:59:07 +0000

@Toord: As the defender of my household’s feats of strength I wish you a merry Festivus.

By: Toord

Toord — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:01:24 +0000

@Nicholas: hehe. Well, those synonyms don’t quite fit the phrase. But I’ll give you and Janna your points back … just ‘cuz it’s Festivus! :)

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:48:51 +0000

@Toord: Heh, we have a naming formula table we use when we can’t think of a title. I think we both use secret a lot because it is one of the better ones on the list. I noticed when you commented on Janna’s article but this piece was written two weeks ago and I couldn’t change it. I’m going to try and break the habit.

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/secret

Would any of those get me my point back?

By: Toord

Toord — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:06:36 +0000

Nick … I said it to Janna … I say it to you, for what’s worth: -1 for using the word ‘secret’ in the title of your post! C’mon … you DMs can come up with better verbiage.

As for the article itself … Arabian setting … desert … mummies … temples … blue dragon … wait … WTF?!?!? aaaarrghhh help!!!!

By: The Evil DM

The Evil DM — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:58:45 +0000

For adventuring in an “Arabian Nights” setting my go to is the Al-Qadim line from TSR. GURPS also has a great sourcebook for the setting. And of course there are the Harryhausen movies for swashbuckling inspiration. I enjoyed John Leguizamo’s “Genie of the lamp”, if you pay attention you can hear him work in quite a few Tagalog words and phrases- a Filipino genie, cool. I tend to run my games more “Arabian Knights” than “Arabian Nights”- “SIZE of a tiger!”

Sinbad campiagns are fun. Give your players heroes a ship and crew and have them sail the seven seas. The newer Sinbad animated movie is very good and full of adventure ideas.