tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post4983919702388998175..comments2024-03-28T17:48:19.196-05:00Comments on The Other Side blog: This Old Dragon: Issue #84Timothy S. Brannanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-9324335842135534742018-02-15T23:16:44.168-06:002018-02-15T23:16:44.168-06:00Tim---
I was reading Inniss' familiars articl...Tim---<br /><br />I was reading Inniss' familiars article in the Dragon Archive, and discovered that the final page of the familiar descriptions is screwed up. Can you please pull out your physical copy (mine's somewhere in my attic...), and look at page 17, to see if <br /><br />1) the entry for the Toad has any text after "They eat insects, but larger" (last words in the PDF article column 1)<br />2) the entry for Weasel has any text after "feet in length, tail included, but they are"<br />3) and the final line of column 3 seems to be missing too; what we can read is "find themselves. For example, in the age of" but that connect with the text atop page 18.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Allan.<br /><br />My assumption is that the archive scannergrodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800184312511280050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-15935842575791206132017-07-06T12:18:01.057-05:002017-07-06T12:18:01.057-05:00Wasn't crazy about the cover on this one, but ...Wasn't crazy about the cover on this one, but it had a dungeon in the middle and a new race for Star Frontiers, so I had to have it.<br /><br />I remember things were getting "slick" by this time, shiny and chrome in RPGs. More color, more graphic splendor, but not quite to the coffee-table books we'd see in six or so years. But definitely a precursor to the look-and-feel of 2e.<br /><br />I don't remember that rakshasa article at all! I'm shocked, because I do remember the dungeon (too many jokes; was deeply disappointed) and the Zethra (pronounced by me and my crew as ZEE-thra for some reason) were a minor part of my SF adventures afterwards.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-26125841781359899472017-04-21T00:08:48.341-05:002017-04-21T00:08:48.341-05:00You are hitting my sweet spot of Dragon. My first...You are hitting my sweet spot of Dragon. My first issue was a gift of #76 and then I went back and found #72 at a Walden Books. Then I got #79 somewhere along the way. <br /><br />I distinctly remember getting #84 and #85 at a bookstore while on a summer road trip with my parents and devouring them in the backseat of the car, and loving the cover art of #84 especially. <br /><br />It was only six more issues until my Grandma gave me a gift subscription for my birthday with #90, which lasted until the physical copy of Dragon ended with #359 I think.Martin R. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-61003229981985090872017-04-20T21:31:00.981-05:002017-04-20T21:31:00.981-05:00I love these Dragon revisitations! My buddy and I ...I love these Dragon revisitations! My buddy and I have co-DM'd both parts of The Twofold Talisman at GaryCon the last couple of years. Always a blast!tsw512https://www.blogger.com/profile/02785906831809940443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-91411157696458099822017-04-20T16:46:14.268-05:002017-04-20T16:46:14.268-05:00Shortly after this issue went live, one of my play...Shortly after this issue went live, one of my players, "Thezbar the Thaumaturge" ended up with a KINKAJOU as a familiar!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05520777835960549818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-80662660188358904382017-04-20T13:42:08.644-05:002017-04-20T13:42:08.644-05:00Right in my wheelhouse as I remember buying that c...Right in my wheelhouse as I remember buying that copy from the comic book store. I went there for two things: Dragon Magazine and Groo the Wanderer. :)<br /><br />As I said on an earlier blog of yours, I need to read these again. It is eerie now reading them, knowing what was going on behind the scenes leading up to late 1985. No cracks in TSR showed as of yet. As I was just 11 when this issue released, much of it went over my youthful head. I must have enjoyed reading it because I had started with #76 and never stopped buying them until issue 115 or so (except for the odd issue I would miss because it sold out before I was able to make the trip to the store).<br /><br />As we began playing games in addition to AD&D (Marvel Superheroes, Gamma World 2e, Star Frontiers, Top Secret, Twilight 2000), we thought we were entering the golden age, not leaving it.<br /><br />20/20 hindsight proves otherwise.Zudrak (Michael G.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13516066174600510254noreply@blogger.com