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Dragon Magazine #103
D RAGON 1 18 SPECIAL ATTRACTION 48 UNEARTHED ARCANA additions and corrections New pieces of type for those who have the book 35 26 Publisher Mike Cook Editor-in-Chief OTHER FEATURES Kim Mohan 8 The future of the game Gary Gygax Editorial staff How well tackle the task of a Second Edition AD&D® game Patrick Lucien Price Roger Moore 12 Arcana update, part 1 Kim Mohan Art director and graphics Explanations, answers, and some new rules Roger Raupp All about Krynns gnomes Roger E. Moore Subscriptions 18 Finishing our series on the demi-humans of the DRAGONLANCE world Georgia Moore Advertising 26 A dozen domestic dogs Stephen Inniss Mary Parkinson Twelve ways to classify mans best friend Contributing editors The role of books John C. Bunnell Ed Greenwood 31 Reviews of game-related fantasy and SF literature Katharine Kerr This issues contributing artists 35 The Centaur Papers Stephen Inniss and Kelly Adams Robert Pritchard Everything two authors could think of about the horse-folk Larry Elmore Bob Maurus 58 The Wages of Stress Christopher Gilbert Roger Raupp How to handle obnoxious people and make it pay Tom Centola Marvel Bullpen David Trampier Ted Goff Joseph Pillsbury DEPARTMENTS 3 Letters 88 Convention calendar 93 Dragonmirth 4 World Gamers Guide 86 Gamers Guide 94 Snarfquest 6 The forum 89 Wormy COVER Robert Pritchards first contribution to our cover is an interesting piece of artwork and thats always the main factor in deciding whether or not to accept a painting to use. But Roberts choice of a title didnt hurt a bit. -
I STEVE JACKSON GAMES ,; Ancient Howor Crawls Into the Dark Future
I STEVE JACKSON GAMES ,; Ancient Howor Crawls into the Dark Future By Chris W. McCubbin Edited by Scott D. Haring Cover by Albert Slark Illustrated by Dan Smith GURPS System Design by Steve Jackson Scott Haring, Managing Editor Page Layout, Typography and Interior Production by Rick Martin Cover Production by Jeff Koke Art Direction by Lillian Butler Print Buying by Andrew Hartsock and Monica Stephens Dana Blankenship, Sales Manager Thanks to Dm Smith Additional Material by David Ellis Dickerson Bibliographic information compiled by Chris Jarocha-Emst Proofreading by Spike Y. Jones Playtesters: Bob Angell, Sean Barrett, Kaye Barry, C. Milton Beeghly, James Cloos, Mike DeSanto, Morgan Goulet, David G. Haren, Dave Magnenat, Virginia L. Nelson, James Rouse, Karen Sakamoto, Michael Sullivan and Craig Tsuchiya GURPS and the all-seeing pyramid are registered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. Pyramid and the names of all products published by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated are registered trademarks or trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated, or used under license. Cull of Cihulhu is a trademark of Chaosium Inc. and is used by permission. Elder Sign art (p. 55) used by permission of Chaosium Inc. GURPS CihuIhuPunk is copyright 0 1995 by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A ISBN 1-55634-288-8 Introduction ................................ 4 Central and South America ..27 Hacker ..................................43 About GURPS ............................4 The Pacific Rim ...................27 -
Heroquest Glorantha: Highwall
Highwall Inn by Ian Cooper Honoring Greg Stafford October 10th, 2019 #WeAreAllUs HIGHWALL INN WHAT IS THIS? CREDITS ighwall Inn is a scenario for Chaosium’s HeroQuest Author Glorantha role-playing game. A copy of that book is Ian Cooper necessary to play this game. No other HeroQuest game H Editing titles are required to play this game, but Sartar: Kingdom of Susan O’Brien Heroes and The Coming Storm expand upon the background of this scenario. Cover Art This scenario is the HeroQuest Glorantha scenario Valentina Romagnoli for #weareallus, the inaugural Greg Stafford memorial Art day. Greg created the world of Glorantha and founded Chaosium. Simon Bray, Eli Maffei, Cory Trego-Erdner, Petr Stovik On this day we hope that you will gather some friends and play a game together in his memory. Additional Contributions Jeff Richard Producer CORE ACTIVITY Michael O’Brien Graphic Design & Layout The PCs are travelers who