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I think adds in Dragon might be a good barometer of "when". I'll poke around and see what I can find for a "first" (add anyway).

We used minis / terrain and rulers for outdoors (we were wargamers) and cardstock square gridded sections of hallways and rooms for dungeons pretty much from the beginning (mid 1970s). For us the game always involved miniatures etc. I have layouts for building interiors too. Had a monumental...

So, the question is who owns Webbed Sphere and why they bought Flying Buffalo...

If you mount the horse (say a second or two) "dash" for say 4 seconds and then dismount in the same round you might as well of just run over to that point. If you were covering any appreciable distance you would mount in one round and dismount in subsequent one (depending on the distance) imho...

Paw-lymorph? Training our pets to eat dice :D

I could see that. Still, getting off and on in 6 seconds wouldn't leave time for much else. And yes, a knight had to be able to mount without using hands in full armor. I think an unarmored / lightly armored person (say a horse nomad) would have a better chance of being able to actually do...

A round is 6 seconds (still?). Heaving your armored behind off the horse and getting your footing... saddles tend to be high not like modern riding saddles. Seems reasonable, and if you decided to get back in the saddle it would take you into the next round irl I think. Game wise it makes sense...

I don't agree with the video. Pikes are mass combat weapons, spears and halberds are more flexible and are reasonable infantry weapons for mass combat or skirmishes. All three tend to be the weapons of soldiers who fight in units. The spear and halberd can be the weapons of individual warrior...

All those pikes / spears / halberds the infantry used were largely aimed at the mounts. The rider was on the (large) animals back and made a harder target for infantry. Lances tended to be aimed at the rider because they were on the same level as the opposing rider (and knights thought it was...

I remember having that same reaction to the cover back in the day. Spines... :D

Wedging yourself in the angle formed by the wall and ceiling above a door and dropping on the enemy (or staying up there and sneaking down after they pass through) has been a standard "Thief" tactic since there were Thieves. It's a classic, and yes, it's cool :D

Guess I get to tell my players that they are "rare" :D And that I'm lucky.

When we played miniature wargame campaigns (WW II, Napoleonic, 18th Century, medieval, or fantasy courtesy of Chainmail) we had referees. They interpreted rules (rarely needed), set up battlefields for miniatures when forces met on the campaign map, and allowed for "secret" movement as...

Little when I first started. Because there was none in 1974 :D A bit with 1E and 2E, but less after that. Mainly because I maintained the things I used from 1/2E through 3E and beyond. I still use the age categories for "races" from 1E for example. I have alignment languages for liturgical...

There are some similarities and some significant differences. HP tend to be higher in the 1E DDG (1980) version than in Dragon #12 article on the deity level members of the Mythos. The level abilities of them differ as well, with some having Fighter levels in DDG and being noted as a 16+ HD...

Err... five villains ganging up on a infant Green Dragon. A Gold would have taken them down :D

Well, I mentioned the cover and the comic it linked to. I didn't like the art style and the comic didn't catch my attention either. I'm not sure why the connection of cover and comic didn't come up in the article. On the other hand, as I mentioned, they didn't catch my attention... and the...

This looks promising for setting / fluff. I skipped PF 2E after the play test book but good background stuff that can be adopted / used for other rules for an underutilized setting is always a good thing...

I was too busy staring at the maps to criticize it :D

Mainly I remember not liking the cover art (or later in the issue) the comic it was hooked to. The issue itself was pretty good.