🚀 go-pugleaf

Wow! 3 or 4 YEARS! That's a lot of FMs. You'll be happily taffing away for 
many months to come since there are still new ones coming out on a pretty 
regular basis.

Have you played T2X? Yes, it was finally released. It's pretty much a new 
game. It's 13 full missions with a new main character and a definite must 
play. It's doesn't need Darkloader to install as it comes with it's own 
built-in installer.

A definite "must play" is Ominous Bequest by Eshaktaar. It'll grab you right 
from the beginning.

Lord Alan's Fortress and Lord Alan's Factory (which is has the most amazing 
machinery you'll EVER see in an FM) by Lord Alan shouldn't be missed either. 
The first one in the series, Lord Alan's Basement, isn't quite as impressive 
but is still fun to play.

The Trickster's Gem Mine series by Belboz is another terrific set of 
missions. You may have played the earlier ones, Dockland (T1) and Errand 
Boy, as they are quite old but there were quite a few new ones released. 
They include Making Tracks, Trickster's Gem Mine and Elsewhere, Chasm of the 
Lost Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 plus he made a new training mission, Trickster's Gem Mine 
Training mission.

Gaetane has a good series as well. The first one, L'Arsene, came out quite 
awhile ago so you may have played it. Later released for the series were: 
Emilie Victor, The Goblins (Les Korrigans) and The Den. They are all 
excellent missions.

Madwolf's missions are really nice city ones, for the most part, that have 
very nice architecture and are a lot of fun to explore. Moth to a Flame, 
Skeletons in the Closet and Turn of the Tide.

Heist Society by Asylum (which was eventually finished up by a group of 
other builders after Asylum abandonned it) is a fantastic mansion mission. 
So are Transitions in Chaos Pt. 1: Conspiracies in the Dark by Ramirez's Old 
Fat Burrick, and Sisterhood of Azura Pt. 2: The House by And (Used to be Ben 
Hur).

Frobber finished up his "Keeper of the Prophecies" series and it was 
outstanding. You can download the whole thing in one piece which includes 
all 9 missions. All but the latest missions can still be found at 
thiefmissions.com

If you like free-form, roaming streets and rooftop-type missions, try the 
ones by uncadonego. His last couple have been in that style and very 
enjoyable. His earlier missions, like Two Fathers, Time that Has Passed and 
Mixed Messages are also fun and have a very strong story element. Not 
everyone enjoys a lot of readables but if you do, these would suit you.

The Night Watch, by Fidcal, which is a series of 4 missions is very good, 
though also very hard so again, doesn't suit everyone. The atmosphere and 
storyline are good and there are several large threads at TTLG with hints to 
help finish them if necessary. Considering it was a first release, it was 
astounding. A Night in Rocksbourg Discovery and A Night in Rocksbourg A New 
Beginning by Dr. K. are also full of fantastic atmosphere and have great 
architecture but they are also a bit on the hard side, especially the first 
one which is basically a key hunt. It has a lot more going for it though but 
I'd suggest, if you decide to play it, you check out the thread on it at 
TTLG where you'll find a list of key locations because they are not in 
logical places and wandering around looking for them can kind of take the 
fun out of the mission.

The Greyfeather Gems Pt. 1 & Pt. 2, by Morrgan are real gems, especially Pt. 
2. Forgotten Forest 2 by Timon is also terrific but it's all undead as is 
Dark Messiah by Schattengilde. A Pirate's Downfall by nicked and The Folly 
of Youth by the_Dude are also excellent. Ohhh and don't forget the Dracula 
series by Szabó Csaba which is 6 missions in all. (Mostly undead, of 
course.) You can download it all in one package. That ought to be enough to 
get started on, right? :-)

To keep in touch with new releases and for help on missions, join us at the 
TTLG FM Forum. 
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=2ee53d2295f9b8940c462b126b1666b5&daysprune=30&forumid=100 
Downloads are not all from one central site as they used to be because 
thiefmissions.com is no longer being updated so you'll quite often find 
download links in the release announcement threads. There are also quite a 
few threads where people have been looking for suggestions for good FMs that 
you might find interesting. The latest one is here: 
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114267

Have fun!