take shelter in a remote inn, trying to Nicholas Nacario evade both a storm and a pack of ghouls. Cartography EMOTIONAL STAKES Simon Bray Play Testing The PCs have different reasons for being on the road in winter: Thanks to the many fans at conventions such as some seek to free a comrade captured by a Lunar bounty hunter, UK Games Expo, Dragonmeet and Kraken others to rob a wealthy merchant, one to proselytize his faith. All who have braved Highwall Inn. of them will come into conflict, either with each other or other travelers sheltering at the inn. As always, a special thank you and credit goes to At the same time, the ghouls and the inn’s murderous innkeepers Greg Stafford, without whom none of us would be reading this or playing games in Glorantha. -
Dragon Magazine
DRAGON 1 Publisher: Mike Cook Editor-in-Chief: Kim Mohan Shorter and stronger Editorial staff: Marilyn Favaro Roger Raupp If this isnt one of the first places you Patrick L. Price turn to when a new issue comes out, you Mary Kirchoff may have already noticed that TSR, Inc. Roger Moore Vol. VIII, No. 2 August 1983 Business manager: Mary Parkinson has a new name shorter and more Office staff: Sharon Walton accurate, since TSR is more than a SPECIAL ATTRACTION Mary Cossman hobby-gaming company. The name Layout designer: Kristine L. Bartyzel change is the most immediately visible The DRAGON® magazine index . 45 Contributing editor: Ed Greenwood effect of several changes the company has Covering more than seven years National advertising representative: undergone lately. in the space of six pages Robert Dewey To the limit of this space, heres some 1409 Pebblecreek Glenview IL 60025 information about the changes, mostly Phone (312)998-6237 expressed in terms of how I think they OTHER FEATURES will affect the audience we reach. For a This issues contributing artists: specific answer to that, see the notice Clyde Caldwell Phil Foglio across the bottom of page 4: Ares maga- The ecology of the beholder . 6 Roger Raupp Mary Hanson- Jeff Easley Roberts zine and DRAGON® magazine are going The Nine Hells, Part II . 22 Dave Trampier Edward B. Wagner to stay out of each others turf from now From Malbolge through Nessus Larry Elmore on, giving the readers of each magazine more of what they read it for. Saved by the cavalry! . 56 DRAGON Magazine (ISSN 0279-6848) is pub- I mention that change here as an lished monthly for a subscription price of $24 per example of what has happened, some- Army in BOOT HILL® game terms year by Dragon Publishing, a division of TSR, Inc. -
Adventures in the World of Glorantha
ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF GLORANTHA BY CHRISTOPHER KLUG, STEVE PERRIN, JEFF RICHARD, GREG STAFFORD, AND JASON DURALL ADDITIONAL WRITING: Jerry Thorpe COVER ARTIST: Andrey Fetisov EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Jeff Richard EDITORS: Jaym Gates, Jason Durall ART DIRECTION: Jon Hodgson, Jeff Richard DESIGN & LAYOUT: Simeon Cogswell ADDITIONAL DESIGN & LAYOUT: Rick Meints, Malcolm Wolter CARTOGRAPHY: Olivier Sanfilippo, Tobias Tranell ARTISTS: Dimitrina Angelska, Antonia Doncheva, Jon Hodgson, Jennifer Lange, Pat Loboyko, Eli Maffei, Magdalena Mieszczak, Sara Otterstätter, Scott Purdy, Corey Trego-Erdner, Chris Waller SPECIAL THANKS GO to these people who contributed greatly or a little, but whose impact has affected the game: Ellie Akers, Shannon Appelcline, Nick Brooke, Pam Carlson, Ian Cooper, David Dunham, Eden Durall, Todd Gardiner, Chris Gidlow, Finn Loroff-Richard, Lara Loroff-Richard, Ed McDonald, Sandy Petersen, David Scott. Our apologies to any others who were unrecorded. PLAYTESTERS include Ellie Akers, Al Bairley, Mike Bandoian, John Briquelet, Naomi Burgess, Dimitri del Castillo, Andrew Cator, Tim Challis, Gil Cruz, Mark Durston, Mason Ettinger, Frisbee, Michael “Finn” Glenn, Alison Gondek, Tony Hughes, Will Johnson, Chris Klug, Kevin Mantle, Gianna Masetti, Shirley Park, Roderick Robertson, Ted Shambaris, Colin Spears, Andy Staples, Matthew Tyler-Jones, Nick Walsh, Steven Warzeha, Phillip Wright and others whose names may unfortunately have been overlooked. As always, a special thank you and credit goes to Greg Stafford, without whom none of us would be reading this or playing games in Glorantha. SampleMay Ernalda, Mother of Earth, bless and shelter those who readfile these pages. “I want to have goblins about me, for I am courageous. The courage which scareth away ghosts, createth for itself goblins—it wanteth to laugh.” — Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra RUNEQUEST A Chaosium Game RuneQuest © copyright 1978–2020 by Moon Design Publications LLC. -
