Return to the Tower of Zenopus game at North TexasRPG Con 2018

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More photos from the Return to the Tower of Zenopus game at North Texas RPG Con 2018

Presumably this history will include their printing of Holmes Basic in the UK.

Presumably this history will include their printing of Holmes Basic in the UK.

Originally shared by Allan Grohe

A history of Games Workshop is in the process of funding at Unbound; it's 74% funded by stalled, so if you're interested in the founding of Citadel Miniatures, Warhammer, or White Dwarf, this may be for you!
https://unbound.com/books/games-workshop/

DCS letter from the 70s

Sharing here, keep the spirits flowing amigos!

Originally shared by Scott Mob

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

Fun fact about Chainmail.

Originally shared by Andy C

Fun fact about Chainmail.. as described in Jon Peterson's excellent book "Playing at the World", Jeff Perren's original draft of medieval skirmish rules - which would become the LGTSA medievals rules coauthored with Gary Gygax, which in turn would be published by Guidon Games as the first edition of Chainmail - were inspired by Tony Bath's medieval miniatures rules, most likely the 1966 version.

For those not familiar with that origin story, there's a good discussion of it (and of the development of Tony Bath's medievals rules) here: http://odd74.proboards.com/thread/11838/tony-baths-1966-rules


http://odd74.proboards.com/thread/11838/tony-baths-1966-rules

DMing the Return to the Tower of Zenopus at NTRPGCon

Allan Grohe's pictures of me DMing the Return to the Tower of Zenopus at North Texas on the 9th. With Jonathan Perkel Carl Heyl Chris Holmes Noah Green Keith Sloan

A #skullmountain variant by Darlene, from her 1982 card game Jasmine: The Battle for Mid-Realm.

A #skullmountain variant by Darlene, from her 1982 card game Jasmine: The Battle for Mid-Realm. She has a page about it on her blog: http://darlenetheartist.com/tag/fire-queen-of-ildshoii/

"Ildshoii Castle, carved from shiny black obsidian rock, rose high above a crown of volcanos. The dark castle was the domain of Melantha, the ruler of Medrylthorn ..."

About the game:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26275/jasmine-battle-mid-realm

Stuff I was able to get signed at #ntrpgcon by former TSR folks, inorder of signing ---

Stuff I was able to get signed at #ntrpgcon by former TSR folks, in order of signing ---

Players Handbook --- my original copy (!) - signed by the Great Druid himself, Dennis Sustare, next to the Druid entry. He created the original class for OD&D.

Return to the Keep on the Borderlands signed by John Rateliff, the author, on the title page. I told him of two of my favorite additions, the Bee-Man and the Shy Tower.

D&D Expert Rulebook double-signed by Steve Marsh, near his co-editor credit, and by Erol Otus, who left his famous "EO" tag by his art on the cover.

World of Greyhawk Glossography signed by Darlene on the title page. I picked this because part of her beautiful map is shown on the cover, but she relayed that she had also done the graphic design and layout. She stared at it for a few seconds, remembering her work. I also bought a signed copy of her 1982 game The Battle for the Mid-Realm.

Hope to take pics of these when I get some more time!