"Tucker's Kobolds" from 1987 is about giving weak #dnd monsters (honestly) excessive tricks including traps. It's a meme now, picked up on YouTube.

Looking through editions, there are zero references to kobolds using traps before it. #odnd just says they are weaker than goblins, basically the crappest humanoid. #adnd1e has them just fighting. #bxdnd says they "ambush". All before 1987. But #adnd2e (1989) has heavy reference to traps for them. TSR eating their own memes.

https://media.wizards.com/2014/downloads/dnd/TuckersKobolds.pdf

Have been noodling on my next #ttrpg adventure for my table. Working title is "Slime Gauntlet."

#osr #dnd #adnd1e

Every 5 years I get it in my head to run #ADnD2e and use some of my favorite material from the time.

Then I start rereading the rules and I realize that (like alot of folks) we just skimmed the rules, assumed we got it, and basically played #ADnD1e with 2e bits.

This is followed by an internal debate over running 1e, 2e, a retroclone, or BX with one of the Advanced Edition books for LL or OSE.

This continues until i never run the game, rinse repeat...