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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

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

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

As promised earlier, a closer look at Sutherland's painting for the Holmes Basic D&D set cover:

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:

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 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...

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

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.

The Ruined Tower of Zenopus has hit another milestone: Platinum Seller status!

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