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Module D3 – Vault of the Drow
What’s New Art General Date Information – August 1978
Module D2 – Shrine of The Kuo-Toa
What’s New Art General Date Information – August 1978
Module D1 – Descent Into the Depths of the Earth
What’s New? First module with tear off hand-out map for the players! First module with 2 versions of a map – one for the DM, a matching partial one for the players First module to have 1 map level go over 2 panels First modules to have Wizard logo, not Lizard logo First mention I …
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The Dragon #17 Vol 3.3
Ooh boy, that cover – schlocky 70’s fantasy art at it’s finest What’s new new comic artist – Will McLean – I love his funny comics and style Articles vampires – how to run them and how player’s can deal with them Faceless Men & Clockwork Monsters – basically a session recap by Gygax of …
AD&D Players Handbook
It’s exciting to be reading this. Growing up, I definitely read large sections of it and used it as a reference but I’ve never read it cover to cover. Note that most of my comments will be about things I personally find interesting, not an extensive discussion of everything in the book. (That goes for …
Module G3 – Hall of the Fire Giant King
What’s New? First 16 page module (G1 & G2 are 8 pages) First 3 panel/3 map cover (although the Australian version doesn’t have a 3rd panel) First to have a new monster description at the end of the module Drow! Mind flayers!! Art Back to DCS III for the cover. I like how the armour …
Module G2 – The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl
What’s New? Huh, anyone familiar with painting 5E minis? Well one treasure item in this module is Nolzur’s Marvellous Pigments! As far as I can tell, this is their first appearance and their description wouldn’t even be explained until the DM’s Guide came out much later It has dragons! (G1 didn’t, so it’s a first …
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Module G1 – Steading of the Hill Giant Chief
I’m so excited to get to the first official module. The adventure modules are what I enjoy reading the most. What’s New Its’ the first D&D module designed, produced and distributed by TSR – woohoo! (Lost Tsojcanth wasn’t distributed by TSR, Vampire Queen et al were written by others. Temple of the Frog was a …
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The Dragon #16 Vol 3.2
What’s new? it’s 36 pages instead of 32 – to accommodate the size of the L Sprague deCamp Green Magician story Editorial why do so many people take themselves and their hobby so seriously – have fun and a laugh! Articles a rebuttal to the letter about Cthulhu in Dragon #14 – too much detail …