John reviews Dragon #46, which includes a short story by Holmes.

John reviews Dragon #46, which includes a short story by Holmes. Chris Holmes was not happy with the mustache on the Boinger the Halfling as drawn by Jim Roslof.

Originally shared by John Stater

Happy Easter folks! I have a new Dragon by Dragon up this morning, reviewing Dragon 46 and White Dwarf 23. There are a few goodies, including some art by Roslof and Russ, and a trailer for Valley of the Gwangi. How can you lose?

http://matt-landofnod.blogspot.com/2016/03/dragon-by-dragon-february-1981-46.html
http://matt-landofnod.blogspot.com/2016/03/dragon-by-dragon-february-1981-46.html

The Tower of Lem Zo. #ballpointpenart

The Tower of Lem Zo. #ballpointpenart

Landscape drawn in the margin of a magazine.

Originally shared by Zenopus Archives

Landscape drawn in the margin of a magazine. Experimenting with photoing, editing and posting to G+ all with a cell phone. #marginalia #ballpointpenart

TOC listing for Holmes' Psychology Today article

Tony Rowe wrote:

TOC listing for Holmes' Psychology Today article

Dr. Holmes' "Confessions of a Dungeon Master" from Psychology Today,November, 1980.

Tony Rowe wrote:

Dr. Holmes' "Confessions of a Dungeon Master" from Psychology Today, November, 1980.

Wereshark! Hope you've got silver cannon balls in there ...

Michael Thomas wrote:

Wereshark! Hope you've got silver cannon balls in there ...

Originally shared by Iskallor

Special Snowflakes

Deep Derik is recruiting for a job in the Rubble...

"You're a what? "
"A Ratuki..."
"A freakin' what? "
"Mmm...a were shark? "
"Next..."

Tim has done up Zenopus in blue!

Tim has done up Zenopus in blue!

Originally shared by Tim Hartin

And as a special bonus this week, here is the Zenopus dungeon done in Old School Blue.

Larger Version: http://paratime.ca/images/fantasy/zenopus-dungeon-b.jpg

Thread by peyre on DF asking about recommended character sheets and starting modules for Holmes.

Thread by peyre on DF asking about recommended character sheets and starting modules for Holmes.
http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=73450

Do you like crazy random names for your characters or NPCs?

Originally shared by Jeremy Whalen

Do you like crazy random names for your characters or NPCs?

If so this generator is for you. It is based on the works of J. Eric Holmes as compiled into a random table one-sheet by Zach H (who was gracious enough to allow me to adapt it into this thing)

So if names like Bartar of the Tangled Woods, Yorquas Ysger, Fegg the Arcane, or ...Wall; get your creative juices flowing then by all means check it out while it lasts.


And I highly encourage you to take a look at Zach's site http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/ for some other great Holmes inspired gaming goodness.
http://wip.leviathanpublishing.com/mygen/mygen.php

The pdf of the 1st edition of Runequest from 1978 is now available on drivethrurpg for $9.99.

The pdf of the 1st edition of Runequest from 1978 is now available on drivethrurpg for $9.99. If you look at the preview you'll note the font is Futura - the same used in early printings of OD&D as well as Holmes & the AD&D rulebooks. This alone gives it more of an "early days" feel. On OD&D74, Fin talks about other reasons that this edition has that feel:
http://odd74.proboards.com/post/180474
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177112/RuneQuest-1st-Edition?src=slider_view&filters=0_0_1500_0_0

Gary Con walkthrough by Guy Fullerton.

Gary Con walkthrough by Guy Fullerton. At about 1:15 there are some Holmes Basic sets for sale on the shelf (upper left corner) at the Die Cast Games booth.

Originally shared by Guy Fullerton

Gary Con VII 2016 dealer hall walkthrough, from this morning. #garycon  
https://youtu.be/op-oAp7A_nA

My regular DM Scott is at Gary Con this year for the first time.

My regular DM Scott is at Gary Con this year for the first time. Thursday he sent our group this photo, captioned:  "Hanging out in Frank Mentzer's living room, looking at his treasures..." This is especially notable since our campaign for the last five years is based around the Temple of Elemental Evil, which Menzter co-wrote with Gary Gygax. Mentzer is wearing a Gary Con I t-shirt with art by Tom Wham, and is displaying early TSR rulebooks from his collection.

It's official.

It's official. I'll be part of a Holmes seminar at #ntrpgcon this coming June with Chris Holmes and Allan Grohe. The event is now live on the NTRPG Con schedule. Saturday morning at 9 AM. I can't figure out a direct link so here is a screen shot of the program listing: