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Graeme Davis http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/11/graeme-davis-interview.html Talks about working with Phil Gallagher at Games Workshop on the new (for the time, mid 80s) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying game. Also talks about going Freelance and doing the Vikings supplement for Steve Jackson...

Fan of B10 Night's Dark Terror? Want to hear about how working at the UK division of TSR in the 80s was like? Fan of the Warhammer Fantasy RPG? Phil Gallagher talks about all this and more. http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/11/philip-gallagher-interview.html

A followup conversation with Coleman Charlton. http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/11/coleman-charlton-conversation-part-1.html Topics include Steve Jackson, Ian Livingstone, GDW, dark fantasy in Europe, and Charlton's first D&D game back in the 70s

Branching out to other 80s RPG luminaries Coleman Charlton, Middle-earth RP (MERP), Rolemaster, TSR, GDW http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/10/coleman-charlton-interview.html

MERP Speaking of MERP. Coleman Charlton (the creator of MERP) recently talked about those days in this interview. http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/10/coleman-charlton-interview.html

Since B2 has been out so long, there are now a lot of resources out there to customize/enhance the adventure. The Weem did a high res version of the caves. I recently created a 3D map of the overland terrain.

Been pondering Castle Greyhawk after stumbling upon one of the last pictures of Gary Gygax running a game of Dungeons and Dragons. http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/07/two-levels-of-real-castle-greyhawk.html In honor of Gary Gygax's birthday, July 27th, happy Gygax day.

Sean K Reynolds, Alternity, TSR vs WotC work environment, Baldurs Gate, Pathfinder 2.0 http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/05/sean-k-reynolds-interview.html

Douglas Niles, B5 Horror on the Hill, the Tracy Hickman revolution, TSR war games, latest novel about Cuban Missile Crisis http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/05/douglas-niles-interview.html

David "Diesel" LaForce, old TSR offices, TSR art department, AD&D DMG, Kickstarters, Star Trek, Dennis Kauth http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/04/david-diesel-laforce-interview.html

There are some rough estimates about the amount of time it would take to win BECMI here. http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2012/10/winning-at-dungeons-and-dragons.html I can't see anyone putting in this amount of investment.

http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/04/david-zeb-cook-auctions-tsr-collection.html Mr. Cook is putting a lot of rare and unique items up for auction through ebay. Would love to be able to see some of the contents of the items; TSR Random Events In House Company Newsletter April, 1982TSR...

David "Zeb" Cook, X1 Isle of Dread, 2E D&D surveys http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/04/david-zeb-cook-interview.html

Skip Williams, M2 Vegeance of Alphaks, Making 3E D&D rulebooks http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/03/skip-williams-interview.html

Great series of interviews with employees of TSR from the 80's Jeff Grubb, Marvel Super Heroes, Spelljammer, Manual of the Planes http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/03/jeff-grubb-interview.html Rick Krebs, GangBusters, AD&D DMG, friend of Gary Gygax...

Steve Winter (part of the WotC team) mentioned in a tweet that they argued about Ranger being a background for Fighters or Rogues. http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/03/should-ranger-be-class.html

It has been a while since I read it, but... It mostly talks about two things. Does the court have jurisdiction because TSR is located somewhere else, and does the signed agreement apply "at all" to the situation. The answer is... yes, the court has jurisdiction and that the note appears to be...

I would vote that the basic version of 5E D&D should not have multiclass. I have experienced too many instances of munchkinism over the years involving combining fighting prowess with spell casting. Perhaps the 3 levels of complexity should be, BASIC - class only INTERMEDIATE - multiclass...

I played a little MERP set in the late 3rd age. MERP can be deadly with its critical hit tables. I also played a couple of sessions of 3E d&d set concurrent to the ring bearer's journey. No one was allowed to pick a spellcaster class. We were tasked with tracking down one of the rings of power...

Frank Mentzer wrote on dragonsfoot that there would be legal ramifications from the settlement with Arneson if TSR ever stopped producing a Basic D&D. What could those ramifications have been? I would think it would mean a large payout, but who knows.