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Dragon Magazine #151
Issue #151 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Vol. XIV, No. 6 Into the Eastern Realms: November 1989 11 Adventure is adventure, no matter which side of the ocean you’re on. Publisher The Ecology of the Kappa David R. Knowles Jim Ward 14 Kappa are strange, but youd be wise not to laugh at them. Editor Soldiers of the Law Dan Salas Roger E. Moore 18 The next ninja you meet might actually work for the police. Fiction editor Earn Those Heirlooms! Jay Ouzts Barbara G. Young 22Only your best behavior will win your family’s prize katana. Assistant editors The Dragons Bestiary Sylvia Li Anne Brown Dale Donovan 28The wang-liang are dying out — and they’d like to take a few humans with them. Art director Paul Hanchette The Ecology of the Yuan-ti David Wellman 32To call them the degenerate Spawn of a mad god may be the only nice Production staff thing to say. Kathleen C. MacDonald Gaye OKeefe Angelika Lukotz OTHER FEATURES Subscriptions The Beastie Knows Best Janet L. Winters — Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser 36 What are the best computer games of 1989? You’ll find them all here. U.S. advertising Role-playing Reviews Sheila Gailloreto Tammy Volp Jim Bambra 38Did you ever think that undead might be . helpful? U.K. correspondent The Role of Books John C. Bunnell and U.K. advertising 46 New twists on an old tale, and other unusual fantasies. Sue Lilley The Role of Computers — Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser 52 Fly a Thunderchief in Vietnam — or a Silpheed in outer space. -
Dragon Magazine #228
Where the good games are As I write this, the past weekend was the WINTER FANTASY ™ slots of the two LIVING DEATH adventures; all the judges sched- gaming convention. uled to run them later really wanted to play them first. That’s a It is over, and we’ve survived. WINTER FANTASY isn’t as hectic vote of confidence for you. or crowded as the GENCON® game fair, so we can relax a bit These judges really impressed me. For those of you who’ve more, meet more people, and have more fun. never played a LIVING CITY, LIVING JUNGLE™, or LIVING DEATH game, It was good meeting designers and editors from other game you don’t know what you’re missing. The judges who run these companies and discussing trends in the gaming industry, but it things are the closest thing to a professional corps of DMs that was also good sitting in the hotel bar (or better yet, Mader’s, I can imagine. Many judges have been doing this for years, and down the street) with old friends and colleagues and just talk- some go to gaming conventions solely for the purpose of run- ing shop. ning games. They really enjoy it, they’re really good, and they Conventions are business, but they are also fun. really know the rules. I came out of WINTER FANTASY with a higher respect for the Now the Network drops into GENCON gear. Tournaments are people who run these things. TSR’s new convention coordina- being readied and judges are signing up. -
Compendio Storico Sociale Del Mondo Conosciuto
Introduzione Demografia Mystarana di Simone Neri ~ Volume I ~ Compendio Storico Sociale del Mondo Conosciuto La presente opera è un manuale freeware sottoforma di e–book: non esiste e non verrà prodotta in futuro alcuna versione cartacea della “Demografia Mystarana” a fini di lucro. Questo manuale è scaricabile gratuitamente dalla rete ed è possibile stamparlo liberamente in parte o nel suo complesso; è vietata qualsiasi attività di vendita, lucro o profitto, così come l’alterazione del presente documento; qualsiasi forma di distribuzione senza fini di lucro deve tuttavia essere autorizzata in via preventiva dall’autore (per qualsiasi richiesta, si faccia riferimento all’e–mail dell’autore della presente opera). Le immagini presenti in questo documento sono state prelevate in rete senza il consenso degli autori: gli autori delle stesse possono scrivere all’e–mail indicato nella pagina