Pic from yesterday's 1e game.

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Pic from yesterday's 1e game. The Earth Elemental mini my buddy had acquired and painted up here is stamped 'Ral Partha 1977' on the bottom which makes the mini older than the ruleset we were using, Not sure off hand whether Earth Elementals were included in Holmes Basic, or if the Monster Manual had been published yet(?)

After the crumbling demise of the plus, what is the plan for this community?

After the crumbling demise of the plus, what is the plan for this community? Has a Holmes Basic group been established on MeWe yet?
Thanks!

This kind of has a Holmes vibe to me😎 It's from an old Dragonmagazine. (Hat tip to Wayne's books for the pic)

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This kind of has a Holmes vibe to me😎 It's from an old Dragon magazine. (Hat tip to Wayne's books for the pic)

Big auction going on with a number of DCS and Roslof art pieces.

Big auction going on with a number of DCS and Roslof art pieces.
https://m.ebay.com/sch/the_collectors_trove/m.html?_sop=10&isRefine=true&_pgn=13&_nkw=seller:the_collectors_trove&_sasl=the_collectors_trove

The Tom Baker years coincide exactly with the heyday of D&D🎆

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The Tom Baker years coincide exactly with the heyday of D&D🎆

Tegel Manor reprint

Just got this in the mail today, impressed with the quality. How about this for some Holiday gaming, bust out your Holmes box set, old Ral Partha and Grenadier minis, roll up characters, hand the players their player map and some graph paper, give them the creepy back story and off you go .

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Today's mail arrival. I really need to stop ordering stuff. They did a good job with this JG reprint. 3 detached maps come with it(player, manor and area).

Billy Galaxy ebay listing (with article by J Eric Holmes)

Billy Galaxy ebay listing (with article by J Eric Holmes)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/CRYPT-OF-CTHULHU-97-J-Eric-Holmes-H-P-Lovecraft-1997-fanzine-Robert-M-Price/351233599469?hash=item51c72767ed:g:~cgAAOSwcldUY9ew&_sacat=0&_nkw=j+eric+holmes&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0

Complete scan of old DCS letter from an EPT box set auction on ebay recently

Complete scan of old DCS letter from an EPT box set auction on ebay recently
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DbHC6paPQX-Nt56XEtz2guOYDXo_safk

Greetings, Sort of an odd mixed lot for sale I noticed.

Greetings, Sort of an odd mixed lot for sale I noticed. Anyone know about these character sheets? Were they originally sold as a pad by TSR, or other?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TSR-D-D-Holmes-Basic-Set-Character-Sheets-Greyhawk-Cthulhu-Rolemaster-4th-Ed/123266365946?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D52885%26meid%3Dc10e192d34e847b89a92f08b6b239653%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D253759100206%26itm%3D123266365946&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

From a late 70's U.K zine. Hat tip to thunderdave via the acaeum.Holmes belt!

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From a late 70's U.K zine. Hat tip to thunderdave via the acaeum. Holmes belt!

DCS letter from the 70s

Sharing here, keep the spirits flowing amigos!

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Old DCS letter from a recent ebay auction. It was included in a beat up EPT box set along with some cool maps etc.

Zenopus Edit --- See here for a link to a full scan of this letter: 
https://holmesbasicgpluscommunity.blogspot.com/2018/08/complete-scan-of-old-dcs-letter-from.html

Anyone here acquire some of these?

Anyone here acquire some of these? What are your thoughts? I don't like pdfs much is part of my hesitation, but I'm sure these are pretty neat and it is good they are available.
http://www.conchord.org/xeno/aande.html

Which TSR artist of the 'golden age' is most prolific?

Which TSR artist of the 'golden age' is most prolific? For these purposes I shall define the 'golden age' as 74'-86'. The more i read over old TSR modules, Dungeon magazines, Dragon magazines etc the more Jim Holloway art I see lately.

Cool blog post I stumbled upon whilst noodling about working on some sample dungeon stuff.

Cool blog post I stumbled upon whilst noodling about working on some sample dungeon stuff. Looks like it is still active too. Mad props!

Mainly posting this here because of DCS reference.

Mainly posting this here because of DCS reference. I noticed last eve when looking thru Dungeon issue #1 that it lists DCS and also Jim Roslof in the art credits. It appears to be the only issue of Dungeon magazine that lists either of them. Most of the interior art isn't signed. At least the 1st half of the zine appears to be obviously illustrated by Jim Holloway. I can''t make out what may be by Roslof or DCS if any truly are.

Reaper minis Wereshark

Reaper minis Wereshark. I think it came in one of the kickstarter packages.

Early TSR adverstisement

Early TSR adverstisement featuring cave monster artwork by Sutherland - also found in the Blackmoor Supplement. #dcsIII

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Another cool old ad.

This is an interesting blog posting for those that haven't read it.

This is an interesting blog posting for those that haven't read it.
http://www.erbzine.com/mag57/5797.html

Nice little set of gaming fun for sale..

Nice little set of gaming fun for sale..
https://m.ebay.com/itm/1979-Dungeons-Dragons-Basic-Set-in-Box-D-D-Introductory-Module-RPG-TSR-Games/173124931072?_mwBanner=1&_trksid=p11001.c100357.m3752&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIM.MBE&ao=1&asc=20150112100313&meid=c03387da059a4a10b484ace018d446c1&pid=100357&rk=5&rkt=8&sd=162874243634&itm=173124931072&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F0%2Fe11001.m3752.l3160%2F7%3Feuid%3Dbc53043806f2436fa586564f683bf481%26bu%3D44716075867%26loc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.com%252Fulk%252Fitm%252F173124931072%253F_trksid%253Dp11001.c100357.m3752%2526_trkparms%253Daid%25253D222007%252526algo%25253DSIM.MBE%252526ao%25253D1%252526asc%25253D20150112100313%252526meid%25253Dc03387da059a4a10b484ace018d446c1%252526pid%25253D100357%252526rk%25253D5%252526rkt%25253D8%252526sd%25253D162874243634%252526itm%25253D173124931072%26sojTags%3Dbu%3Dbu%26srcrot%3De11001.m3752.l3160%26rvr_id%3D0&ul_noapp=true

Interesting read.

Interesting read.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrHnY9Tq_4me6RolX_BGppNrGCSBugZRRth-_e_YZOMTrKNX6oW7m7s5NBFjY0z0QpDDx4KKb9p3LGXB1jaVvWBikHMWRGPG4jF31uMvRJkGPLHDqgU403oxIIo-KRveVbEOEK4ML9FA/s1600/basicdnd.JPG