Artistic Arcana: Greg Bell Before TSR
It is no exaggeration to say that Greg Bell was effectively the first staff artist of Tactical Studies Rules. Not…
Artistic Arcana: The Impostor Lizardman
Old school Dungeons & Dragons fans know that Greg Bell's beloved lizardman from the inside cover of Greyhawk (1975) served as…
D&D in the News (1976): You’re either a Fighter, Magic-user, Cleric, or Thief
If anything could draw the attention of the mainstream press of 1976 to an obscure pastime like Dungeons & Dragons, it…
A Forgotten Variant: Sir Pellinore’s Game
Of the gamers who assembled and self-published variant fantasy role-playing rules in the 1970s, few showed the dedication of Michael…