I am now heading into another important entry to the Appendix N. Andre Norton is one of only three women Gygax mentions. We are also gettin...

“The trouble began when the first witch was hounded and stoned to death by the first savage man. It will go on till the last witch is dead. ...

After the previous Witches of Appendix N did not yield any authentic witches, I decided to move ahead to two entries I already know offer s...

Philip José Farmer had one of the most enduring legacies on the earliest days of Dungeons & Dragons; the endless underground dungeons. H...

Michael Moorcock is easily one of the biggest influences on Dungeons & Dragons. Certainly, his contributions rival those of Howard or To...

 In my rereading of many of the classic Appendix N titles, I have come around again to Jack Vance's Dying Earth . The Dying Earth genre ...

 In my coverage of the Witches of Appendix N, I have shown you Robert E. Howard’s decadent sorceresses, Lin Carter's dangerous enchantre...

There is only one entry for John Bellairs in Gygax's Appendix N; 1969's  The Face in the Frost. I decided to read this to see what o...

 It is the start of October and time for another foundational author for D&D from Gary's Appendix N. As always with this feature I a...

When we talk about the foundations of Dungeons & Dragons, the names that come up most often are the obvious ones: Robert E. Howard, J.R...