Nightwalker

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"Doc Photon" <m3dwhitney@att.net> wrote in message 
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>
> I’ve been away from gaming & Thief in particular for several years and had 
> opportunity recently to blow the dust off the Thief II CD’s.  I have 
> Deadly Shadows somewhere but sadly can’t find the DVD now so can’t check 
> out the fan missions for it just yet.
> I couldn’t get T2 to run on my original system; nVidia drivers I’m 
> assuming after a bit of research and I didn’t really feel like dumbing 
> them down.  Gave my main work system a try though & it installed, patched 
> & ran perfectly.  Even got DromEd to work tonight.  Ran thru the original 
> missions on Expert level to come up to speed.  (Hey, age & memory loss 
> have some advantages I guess to make it all seem new again.)  That, and 
> Expert level has definite play differences from what I do remember.
>
> Anyway, seems there’s nearly 4 years of Thief II FM’s for me to check out 
> but very few have any sort of rating.  I’ve snagged a few of the more 
> recent ones but was wondering if I could get some fan favorite suggestions 
> from the past 3-4 years.  Must be a  few of you grubbers still lurking out 
> there.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> 

Wow. Thanx for the detailed comments.  I think those will keep me 
occupied for some time.

I'm trying to snag T2X right now and I got the rest of the Lord Alan 
series the other day. 

I have played a few of the older ones you mentioned.  Listing the author 
with later missions is helpful on giving a better perspective than just 
a mission title. 

Found my old password info for ttlg so will do a bit of skulking around 
over there as well.

Thanks again,

M.


Nightwalker wrote:

>Wow! 3 or 4 YEARS! That's a lot of FMs. You'll be happily taffing away for 
>many months to come since there are still new ones coming out on a pretty 
>regular basis.
>
>Have you played T2X? Yes, it was finally released. It's pretty much a new 
>game. It's 13 full missions with a new main character and a definite must 
>play. It's doesn't need Darkloader to install as it comes with it's own 
>built-in installer.
>
>A definite "must play" is Ominous Bequest by Eshaktaar. It'll grab you right 
>from the beginning.
>
>Lord Alan's Fortress and Lord Alan's Factory (which is has the most amazing 
>machinery you'll EVER see in an FM) by Lord Alan shouldn't be missed either. 
>The first one in the series, Lord Alan's Basement, isn't quite as impressive 
>but is still fun to play.
>
>The Trickster's Gem Mine series by Belboz is another terrific set of 
>missions. You may have played the earlier ones, Dockland (T1) and Errand 
>Boy, as they are quite old but there were quite a few new ones released. 
>They include Making Tracks, Trickster's Gem Mine and Elsewhere, Chasm of the 
>Lost Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 plus he made a new training mission, Trickster's Gem Mine 
>Training mission.
>
>Gaetane has a good series as well. The first one, L'Arsene, came out quite 
>awhile ago so you may have played it. Later released for the series were: 
