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Illustration: The Halls of Tizun Thane (White Dwarf 18, 1980) Artist: It must be Emmanuel Must be nostalgia, but I fondly recall the second time I ever played D&D in the wild – i.e., not with the group I’d been playing with until then – which was at an SFanatics convention, to which we...

True. Had another look at the dinosaurs and daemons and compared them to Elmore's work in DL3, DL4, and DL5 but that didn't get me very far, other than now being half-convinced that the yagnodaemon is Elmore, despite the pupil-less eyes and the notion that Holloway probably did the title page...

At least the reprints are cheaper than the real thing, although I suppose better-priced versions of the originals can be found. Not quite sure whether the reprints are exactly like the originals, although I think I've read somewhere that the PHB reprint doesn't even include (all of?) the...

:). And there may well be literally some pruning to do. Agreed. Roll for initiative, modify for weapon speed factors and monster size, possibly for Dex, is probably the way to go. Or even just roll for initiative and be done with it. True. Different rule set, though, it being BD&D, which could...

With regard to the old-school “hack-and-slash” dungeon I mentioned upthread, you may well find that there's precious few about for “novice” players with 1st-level PCs and DMs trying to get a grip on the game – at least as far as any “official” contemporary publications are concerned. Indeed, I...

Well, I guess there's probably as many ways to learn the game as there are people playing it, but I'd say all you're initially gonna need to learn to play are the 1E PHB, DMG, and MM(1). However, IMHO, if there's one thing that should be said about 1E, it would be that the rule books are...

Well, daemon- and dinosaur-wise I've always thought so too, until @Fifth Element pointed out that Elmore contributed to MM2 and I had a quick look through the artwork therein, and now a second. And looking at the terrains (grass, trees, see pic) for Mamenchisaurus, Nothosaurus, and certainly...

Excellent tip! Never realized that Elmore contributed to the artwork in MM2. Drat, now I’m gonna have to know what's what. Interesting. At first glance, I’d say the following are Elmore: Cat lord first pic on left of page 22 River (Styx?) on page 29 Maybe the ultrodaemon and yagnodaemon on p...

:ROFLMAO: Brilliant! Seriously considering doing that. "Just stop talking", that's it. I've recently discovered and started watching the "Into the Darkness Club" sessions on utube (no plug, it's just what it is) and this is exactly what the GMs there do. They dish out info, often in brilliant...

I have always striven to have all info relevant to sessions/campaigns on a single sheet of paper. So, I’ve used versions of the DM sheet provided below* for info on PCs and short notes on the current state of affairs in the adventure. I keep this sheet on the table behind the DM screen and it...

Well, there's always this (and more) in The Dragon 27 (1979): Boring? Perhaps. Off the wall? Certainly.

Seconded!

Wow. What a brilliant idea, what a find! Statues will have to be erected.

AD&D 1E/2E Wilderness Hex Crawl: Never annoy an Evil Sorceror.

Hmm..., I've been running a wholly randomly generated dungeon for some time now and it is exactly that which has allowed me many a snicker. Although I have to admit that I did succumb to some blatantly obvious hinting when the PCs were about to miss an invisible Dragon Slayer. Also, once...