Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Goblin +1

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One idea I've mulled over is a shorthand system for notating stronger/weaker variations of monsters. Similar to magic items, it wo...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Part 52: "No End to the Rats"

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Part 52 of a comparison of Holmes' manuscript with the published Basic Set rulebook. Turn to page 4 5 of your 'Blue Book' (page...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

The "D&D For Beginners" Dungeon Model - Part II

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This is the second in a series of posts looking at the dungeon model that Chris Holmes designed for a "Dungeons & Dragons for Begin...
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

The "D&D For Beginners" Dungeon Model

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In a recent post I mentioned that J. Eric Holmes and his son Chris ran a game at Gen Con XII in 1979 called "Dungeons & Dragons fo...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Part 51: "Indescribable Odds and Ends"

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Part 49 of a series of posts,  indexed  here , comparing Holmes' manuscript with the published Basic Set rulebook. Turn to page 45 of yo...
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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Hand-Drawn Basic Box Cover (1980)

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This charming image is a small part of an advertisement in the Spokane Daily Chronicle, December 5, 1980, which was recently featured ov...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Holmes at Gen Con XII (1979)

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Thanks to Tony at The Cryptic Archivist for providing a high res scan of the above photo from The Dragon #31, November 1979, which sho...
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