>Emilie Victor, The Goblins (Les Korrigans) and The Den. They are all 
>excellent missions.
>
>Madwolf's missions are really nice city ones, for the most part, that have 
>very nice architecture and are a lot of fun to explore. Moth to a Flame, 
>Skeletons in the Closet and Turn of the Tide.
>
>Heist Society by Asylum (which was eventually finished up by a group of 
>other builders after Asylum abandonned it) is a fantastic mansion mission. 
>So are Transitions in Chaos Pt. 1: Conspiracies in the Dark by Ramirez's Old 
>Fat Burrick, and Sisterhood of Azura Pt. 2: The House by And (Used to be Ben 
>Hur).
>
>Frobber finished up his "Keeper of the Prophecies" series and it was 
>outstanding. You can download the whole thing in one piece which includes 
>all 9 missions. All but the latest missions can still be found at 
>thiefmissions.com
>
>If you like free-form, roaming streets and rooftop-type missions, try the 
>ones by uncadonego. His last couple have been in that style and very 
>enjoyable. His earlier missions, like Two Fathers, Time that Has Passed and 
>Mixed Messages are also fun and have a very strong story element. Not 
>everyone enjoys a lot of readables but if you do, these would suit you.
>
>The Night Watch, by Fidcal, which is a series of 4 missions is very good, 
>though also very hard so again, doesn't suit everyone. The atmosphere and 
>storyline are good and there are several large threads at TTLG with hints to 
>help finish them if necessary. Considering it was a first release, it was 
>astounding. A Night in Rocksbourg Discovery and A Night in Rocksbourg A New 
>Beginning by Dr. K. are also full of fantastic atmosphere and have great 
>architecture but they are also a bit on the hard side, especially the first 
>one which is basically a key hunt. It has a lot more going for it though but 
>I'd suggest, if you decide to play it, you check out the thread on it at 
>TTLG where you'll find a list of key locations because they are not in 
>logical places and wandering around looking for them can kind of take the 
>fun out of the mission.
>
>The Greyfeather Gems Pt. 1 & Pt. 2, by Morrgan are real gems, especially Pt. 
>2. Forgotten Forest 2 by Timon is also terrific but it's all undead as is 
>Dark Messiah by Schattengilde. A Pirate's Downfall by nicked and The Folly 
>of Youth by the_Dude are also excellent. Ohhh and don't forget the Dracula 
>series by Szabó Csaba which is 6 missions in all. (Mostly undead, of 
>course.) You can download it all in one package. That ought to be enough to 
>get started on, right? :-)
>
>To keep in touch with new releases and for help on missions, join us at the 
>TTLG FM Forum. 
>http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=2ee53d2295f9b8940c462b126b1666b5&daysprune=30&forumid=100 
>Downloads are not all from one central site as they used to be because 
>thiefmissions.com is no longer being updated so you'll quite often find 
>download links in the release announcement threads. There are also quite a 
>few threads where people have been looking for suggestions for good FMs that 
>you might find interesting. The latest one is here: 
>http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114267
>
>Have fun!
>
>Nightwalker
>
>  
>

