You have the full scan of the back, because thats one I was missing. (this and the other thread got me look again at the file )

This is at the back of the 1st print of Set One:

This MONSTER AND TREASURE ASSORTMENT (Levels One to Three)
is one of a set and is designed as a playing aid for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS.
By using the assortment lists, game judges can generate any number of ap-
propriate monsters or treasure simply by dice rolling - thus saving time in
play and preparation.
This item is only one of the many popular playing aids for DUNGEONS
& DRAGONS produced by TSR Hobbies, Inc. Other D & D accessory items
currently available include:

Dungeon Geomorphs, Set One (Basic Dungeon)                  $2.49
Dungeon Geomorphs, Set Two (Caves & Caverns)                  $2.49
Dungeon Geomorphs, Set Three (Lower Dungeon)                  $2.49

Other future releases include several Outdoor Geomorphs sets (Walled City,
Castle/Fortress), additional Geomorphs sets (Ruins), and further Monster
and Treasure Assortments (for Levels Four to Six and Levels Seven to Nine).
Plus special Geomorphs for use with miniature figures!

TSR Hobbies publishes a complete line of fantasy, science fiction, and
historical games and rules A complete catalog on the entire selection of TSR
items is available for $2.00 (refundable on the first order of miniature
figures) from TSR Hobbies,  POB 756, Lake Geneva, WI 53147.

ShaneG.

I wonder if the Miniatures Geomorphs morphed into the Adventure Squares that were on the backs of TSR AD&D miniatures blister cards?  There were a dog's breakfast of interchangeable squares included with these.

Just a thought.

The Egg

Because everything in the world must eventually have a tribute page, here's a page about adventure squares:

http://members.shaw.ca/figs/AdventureSquares.html

That page only shows AD&D squares. The Star Frontiers squares were high-tech rooms with computers and floor hatches (spaceship interiors?), while the TSR Classics (Boot Hill, Gamma World, Gangbusters, Top Secret) squares seem to have been generic contemporary buildings.

Speaking of vaporware for miniatures, I've got an old TSR customer survey (which came out of a box of their minis, I think) that asks some goofy questions about scenery sets for use with AD&D and Star Frontiers miniatures.  Apparently, somebody at TSR was thinking about getting into the scenery business.

Egg of Coot wrote:I wonder if the Miniatures Geomorphs morphed into the Adventure Squares that were on the backs of TSR AD&D miniatures blister cards?  There were a dog's breakfast of interchangeable squares included with these.

Just a thought.

The Egg

I commend you for working in the phrase "dog's breakfast."  I shall have to remember to use that one myself.

Mark  

deimos3428 wrote:However, my M&TA Set One, first printing does have this text.  I don't know if that's particularly unique, but I figured it was worth mentioning.  Can anyone else confirm whether the miniature figures geomorph line appears on their M&TA Set One first printing?  We may have another variation there, if not.

See my post above, the 1st print of Set One does have this line.

ShaneG.

sleepyCO wrote:Contrarian, any way to put a scan of that TSR survey up here?

Sure, why not?  This is already a thread-of-big-images anyway, so here's a quick scan of a very yellowed survey (it's been sitting in the bottom of my "to paint" box for 20 years!).

The 2 questions about "scenics" are both on the back, but I'll include the front, too, because it has some interesting questions.  It kinda looks like TSR was trying to figure out if their minis were attracting new miniatures gamers, or just people who were already collecting miniatures.  (Of course, as we all know now, they weren't really attracting anybody.)



And here's the scenery question.  Sounds like it was going to be a modular system.



Note, also, the rare mention of "Uncle" Duke Seifried, the VP in charge of miniatures at TSR.  Google for the name if you don't know who he is.

I think I got this survey in the RPGA miniatures set, which I actually bought straight from the Network when I was a teenager.

Thanks contrarian for the scan!

Interesting to note that under "AD&D Scenics" there was no "Village of Hommlet" and no "Keep on the Borderlands" (although there IS a "Keep of the Ancient King"); I realize those were D&D not AD&D, but . . ..

Also, to add to zhowar's post:  "Misty Mountain" and (I think) "Goblin Gate" are from "The Hobbit" &/or "The Lord Of the Rings" trilogy.

zhowar wrote:Lock Lomond is a lake in Scotland.

There is also a Loch Lomond in Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada.

The Egg

Go to TSR Archive,   http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/

They have great info about the number of pages and maps, etc, included with all modules and accessories.  They are not 100% correct, but pretty good.