December 1980 Vol. V, No. 6 Vol. V. No. 6 December 1980 Publisher E. Gary Gygax Editor Lennie the Loser was in big trouble. He nie in a food-off (thanks to some timely Jake Jaquet had stayed on the perimeter of the Food tossed tea). Fight action, flinging an occasional apple at So it went in the gala world premiere of Assistant Editor an occasional teacher, and scarcely a dent Food Fight, held at the Autumn Revel con- Kim Mohan had been made in his appearance rating. vention in Lake Geneva on Nov. 1. Lennie Editorial Staff But suddenly Mad Oscar the janitor was (veteran wargamer Don DiLullo) had some Bryce Knorr upon him, and he was apprehended— bargaining power to wield when trying to without a single messy morsel to use in a convince Rock (Glenda Gagnon) to come Circulation & Sales last-ditch escape attempt. to his aid—because they came to the con- Corey Koebernick So, Lennie slumped to his knees, soil- vention together and “Rock” needed a ride Debbie Chiusano ing his slacks on a patch of spilled spaghetti, home. These two adult-sized FFers were Office Staff and begged his fellow Food Fighters to joined in the Food Line by Jengis Alpar Cherie Knull Dawn Pekul come to his rescue. (Connie) and Paul Pomerleau (Dwayne), Connie was no help—she was stunned. both age 13. This month’s Dwayne was busy trying to outrun Coach All four came to the convention from contributing artists: on the other side of the cafeteria. That left the Chicago area, giving the world pre- Phil Foglio Jeff Dee only Rock, the captain of the football team, miere a big-city flavor. The action started Jack Crane W. Willingham and he also had troubles of his own. After rather slowly in the premiere—no food was Mike Carroll Kenneth Rahman taking a dastardly dumping at the hands of flung until round 3. But after that (persuad- Tracy Lesch Jim Roslof Connie and her trayful of spinach, Rock ed by the urgings of veteran FFers from Roger Raupp was almost too gooey to continue. But he Dragon), the players got into the spirit of DRAGON magazine is published monthly by had the ultimate weapon—an empty gar- the game: Dump onto others before they Dragon Publishing, a division of TSR Hobbies, Inc The mailing address of Dragon Publishing is PO bage can—and enough Food Fight valor to dump onto you. Make use of the food Box 110, Lake Geneva, WI 53147; telephone 414– help Lennie escape Oscar’s clutches. He you’re carrying—and you’re sure not gon- 248–8044. dashed to within throwing distance, hefted na eat that stuff, are you? . DRAGON IS available at hundreds of hobby the can over his head, and saved Lennie’s Your copy of Food Fight is inside this stores and bookstores throughout the United magazine. (At least, it was when we kicked States and Canada, and through a limited number skin by bopping Oscar from behind. of overseas outlets. The magazine can be pur- Given new life, Lennie survived to the it out of the nest.) We hope the rules make chased directly from Dragon Publishing by in- end of regulation play and then emerged as sense, since we tried to make them as clear dividual subscription. The subscription rate within the United States and Canada is $24 U.S. for 12 is- cafeteria champ by besting Rock and Con- and as interesting as possible—and that sues. Outside the U.S. and Canada, rates are as wasn’t easy, what with old Mr. Deadline follows. $50 U.S. for 12 issues sent surface mail, looking over our shoulder, tapping his foot or $95 U.S. for 12 issues sent air mail. and clearing his throat. If, by some odd A limited selection of DRAGON back issues is chance, something doesn’t make sense, fig- available by mail from Dragon Publishing for cover price of a particular issue plus $1.00 per issue ure out what to do—and then let us know ordered for postage and handling. No issues prior what the problem was. to #22 are available The cover price for issues #22- 31 is $2.00‚ for #32-36‚ $2.50‚ and for #37 to We hope everyone who tries Food present, $3.00. Payment must accompany all Fight will enjoy it as much as the First Four orders. If one or more issues in an order is sold out, a credit slip will be substituted which may be Food Fighters did. And we wish there was exchanged for cash or merchandise from Dragon more time to tell you about it, but Mr. Dead- Publishing. line is really starting to make a nuisance of The issue of expiration for each subscription is himself. printed on each subscriber’s mailing label. Okay, Mr. D, here it is. Take it