On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:30:10 GMT, "Nightwalker"
<nightwalkerfmleavemealone@shaw.ca> wrote:

>Wow! 3 or 4 YEARS! That's a lot of FMs. You'll be happily taffing away for 
>many months to come since there are still new ones coming out on a pretty 
>regular basis.
>
>Have you played T2X? Yes, it was finally released. It's pretty much a new 
>game. It's 13 full missions with a new main character and a definite must 
>play. It's doesn't need Darkloader to install as it comes with it's own 
>built-in installer.
>
>A definite "must play" is Ominous Bequest by Eshaktaar. It'll grab you right 
>from the beginning.
>
>Lord Alan's Fortress and Lord Alan's Factory (which is has the most amazing 
>machinery you'll EVER see in an FM) by Lord Alan shouldn't be missed either. 
>The first one in the series, Lord Alan's Basement, isn't quite as impressive 
>but is still fun to play.
>
>The Trickster's Gem Mine series by Belboz is another terrific set of 
>missions. You may have played the earlier ones, Dockland (T1) and Errand 
>Boy, as they are quite old but there were quite a few new ones released. 
>They include Making Tracks, Trickster's Gem Mine and Elsewhere, Chasm of the 
>Lost Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 plus he made a new training mission, Trickster's Gem Mine 
>Training mission.
>
>Gaetane has a good series as well. The first one, L'Arsene, came out quite 
>awhile ago so you may have played it. Later released for the series were: 
>Emilie Victor, The Goblins (Les Korrigans) and The Den. They are all 
>excellent missions.
>
>Madwolf's missions are really nice city ones, for the most part, that have 
>very nice architecture and are a lot of fun to explore. Moth to a Flame, 
>Skeletons in the Closet and Turn of the Tide.
>
>Heist Society by Asylum (which was eventually finished up by a group of 
>other builders after Asylum abandonned it) is a fantastic mansion mission. 
>So are Transitions in Chaos Pt. 1: Conspiracies in the Dark by Ramirez's Old 
>Fat Burrick, and Sisterhood of Azura Pt. 2: The House by And (Used to be Ben 
>Hur).
>
>Frobber finished up his "Keeper of the Prophecies" series and it was 
>outstanding. You can download the whole thing in one piece which includes 
>all 9 missions. All but the latest missions can still be found at 
>thiefmissions.com
>
>If you like free-form, roaming streets and rooftop-type missions, try the 
>ones by uncadonego. His last couple have been in that style and very 
>enjoyable. His earlier missions, like Two Fathers, Time that Has Passed and 
>Mixed Messages are also fun and have a very strong story element. Not 
>everyone enjoys a lot of readables but if you do, these would suit you.
>
>The Night Watch, by Fidcal, which is a series of 4 missions is very good, 
>though also very hard so again, doesn't suit everyone. The atmosphere and 
>storyline are good and there are several large threads at TTLG with hints to 
>help finish them if necessary. Considering it was a first release, it was 
>astounding. A Night in Rocksbourg Discovery and A Night in Rocksbourg A New 
>Beginning by Dr. K. are also full of fantastic atmosphere and have great 
>architecture but they are also a bit on the hard side, especially the first 
>one which is basically a key hunt. It has a lot more going for it though but 
>I'd suggest, if you decide to play it, you check out the thread on it at 
>TTLG where you'll find a list of key locations because they are not in 
>logical places and wandering around looking for them can kind of take the 
>fun out of the mission.
>
>The Greyfeather Gems Pt. 1 & Pt. 2, by Morrgan are real gems, especially Pt. 
>2. Forgotten Forest 2 by Timon is also terrific but it's all undead as is 
>Dark Messiah by Schattengilde. A Pirate's Downfall by nicked and The Folly 
>of Youth by the_Dude are also excellent. Ohhh and don't forget the Dracula 
>series by Szabó Csaba which is 6 missions in all. (Mostly undead, of 
>course.) You can download it all in one package. That ought to be enough to 
>get started on, right? :-)
>
>To keep in touch with new releases and for help on missions, join us at the 
>TTLG FM Forum. 
>http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=2ee53d2295f9b8940c462b126b1666b5&daysprune=30&forumid=100 
>Downloads are not all from one central site as they used to be because 
>thiefmissions.com is no longer being updated so you'll quite often find 
>download links in the release announcement threads. There are also quite a 
>few threads where people have been looking for suggestions for good FMs that 
>you might find interesting. The latest one is here: 
>http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114267
>
>Have fun!
>
>Nightwalker

Nice post NW.  Even though I've played all those I think, I'm keeping this
for future reference.  :)
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http://home.roadrunner.com/~macecil/
http://home.roadrunner.com/~safehex/
http://home.roadrunner.com/~macecil/hackingvista/

Glad to be able to help.

