Speaking of columns, we have a new one this month, and we’ll have another new one next month. As always, we have our other regular columns and features, including (fanfare of trumpets) the return of Finieous Fingers! Only the gods know when we’ll have the next segment, but none of you can be more anxious for it than I. And Lawrence Huss gives us a “documented” reason for the “no swords” rule for clerics. Also this month we have a D&D variant by Holly Lovins, who proposes a new characteristic for non-player characters: Caution. More D&D questions and answers appear in Sage Advice by Jean Wells. In this month’s edition of Leomunds Tiny Hut, Len Lakofka examines some of the spells in AD&D, discusses possible usage/interpretation problems, and offers some solutions. MacKnight’s article as a look inside the heads of Fritz Leiber and Harry Fischer, as well as a design forum. While we normally do not devote so much space to the design of an individual game, because of the fact that so much of the original game of LAHKMAR was so tightly tied to the development of the mythos of the world of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, we offer Prof. MacKnights article on the origins of the game of Lankhmar, and I reported that “the tale had grown in the telling.” It’s still growing! This month we have part three of what is now a five-part article. A couple of months ago we received a second installment of F. Gary bows out this month with an explanation/rationalization of the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons® magic system. President Gary Gygax is becoming so caught up in the workings of a rapidly expanding company that this month’s Sorcerers Scroll will be his last for a while. Business is booming at TSR Hobbies, but the company’s gain is the magazine’s loss. And those of you into miniatures will be happy to know that ∿rom the Fantasy Forge, our old photographic look at new figures, will be returning in the near future. resubscribeĮlsewhere in the magazine this month, you’ll find the Fantasysmith discussing miniature figure painting techniques, with a special look at the methods used by “Uncle” Duke Seifried. If your mailing label says TD 33 this is your last issue. 58 Finieous Fingers- J.D.60 BACKGROUND Lankhmar- F.C. 47 Sage Advice- Questions & Answers on D&D. 16 MAPPING THE DUNGEONS II- 1980 International DM List. More of John’s excellent work appears in our recently released “Days of the Dragon” 1980 fantasy art calendar.Ĭontents FEATURES Fantasysmith’s Notebook- Paradise for Painterly People. This painting won the Best of Show and “Best Color Fantasy” awards at the Northwest Annual Science Fiction Festival in Seattle last year. On the cover this month we have a reproduction of a painting by John Barnes: ∽ragons Lair.
Even bigger plans are in the works for the future-more on those at a later date. In the past year, The Dragon has doubled in size, and after you read Dragon Rumbles on the following page, you’ll see we’re continuing to expand the size of the magazine. appy New Year from The Dragon and TSR Periodicals! And after my latest session with the ol’ crystal ball, I predict big happenings for The Dragon and you, our readers, in the year to come. If Niall doesn’t appeal to your taste, well, we are expanding the size of the magazine. Those of you who enjoy these excellent short stories by Gar will be happy to know we have a couple more in hand to be run in future issues. January, 1980 D&D players looking for DM’s, here it is: The Second Annual Mapping the Dungeons Dungeon Masters List! There are over 1,000 listings, so get out there and make connections! Another large section of the magazine this month is devoted to another installment of the adventures of Niall of the Far Travels by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Jeffrey Lanners.
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