seguente per l’eventuale rimozione delle stesse e si provvederà all’immediata eliminazione delle sue opere. Dungeons & Dragons®, D&D® e l’ambientazione Mystara™ sono marchi registrati dalla TSR Inc., una divisione della Wizards of the Coast Inc.: il loro uso non vuole in alcun modo costituire una forma di concorrenza sulla loro proprietà intellettuale né, tuttavia, implicare un’approvazione o un permesso da parte della TSR Inc. Alcune parti della presente opera fanno riferimento alla Terza Edizio- ne ed al “d20 System”: quest’ultimo (ed il relativo logo) sono marchi registrati della Wizards of the Coast, Inc. e sono utilizzati secondo i termini della Licenza d20 System versione 6.0. È possibile ottenere una copia di tale licenza sul sito www.wizards.com/d20. -
Threshold Issue 10 V5
#10 The Mystara Magazine The tenth issue of the Mystara Magazine, featuring Elves of Mystara, and their countless Realms. pandius.com thepiazza.org.uk Previous Issues Previous Issues Issues #1 to #9 of THRESHOLD - the Mystata Also available at the same location are higher Magazine, are available for download from the resolution versions of the maps that were Vaults of Pandius website. included in the issue’s PDF, allowing greater detail to be viewed. #1 #2 #3 #4 Karameikos Vaults of Pandius The Sea of Dread Return to Dread #5 #6 #7 #8 Exploring The Northlands Exploring Warlords Davania Norwold of Norwold #9 Hollow World THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #10 Issue Contents ISSUE #10 Editorial Credits.....................................................................2 Editorial..................................................................................3 This Issue s Contributors.......................................................4 Call for Contributors..............................................................6 Elven Calendar and Holidays.................................................7 The Elven Clans and Their Migrations.................................10 Elves of Mystara - Elven Class Variants.................................39 The Fall and Rise of the Canolbarth.....................................65 The Stalkbrow Bad Magic Node.........................................115 Vesperlands Atlas................................................................125 Savage Seas: Pirates, Corsairs & Buccaneers.....................140 -
La Figure Du Dragon : Des Origines Mythiques À La Fantasy Et À La Dragon Fantasy Anglo-Saxonnes Contemporaines
La figure du dragon : des origines mythiques `ala Fantasy et `ala Dragon Fantasy anglo-saxonnes contemporaines Daisy De Palmas Jauze To cite this version: Daisy De Palmas Jauze. La figure du dragon : des origines mythiques `ala Fantasy et `ala Dragon Fantasy anglo-saxonnes contemporaines. Litt´eratures.Universit´ede la R´eunion,2010. Fran¸cais. <NNT : 2010LARE0025>. <tel-01160963> HAL Id: tel-01160963 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01160963 Submitted on 8 Jun 2015 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destin´eeau d´ep^otet `ala diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publi´esou non, lished or not. The documents may come from ´emanant des ´etablissements d'enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche fran¸caisou ´etrangers,des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou priv´es. UNIVERSITE DE LA REUNION FACULTE DES LETTRES ET DES SCIENCES HUMAINES La figure du dragon : des origines mythiques à la Fantasy et à la Dragon Fantasy anglo-saxonnes contemporaines Thèse de littérature anglo-saxonne présentée en vue de l‟obtention du grade de docteur par Daisy de Palmas Jauze préparée sous la direction de Mme le professeur Sophie Geoffroy soutenue le 26 juin 2010 devant un jury composé de : M. Alain GEOFFROY, professeur, Université de la Réunion Mme Sophie GEOFFROY, professeur, Université de la Réunion Mme Irène LANGLET, professeur, Université de Limoges Mme Anne LARUE, professeur, Université de Paris XIII UNIVERSITE DE LA REUNION FACULTE DES LETTRES ET DES SCIENCES HUMAINES La figure du dragon : des origines mythiques à la Fantasy et à la Dragon Fantasy anglo-saxonnes contemporaines Thèse de littérature anglo-saxonne présentée en vue de l‟obtention du grade de docteur par Daisy de Palmas Jauze préparée sous la direction de Mme le professeur Sophie Geoffroy soutenue le 26 juin 2010 devant un jury composé de : M. -
