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<blockquote data-quote="ValamirCleaver" data-source="post: 6597474" data-attributes="member: 703"><p>What a coincidence, I just noticed earlier today that <a href="http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=%22Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%22&cat_id=3920_582361_583910" target="_blank">they carry D&D on their website</a> and evidently have for a while based on the product selection.</p><p></p><p>I got my first D&D book from a Target. I begged my stepmother to buy it for me until she finally relented. It had to have been early 80s because it was the 1st edition Monster Manual with the wrap around David Sutherland art. I didn't even know what D&D was at the time, but as I browsed thorough the book I saw that it had mythological monsters. Eventually after reading it a few times I figured out that it was for a game. I asked for & received the Moldavy red box on my following birthday, so this must have been around 82-83.</p><p> [ATTACH]68006[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://odd74.proboards.com/thread/969?page=3" target="_blank">http://odd74.proboards.com/thread/969?page=3</a></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]68007[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://www.rpgmusings.com/2014/12/the-case-for-mystara-in-5e-dd/" target="_blank">http://www.rpgmusings.com/2014/12/the-case-for-mystara-in-5e-dd/</a></p><p></p><p>But are they as plentiful as Waffle Houses? When I was stationed in Biloxi it seemed like there was one at every intersection.</p><p></p><p>That reminds me of when I was in elementary school & I'd look at the Sears, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Products" target="_blank">Best Products</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Merchandise" target="_blank">Service Merchandise</a> & J.C. Penny holiday catalogs to see all the toys I wanted. Thanks for the memories.</p><p>[ATTACH]68008[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://www.blackgate.com/2013/12/10/dungeon-wishes/" target="_blank">http://www.blackgate.com/2013/12/10/dungeon-wishes/</a></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]68009[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/02/past-is-foreign-country-take-two.html" target="_blank">http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/02/past-is-foreign-country-take-two.html</a></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]68011[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://thedorkreview.blogspot.com/2013/01/transformers-sears-christmas-catalog.html" target="_blank">http://thedorkreview.blogspot.com/2013/01/transformers-sears-christmas-catalog.html</a></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]68010[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://72survivor.blogspot.com/2013/08/frogotten-retailers-of-70s-and-80s.html" target="_blank">http://72survivor.blogspot.com/2013/08/frogotten-retailers-of-70s-and-80s.html</a></p><p></p><p> [ATTACH]68012[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/search/dungeons%20ad%20dragons" target="_blank">https://www.tumblr.com/search/dungeons ad dragons</a></p><p><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/search/Dungeons-ad-Dragons" target="_blank">https://www.tumblr.com/search/Dungeons-ad-Dragons</a></p><p></p><p>I remember buying 1st Edition hardcovers & dice at the local mall B. Dalton & Waldenbooks back in the mid to late 80s.</p><p></p><p>As an addendum, to those who think that the current course of action of WotC/Hasbro to focus more on licensing the D&D IP than on the development of an ample amount of support for the TTRPG is wise, how many of you recall the early 80s? While D&D was <a href="http://www.toyarchive.com/DungeonsDragons.html" target="_blank">licensed to a great many things</a> (<a href="http://gamesdbase.com/list.aspx?DM=0&searchtext=Dungeons%20&searchtype=1&system=mattel_intellivision&sort=Game" target="_blank">Intellivision video games</a>, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CF8AjVJXvH0C&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=%22Dungeons+%26+Dragons%22+early+80s+licensed&source=bl&ots=_0gFg6UWhH&sig=iBfOCgIQhItoiv5lABDdMHmBPM8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K8c2Va-dNcOLyATah4HAAQ&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%22%20early%2080s%20licensed&f=false" target="_blank">LJN</a> <a href="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Figures/ActionFigures.html" target="_blank">action</a> <a href="http://www.battlegrip.com/?p=47490" target="_blank">figures</a>, <a href="http://www.toyarchive.com/DungeonsDragonsCreatures.html" target="_blank">mon</a><a href="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/PVCBendy/PVCBendy.html" target="_blank">sters</a> & <a href="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Playsets/Playsets.html" target="_blank">play sets</a>, <a href="http://www.dungeonsdragonscartoon.com/2010/06/sticker-book.html" target="_blank">stick</a><a href="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/StickersPuffyPacks.html" target="_blank">ers</a>, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/astronit/5662629724/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Shrinky</a> <a href="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/ShrinkyDinksMIB1b.jpg" target="_blank">Dinks</a>, <a href="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/ColorformsMIB1.html" target="_blank">Colorforms</a>, <a href="http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2011/10/greg-irons-advanced-dungeons-and.html" target="_blank">color</a><a href="http://toyarchive.com/DungeonsDragonsLostWand.html" target="_blank">ing</a> <a href="https://2warpstoneptune.