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I came across another interesting D&D article while pilfering old copies of White Dwarf magazine. This article appeared in the very first issue of White Dwarf. So we are travelling back to the summer of 1977, just 3 years after D&D came out and already its popularity is rising in the UK. The article in question is titled "D&D Campaigns" and was written by Lewis Pulsipher. What I found interesting about it is that it illuminates the state of play at that time in the UK and the challenges of the ambiguity of the original rules. It's also interest to imagine what differences there were in the UK approach having most likely been introduced to the game at a time when all the supplements were available. UK OD&D Campaigns Discussed in White Dwarf #1 In summary the article introduces a three-part series on running Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, aimed at aspiring or novice referees (Dungeon Masters). It provides insights into campaign philosophy, mechanics, and ...

It's no secret to most avid solo roleplay (or "roll" play) enthusiasts that enjoy old school that random dungeon generation has been around since at least the spring of 1975 and can be attributed to the co-creator of D&D, Gary Gygax himself. If you're familiar with any of my content then you'll know that from time to time I mention Gary's method as it appeared in the TSR newsletter known as Strategic Review (the first issue to be exact). What is perhaps less known is another method introduced in the Autumn of 1977. This method of generating random dungeons on the fly was published in the third ever issue of UK's White Dwarf magazine. Famous these days for focusing solely on Warhammer products, but interestingly enough at its inception it was focused primarily on Dungeons & Dragons. Roger Moores'’ "Solo Dungeon Mapping" from White Dwarf #3 Roger Moores'’ "Solo Dungeon Mapping" from White Dwarf #3 (November 1977) presents ...

There are many examples of “gods, demi-gods and heroes” listen in the final OD&D supplement written by Rob Kuntz and James Ward, but throughout the previous OD&D books there are also various clues pointing to some implied or supposed deities, belief systems, and mythologies that might be expanded upon also. It’s evident that many of these “snippets” of information will have later been fleshed out in AD&D and the official material pertaining to the world of Greyhawk. However, it’s interesting to see what was mentioned prior to 1979 and think about how these various scraps of information might have fuelled the imaginations of the early adopters of D&D. Implied, Supposed & Suggested OD&D Pantheons It’s a given that D&D was heavily inspired by various works of pulp fantasy and science fiction. We are all familiar with Appendix N, but there was actually an earlier list in Dungeon Magazine #4: “Anderson, Poul (Three Hearts and Three Lions) Blackwood, Algernon Brac...