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Dragon Reflections #11 - The Sorcerer Speaks!
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<blockquote data-quote="Matesamo" data-source="post: 7758183" data-attributes="member: 6729238"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Another fine issue from the early days of the magazine. It was interesting to see the mentions of the upcoming Advanced Dungeons & Dragons books and the excitement which they were being described. My other highlights from this issue include:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Gary Gygax's editorial praising some non-TSR products:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-webkit-standard'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">This is not to say that we resent inspirational use of <em>D&D. </em>A notable example of such in- spiration is <strong><em>EN GARDE </em></strong>by Game Designers Workshop. It is an excel- lent game, and I personally admire the application of role playing which they devised. Likewise, <strong><em>TRAVELER </em></strong>is an imaginative game, and if it <em>was </em>inspired by <em>D&D, </em>it can be considered an imitation by no possible stretch of the imagination.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>Character Chronicle Cards</strong> from the Judges Guild which were ultra small 2 5/6 x 3 1/2" cards to be used with player characters and NPC's. They were sold 100 cards for $1.98.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>First Fantasy Campaign</strong> advertised in this issue for a princely sum of $7.98 was a 92-page booklet retelling the background of the original dungeon adventure campaign by Dave Arneson. It included campaign notes, maps and more. I wonder if any copies survive and knowing what was to come between Arneson and Gygax, if there is anything revealing for be found on its pages.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">A review of the animated <strong>Hobbit </strong>movie which aired on NBC:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-webkit-standard'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Nothing is more disheartening than to see someone spend a great amount of effort, time and/or money on a project only to do it wrong or badly. Sad to say, that is just what happened with the Rankin/Bass collaboration recently aired on NBC.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-webkit-standard'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-webkit-standard'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-webkit-standard'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-webkit-standard'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-webkit-standard'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-webkit-standard'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-webkit-standard'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matesamo, post: 7758183, member: 6729238"] [SIZE=3][FONT=arial]Another fine issue from the early days of the magazine. It was interesting to see the mentions of the upcoming Advanced Dungeons & Dragons books and the excitement which they were being described. My other highlights from this issue include: Gary Gygax's editorial praising some non-TSR products: [/FONT][/SIZE][INDENT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=-webkit-standard][SIZE=3][FONT=arial]This is not to say that we resent inspirational use of [I]D&D. [/I]A notable example of such in- spiration is [B][I]EN GARDE [/I][/B]by Game Designers Workshop. It is an excel- lent game, and I personally admire the application of role playing which they devised. Likewise, [B][I]TRAVELER [/I][/B]is an imaginative game, and if it [I]was [/I]inspired by [I]D&D, [/I]it can be considered an imitation by no possible stretch of the imagination.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=arial] [/FONT][/SIZE][/INDENT] [SIZE=3] [FONT=arial][B]Character Chronicle Cards[/B] from the Judges Guild which were ultra small 2 5/6 x 3 1/2" cards to be used with player characters and NPC's. They were sold 100 cards for $1.98. [/FONT] [B]First Fantasy Campaign[/B] advertised in this issue for a princely sum of $7.98 was a 92-page booklet retelling the background of the original dungeon adventure campaign by Dave Arneson. It included campaign notes, maps and more. I wonder if any copies survive and knowing what was to come between Arneson and Gygax, if there is anything revealing for be found on its pages. [FONT=arial]A review of the animated [B]Hobbit [/B]movie which aired on NBC:[/FONT] [/SIZE][INDENT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=-webkit-standard][SIZE=3][FONT=arial]Nothing is more disheartening than to see someone spend a great amount of effort, time and/or money on a project only to do it wrong or badly. Sad to say, that is just what happened with the Rankin/Bass collaboration recently aired on NBC.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=-webkit-standard][SIZE=3][FONT=arial] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/INDENT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=-webkit-standard][SIZE=3][FONT=arial] [/FONT][/SIZE] [/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=arial] [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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