The Dragon 18

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The Dragon Issue #18, Vol. III, No. 4

title The Dragon publisher TSR date Sept. 1978 editor Tim Kask cover artist Dean Morrissey format staple-bound magazine pages 32 preceded by The Dragon 17 followed by The Dragon 19

front table of contents

CONTENTS

• Features
  • Traveller...surviving is the name of the game, Edward C. Cooper
  • The Childhood & Youth of the Gray Mouser—fiction feature, Harry O. Fischer

• Variants
  • Insanity—A method for madness, Kevin Thompson
  • New Spells in D&D—Pandora's box?, Paul Suliin
  • Chamber of the Godgame—testing your players' alignments, Mick McAllister
  • Monkish Weapons—Oriental Weapons Combat, Garry Eckert
  • Effective Use of Poison—new ideas on usage/effects, Bill Coburn
  • NPC Characteristics—greed, ego & pride

• Reviews
  • Traveller, Tony Watson
  • The Emerald Tablet, Dave Minch
  • Imperium, Dave Minch
  • Pellic Quest, James M. Ward
  • Cosmic Encounter, Dave Minch
  • Alpha Omega, Dave Minch
  • Fantasy Forge—phigure photos

• Design/Designer's Forum
  • Magic: Governed by Theory—"laws" of magic, Thomas A. McCloud
  • Boot Hill Town Design—giving your BH campaign a solid basis, Mike Crane
  • Sorceror's Scroll—beginning Gamma World, James M. Ward, Gary Jaquet
  • Boot Hill Birth Tables—establishing PC family background, Stephen Blair
  • Campaign Mixing—little o'this, little o'that—mixed well, James M. Ward

• Dragon Mirth
  • Finieous Fingers
  • Wormy
  • All-Star Snits