Reading through all of TSR's D&D products
As with the second one, the first page describing how to use it, in addition to the examples, are a verbatim copy from the first M&T Assortment. And the second page is the same as M&TA2, even with the same drawing. I’m not sure I understand why this came out so long after the first …
Continue reading “Monster & Treasure Assortment Set Three: Levels Seven-Nine”
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 …
Continue reading “Monster & Treasure Assortment Set Two: Levels Four-Six”
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 …
It’s a list of monsters. And a list of treasure. No seriously. That’s about it. Ok, so I guess if we consider when this came out, there were no published adventure modules, so you had to come up with your own dungeons, and I guess this made it a bit easier. Apparently most of the …
Continue reading “Monster & Treasure Assortment Set One: Levels One-Three”
Yet more of the same. Of note, Set One was By Gary Gygax. Set Two was by Gary and Ernie. This one is back to just Gary. As with the other sets, you can read the example encounter descriptions at Greyhawk Online. Date Information The copyright date is September 21st 1977 but that’s also the …
Continue reading “Dungeon Geomorphs Set Three: Lower Dungeons”
More of the same. What’s surprising to me is how much of a gap there was between the first set and this one – almost a full year! (That’s assuming the date of the first set is anywhere near correct.) As with the first set, you can read the example encounter descriptions at Greyhawk Online. …
Continue reading “Dungeon Geomorphs Set Two: Caves & Caverns”
I don’t have this. Here you can see a reproduction of the sheet taken from Jasper’s Rantings. he recreated it as a pdf so you can download and print it. You can see some good photos of original copies here and here. These character record sheets incorporate all the various elements that make up characters …
A bunch of map pieces that can be put together to form a larger map. This is a curious mix in its design. The cover is very pleasant with good use of white space and nice typography. And the maps are finally of the type we know and love from all the first modules. But …