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message   Rating the original missions on Thief Guild
<Username>    June 24, 2023, 1:03 p.m.

Personal rankings of the original missions are a regular topic on the TTLG forums to this day. What players perceive as the best missions from The Dark Project, The Metal Age, a...

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Aldarith    Aug. 6, 2023, 6:06 a.m.

Thief Gold it all set-up and ready to go, Thief II is in progress.

message   Rating the original missions on Thief Guild
<Username>    June 24, 2023, 1:03 p.m.

Personal rankings of the original missions are a regular topic on the TTLG forums to this day. What players perceive as the best missions from The Dark Project, The Metal Age, a...

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Aldarith    June 29, 2023, 3:17 p.m.

Got it.

Should I make two Multi Mission Campaigns, one for Thief : The Dark Project and one for Thief Gold and make FM entries for each individual mission, then make them prequels and sequels?

Or should I just make one entry per mission and let you handle the campaign aspects?

message   Rating the original missions on Thief Guild
<Username>    June 24, 2023, 1:03 p.m.

Personal rankings of the original missions are a regular topic on the TTLG forums to this day. What players perceive as the best missions from The Dark Project, The Metal Age, a...

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Aldarith    June 28, 2023, 2:13 p.m.

TLC In TG also has Mages instead of craymen!

I am not 100% sure what the other differences are but I know someone who does ;)

message   Rating the original missions on Thief Guild
<Username>    June 24, 2023, 1:03 p.m.

Personal rankings of the original missions are a regular topic on the TTLG forums to this day. What players perceive as the best missions from The Dark Project, The Metal Age, a...

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Aldarith    June 28, 2023, 1:55 p.m.

Alrighty, I think all of that sounds fair - I think the concern over personal accounts was having the associations of the ratings and issues of credit. If that will be modified before public, I have no issue at all.

I agree with all your points about the content.

Regarding T1 /TG, Can a mission have more than one sequel link?

If so, I could make a Thief Gold entry and a Dark Project entry for The Lost City to identify the separate versions.

message   Rating the original missions on Thief Guild
<Username>    June 24, 2023, 1:03 p.m.

Personal rankings of the original missions are a regular topic on the TTLG forums to this day. What players perceive as the best missions from The Dark Project, The Metal Age, a...

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Aldarith    June 28, 2023, 3:56 a.m.

I've made an LGS account for this purpose and I'm about to make you an Ion Storm account, @thebigh.

Hit me up on Discord (same username) and I will give you the credentials for it!

message   Rating the original missions on Thief Guild
<Username>    June 24, 2023, 1:03 p.m.

Personal rankings of the original missions are a regular topic on the TTLG forums to this day. What players perceive as the best missions from The Dark Project, The Metal Age, a...

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Aldarith    June 28, 2023, 1:57 a.m.

I kinda think a shared LGS account is best too.

message   Rating the original missions on Thief Guild
<Username>    June 24, 2023, 1:03 p.m.

Personal rankings of the original missions are a regular topic on the TTLG forums to this day. What players perceive as the best missions from The Dark Project, The Metal Age, a...

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Aldarith    June 28, 2023, 12:30 a.m.

So I have asked ehcmier (discord handle) if he is down to be a consultant on this, and he says that he is totally cool with helping us by answering any questions.

Do y'all know how to find him?

message   Rating the original missions on Thief Guild
<Username>    June 24, 2023, 1:03 p.m.

Personal rankings of the original missions are a regular topic on the TTLG forums to this day. What players perceive as the best missions from The Dark Project, The Metal Age, a...

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Aldarith    June 28, 2023, 12:16 a.m.

I would like to do TDP / Thief Gold!

message   Trust in My Self Righteous Review
topic about   When Angels Refuse to Die (2009)   T2 FM
Aldarith    June 27, 2023, 6:53 a.m.

This mission had a lot of really fun ideas and a great sense of humor.
The author clearly has a good handle on the kind of story that makes an FM work with the base game, and how to make it funny without being rote.