James Lowder's Games to Gift 2018
JAMES LOWDER’S GAMES TO GIFT 2018 TOP PICK: AZUL PUBLISHER: PLAN B; DESIGNER: MICHAEL KIESLING 2–4 PLAYERS; 8 AND UP; $40 (SUGGESTED RETAIL) In Azul, players are artisans summoned by King Manuel I of Portugal to decorate the Royal Palace of Evora, using the Moorish art of decorative tile. Take turns selecting colored tiles, filling rows on your work board, and then transfer a tile to your section of palace wall. The game ends when the first player completes a horizontal tile row. Scores are based on the display, with points earned for patterns of aligned tiles, number of horizontal and vertical rows, and so on. Azul features simple, elegant rules, but potentially complex choices, as you can select tiles to complete your pattern or to force players choosing after you to select pieces that may go unused and end up costing them points. Gameplay is fast, with the full session taking only 30 to 45 minutes. Earlier this year, Azul won the prestigious Spiel de Jahres for game of the year, to almost no one’s surprise. Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra is a recent reimplementation, with players serving as stained glass window designers. It features translucent pieces in place of the original’s resin tiles and some additional rules. Both versions are wonderful. OTHER GREAT NEW GAMES: Family Games: MAGIC MAZE PUBLISHER: SIT DOWN!; DESIGNER: KASPER LAPP 1–8 PLAYERS; 8 AND UP; $33 2018 was another great year for cooperative games, with the release of the latest installment in Matt Leacock’s Forbidden series, Forbidden Skies. -
Dragon Magazine #112
DRAGON 1 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS 41 The Ultimate Article Index compiled by Jean Black Publisher After this, an update is all youll ever need Mike Cook 51 TSR staff GEN CON® Event Listing Editor-in-Chief Better late than never and besides, theyre free! Kim Mohan Editorial staff OTHER FEATURES Patrick Lucien Price Roger Moore 8 Dawn of a new age Kim Mohan Robin Jenkins A fresh look, and outlook, for DRAGON Magazine Editorial assistance 10 DINOSAURS Steven Inniss Eileen Lucas A monstrous article on the beasts of the Mesozoic Era Art, graphics, production 19 Revenge of the nobodies Joseph R. Ravitts Roger Raupp When a grass-roots movement grows, watch out! Kim Lindau 23 The role of computers Hartley and Pattie Lesser Advertising Our second foray into the world of electronic role-playing games Mary Parkinson 27 Cloaked in magic Ed Greenwood Subscriptions Elminster returns with some wise words about windbreakers Pat Schulz 35 Armor, piece by piece Matt Bandy This issue’s contributing artists A partial armor system for non-Oriental AD&D® games Daniel Horne Jim Holloway 81 Dire Invasion — William Tracy Marvel Bullpen Rom and the Dire Wraiths in the MARVEL SUPER HEROES game Dave LaForce Lawrence Raimonda 88 For a Fistful of Credits David “Zeb” Cook Richard Tomasic New equipment for STAR FRONTIERS® gamers Joseph Pillsbury Bill Cleveland Larry Elmore DEPARTMENTS Dave Trampier 3 Letters 38 TSR Previews96 Dragonmirth 4 World Gamers Guide 92 Convention calendar 98 Snarfquest 6 The forum 94 Gamers' Guide 101 Wormy COVER This is probably the first cover painting weve ever published that owes its existence to a real-life experience. -
Vyrms Footnotes
