#completewarlock
Originally shared by Wayne's Books
THE SPARTAN #9 FEATURING WARLOCK
An early gaming magazine from 1975, this issue is notable for featuring the early rendition of the Warlock role playing game. "or How to Play DandD Without Playing DandD?"
Just listed it for auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=131095868031
More photos there.
These are the rules that Dr. Holmes used in 1975 to help understand how to play D&D. Read more here:
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This is an incredibly historic issue. Haven't had a copy of this in years but it really pissed of Gygax to no end. In A&E he goes from being a very open guy about the use of D&D by fans to pretty rabid about these guys especially.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic post!
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Courtney Campbell
ReplyDeleteThanks. The reshares may not be working because the "Holmes Basic" community is set to private - you have to join to see the posts. But you should be able to reshare Wayne's original post; I left the same comment there.
Hi Courtney Campbell , I'm guessing reshares are disallowed from a private group. If you click on my original post, it is public, and sharable. And Zach posted a link to his page in the comments there as well to help explain things.
ReplyDeleteEDIT: heh, posted exactly at the same time!
Warlock was also known among gamers of the time as "Dungeons & Beavers", because the Caltech mascot is a beaver. If you see references to "Dungeons & Beavers" in early RPG publications, they are referring to the same rules as Warlock.
ReplyDeleteAnother copy of Spartan #9 is up on Ebay in addition to the one Wayne is selling:
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