away. But Changes of address for subscriptions must be re- ceived by Dragon Publishing at least 30 days prior you really ought to start being more lenient to the effective date of the change in order to with us, or else the next game we do is going guarantee uninterrupted delivery. to be about you. All material published in DRAGON becomes the exclusive property of the publisher upon publica- tion, unless special arrangements to the contrary are made prior to publication. DRAGON welcomes unsolicited submissions of written material and artwork; however, no responsibility for such submissions can be as- sumed by the publisher in any event. No submis- sion will be returned unless it was accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope of suf- ficient size. All rights on the contents of this publi- cation are reserved, and nothing may be re- produced in whole or in part without securing prior permission in writing from the publisher. Copyright 1980 by TSR Hobbies, Inc. Second class postage paid at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 53147. 2 December 1980 Cover to Cover on’t be surprised if Santa runs a little behind schedule ham, and the art for FF’s primitive but crude counters was done by on his rounds this Christmas. The jolly old gent has Jeff Dee. never had to deliver a Dragon this big before, and our Our gift doesn’t stop giving there. On either side of the game advance reports indicate he has a lot of them to hand you’ll find another magazine’s worth of pages—full of some of the ‘out. best presents stored up in Dragon’s lair. For starters, there’s another Dragons holiday gift to you, whether or not Santa is the middle tale by Gardner F. Fox, chronicling the exploits of Niall of the Far man, is this—the largest issue of the magazine ever published. Travels. “The Lure of the Golden Godling” is lavishly illustrated by Included in the 112 pages you’re holding is the largest single feature Jack Crane. ever used in the magazine—FOOD FIGHT, a complete game de- Top Secret players will want to come in from the cold long signed and developed by Bryce Knorr and Kim Mohan of the enough to read up on “The Super Spies,” dossiers on every world- Dragon staff. The first one who can make it through the 24 pages of saver from James Bond to Maxwell Smart which were prepared by rules, regulations and electives can cast the first dish of Jell-O. TS developer/editor Allen Hammack in conjunction with Merle Ras- Garnishing the text of Food Fight is some mouth-watering art- mussen, the author of the game. work, starting with this issue’s cover. Phil Foglio, one of the most The name may be familiar, but we’re sure you’ve never played popular cover artists we’ve ever enlisted, created a scene which King of the Mountain the way it’s described here. Mark Simmons, captures the essence of Food Fight in more ways than one. The developer of the design for this new board game, provided us with drawings accompanying the text are from the pen of Willie Willing- an article which describes and illustrates how the game system works. Mark’s work is accompanied by a portion of the Mike Carroll painting which was used on the game’s box cover. As part of our continuing commitment to the advancement of the fantastic arts and sciences, Dragon proudly presents a special section Contents on Fantasy Genetics—four widely diverse and enlightening essays on the interrelationships between the races in a D&D or AD&D SPECIAL ATTRACTION universe. They were all written by full-blooded humans—but the FOOD FIGHT: A complete game of cafeteria same cannot be said for one of the contributions in this month’s Out conflict ................................. .Following page 38 on a Limb. To see why a dwarf would want to write a letter to Dragon, turn the page . OTHER FEATURES . Okay, now that you’re back, we’ll start opening gifts again. The Lure of the Golden Godling— fiction by Gardner F. Fox ... 6 There are three chilly new creatures in Dragon’s Bestiary this month, The Super Spies— A. Hammack with M. Rasmussen .......... 10 and for those who devour all the articles on monsters they can get, King of the Mountain— M. Simmons ........................ 12 Lenard Lakofka provides some refining and redefining of dozens of Fantasy Genetics section: AD&D critters in Leomund’s Tiny Hut. Humanoid races in review— G. Rihn .................. 16 Judges Guild, which has been around about as long as Dragon Half-orcs in a variety of styles— R.