tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post4772808213923995428..comments2024-03-24T18:59:07.813-07:00Comments on ZENOPUS ARCHIVES: Maze of Peril Ch 1, Scene 7: "The Grisly Business of Swallowing the Corpses"Zenopus Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-64862845765982799362018-11-29T21:20:12.189-08:002018-11-29T21:20:12.189-08:00Gygax seems to have picked it as a spare dragon co...Gygax seems to have picked it as a spare dragon color. Chainmail mentions the flightless, stinging Purple Dragon in the entry on Dragons, and this was just after he had a series in a zine about the different colored dragons that also describes it. By the time of D&D it had been separated out from the Dragons but kept its color. See this thread on ODD74: <a href="http://odd74.proboards.com/thread/8122/gygax-dragons-pre-chainmail-1969" rel="nofollow">"Gygax Dragons Pre-Chainmail 1969-1970"</a>Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-49748295002633793912018-11-29T20:53:15.843-08:002018-11-29T20:53:15.843-08:00This section followed the map and the game very cl...This section followed the map and the game very closely. Just think in the second chapter you already get two monsters. It's neat to see Arnsons crude little drawing. Anyone know why the worms are purple?Chris Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226704397864485757noreply@blogger.com