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Thanks once again for these awesome articles. I remember the Thieves’ Cant dictionary; never actually used it because I’m from the East End of London and would just use Cockney rhyming slang when I played a rogue! Less fondly, the open letter from Gygax was certainly a disappointing jolt to...

First: Aelric, a Fighting Man in White Box Original, back in 1976. I was 13. He got to Level 3 and was killed by orcs. I still mourn his passing. Last: Well, I'm playing three simultaneously in three different games, so let's got for Arkaeus of Myrkona, the brutal, deadly warrior, with a heart...

My lot, including @TheSword , just got a butt-kicking from the trollkin on level 3, narrowly avoiding a TPK by a full-fledged retreat.

Very sad news. His work helped make the Fiend Folio such a beautiful, quirky book from those early days of D&D.

Great question. Personally, I have used loads as a DM and also love encountering old stuff as a player. My favourites include: Greyhawk as a setting The Giants series of modules Tsojcanth and Tharizdun adventures Anything by Jennel Jacquays, particularly Thracia and Dark Tower The Keep on the...

As a (very fortunate) player in @TheSword ’s Enemy Within campaign, I’d testify just how evocative and effective the 4E system is. I love the whole Old World feel and the ruleset seems to allow you to smell the sewers you explore, feel the cracks of your leather jerkin, taste the sour beer in...

I hope they will be very happy together.

Wonder if my party will talk to the giant lynx, bearing in mind that the last monster they talked to ate half the party?

Love this story. We played out the Odenhaller Contract in Altdorf before heading to Bogenhafen, but I’m really enjoying both the memories and the differences in your campaign. Keep the blunderbuss, fellow Sigmarites; it will save your lives!

81 They are refusing to release "Return to the Forest Oracle" for the 50th Anniversary.

70 Mialee’s cheekbones.

31 WOTC don’t sponsor my local rugby team.

Thank you @M.T. Black for these articles. They are well-written, evocative and nostalgic. Like @MNblockhead , I always get a boost when I see a new one drop into the messageboard.

Was the stag night in a nightclub or did they go to Prague?

The Illusionist (as far as I can remember, and I'm talking over 40 years ago...) had its own spell list, albeit with overlap from wizards, and the spells literally allowed you to change reality to suit your aims. They were almost unlimited in scope and allowed for immense creativity. Things like...

Ah, 1E illusionists! Now there’s a welcome dose of nostalgia. They were awesome to play but also made terrifying villains for a DM.

They were level 3 during level 2 of the dungeon, and they’ve just risen to level 4. They haven’t seen any action yet on the lower dungeon level, as we finished with them descending the stairs. The party comprises a paladin, an artificer, a bard and a fighter. All the players are very...

Always far more into story/roleplay than managing resources, so I tend to opt for fighter, rogue and ranger more than any other class. I do quite like the 5e bard though, and played one in Curse of Strahd.

That second level is tough! My lot got hit by the trap at the base of the stairs, battled through the hybrid ooze and negotiated a retreat with the alchemist, before getting ambushed by zombies ( spawned from the pit on level 1) on the way out, exhausted. On return they killed the alchemist...

There’s something special about RA. Something that makes you feel like you are in the dark. And that the darkness is closing in on you. And within that darkness, something waits. Something hungry. Something evil. Not felt like that since my earliest days of gaming.