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 …
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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 …
The Dragon #15 Vol 3.1
What’s new? A wraparound cover image! So normally I really like Dave Trampier’s art, but I’m gonna say, this cover is not his finest work. I mean, everything’s fine, it’s just the faces are kind of creepy. Also the centrefold of the magazine is a backgammon table drawn by Tramp. You can’t see it in …
The Dragon #14 Vol 2.8
Lots of Sci-Fi and not a lot of D&D in this one. Of note: an ad for Origins 78, July 14-16 – “Be sure to visit the TSR Booth for … new Gamma World RPG … and D&D tourney modules” – ie the G series of modules. Winners announced for the “Name that Monster” contest …
The Dragon #13 Vol 2.7
You know what? I think this is the first really good cover on The Dragon magazine. It was done by Tom Canty (who also did the cover for Dragon #2). He went on to do all sorts of book covers. See here: http://art.ofearna.us/canty.html What’s New It’s the first monthly issue. Articles Oh boy, here’s one …
The Dragon #12 Vol 2.6
There’s a lot in this one. What’s New From the next issue in April, the Dragon will be going monthly We get circulation information – there are basically about 6000 copies of each issue printed and that number is continuing to rise The Souvenir font is used in a couple of ads. Eg: Articles Humourus …
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 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 …
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 …