tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post7430775920238470884..comments2024-03-27T21:32:28.527-05:00Comments on The Other Side blog: This Old Dragon: Issue #83Timothy S. Brannanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-86281089269316070412021-04-25T19:44:27.503-05:002021-04-25T19:44:27.503-05:00I'm glad that a couple of you have found my ge...I'm glad that a couple of you have found my gemstones article useful over the years. TSR cut and pasted it, pretty much intact, into one of their hardback D&D Encyclopedias or whatever they were called, but didn't notify me, much less pay me anything or send me a copy."Orange Mike" Lowreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873590101675983279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-55911019576776139582021-04-25T19:43:54.876-05:002021-04-25T19:43:54.876-05:00I'm glad that a couple of you have found my ge...I'm glad that a couple of you have found my gemstones article useful over the years. TSR cut and pasted it, pretty much intact, into one of their hardback D&D Encyclopedias or whatever they were called, but didn't notify me, much less pay me anything or send me a copy."Orange Mike" Lowreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873590101675983279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-7897956464742098172017-09-19T23:40:36.670-05:002017-09-19T23:40:36.670-05:00I always enjoy reading these reviews (catching up ...I always enjoy reading these reviews (catching up on several now). Especially happy to see a shout-out to one of my favorite musicals here! #Chess2018 Nick Monittohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663166926529937695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-1348553561053290082017-08-21T04:47:37.286-05:002017-08-21T04:47:37.286-05:00Live and Let Die was my first Bond movie, too. I&#...Live and Let Die was my first Bond movie, too. I'm not a Bond fan but it has it all: Baron Samedi, crocs and a shark!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01624102953631910102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-71141368947162422742017-08-18T10:31:05.540-05:002017-08-18T10:31:05.540-05:00One of the best covers of all time (though I still...One of the best covers of all time (though I still don't quite get the dog-bishop)!<br /><br />And I remember the excitement about finally getting a peek inside the Hut! Who remembers the T-34, lol.Spudeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680144686473794709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-7245919036266284632017-08-17T23:51:40.679-05:002017-08-17T23:51:40.679-05:00This is one of the few issues of Dragon that I'...This is one of the few issues of Dragon that I've kept in dead-tree form, almost entirely because of The Dancing Hut (with the gems article and its color illos being the rest of it). <br /><br />I reread the module very recently, when i dug out the issue for reference for a LEGO model contest. Moore filled that thing to the gills with some pretty crazy stuff! From what little I know about Baba Yaga's appearance in Pathfinder, I'd say this adventure had aa great deal of influence on that version.Tim Emrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03140732247799671326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-79508221322911154772017-08-17T19:03:43.678-05:002017-08-17T19:03:43.678-05:00Yup. I posted about it about last month.Yup. I <a href="http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2016/06/iggwilv-witch-queen-of-perrenland.html" rel="nofollow">posted about it about last month</a>.<br />Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-21880444073679470602017-08-17T17:01:58.371-05:002017-08-17T17:01:58.371-05:00Wait, wait, what?! Iggwilv is the daughter of Baba...Wait, wait, what?! Iggwilv is the daughter of Baba Yaga? Where is that info?<br /><br />Probably the only chess-cover Dragon I didn't own back when they were first published (I might have picked up a copy a few years ago). But, boy I was sure I'd seen that Baba Yaga adventure somewhere else...was there another adventure set in the Dancing Hut? In a different issue?<br /><br />Bond is a great RPG, though it would perhaps be less effective with the more recent Craig films (it loves its gadgets from the Moore era). It is, unfortunately, not a great RPG for group play, but it can work great for one or two players...especially if they are fans of the Bond subgenre of spy films.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-9196826030545386572017-08-17T09:09:51.068-05:002017-08-17T09:09:51.068-05:00@Joseph, I'll have to grab that too. This is...@Joseph, I'll have to grab that too. <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product/143386/Baba-Yagas-Hut?affiliate_id=10748" rel="nofollow">This is the one I wanted to use</a>, but never got it built. <br /><br />@Michael, The paper Dancing Hut I posted above then is perfect. <br />James Bond is moving up on my list of game to try before I die! ;)Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-39531526572252162192017-08-17T08:52:19.914-05:002017-08-17T08:52:19.914-05:00Economics issues means I'm moving on to paper ...Economics issues means I'm moving on to paper minis for the foreseeable future, but man do Reaper make excellent miniatures. I avoid their spinners at the 2 FLGS only because I want to walk out with all I can carry. :)Zudrak (Michael G.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13516066174600510254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-31215276867716375312017-08-17T08:50:00.634-05:002017-08-17T08:50:00.634-05:00Excellent article, Tim. My experience with the Jam...Excellent article, Tim. My experience with the James Bond game is similar. I played it once but never owned it. I remember preferring Top Secret to it but hindsight and learning more about the game via Internet reading since tells me I should have gotten it to influence my TS game, at the very least. The chase and skills mechanics, I understand, are terrific.<br /><br />I need to run that Baba Yaga adventure as well. So many good gems in Dragon Magazine. /segue/ I like the idea of using gems as currency so folks aren't carting hundreds of pounds of coinage around. As to storage of magical properties... Man, I need to dig out my issue 83 now.<br /><br />Thanks for whetting my Dragon reading appetite, Tim! Zudrak (Michael G.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13516066174600510254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-45244659107130016672017-08-17T07:54:45.326-05:002017-08-17T07:54:45.326-05:00By sheerest coincidence, Reaper Minis just added B...By sheerest coincidence, Reaper Minis just added Baba Yaga's Hut as a $20 add-on for their current "Reaper Bones" Kickstarter. And it looks amazing. It's one of the two figures from this KS I'm getting.Greyhawk Grognardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929743865700766901noreply@blogger.com