Nightwalker

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"Michael Cecil" <macecil@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:nsle639hg9d0pf6t63ba2ou7eve2bps1cj@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:30:10 GMT, "Nightwalker"
> <nightwalkerfmleavemealone@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>Wow! 3 or 4 YEARS! That's a lot of FMs. You'll be happily taffing away for
>>many months to come since there are still new ones coming out on a pretty
>>regular basis.
>>
>>Have you played T2X? Yes, it was finally released. It's pretty much a new
>>game. It's 13 full missions with a new main character and a definite must
>>play. It's doesn't need Darkloader to install as it comes with it's own
>>built-in installer.
>>
>>A definite "must play" is Ominous Bequest by Eshaktaar. It'll grab you 
>>right
>>from the beginning.
>>
>>Lord Alan's Fortress and Lord Alan's Factory (which is has the most 
>>amazing
>>machinery you'll EVER see in an FM) by Lord Alan shouldn't be missed 
>>either.
>>The first one in the series, Lord Alan's Basement, isn't quite as 
>>impressive
>>but is still fun to play.
>>
>>The Trickster's Gem Mine series by Belboz is another terrific set of
>>missions. You may have played the earlier ones, Dockland (T1) and Errand
>>Boy, as they are quite old but there were quite a few new ones released.
>>They include Making Tracks, Trickster's Gem Mine and Elsewhere, Chasm of 
>>the
>>Lost Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 plus he made a new training mission, Trickster's Gem 
>>Mine
>>Training mission.
>>
>>Gaetane has a good series as well. The first one, L'Arsene, came out quite
>>awhile ago so you may have played it. Later released for the series were:
>>Emilie Victor, The Goblins (Les Korrigans) and The Den. They are all
>>excellent missions.
>>
>>Madwolf's missions are really nice city ones, for the most part, that have
>>very nice architecture and are a lot of fun to explore. Moth to a Flame,
>>Skeletons in the Closet and Turn of the Tide.
>>
>>Heist Society by Asylum (which was eventually finished up by a group of
>>other builders after Asylum abandonned it) is a fantastic mansion mission.
>>So are Transitions in Chaos Pt. 1: Conspiracies in the Dark by Ramirez's 
>>Old
>>Fat Burrick, and Sisterhood of Azura Pt. 2: The House by And (Used to be 
>>Ben
>>Hur).
>>
>>Frobber finished up his "Keeper of the Prophecies" series and it was
>>outstanding. You can download the whole thing in one piece which includes
>>all 9 missions. All but the latest missions can still be found at
>>thiefmissions.com
>>
>>If you like free-form, roaming streets and rooftop-type missions, try the
>>ones by uncadonego. His last couple have been in that style and very
>>enjoyable. His earlier missions, like Two Fathers, Time that Has Passed 
>>and
>>Mixed Messages are also fun and have a very strong story element. Not
>>everyone enjoys a lot of readables but if you do, these would suit you.
>>
>>The Night Watch, by Fidcal, which is a series of 4 missions is very good,
>>though also very hard so again, doesn't suit everyone. The atmosphere and
>>storyline are good and there are several large threads at TTLG with hints 
>>to
>>help finish them if necessary. Considering it was a first release, it was
>>astounding. A Night in Rocksbourg Discovery and A Night in Rocksbourg A 
>>New
>>Beginning by Dr. K. are also full of fantastic atmosphere and have great
>>architecture but they are also a bit on the hard side, especially the 
>>first
>>one which is basically a key hunt. It has a lot more going for it though 
>>but
>>I'd suggest, if you decide to play it, you check out the thread on it at
>>TTLG where you'll find a list of key locations because they are not in
>>logical places and wandering around looking for them can kind of take the
>>fun out of the mission.
>>
>>The Greyfeather Gems Pt. 1 & Pt. 2, by Morrgan are real gems, especially 
>>Pt.
>>2. Forgotten Forest 2 by Timon is also terrific but it's all undead as is
>>Dark Messiah by Schattengilde. A Pirate's Downfall by nicked and The Folly
>>of Youth by the_Dude are also excellent. Ohhh and don't forget the Dracula
>>series by Szabó Csaba which is 6 missions in all. (Mostly undead, of
>>course.) You can download it all in one package. That ought to be enough 
>>to
>>get started on, right? :-)
>>
>>To keep in touch with new releases and for help on missions, join us at 
>>the
>>TTLG FM Forum.
>>http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=2ee53d2295f9b8940c462b126b1666b5&daysprune=30&forumid=100
>>Downloads are not all from one central site as they used to be because
>>thiefmissions.com is no longer being updated so you'll quite often find
>>download links in the release announcement threads. There are also quite a
>>few threads where people have been looking for suggestions for good FMs 
>>that
>>you might find interesting. The latest one is here:
>>http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114267
>>
>>Have fun!
>>
>>Nightwalker
>
> Nice post NW.  Even though I've played all those I think, I'm keeping this
> for future reference.  :)
> -- 
> Michael Cecil
> http://home.roadrunner.com/~macecil/
> http://home.roadrunner.com/~safehex/
> http://home.roadrunner.com/~macecil/hackingvista/ 

Hey Doc,

I haven't played thief much recently and I am probably out of the loop with 
the community as well. But, for myself, I cannot recommend anything that 
Purah worked on HIGH ENOUGH! Anything that he was involved in was top notch! 
Calendra's Cistern for example was awesome. I haven't played the sequel to 
that but I heard it was great. That guy and the teams that he has worked 
with are AWESOME!!!! I seem to remember they actually got a write up in a 
gaming magazine for such high quality work. Anyway, that is my two 
cents....now I'll have to go sneaking about in the shadows to make up for my 
losses.

