I'm new to these boards, so I hope I'm posting this in the right place.

I was looking at the Acaeum page for the Chainmail miniatures rules, and an interesting quote attracted my attention in the write-up of first edition (1971)

"In fact, this version contains only six spells, which were expanded to 20 in later prints"

Two questions:
1. Does anyone know which 6 spells were in this edition.
2. My third edition, forth printing (1977) rules only contain 16 spells. Were another four spells added later on, and can anyone give me a write-up for the late adds

harami2000 wrote:Welcome to the board!

Thanks, and thank you for such a speedy reply! This question had been bugging me for a long time!

Well, I just thought it was interesting that the "offical" Acadum write-up mentioned 20 spells but my version only had 16. Made me wonder if 20 was a typo or if more were added later, which seemed strange since (as you stated) it appears that all 3rd Edition rules sets were pretty much identical.

By the way -- your point about Fireball and Lighting Bolt was a good one. If I remember correctly, my list of 16 does not include either and they are listed in the missile attack section, so I guess that makes my total 18.

Still not sure where they got #19 adn #20, though.  :?

Thread necromancy: I'd like to know the list of creatures in the fantasy supplement, in version 1 and 2?

Thanks a lot! It seems the list is the same than in 3d. I remember a quote from Dave Arneson (in FFC I think) about only 6 monsters in 1st edition.

Also, I'd like to know if the 5 "levels" of wizards are allready there, and if the numbers for armor (above the range weapon table) in the man-to-man combat table are already in 2nd?