Unfortunately I felt that many of the puzzles were a linear sequence of inputs that were difficult to understand.
It very muc...

message   Rating the original missions on Thief Guild
<Username>    June 24, 2023, 1:03 p.m.

Personal rankings of the original missions are a regular topic on the TTLG forums to this day. What players perceive as the best missions from The Dark Project, The Metal Age, a...

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Aldarith    June 27, 2023, 5:14 a.m.

I'd also like to be able to rate them!

How can I help?

message   Classical Stylings
topic about   Working Late (2015)   T1 FM
Aldarith    June 15, 2023, 6:06 a.m.

Sometimes you just need something fun to do - this FM is that.
This is one of those great little 5 minute wonders but is has plenty of soul.

The architecture feels extremely classic, but not undetailed. The story is simple and uncomplicated.

I do wish there were some more readables about to characterize the denizens - that would have bro...

message   A Doughy Conundrum of an FM
topic about   Oswald's Patisserie (2001)   T2 FM
Aldarith    June 14, 2023, 9:06 p.m.

Oswald's Patisserie has a certain je-ne-sais-quoi.

On first tasting, it can seem to have a bland and flat texture.
Harsh and user-unfriendly architecture can leave the taster with parched countenance and the crumbs of disappointment will likely annoy.

It has a simple and humble presentation, without much in the way of garnish but seasonin...

message   A landmark FM and an aspirational classic
topic about   The Scarlet Cascabel (v2) (2020)   TG FM
Aldarith    June 12, 2023, 5:12 a.m.

It would be an injustice for me to say o'ermuch or to cast too many expectations to the newcomer. I'll be brief.
Suffice to say that The Scarlet Cascabel will turn your assumptions about what an FM can be on their side.

The first mission does not overpromise, but delivers a classic experience that does not turn the authors hand.
It sticks a...

message   Made me feel more clever than I really am!
topic about   Heist at Hilbert's Highrise Hotel (2020)   T2 FM
Aldarith    May 31, 2023, 4:47 a.m.

This mission had some hits and a couple misses, but mostly hits.

The thing that makes me happiest is that Trefoilknot managed to make me feel very clever - that's hard.

There were a couple puzzles for which the solutions were beautifully hidden in plain sight, and a couple that made an underutilized and dusty corner of my brain come to lig...

message   A very strong affair indeed!
topic about   The Affairs of Wizards (2008)   T2 FM
Aldarith    May 30, 2023, 5:09 a.m.

This was a great FM that could easily have been a drawn-out campaign but it was tastefully scoped and packaged into a fun little mission.

There was at least one readable and quest item that you can walk right-over due to innate camouflage, so keep your eyes peeled.

There is at least one puzzle that requires a finite resource, and that ne...

message   A User Unfriendly Classic
topic about   Calendra's Legacy (2002)   T2 FM
Aldarith    April 17, 2023, 2:25 a.m.

It's always hard to assign a rating to a multi-mission campaign - you always want to rate each mission on it's own merits and detractions. Mission 1 - A Meeting With Basso T...

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Aldarith    May 5, 2023, 6:46 a.m.

I think the third mission was actually the one I enjoyed most, now that there's a little distance from the issue.

Thanks for that tip, Konrad :) I've done the individual ratings and slightly amended my overall as such.

message   Short, Sweet and Succinct!
topic about   Madness Of Wolfgang Handspiegel (2018)   TG FM
Aldarith    May 5, 2023, 6:39 a.m.

Great mini puzzle mission that knows not to overstay it's welcome.
Thanks :)

message   More maligned than it deserves
topic about   Reminiscences (2022)   TG FM
Aldarith    April 27, 2023, 4:55 a.m.

Spoonman might not make missions for everyone, but they're certainly not lacking in creativity and perhaps for some a little humor.

To keep it simple, these missions are a series of humorous vignettes masquerading as full missions.
You will generally have a simple if vague objective - it's your job to try to divine what the author expects yo...