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“Catacomb” (the short story) was incredibly prescient. It may not be the best written story, but it absolutely nailed the MUD (and later...

I enjoyed this issue, but I have to agree with you. The "Point of View" articles were phenomenal back in the day, and when you match...

The god HP = # of followers would explain why several pantheons feature gods fighting with each other. If I was going to do something...

If they sell off some of the magic items, any 1e module will have more than enough treasure to allow each PC to afford training plus some.

The way I see it, most deities should have infinite hit points anyway.

Yeah, I have very vivid memories of this cover. This issue is sort of what I feel is a doldrums era of Dragon, where it's got a lot of...

allways loved that cover!

In theory, the original point was to "give PCs something to spend their money on" but as you pointed out it can easily have the reverse...

I have training costs in my 5E game, but they are fairly modest (50 gp at 1st level) and scale with tiers. I also ask the players to...

or even better, don't have training costs at all. From what I remember of the final days of my last 1E campaign, I did away with them...

Starstone is amazing, one of the first RPG things I purchased. Don't remember seeing the Dragonquest article before. Something to track down

The amount of detail on the that cover is phenomenal. The way the light from the dragon's eyes catches on, well, everything. Robin Wood...

There are four species options with two copies each for a total of eight Species Cards: two humans, two dwarves, two elves, and two...

Dragon Publishing released Dragon #97 in May 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. The cover is titled "Music...

Congratulations to Chaosium creators recognised as nominees in the 2025 Australian Roleplaying Industry Awards (ARPIA). Best Artwork...