Map from my recent sessions running Basic D&D.

Map from my recent sessions running Basic D&D. This is the Zenopus dungeon after our 2nd game. I drew the map on a wall chalkboard as the game progressed.

Another entertaining Dragon review by John Stater for issue #32.

Another entertaining Dragon review by John Stater for issue #32. I'm going to have go back and read John's reviews of the earlier issues.
Dig the SKAG (Scorpion-Kobold-Ant-Goblin) (!) monster "class" by Leonard Lakofka:
http://matt-landofnod.blogspot.com/2015/08/dragon-by-dragon-december-1979.html

Haven't got a photo of a product you are selling?

Haven't got a photo of a product you are selling? No problem, just draw one yourself! Thanks to Chase Neptune for finding this.
http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2015/08/hand-drawn-basic-box-cover-1980.html

An interesting article (found via Black Gate) about the work involved in the recent reissue of the SSI "Gold Box" PC...

An interesting article (found via Black Gate) about the work involved in the recent reissue of the SSI "Gold Box" PC games. I had fun with Pool of Radiance when it first came out & finished it & also played some of the first two sequels.
http://www.pcgamer.com/how-gog-rescued-13-forgotten-realms-games-from-licensing-hell

Pointcrawl map of the B2 Wilderness by Eric Nieudan using an octacrawltemplate by Doug Anderson.

Pointcrawl map of the B2 Wilderness by Eric Nieudan using an octacrawl template by Doug Anderson. Reminds me of the maps for Text Adventure / Interactive Fiction games like Zork.

Originally shared by Eric Nieudan

I've made an octacrawl with Doug Anderson​​'s template, using a somewhat famous map. 

It's as close as I could make it, so I've had to populate empty areas with landmarks, which in itself is interesting.

Deep, Analogous, Garrulous, AmphibiaN, -ites.

Deep, Analogous, Garrulous, AmphibiaN, -ites. Another HPL inspired race for 0e/Holmes, and not so much more whinging...

I used the scan by Tony Rowe to write a little bit about Holmes at Gen Con XII in 1979

I used the scan by Tony Rowe to write a little bit about Holmes at Gen Con XII in 1979 ... 36 years ago! Thanks also to John Stater for getting the ball rolling with a review of Dragon #31.
http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2015/08/holmes-at-gen-con-xii-1979.html

The Holmes family with Tim Kask at the Strategists Club Banquet during GenCon XII. From The Dragon #31.

The Holmes family with Tim Kask at the Strategists Club Banquet during GenCon XII. From The Dragon #31.

Review of Dragon #31 by John Stater.

Review of Dragon #31 by John Stater. Issue includes Holmes' Trollshead story as well as a photo of the Holmes clan. BTW anyone have this issue and ablo to make a high res scan of the photo?

Originally shared by John Stater

Dragon 31, November 1979 - John-Eric Holmes, Jason of Star Command, Jungle Hydras and Ventriloquism!

http://matt-landofnod.blogspot.com/2015/08/dragon-by-dragon-november-1979.html
http://matt-landofnod.blogspot.com/2015/08/dragon-by-dragon-november-1979.html

Ta-Nehisi Coates on B2:

Ta-Nehisi Coates on B2:
"Still remember going into the Keep on the Borderlands with a magic-user and getting punched to death by the Mad Hermit."
(from Twitter yesterday as part of flurry of enthusiastic tweets in response to the re-issue of the SSI Gold Box games)
https://twitter.com/tanehisicoates/status/634426424728924160

I'm just back from vacation, where I got to run a mini-campaign for a group of kids.

I'm just back from vacation, where I got to run a mini-campaign for a group of kids. Nine sessions, two adventures completed - Zenopus Dungeon and Mistamere Castle.

Wherein Bob whinges about his lot in life, and posts a New Monster for "Hordes & Hoards" -- The C'thulhic Elemental...

Wherein Bob whinges about his lot in life, and posts a New Monster for "Hordes & Hoards" -- The C'thulhic Elemental (Tentacule Nevesta)!

Short review of Mahars of Pellucidar on the "Dispatches From the Last Outlaw" blog