Yes, finally AD&D is here! Well almost. Still have to wait for the actual rules. But it makes all kind of sense to publish this first, as it could be used by existing players regardless. The Monster Manual is definitely a step up in quality – being hardback is the most obvious thing – a …
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The Dragon #11 Vol 2.5
Fairly good issue. A bit of a tirade by Gygax against people who don’t like the fact that TSR is protecting its copyrights. Special shout-out to companies doing it right by either licensing or creating their own new ip like Games Design Workshop with En Garde and Traveller. Also has a bit of a historical …
The Dragon #10 Vol 2.4
Now 36 pages. A bit of a reorg in the structure of the magazine to clarify whether something is official or a variant. An article suggesting characters should only get XP from treasure as they spend it. Interesting idea, rather boring article. A report on Gencon X held in August. An article with tables to …
The Misty Isles
Ok, so strictly speaking, this was never distributed by TSR but I wanted to read it anyway and I think others may want to conclude the Wee Warriors trilogy as well. So, here we get a huge expansion in scope. Palace of the Vampire Queen was a single building. Dwarven Glory was slightly larger – …
The Dragon #9 Vol 2.3
Again with the dodgy cover – same guy as last one. I won’t mention his name out of respect. Finally an ad for the Basic Set! And there’s an ad for issue 1 of White Dwarf. Gygax has an article about character alignments and handling situations where character alignments differ. Probably the most interesting bit …
Monster & Treasure Assortment Set Two: Levels Four-Six
More of the same. All the instruction text is exactly the same, complete with the same example as Set 1 – ie they didn’t bother updating it with an example from Set 2. Illustrations Cover is apparently by Dave Trampier. Two of the internal illustrations are signed by Dave C Sutherland. There’s also a rather …
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Basic Set (Holmes)
This may get long. This is just a review of the Basic rule book. Coverage of the other items, such as the Geomorphs that came in the first printing and the B1 & B2 modules that came in later printings are dealt with separately. I’ve been looking forward to reading this since starting this project. …
The Dragon #8 Vol 2.2
I dunno about you but I think that’s a pretty darn ugly cover. Apologies to the artist. The best part of the magazine is a very interesting article by Gygax about the Planes of existence. Although the planes have been mentioned in spells and items in the supplements, this is the first time the concept …
Outdoor Geomorphs Set One: Walled City
This is the last Geomorphs set. There were 3 more sets for future release that never happened – Castle/Fortress Outdoor Geomorphs, Ruins Geomorphs and Rooms, Chambers & Passages. They appear in the product list on the last page of this set and the 2nd printing of the Holmes Basic D&D book (in the product list …
The Dwarven Glory
Dungeon Masters Kit – Number 2 Check out those dwarves! Check out that treasure! Check out that weird archway? Like Palace of the Vampire Queen, this wasn’t created by TSR but is included here because it was distributed by them. The weirdest thing about this? It uses hex maps, where every hex is 3 feet. …