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Oops. :o I just noticed that it says that in my copy of the Basic rulebook. If it had been a rattlesnake... :) But my copy of the Expert rulebook does not have Gary and Dave listed. There is just a blank space underneath the Willingham drawing where the Gary and Dave by-line is in the Basic...

Thanks, Gary! No wonder your name is conspicuously absent from the 1981 D&D Basic's and Expert's credits and acknowledgements.

Gary, how much (if any) input did you have on the 1981 Basic (edited by Tom Moldvay) and Expert (edited by David Cook with Steve Marsh) D&D rulebooks? Were you pleased with these 1981 rulebooks, or do you think they lack some of the "magic" of the earlier rulebooks? Whose idea was it to...

I agree 99%. My only change is that I include the Fiend Folio in Early AD&D. Though it wasn't published until 1981, it was essentially finished in 1979 (as per the Fiend Folio's FOREWORD, plus the fact that the 1980 DDG refers to the Fiend Folio), and many of its monsters first appeared in White...

That's the ideal way to do it, IMO. Publish systemless books. Then, for those who are interested, sell companion PDFs of stats for various systems.

How many humans live in Freeport? And how about elves, dwarves, etc? Thanks in advance! :)

Exactly. In Necromancer's generally wonderful Wilderlands of High Fantasy boxed set, there is a gold dragon with nearly 1,000 hit points. That is absurd in 1st edition AD&D, in which no dragon (other than Bahamut and Tiamat) has even 100 hp, much less ten times that many. All I need to know is...

I greatly appreciate stuff like this: The World Book of Khaas ( http://empcho.bizhosting.com/worldguide.html ) The Pirate's Guide to Freeport ( http://www.greenronin.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=1001&Product_Code=grr1903&Category_Code=2 ) These products are timeless...

I think that 1980 and 1981 are transition years in regards to AD&D. The AD&D line in 1977-1979 was pure gold. In 1980 spots started showing in the module line-up: A1 Slave Pits of the Undercity C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tomoachan C2 Ghost Tower of Inverness Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits S3...

My favorite era is 1977-1981: Erol Otus (the best of the best) David A. Trampier Dave C. Sutherland III Russ Nicholson Unfortunately, Sutherland is dead and Trampier is no longer illustrating. Erol Otus is currently active, though. And Nicholson has illustrated Warhammer stuff as recently as...

Thanks for the link! :) What is the difference between the Standard Edition and the Author's Edition of the Gazetteer? John, thanks for your very valuable contrast between Aerth and Learth. :)

Gary, I am interested in getting the Learth Gazetteer: http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=7239 Was it published in book form, or only in pdf? I'm having a bit more trouble finding a copy than I thought I would. Also, how close is "too close" for you for a fantasy Earth setting...

Gary, I understand that the world of Aerth is a fleshing-out of what was in part undeveloped and/or implicit in your original Greyhawk campaign world. How did the counter-earth of Phaeree figure into your original D&D campaign world? Did you always envision most of the non-human critters (elves...

While I'm not trying to speak for Gary, this might be the sort of thing you're looking for: http://www.trolllord.com/newsite/lejendary/3350.html

Gary, I hope to DM an AD&D campaign once your Castle Zagyg: Upper Works is published. I'm toying with setting it in Aerth, in Falcondonia to be exact. ;) Which reminds me: Are the entries for Heliotep and Relantl accidentally switched in the Epic of Aerth book? Relantl is listed as having an...

Gary, how well do you think that your Epic of Aerth would work as a campaign setting for AD&D? Also, regarding the AD&D Fiend Folio: Do you know why its publication was delayed for a couple of years? The FOREWORD to the Fiend Folio is dated 1979, Deities & Demigods (published in 1980)...

Gary, in your experience do Metamorphosis Alpha and Gamma World lend themselves to long-term campaign play? Or do they tend to be too deadly for that?

The 1st edition of Gamma World from 1978. The rulebook is only 56 pages long! Here is my review of it: http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12358

The Wilderlands is the spirit of OD&D (the little brown books published in 1974-1976).

Gary Gygax's mind flayer has been with us since 1975. Philip J. Reed gave us a mind flayer variant called possessors (published in Possessors: Children of the Outer Gods). Ari Marmell gave us a mind flayer variant called the phrenic scourge (published in The Iconic Bestiary -- Classics of...