Take care,

Lord Sin
"Doc Photon" <m3dwhitney@att.net> wrote in message 
news:vst9i.59376$Sa4.31643@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
> I’ve been away from gaming & Thief in particular for several years and had 
> opportunity recently to blow the dust off the Thief II CD’s.  I have 
> Deadly Shadows somewhere but sadly can’t find the DVD now so can’t check 
> out the fan missions for it just yet.
> I couldn’t get T2 to run on my original system; nVidia drivers I’m 
> assuming after a bit of research and I didn’t really feel like dumbing 
> them down.  Gave my main work system a try though & it installed, patched 
> & ran perfectly.  Even got DromEd to work tonight.  Ran thru the original 
> missions on Expert level to come up to speed.  (Hey, age & memory loss 
> have some advantages I guess to make it all seem new again.)  That, and 
> Expert level has definite play differences from what I do remember.
>
> Anyway, seems there’s nearly 4 years of Thief II FM’s for me to check out 
> but very few have any sort of rating.  I’ve snagged a few of the more 
> recent ones but was wondering if I could get some fan favorite suggestions 
> from the past 3-4 years.  Must be a  few of you grubbers still lurking out 
> there.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> 

Thanks,  I'll add that to the notes.

I'm working my way thru the T2X series now.

M.


E.Triebsch wrote:

>Hey Doc,
>
>I haven't played thief much recently and I am probably out of the loop with 
>the community as well. But, for myself, I cannot recommend anything that 
>Purah worked on HIGH ENOUGH! Anything that he was involved in was top notch! 
>Calendra's Cistern for example was awesome. I haven't played the sequel to 
>that but I heard it was great. That guy and the teams that he has worked 
>with are AWESOME!!!! I seem to remember they actually got a write up in a 
>gaming magazine for such high quality work. Anyway, that is my two 
>cents....now I'll have to go sneaking about in the shadows to make up for my 
>losses.
>
>Take care,
>
>Lord Sin
>"Doc Photon" <m3dwhitney@att.net> wrote in message 
>news:vst9i.59376$Sa4.31643@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>  
>
>>I’ve been away from gaming & Thief in particular for several years and had 
>>opportunity recently to blow the dust off the Thief II CD’s.  I have 
>>Deadly Shadows somewhere but sadly can’t find the DVD now so can’t check 
>>out the fan missions for it just yet.
>>I couldn’t get T2 to run on my original system; nVidia drivers I’m 
>>assuming after a bit of research and I didn’t really feel like dumbing 
>>them down.  Gave my main work system a try though & it installed, patched 
>>& ran perfectly.  Even got DromEd to work tonight.  Ran thru the original 
>>missions on Expert level to come up to speed.  (Hey, age & memory loss 
>>have some advantages I guess to make it all seem new again.)  That, and 
>>Expert level has definite play differences from what I do remember.
>>
>>Anyway, seems there’s nearly 4 years of Thief II FM’s for me to check out 
>>but very few have any sort of rating.  I’ve snagged a few of the more 
>>recent ones but was wondering if I could get some fan favorite suggestions 
>>from the past 3-4 years.  Must be a  few of you grubbers still lurking out 
>>there.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>
>
>  
>

Nightwalker; Quite likely the nicest person on UseNet.

I love you!

JJ (UK) 

That's so nice! You just made my day, JJ. Thank you. :-)

Nightwalker

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"JJ (UK)" <khbjbjhb@khjkhbjhb.com> wrote in message 
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> Nightwalker; Quite likely the nicest person on UseNet.
>
> I love you!
>
> JJ (UK)
>