S67-00076-N185-1991-03.Pdf
SFRA Newsletter, 185, March 1991 In This Issue: President's Message (Lowentrout) ............................................................. 3 22nd Annual SFRA Conference Update (Bogle) .....•..•.••.....•....•..•....•.•.....• .4 February Executive Meeting Minutes (Mead) ............................................ 5 Shape of Films to Come (Krulik) ................................................................ 8 Miscellany (Barron) •.....••.•...•.•......••.••.•.•••..•...•............................••...•....•.•.• 9 Letter to Editor (Slusser & Mallett) ........................................................... 12 Editorial (Harfst) ...................................................................................... 13 REVIEWS: Non-Fiction: Beckwith, Lovecraft's Providence & Adjacent Parts (Moore) ................... 14 Behrends, Clark Ashton Smith (Sanders) ..........•..•.........•.....•..................• 15 Card, How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (5. Smith) ......•.•........... 15 Coren, Gilbert: the Man Who Was G. K. Chesterton (B. Collins) .......••... 16 Corman & Jerome, How I Made a Hundred Movies (Klossner) ...•..•........ 18 Elliot, Jack Dann: Annotated Bibliography (Reuben) ......•...•....•......•.......• 20 Elliot & Reginald, The Work of George Zebrowski The Work of Pamela Sargent (Bartter) •...•..•.................. 20 Ellison, Harlan Ellison Hornbook ........ ,Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed, Clark, ed. (Wolfe) ......... 21 Frank, Through the Pale Door: Guide to American Gothic (Morrison) .•.....•...•..•...........•............. -
Dragon Magazine #207
Issue #207 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Vol. XIX, No. 2 July 1994 Discover Surprising Treasures 9 Publisher Always examine treasure with caution. TSR, Inc. 10 Big-League Magic Chris Osbourne Associate Publisher Handle AD&D® game artifacts with care. Brian Thomsen Bazaar of the Bizarre Steve Stewart Editor-in-Chief 17 Kim Mohan Add these Celtic magical items to your campaign. Associate editor 24 Paper Prosperity Lew Wolkoff Dale A. Donovan Enrich your game with treasures of paper. Fiction editor 30 Trifling Treasures Halina Adamski Barbara G. Young Every hoard need not be composed of boring old cash. Editorial assistant Wolfgang H. Baur FICTION Art director Larry W. Smith The Lady of Roch Shan Jo Shannon Cochran 96 Hold the sunbeam, hold the sea, chain the zephyr, Production but do not chain me. Tracey Isler Subscriptions Janet L. Winters REVIEWS U.S. advertising Role-playing Reviews Rick Swan Cindy Rick 50 The planes: Reality isnt what it used to be. U.K. correspondent Eye of the Monitor Sandy Petersen and U.K. advertising 59 Is there a relationship between games and violence? Carolyn Wildman The Role of Books John C. Bunnell 64 Learn of tales involving Norse gods, seven Time Lords, and the Great Detective. DRAGON® Magazine (ISSN 0279-6848) IS published tion throughout the United Kingdom is by Comag monthly by TSR, Inc., PO. Box 756 (201 Sheridan Magazine Marketing, Tavistock Road, West Drayton, Springs Road), Lake Geneva WI 53147, United States Middlesex UB7 7QE, United Kingdom, telephone of America. The postal address for all materials from 0895-444055. the United States of America and Canada except Subscriptions: Subscription rates via second-class subscription orders is: DRAGON® Magazine, P.O. -
Download Pawns Prevail, , Douglas Niles, Wizards of the Coast, 1995
