The Classic Dragon Reviews - Take 2

[Uder]

The Dragon #26
June 1979

This was my first issue of The Dragon. Or technically, the oldest among the first, since I bought it with a few others in the 20's & 30's. At the time I thought it was the weakest issue out of all my purchases, mostly because of the focus on Napoleonics (hey, I was a kid - I barely knew who Napoleon was, much less any serious wargamers). Since I already had the DMG, the most useful articles (random parties and the nascent deck of many things) were already covered in AD&D rules. The advice articles probably informed some of my early opinions on AD&D gaming, though.

 

[T. Foster]

Always good to see this thread revived again, especially now that it's finally getting to the era where, IMO, (The) Dragon really began to hit its stride.

 

[Glyfair]

This was my first issue of The Dragon.

#27 is the oldest issue I still own (although my pre-251 issues are sitting at my parents house in garage sale stuff).

The problem with remembering the first issue I owned was that a friend of mine subscribed first. I have memories of a lot of the issues in this range, but forget which were my friends and which I used to own.

 

[wedgeski]

(remember the days when gaming conventions were usually held on college campuses?).

Yep. I clearly remember last month's GenCon UK being held on Reading University's campus.

 

[Hussar]

Yay! It's back. I had the tesseract article in a Best of Dragon anthology. Way, way cool. Never did use it though. Always wanted to.

 

[Achan hiArusa]

I remember having copies made for me back in '85 when I was in jr. High. They were highly glossy and the ink would chip around the edges.

 

[Glyfair]

While my time is tight right now, I absolutely intend to continue this exercise.

 

[Erik Mona]

Please do. This is one of my all-time favorite EN World threads!

--Erik

 

[grodog]

Please do. This is one of my all-time favorite EN World threads!

Seconded!

 

[Arnwyn]

Tremendously fun to read! (Though the month-long and then year-long jumps are a bit jarring...!)