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• Yesterday at 5:24 AM

Today on the Zenopus Archives, I wrote a post giving an overview of what's in the book based on the Table of Contents, which is now being shown on the Amazon page:

"The Making of Original D&D: 1970-1977": Table of Contents

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  zenopus

• Oct 7, 2021

As promised earlier, a closer look at Sutherland's painting for the Holmes Basic D&D set cover:

https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2021/10/sutherland-dragon-details.html

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• Sep 2, 2021

The Ruined Tower of Zenopus is currently just $1.39 (about 30% off) thru September 7th as part of DMs Guild's "September Starter" sale:

The Ruined Tower of Zenopus - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

The Ruined Tower of Zenopus - Now with an illustration by CHRIS HOLMES and a PRINTER-FRIENDLY DUNGEON MAP! THE RUINED TOWER OF ZENOPUS is a fifth edit

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• May 17, 2021

The next installment of The Forgotten Smugglers' Cave dungeon has been posted!

To the east of the Reef Cavern is another a water-filled cavern, with the sound of falling water to the east...

The Forgotten Smugglers' Cave #9: Waterfall Cavern

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• Mar 5, 2021

The next installment of The Forgotten Smugglers' Cave, and old school D&D dungeon, has been posted!

South of the Grotto lies a water-filled cavern, lit by an eerie glow from under the water...

The Forgotten Smugglers' Cave #8: Reef Cavern

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• Feb 16, 2021

It's Holmes Day 2021! J. Eric Holmes was born on this day, 91 years ago. Over on the Zenopus Archives blog, I've got a "new" photo of Holmes, plus my "Holmesian Highlights" of the past year: Holmes Day 2021

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• Feb 11, 2021

I'm writing a new adventure for Holmes Basic/Original D&D on my blog, post by post.

It's called The Forgotten Smugglers' Cave, and it starts here. The most recent post to go up describes Area #7: Dry Storage.

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• Feb 5, 2021

The Ruined Tower of Zenopus has hit another milestone: Platinum Seller status!

Read more here:

The Ruined Tower of Zenopus Goes Platinum!

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• Dec 17, 2020

An in-depth video review of the Ruined Tower of Zenopus!

The Ruined Tower of Zenopus video review by captcorajus

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• Dec 6, 2020

On the blog, I am posting notes on running the Ruined Tower of Zenopus using old school D&D. The first post covers pages 1-5, the bulk of which is stats for my customized Wandering Monster table. Notes are written up for Holmes Ref (Holmes Basic + OD&D) but should be suitable for any old D&D.

https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-ruined-tower-of-zenopus-retro.html