Pawns Prevail, , Douglas Niles, Wizards of the Coast, 1995, 1560768541, 9781560768548, . Holt, a poor farm-boy, and Danis of Vanderthan, a warrior-princess, join together to prevent the forces of evil from recovering a magical artifact that, unbeknownst to them, could destroy the kingdom. Original.. DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/HZhk3Z Watershed Trilogy 3: War of Three Waters War of Three Waters, Douglas Niles, 1997, , 374 pages. Through the power of Aura, the Man and Woman of Three Waters have seen where their future lies and join forces with the Fairines to save the three lands from being destroyed by .... The Dragonmage of Mystara , Thorarinn Gunnarsson, 1996, Fiction, 395 pages. Dark Knight of Karameikos Mystara Novel, Tim Brown, Oct 1, 1995, , 316 pages. Mistaken for an outlaw, Grygory, a noble knight in the employ of Karameikan lord Aleksander Torenescu, is thrown into prison, where he befriends a thief named Flavius and finds .... Watershed Trilogy 2: Darkenheight Darkenheight, Douglas Niles, 1996, , 408 pages. In the sequel to A Breach in the Watershed, The Man of Three Waters and his companions struggle to unite the humans and the Faerines in order to stem the tide of evil Darkblood .... Human Interests Reflections on Philosophical Anthropology, Nicholas Rescher, 1990, Philosophy, 198 pages. Star Wars Miniatures : Bounty Hunters Booster Pack, Wizards of the Coast, Aug 8, 2006, , . Take your quarry alive with the collection of fearless and inventive bounty hunters (and other scum and villainy) from across all eras of the 'Star Wars' saga. These characters .... World Fall , Douglas Niles, Dec 1, 2002, Fiction, 368 pages. -
SFRA Newsletter Publ Ished Ten Times a Year for the Science Fiction Research Association by Alan Newcomer, Hypatia Press, Eugene, Oregon
University of South Florida Scholar Commons Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications 11-1-1991 SFRA ewN sletter 192 Science Fiction Research Association Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub Part of the Fiction Commons Scholar Commons Citation Science Fiction Research Association, "SFRA eN wsletter 192 " (1991). Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications. Paper 135. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/scifistud_pub/135 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Collection - Science Fiction & Fantasy Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Past Presidents of ~ Thomas D. Clareson (1970-76) Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. (1977-78) Joe De Bolt (1979-80) James Gunn (1981-82) Patricia S. Warrick (1983-84) Donald M. Hassler (1985-86) William H. Hardesty (1987-89) Elizabeth Anne Hull (1989-90) Past Editors of the Newsletter Fred Lerner (1971-74) Beverly Friend (1974-78) Roald Tweet (1978-81) Elizabeth Anne Hull (1981-84) Richard W. Miller (1984-87) Robert A. Collins (1987-89) Pilgrim Award Winners J. O. Bailey (1970) Marjorie Hope Nicolson (1971 ) Julius Kagarlitski (1972) Jack Williamson (1973) I. F. Clarke (1974) Damon Knight (1975) James Gunn (1976) Thomas D. Clareson (1977) Brian W. Aldiss (1978) Darko Suvin (1979) Peter Nicholls (1980) Sam Moskowitz (1981 ) Neil Barron (1982) H. Bruce Franklin (1983) Everett Bleiler (1984) Samuel R. Delany (1985) George Slusser (1986) Gary K. Wolfe (1987) Joanna Russ (1988) Ursula K. -
Sources of Material Used in the Compilation Books I Created
Sources of material used in the compilation books I created TSR Products 1001 Basic Set (Basic D&D) 1011 Basic Set (Red) (Basic D&D) v2 1012 Expert Set (Basic D&D) v1 1011 Basic Set (Revised) (Basic D&D) 1012 Expert Set (Revised) (Basic D&D) 1013 Companion Set (Basic D&D) 1021 Master Set (Basic D&D) 1017 Immortals Set (Basic D&D) 1082 Wrath of the Immortals (Basic D&D) 1094 Champions of Mystara (Basic D&D) 1073 The Dragon's Den (Basic D&D) 1076 The Goblin's Lair (Basic D&D) 1081 The Haunted Tower (Basic D&D) 1100 Dragon Quest (Basic D&D) 1106 The Classic Dungeons & Dragons Game (Basic D&D) 1070 Dungeons & Dragons Game (Basic D&D) TSR Accessories 9100 AC1 The Shady