Some pictures of Gary Gygax through the ages.

Some pictures of Gary Gygax through the ages.
https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/articles/gary-gygax-pictures.html

Revised Title for the Character Sheet, using the QuentinCaps font tofor "Holmes Basic".

Revised Title for the Character Sheet, using the QuentinCaps font to for "Holmes Basic". This font is close to that of the original "Dungeons & Dragons" title (see https://www.kirith.com/tsr-fonts/), found in OD&D but also on the cover, title page and, importantly, the "Reference Tables" sheet of Holmes Basic. I figured that since I'm already recreating the feel by using Futura for the text, I might as go all the way.

Contest to port the 1978 DND1 BASIC program (Ultima pre-cursor)

Congratulations to Random Wizard for winning the contest to port the 1978 DND1 BASIC program (Ultima pre-cursor) to a modern browser.

Original Link:
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2014/06/code-contests-and-lord-british.html

Now at:
https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/articles/code-contests-and-lord-british.html

Random Wizard: B1 retrospective

Random Wizard has a retrospective on the module B1.

Original Link:
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2014/05/b1-in-search-of-unknown.html

Now at:
https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/articles/b1-in-search-of-the-unknown.html

Essay at Baen by an author who started with Holmes Basic in 1980

The author of this essay started with Holmes Basic in 1980. Thanks to Random Wizard for the link.
http://www.baen.com/dungeonsdragons.asp

Random Wizard: B2 Overland Map Zoom and Flyby

Original Link:
http://randomwizard.blogspot.ca/2013/10/b2-overland-map-zoom-and-flyby.html

Zenopus Note: There doesn't appear to be a corresponding post at the new blog at kirith.com, or a backup on the Internet Archive.

Random Wizard: Gygax's CastleGreyhawk vs TSR's Geomorphs.

Random Wizard notes the similarity in the style of Gygax's Castle Greyhawk to TSR's Geomorphs.

Original Link:
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/10/castle-greyhawk-caverns.html

Now at:
https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/articles/castle-greyhawk-caverns.html

Random Wizard: Origin of Blackmoor Map

Originally at: http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/01/origin-of-blackmoor-map.html

Now at: https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/articles/origin-of-blackmoor-map.html

Random Wizard: Chaotic Caves in Sketchup

Originally at:
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/01/chaotic-caves-in-sketchup.html

Now at:
https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/articles/chaotic-caves-in-sketchup.html