Recent content by M.T. Black

My apologies - as others have pointed out, Gygax was responding to articles in a range of issues, not just issue #39.

Dragon Publishing released The Dragon issue 41 in September 1980. It is 80 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. In this issue, we have The Halls of Beoll-Dur, Tomb Tappers, and the revenge of Gary Gygax! Editor Jake Jaquet muses on the reasons that role-playing games have recently...

It's a real pleasure to hear from you, Jon! I'm pleased to hear you are still gaming and still creating. So often when I review old Dragon magazine articles I think, "Where are they now?"

Dragon Publishing released The Dragon issue 40 in August 1980. It is 86 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. In this issue, we have death rites, more Awful Green Things from Outer Space, and Dragon's first Runequest article! Editor Jake Jaquet reflects on Origins '80, attended by the...

Dragon Publishing released The Dragon issue 39 in July 1980. It is 78 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. In this issue, we have a Top Secret adventure, lots of new magic items, and a feature on women in gaming! Editor Jake Jaquet spends the editorial discussing some minor things: they...

TSR Periodicals published The Dragon issue 38 in June 1980. It is 74 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. In this issue, we have the secret history of Top Secret, a guide to the seven magical planets, and Gary Gygax explaining the concept of good! Astute readers will notice a change in...

TSR Periodicals published The Dragon issue 37 in May 1980. It is 72 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. In this issue, we travel the planes with Ed Greenwood, get a sneak peek at the upcoming World of Greyhawk, and explore the Pit of the Oracle! First up, I'll mention the delightful...

How did your players respond to negative experience points? Sounds like they were sorta ok with it

TSR Periodicals published The Dragon issue 36 in April 1980. It is 72 pages long and has a cover price of $2.50. In this issue, we have a draconic sub-race, mature content in D&D, and statistics for Conan! The magazine does not explicitly mention it, but this is Tim Kask's last issue with TSR...

TSR Periodicals published The Dragon issue 35 in March 1980. It is 64 pages long and has a cover price of $2.50. In this issue, we have Traveller variants, a new take on experience points, and big news from Tim Kask! In his "Dragon Grumbles" column, Kask is ebullient about the growth in the...

It was so peculiar. I never understood why the option existed when you already had multi-classing rules.

Yeah, from what I can see, if you don't fund within the first day or two, you get very little organic traffic from Kickstarter. Lesson learned.

Thanks! There is an audience for this product, and we are committed to bringing it to life.

TSR Periodicals published The Dragon Issue 34 in February 1980. It is 73 pages long and has a cover price of $2.50. In this issue, we have lots of articles about the Divine Right boardgame, a new column dedicated to traps, and "Doomkeep," a dungeon by Brian Blume! This issue contains seven...

This has been extremely useful - thank you very much, Russ.