ISSUE 15 Vol. IV, No. 1 The World of Glorantha is a place of fantasy, Summer 2012 $14.95 mythology, adventure, warfare, romance and horror. It is a place of gods and heroes, thieves and adventurers... VVVVyrmsyrms FFoooottnonotteses In the heart of the Kingdom of Sartar lies the Upland Marsh, home to the eternal Delecti THE GLORANTHAN MAGAZINE the Necromancer. He and his Dancers of Darkness bid you welcome... In Sartar’s Woods of the Dead, on the darkest nights, you may encounter an entrancing young nobleman riding a jet black steed. He offers you a simple choice... These are but a few of the stories found within this latest issue of Wyrms Footnotes. After a mere 30 year hiatus, Moon Design Publications is relaunching this flagship Gloranthan magazine with issue #15. It is suitable for use with any roleplaying system that uses Glorantha as its game world. Sample file What is Glorantha? Glorantha is the fantasy world of legendary game designer Greg Stafford. A world of exotic myth and fantastic magic, Glorantha is self-contained and unique in its creation. An THIS ISSUE: ancient world, rich in magic, and where myth is reality. Here the gods and heroes live, and act to protect their Greg Stafford followers and further their own mysterious goals. Sandy Petersen HeroQuest, Runequest, and Glorantha are registered Jeff Richard trademarks of Issaries, Inc. All rights reserved. Rick Meints Discover more at: www.moondesignpublications.com. Setting Glorantha back 30 years... w 4 w 4 a,cdSghijloKOstWX xy Glorantha a,cdSghijloKOstWX xy Table of Contents -
I Am, As Ever, Indebted to Visionaries Such As Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen for the Inspiration to Throw out My DMG and Do My Own Thing
I am, as ever, indebted to visionaries such as Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen for the inspiration to throw out my DMG and do my own thing. Somehow, however, I circle back to RuneQuest every time. The idea for this scenario broke at the same time as covid hit us. I made a flippant comment on a RQ page online that I had accidently written a scenario about a Malian priest with nineteen broo followers… I’m calling her Kovid. Someone else suggested that I publish it on Jonstown Compendium. Much editing and re-jiggering later, here it is. Her name really isn’t important though as you’ll find out if you read on. Thanks to my ex-employers for making me redundant and giving me the time to write this up and to my wife for forcing me to build an office in the house that made writing this so much easier. The art in this one is either mine or by Mike Hudson, you can tell which is which, his are the good ones. RuneQuest is a Trademark of Moon Design Publications and is used with their permission via the OBS Community Content program. For more information please visit Chaosium’s website: www.chaosium.com Sample file The Chaosium and RuneQuest Logos are used under license. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ........................................ 3 Dragonsnails ................................................ 44 Authors Note .................................................. 5 Walktapus .................................................... 46 Whip Scorpions ............................................ 47 CHAPTER ONE The Broo Gang Moves On ................... 48 Hook One – The Runners Running ....... 6 Watchtower ........................................ 49 Broo Scouts .................................................... 7 The Inn ......................................................... 50 Hook Two – The Bloody Ford .............. -
The Nyarlathotep Papers
by Larry DiTillio and Lynn Willis with Geoff Gillan, Kevin A. Ross, Thomas W. Phinney, Michael MacDonald, Sandy Petersen, Penelope Love Art by Lee Gibbons, Nick Smith, Tom Sullivan, Jason Eckhardt Design by Mark Schumann, Mike Blum, Thomas W. Phinney, Yurek Chodak, Shannon Appel Project and Editorial by Lynn Willis Interior Layout by Shannon Appel and Meghan McLean Cover Layout by Charlie Krank Copyreading by Janice Sellers, Alan Glover, Rob Heinsoo Chaosium is Lynn Willis, Charlie Krank, Dustin Wright, Fergie, William Jones, Meghan McLean, Nick Nacario, and Andy Dawson Chaosium Inc. 2010 The Clear Credit Box Larry DiTillio wrote the first draft of Chapters One through Six, except as noted below. The conception, plot, and essential Masks of Nyarlathotep Fourth Edition execution are entirely his, and remain a is published by Chaosium Inc. roleplaying classic. Lynn Willis rewrote the succeeding drafts, originating the his- torical background, introducing race as a Masks of Nyarlathotep Fourth Edition theme, inserting or adjusting certain char- is copyright © 1984, 