The Dragon 3

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In the article on p. 4, Gary Gygax speculates that the play-by-mail game War of the Empires, which came out in 1966, is the oldest Science Fiction wargame. The Finieous Fingers comic strip first sees the light of day with a dramatically ironic treatment of Hear Noise.

The Dragon Issue #3, Vol. I,No. 3

title The Dragon subtitle The magazine of Fantasy, Swords & Sorcery and Science Fiction Gaming publisher TSR date October 1976 editor Tim Kask cover artist Seaton/Janci format staple-bound magazine pages 32 preceded by The Dragon 2 followed by The Dragon 4

front table of contents

CONTENTS

• ARTICLES
  • Dragon Rumbles
  • War of the Empires: PMB Space Game, Gary Gygax
  • Women & Magic: Ladies in D&D, Len Lakofka
  • The Search for the Gnome Cache: Chapters Three and Four, Garrison Ernst
  • Birth Tables for D&D, Brad Stock, Brian Lane
  • The Adventures of Finieous Fingers and Fred and Charly Or How Not To Listen At Doorways..., J.D.
  • Wargaming World
  • Mapping the Dungeons
  • Out on a Limb

• A Plethora of Obscure Sub-Classes
  • Healers, C. Hettlestad
  • Scribes: New Specialist Described, David Mumper
  • Samurai, Mike Childers, Jeff Key
  • A New View of Dwarves, Larry Smith
  • New D&D Character Subclass: The Beserker, Jon Pickens

• Two Penultimate Sub-Classes
  • The Idiot Class, Gordon Davidson
  • The New Category: Jesters!, Charles Carner, William Cannon, Pete Simon

• Tournament News
  • GenCon IX's D&D Elimination Tournament, Bob Blake
  • Strategist's Club Awards for '75