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zenopus · May 16, 2024

Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons, released two days ago, is beginning to arrive in mailboxes!

And I now have the full Table of Contents for the book, which I've posted on the Zenopus Archives blog today:

Fifty Years of D&D: Table of Contents

zenopus · May 14, 2024

Out today is 𝗙𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻𝘀, the compilation from MIT Press celebrating the half-centennial.

I'm pleased to announce that I co-wrote a chapter for it about the work of J. Eric Holmes on D&D Basic!

It's now available from various booksellers; read more & find the link here:

Fifty Years of D&D

zenopus · May 2, 2024

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

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

zenopus · 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:

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zenopus · 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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zenopus · 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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zenopus · 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

zenopus · 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.

zenopus · 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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