Dragon Inn (Basic D&D) 9099 AC2 Combat Shield and Mini-adventure (Basic D&D) 9121 AC3 3-D Dragon Tiles with The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina (Basic D&D) 9116 AC4 The Book of Marvelous Magic (Basic D&D) 9037 AC5 Player Character Record Sheets (Basic D&D) 9037 AC6 Player Character Record Sheets (Basic D&D) 9156 AC7 Master Player Screen (Basic D&D) 9145 AC3/AC5 (AC8) 3-D Dragon Tiles with The Revenge of Rusak (Basic D&D) 9173 AC9 Creature Catalogue (Basic D&D) 9211 AC10 Bestiary of Dragons and Giants (Basic D&D) 9220 AC11 The Book of Wondrous Inventions (Basic D&D) 9437 DMR1 Dungeon Master’s Screen (Basic D&D) 9438 DMR2 Creature Catalog (Basic D&D) 9403 TM1 The Western Countries Trail Map (Basic D&D) 9404 TM2 The Eastern Countries Trail Map (Basic D&D) 9011 Monster & Treasure Assortment Set 1 Levels 1-3 (Basic D&D) 9012 Monster & Treasure Assortment Set 2 Levels 4-6 (Basic D&D) -
The Southern Fandom Confederation
Southern f anSom Confederation ----------bulletin .——— Vol. 5, No. 2 March, 1993 Two DeepSouthCon Bids for ‘95 There are two announced bids for the DeepSouthCon for 1995. To help you make your site selection decision, I have asked for a letter from each of the bid chairs to tell us a little about their bids. Irvin Koch of Alexandria, VA and Ken Moore of Nashville, TN have both filed with Conjuration (DSC XXXI) letters of intent to bid and letters of intent from their prospective hotels. Following are their verbatim responses. Irvin Koch, Bid Chairman There will be a standard DSC Art Show/Auction, Huxters ’ Name: DSCXXXIII=Arlington, VA DSC (Just like DSC Room, and Masquerade. We’ll be running them on the XX was Chattanooga DSC except I have to distinguish it standard DSC/TN/KY/GA schedule, not like the cons up from Arlington, TX, which is also eligible for DSC and here do. You don’t even want to know how they run cons where our button maker is based). “Northern VA,” for up here. those not from this area, is the 3 VA counties/cities that are The Con Suite will run 24 hours (except during the dance) the center of the VA suburbs of DC: Fairfax, Arlington, and is a function room style suite but there will be plenty and Alexandria. They are actually further South than of chairs. Yes, there will be a Dance, Sat PM after the Louisville and certainly further South than Winchester, masquerade or maybe during. The Hotel has it’s peculiari VA. -
Threshold Issue #9
#9 The Mystara Magazine The ninth issue of Mystara's premier magazine delves beneath the crust of the Outer World into the Land of the Red Sun, featuring Icevale, Selhomar, villains, adventurers, Immortals, and much more! pandius.com thepiazza.org.uk Previous Issues Previous Issues Issues #1 to #8 of THRESHOLD - the Mystata Also available at the same location are higher Magazine, are available for download from the resolution versions of the maps that were Vaults of Pandius website. included in the issue’s PDF, allowing greater detail to be viewed. #1 #2 #3 #4 Karameikos Vaults of Pandius The Sea of Dread Return to Dread #5 #6 #7 #8 Exploring The Northlands Exploring Warlords Davania Norwold of Norwold THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #9 Issue Contents ISSUE #9 Editorial Credits....................................................2 Editorial................................................................3 This Issue s Contributors......................................4 Call for Contributors.............................................6 Before the Hollow World......................................7 Icevale Elves........................................................11 Illaria’s Folly.......................................................28 The Lighthouse’s guide to Unknown Cultures...34 Children of Azca..................................................51 Ecology of the Megaliths and the Norns Cycle...62 Seshay-Selene, patroness of the Hollow Moon..87 Who’s Who in the Wyrmsteeth part 2.................91 Koskatep level 7 - Signs of