1989, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2010 acters, writing the introductory chapter, by Chaosium Inc. and most of the advice, asides, incidental jokes, etc., and as an afterthought added All rights reserved. the appendix concerning what might be done with shipboard time. In the introduc- Call of Cthulhu® is the registered trademark of Chaosium Inc. tory chapter, Michael MacDonald wrote the original version of the sidebar concern- ing shipboard travel times and costs. Similarities between characters in Masks of Nyarlathotep Thomas W. Phinney set forth the back- Fourth Edition and persons living or dead are ground chronology of the campaign, and strictly coincidental. -
DA WISH LIST JULY 21 2016 Page 1
DA WISH LIST JULY 21 2016 1001 night by Meguey Baker 13th age soundtrack Achtung! Cthulhu Fate edition Advanced Song of Blades and Heroes Advanced Sorcery supplement for Chaosium's Magic World. Against the Dark Yogi or any of its supplements Age of Cthulhu vol. 8 - Starfall Over the Plateau of Leng Agents of Smersh Alien Squad Leader Alpha blue Alshard and Alshard GAIA Amazing Stories of WW2: Homefront Villains (for Icons) Amber Aspects.pdf Amber Nobles of Amber.pdf Amber Revised Basic Mechanics for Amber.pdf Ambush at Altair Ancient Odysseys (any and all) anything from blade of the iron throne Anything from Vajra entertainment Apotheosis Drive X Arion Games' Maelstrom and/or Maelstrom Domesday Armed Force expansion for Armageddon The End Times Armed Force supplement for Armageddon The End Times Ars Magica - Lands of the Nile Art of Zendikar Atlas of Rokugan. Battle Between the Worlds Battle Century G/Z Be A Better Campaign Master Book One Better Angels Core Rulebook Better Angels No Soul Left Behind Between Sand & Sea: Mythic Africa Beyond the Gates of Antares Black Hand - new v20 Guide to Black Hand Black Jade for Jadepunk Blade of the iron throne Blasters and Bulkheads Blaze of Glory 1: Alamo Bay Blood of the Elements Blowback Book of Heroic Races: Advanced Lizardfolk Book of Unremmiting Horror, the d20 version by Pelgrane Press Breachworld for Mini Six/d6 System Breakfast Cult (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/182520/Breakfast-Cult?src=slider_view) bubblegumshoe BUG Sector, apparently it was only leaked online (never printed) Campaign Book 1 for Memoir '44 (sold on the DoW site)? Cartel: Ashcan Edition by Mark Diaz Truman. -
Sample File Published by Issaries, Inc
GLORANTHA a GLORANTHA Introduction to the Hero Wars By Greg Stafford and Peter Metcalfe Sections by Roderick Robertson Edited by Izzy Vasquez Cover Art by Angelo Montanini Maps by Cyrille Daujean, Charlie Krank Interior Art by Simon Bray, Heather Bruton, Dario Corallo, Jim Pavelec, Kevin Ramos, Steve Swenston Runes by Scriptorium, supplemental runes by Jim Catel Layout by Philip Reed • Supplementary layout by Charlie Krank Sample file Published by Issaries, Inc. 900 Murmansk St, Suite 5; Oakland, CA 94607 First Printing April 2000 All rights reserved. Similarities between characters in Glorantha and any persons living or dead are strictly coincedence. All contents are copyrighted © 2000 by Issaries, Inc. All rights reserved. Cover Illustration is Copyright ©1997 by Issaries, Inc. The reproduction of material from this book for the purposes of personal or private profit, by photographic, electronic or other means of storage and retrieval is prohibited. Address questions about his publica- tion and request your FREE catalog. Issaries Publication ISS1102. ISBN #1-929052-02-2 Visit www.Glorantha.com for more about Glorantha! Arachne Solara, Light of the Shadow, protects this book and its secrets. Rob it and you rob yourself! 1 GLORANTHA GTA i Issaries salutes the volunteers of the Glorantha Trading Association whose contributions made this book possible: Heroes of Glorantha Randy Tomaszewski Bob Vesterman Yoshiyuki Murase Richard Katsaros Andre Jarosch Andrew Cowie The Clan Coriales Rex Andrew Bean Hiroto Kawakami HANATAKA, the Stormer Andrew Kelly Michael Trout Christopher Johnson Andrew Joelson Hayato Niitsuma David Dunham Mark Leymaster of Grammarye Anonymous Yoko “Anesan” Miyamoto Rune Masters Jamie “Trotsky” Revell FeaWa Linedel Tiritaur Sample fileMitsuru Karasawa John E.