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BUT ... this is why we've adventured in #Greyhawk for 30 years. Most of the campaign setting *is not* documented.

Sure, it's nice when you can pull out a source book (or a #DragonMagazine) that details a particular place, but it's also great to just freestyle and create your own iteration of a place.

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Contrarian Apr 18

Found an even earlier reference to measuring #miniatures by eye height in the November 1979 issue of #DragonMagazine. It's also the earliest article I've found that describes "six feet" as the average soldier height.

Timothy S. Brannan Apr 16

This Old Dragon: Issue #85
This issue of Dragon is quite memorable to me. It was the very first issue I ever bought. Sure, I had read Dragon lots before this, but this one was the first.
#dragonmagazine #1980s #cleric #ADnD
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2026/04/this-old-dragon-issue-85.html

Timothy S. Brannan Mar 26

This Old Dragon: Issue #124
August of 1987 was a transitional time. Both for me (headed off to University) and for Dragon and AD&D. While the years between 1st and 2nd editions are sometimes downplayed, they did produce some good material.
#dragonmagazine #dnd #dragon
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2026/03/this-old-dragon-issue-124.html

Timothy S. Brannan Mar 12

In Search Of...Ramal LaMarr
In 1985, Dragon Magazine ran ads for belly dance LPs marketed as “Music for Adventure Gaming.”
For years, I wondered: Who was Ramal LaMarr?
After a lot of digging, I finally found the answer.
#dragonmagazine #80s #bellydance #dnd #music
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2026/03/in-search-oframal-lamarr.html

Tim_Eagon Dec 31

RIP Tim Kask

#DND #TSR #DragonMagazine

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🫈 🚀 🌗Dec 30

Oh, I never realized "The Gnome Cache" in early Dragons was Gary Gygax's writing ("Garrison Ernst" oh obvs=EG). It was *dreadful*, so maybe I should've, but yow. There were also good stories by Gardner Fox, actual Fritz Leiber(!!!), etc.

https://oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/803660104196030464/great-gods-expostulated-the-startled-errant
#ttrpg #dragonMagazine #dnd #osr

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"'Great Gods!' expostulated the startled errant. 'It is a dwarf being pursued by a pack of giant toads and weirdly hopping men!" Gary Gygax, under the pen name Garrison Ernst, published 7 chapters of...

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Ich glaube, eine Runde Dragon Magazin ist jetzt genau das Richtige für die Feiertagssaison. Hab ich bock drauf.
#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #DragonMagazine

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Contrarian Nov 14, 2025

The month I began playing #DnD (December 1983), #DragonMagazine published a mildly-mathematical article asserting #ADnD coins must therefore be approximately the size of an Eisenhower dollar coin. This conclusion also amused me, and I never forgot it.