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Nothing related to the contents. It's just a fancy dragon to celebrate the 100th issue of "Dragon". A faerie dragon was chosen because...

This adventure and the classic Expedition to the Barrier Peaks were some of my first exposures to fantasy / science fiction crossovers...

One interesting note about the cover that doesn't show up in the photo is that the purple areas (the faerie dragon and the word...

I loved the City Beyond the Gate adventure. So much fun - and you can meet Dr. Who (the Tom Baker incarnation).

Love that cover. Like the later cover of #116, it really stands out by trying something different. Having read Gygax's Gord the Rogue...

TSR Inc. published Dragon #100 in August 1985. It is 116 pages long and has a cover price of $3.95. This milestone issue features more...

Hello. I'm one of the supposedly rare specimens that find GM-ing very difficult. I find improv hard. It's very difficult for me to...

Yes, that is about the age I started DMing. However, I just winged it and I was not good at it. Personally I don't think I became a good...

I mean, those ads are wrong....but GMing is still hard. That a bunch of 10-year-olds have attempted a thing is not the same as saying...

Like many things 3e, it actually started in 2e Combat and Tactics books ;)

For me the best map designer and artist is Heroic Maps. It doesn’t hurt that they are always beautiful maps but the quality of the...

A lot of the things that are often brought up as good aspects of dungeon maps are things that I think are great about 90% of the time...

I would reckon that if a given map is going to feature in one, maybe two, play sessions, non-linearity is going to play a small part in...

I follow @Sacrosanct's idea and design dungeons that make sense in-world. I also agree with @Reynard that they are not the most fun for...

I think dungeons should be designed on what makes the most sense on how to build the dungeon (why would the builders make this hallway...