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I think this is a great initiative by Chaosium. At the moment, I can go to DTRPG and pick up a game labeled 5e and know broadly how it works. The same with games labeled for the OSR. Having games labeled for the BRP has the same advantage. Someone above complained about having to put a logo on...

TSR Periodicals published The Dragon Issue 31 in November 1979. It is 56 pages long and has a cover price of $2.00. In this issue, Gary Gygax tells us why you can't game in Middle Earth, Eric Holmes shares an excerpt from his new novel, and Sage Advice makes its debut! Editor Tim Kask states...

Thank you for the kind words! It is a real pleasure to put these articles together. Some interesting articles coming up in The Dragon!

TSR Periodicals published The Dragon Issue 30 in October 1979. It is 48 pages long and has a cover price of $2.00. In this issue, TSR tackles the Satanic Panic, we have a new column by Len Lakofka, and Ed Greenwood makes his debut! Editor Tim Kask kicks off the issue by noting that, "DUNGEONS...

Some games (such as Pathfinder) are using the word "ancestry" now instead to avoid the connotations of "race".

From what I can see, at this point TSR were very much trying to increase the professionalism of the whole operation. Having said that, they still hired a lot of folk out of college who were enthusiastic gamers, and (apparently) a lot of relatives of the owners.

Here you go - no need to buy, sight unseen ;)

I agree! I wrote a half-ogre race and included it in Mirt's Undermountain Survival Guide. I liked the idea a lot.

For my group playing 1e back in the day, everyone started out with a bunch of characters spanning a few different races. But this was whittled down as they leveled up, and the humans inevitably survived.

You are welcome. It's always a pleasure to write these!

Good point! I hadn't thought of that.

TSR Periodicals published The Dragon Issue 29 in September 1979. It is 56 pages long, with a cover price of $2.00. In this issue, a future legend joins the magazine, we talk about race in D&D, and we welcome back everyone's favorite comic strip dragon! Assistant editor Gary "Jake" Jacquet is...

Thankyou, Egg!

This is a good summary and assessment of the situation: https://knighterrantjr.blogspot.com/2020/01/fantasy-flight-games-rpg-products-still.html Bottom line - it is unlikely there will be any more RPG books from FFG after the currently scheduled books are released.

My feeling is that the boardgame and wargame content really diminished after Kask left the magazine (coming up in a few issues). We'll see if that theory holds true. There's part of me that wishes that Dragon+ were a little more expansive than it currently is.