1st Edition Collector's Guide

[Echohawk]

Minor Correction - H3: The Bloodstone Wars should be June 1987 not June 1986.

Fixed, thanks

 

[Alzrius]

A few interesting additions from the latest Dungeon and Dragon magazines, of all places.

In Dungeon #191, Rodney Thompson's article "Adapting 'The Lich Queen's Beloved'" has a section at the end where it talks about converting the adventure (originally from Dungeon #100 for v.3.5) to other editions. He then gives a full 1E stat block for Vlaakith, and abbreviated 1E stat blocks for the duthka'gith, tl'a'ikith, and kr'y'izoth. Some notes are then given for converting those to 2E.

Dragon #400 reprints several old Dragon articles in their entirety, each with a one-page lead-in which has someone discussing how the article has influenced them in some way. These old articles are:

"The Jester" by Roger Moore, Dragon #60
"Through the Looking Glass: Do It Yourself Dragons" by Ed Dobrianski, Dragon #153
"Tucker's Kobolds" by Roger E. Moore, Dragon #127
"The Meanest of Monsters" by Craig Kraus, Dragon #96
"Dragonchess" by Gary Gygax, Dragon #100
"The Nine Hells Parts 1 & 2" by Ed Greenwood, Dragon #75 and #76

 

[thedungeondelver]

You are missing D&D candy. Such a thing did exist; I got a box as a stocking stuffer when I was a child. Had a stat card for a Troglodyte on the back of the box (about the size of a playing card).

 

[Echohawk]

You are missing D&D candy. Such a thing did exist; I got a box as a stocking stuffer when I was a child. Had a stat card for a Troglodyte on the back of the box (about the size of a playing card).

D&D Fantasy Candy wasn't Advanced Dungeons & Dragons merchandise, so it doesn't belong in the 1st Edition Collector's Guide. I haven't forgotten about the candy though, it'll pop up before I'm finished with the guides

 

[thedungeondelver]

D&D Fantasy Candy wasn't Advanced Dungeons & Dragons merchandise, so it doesn't belong in the 1st Edition Collector's Guide. I haven't forgotten about the candy though, it'll pop up before I'm finished with the guides

Hm, I could've sworn those were AD&D stats for the monsters on the back.

Good lord, that candy was made and marketed by a company called AMUROL. I don't know that I should've been eating something that sounds like it was made by a company that specialized in emetics...

 

[Echohawk]

Hm, I could've sworn those were AD&D stats for the monsters on the back.

Nah, that's a D&D troglodyte, not an AD&D one. (The 120 movement would be 12" for AD&D.)

 

[RainOfSteel]

Your knowledge of this game is mind-boggling. Please continue.

 

[Echohawk]

A few interesting additions from the latest Dungeon and Dragon magazines, of all places.

Good catch -- thanks for reminding me about those articles. I've updated both the 1st Edition and 2nd Edition Collector's Guides with relevant notes.

 

[grodog]

Another good source is to browse through the NobleKnight catalog, showing In Stock Only unchecked: Role Playing Games from TSR

I've seen some AD&D pencils on eBay in the past year or so, too. Will have to see if I still have the auctions saved after I get my external HDs restored....

 

[Echohawk]

Another good source is to browse through the NobleKnight catalog, showing In Stock Only unchecked: Role Playing Games from TSR

I've seen some AD&D pencils on eBay in the past year or so, too. Will have to see if I still have the auctions saved after I get my external HDs restored....

The AD&D pencils are news to me, but I have been using Noble Knight's catalog as one of my research sources. There are a number of "miscellaneous" D&D-related items that haven't been included in any of the Guides so far, but those will show up in either guide #19 or possibly #21, depending on whether or not #19 ends up being split into two.