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/advanced-dungeons-dragons-characters-coloring-book-1983-part-one/" target="_blank">books</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Computer_Labyrinth_Game" target="_blank">electronic</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Computer_Fantasy_Game" target="_blank">games</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_%28TV_series%29" target="_blank">Saturday morning cartoon</a>, etc...), TSR still published an ample amount of support product for the TTRPG. Adventures of various lengths were in abundance. The Holy Grail of pinning one's hope upon a successful AAA movie I feel is nothing more than a mirage. I'd be very surprised if a quality official D&D movie was released in my lifetime, despite the fact that I'm far from a senior citizen. I feel the possibility of a video game that has the high quality & lasting staying power of a Baldur's Gate is much more likely, though the more I've learned about Sword Coast Legends the less likely I feel that it will qualify as such. I didn't mean to go so far off topic here, but looking at the old pictures reminded me of how prolific D&D was in the early 80s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ValamirCleaver, post: 6597474, member: 703"] What a coincidence, I just noticed earlier today that [URL="http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=%22Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%22&cat_id=3920_582361_583910"]they carry D&D on their website[/URL] and evidently have for a while based on the product selection. I got my first D&D book from a Target. I begged my stepmother to buy it for me until she finally relented. It had to have been early 80s because it was the 1st edition Monster Manual with the wrap around David Sutherland art. I didn't even know what D&D was at the time, but as I browsed thorough the book I saw that it had mythological monsters. Eventually after reading it a few times I figured out that it was for a game. I asked for & received the Moldavy red box on my following birthday, so this must have been around 82-83. [ATTACH=CONFIG]68006[/ATTACH] [URL]http://odd74.proboards.com/thread/969?page=3[/URL] [ATTACH=CONFIG]68007[/ATTACH] [URL]http://www.rpgmusings.com/2014/12/the-case-for-mystara-in-5e-dd/[/URL] But are they as plentiful as Waffle Houses? When I was stationed in Biloxi it seemed like there was one at every intersection. That reminds me of when I was in elementary school & I'd look at the Sears, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Products"]Best Products[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Merchandise"]Service Merchandise[/URL] & J.C. Penny holiday catalogs to see all the toys I wanted. Thanks for the memories. [ATTACH=CONFIG]68008[/ATTACH] [URL]http://www.blackgate.com/2013/12/10/dungeon-wishes/[/URL] [ATTACH=CONFIG]68009[/ATTACH] [URL]http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/02/past-is-foreign-country-take-two.html[/URL] [ATTACH=CONFIG]68011[/ATTACH] [URL]http://thedorkreview.blogspot.com/2013/01/transformers-sears-christmas-catalog.html[/URL] [ATTACH=CONFIG]68010[/ATTACH] [URL]http://72survivor.blogspot.com/2013/08/frogotten-retailers-of-70s-and-80s.html[/URL] [ATTACH=CONFIG]68012[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.tumblr.com/search/dungeons%20ad%20dragons[/URL] [URL]https://www.tumblr.com/search/Dungeons-ad-Dragons[/URL] I remember buying 1st Edition hardcovers & dice at the local mall B. Dalton & Waldenbooks back in the mid to late 80s. As an addendum, to those who think that the current course of action of WotC/Hasbro to focus more on licensing the D&D IP than on the development of an ample amount of support for the TTRPG is wise, how many of you recall the early 80s? While D&D was [URL="http://www.toyarchive.com/DungeonsDragons.html"]licensed to a great many things[/URL] ([URL="http://gamesdbase.com/list.aspx?DM=0&searchtext=Dungeons%20&searchtype=1&system=mattel_intellivision&sort=Game"]Intellivision video games[/URL], [URL="https://books.google.com/books?id=CF8AjVJXvH0C&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=%22Dungeons+%26+Dragons%22+early+80s+licensed&source=bl&ots=_0gFg6UWhH&sig=iBfOCgIQhItoiv5lABDdMHmBPM8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K8c2Va-dNcOLyATah4HAAQ&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%22%20early%2080s%20licensed&f=false"]LJN[/URL] [URL="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Figures/ActionFigures.html"]action[/URL] [URL="http://www.battlegrip.com/?p=47490"]figures[/URL], [URL="http://www.toyarchive.com/DungeonsDragonsCreatures.html"]mon[/URL][URL="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/PVCBendy/PVCBendy.html"]sters[/URL] & [URL="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/Playsets/Playsets.html"]play sets[/URL], [URL="http://www.dungeonsdragonscartoon.com/2010/06/sticker-book.html"]stick[/URL][URL="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/StickersPuffyPacks.html"]ers[/URL], [URL="https://www.flickr.com/photos/astronit/5662629724/in/photostream/"]Shrinky[/URL] [URL="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/ShrinkyDinksMIB1b.jpg"]Dinks[/URL], [URL="http://www.toyarchive.com/Dungeons&Dragons/ColorformsMIB1.html"]Colorforms[/URL], [URL="http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2011/10/greg-irons-advanced-dungeons-and.html"]color[/URL][URL="http://toyarchive.com/DungeonsDragonsLostWand.html"]ing[/URL] [URL="https://2warpstoneptune.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/advanced-dungeons-dragons-characters-coloring-book-1983-part-one/"]books[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Computer_Labyrinth_Game"]electronic[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Computer_Fantasy_Game"]games[/URL], a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_%28TV_series%29"]Saturday morning cartoon[/URL], etc...), TSR still published an ample amount of support product for the TTRPG. Adventures of various lengths were in abundance. The Holy Grail of pinning one's hope upon a successful AAA movie I feel is nothing more than a mirage. I'd be very surprised if a quality official D&D movie was released in my lifetime, despite the fact that I'm far from a senior citizen. I feel the possibility of a video game that has the high quality & lasting staying power of a Baldur's Gate is much more likely, though the more I've learned about Sword Coast Legends the less likely I feel that it will qualify as such. I didn't mean to go so far off topic here, but looking at the old pictures reminded me of how prolific D&D was in the early 80s. [/QUOTE]
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