Zenopus wrote in Early TSR/D&D advertisements & catalogs:Last October I transcribed the text of the Dungeon Key and Example of Play (partial) using the scan of page 4 posted on Tome of Treasures. I posted this in the Classic Forum on Dragonsfoot:Dragonsfoot • View topic - Dungeons of the Ground Goblins [OD&D]grodog, if you can supply the first part of the Example of Play, I'll add it to what I posted over there.grodog wrote: I have no idea what PCC stands for, but it seems to account for another, local-US instance of this ad/article, at least.People's Computer Company?People's Computer Company - WikipediaDigiBarn Documents: People's Computer Company NewslettersThe second site is linked from the wikipedia page. It has covers scans (and some articles) from their newsletter, which looks like a newspaper in some editions. If you click on the Nov-Dec 1978, there's a scanned 3-page article on Runequest.DigiBarn Newsletters: Runequest in People's Computers Nov-Dec 1978....Continuing the search...I think this is it:The PCC Games ListV5N2 September 1976 * P. 02 Star Trek (six pages of stuff sent by readers, edited by Mellow Flash) * P. 08 But It's Fun, But It's Educational: Computer Games in the Classroom by Joanne Koltnow Verplank * P. 16 PLANETS by Mac Oglesby. BASIC listing and sample run. * P. 18 Journey to the Center of the Earth by Andrew A. Aronson. BASIC listing and sample run. * P. 20 Dungeons & Dragons by Steve Jackson. Description, information, ... * P. 30 Crossword Puzzle by Frank Armbruster * P. 31 Hats by Frank Armbruster. BASIC listing and sample run.This is from an index Bob Albrecht (PCC founder) created with the gaming contents of the early PCC issues. Other issues of possible interest to D&D/RPG collectors:V4N4 January 1976* P. 25 Flying Buffalo by Rick Loomis. Descriptions of play-by-mail games and tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons V4N5 March-April 1976* P. 11 Good Gaming. Descriptions of role-playing and board games: Dungeons & Dragons, Tunnels & Trolls, Stellar Conquest, and Empire of the Petal ThroneThis page on the same site has similar information, plus discussing Dave Arneson:Links and ResourcesThe dragon notes: My good friend Dave Arneson is the creator of Dungeons & Dragons. Check out his web site: The world of Blackmoor & Dave Arneson creator of D&D, http://castleblackmoor.com/Also of interest:"Good Gaming!," a survey article about role-playing games, including D&D, appeared in PCC V4N5 Mar-Apr 1976. The 3-page article "Dungeons & Dragons" by Steve Jackson was reprinted by permission in PCC V5N2 Sep-Oct 1976.The last time I talked to Dave, he was teaching computer game design in...Amazing what's out there on the internet, just waiting to be found...in a perfect world, an index of every periodical ever published would be posted somewhere on the web.
grodog wrote: I have no idea what PCC stands for, but it seems to account for another, local-US instance of this ad/article, at least.
V5N2 September 1976 * P. 02 Star Trek (six pages of stuff sent by readers, edited by Mellow Flash) * P. 08 But It's Fun, But It's Educational: Computer Games in the Classroom by Joanne Koltnow Verplank * P. 16 PLANETS by Mac Oglesby. BASIC listing and sample run. * P. 18 Journey to the Center of the Earth by Andrew A. Aronson. BASIC listing and sample run. * P. 20 Dungeons & Dragons by Steve Jackson. Description, information, ... * P. 30 Crossword Puzzle by Frank Armbruster * P. 31 Hats by Frank Armbruster. BASIC listing and sample run.
V4N4 January 1976* P. 25 Flying Buffalo by Rick Loomis. Descriptions of play-by-mail games and tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons V4N5 March-April 1976* P. 11 Good Gaming. Descriptions of role-playing and board games: Dungeons & Dragons, Tunnels & Trolls, Stellar Conquest, and Empire of the Petal Throne
The dragon notes: My good friend Dave Arneson is the creator of Dungeons & Dragons. Check out his web site: The world of Blackmoor & Dave Arneson creator of D&D, http://castleblackmoor.com/Also of interest:"Good Gaming!," a survey article about role-playing games, including D&D, appeared in PCC V4N5 Mar-Apr 1976. The 3-page article "Dungeons & Dragons" by Steve Jackson was reprinted by permission in PCC V5N2 Sep-Oct 1976.The last time I talked to Dave, he was teaching computer game design in...
grodog wrote in Early TSR/D&D advertisements & catalogs:grodog wrote:Better than that, I scanned the entire article. If anyone has a copy of the UK version, it would be interesting to compare the two, to see if any differences exist (beyond the simple dialectic ones). edit: I'll have to repost it, looks like the filename's not working right Fixed: http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/te ... eprint.pdf
grodog wrote:Better than that, I scanned the entire article. If anyone has a copy of the UK version, it would be interesting to compare the two, to see if any differences exist (beyond the simple dialectic ones). edit: I'll have to repost it, looks like the filename's not working right
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FoulFoot wrote in Early TSR/D&D advertisements & catalogs:There's a link to it on the Supermodules page Supermodules (just above the words "Expanded Description").Foul
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