The Talented Mr. Carroll

Issue #39 of White Dwarf saw the introduction of Dave Langford’s Critical Mass book review column. While other columns came and went over the years, Critical Mass was a mainstay of the magazine, one of the first pages you turned to with a new issue. Until its demise in issue #106, the column was the place to go for Dave Langford’s acerbic and irreverent opinions on the new releases in the worlds of science fiction and fantasy. Which is not to say Mr. Langford didn’t bestow praise when it was deserved – oh no, he recognised talent alright, and introduced me, and I suspect many other readers, to a number of authors I otherwise might never have encountered. First among these is undoubtedly: Jonathan Carroll.

Jonathan Carroll is easily my favourite contemporary writer. His novels are usually referred to as ‘modern fantasy’ or ‘magic realism’, but he defies obvious classification, examining themes like love, family, magic and metaphysics. He can enthrall us (Bones of the Moon), move us (Outside the Dog Museum) and shock us (Black Cocktail) – his compelling stories are always centred on engaging, real characters, who it’s a joy to spend time with.

His latest novel, Mr. Breakfast, is a wonderful example of his art. A failed comedian gets the chance to see different possible lives, and with this knowledge to then choose his future. To say too much more would spoil the surprises in store, suffice to say it’s a beautifully constructed novel. But not in the way that a Swiss watch is constructed – it’s more like a Jenga tower, with blocks pulled out and and reinserted in surprising, unusual positions, and yet still it stands, held up by its own internal logic. An engaging, exciting, often funny, story, it considers the question of what it is to lead a good life, and examines how the past, present and future of our lives are connected, how moments, phrases and thoughts can recur and echo through the years. Jonathan Carroll even turns that conceit on himself at one point in the novel. Highly recommended.

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The Dice Men Cometh

Sometimes it felt like it would never see the light of day, like it was eternally trapped, wandering the gloomy corridors of Zagor’s maze, but after five long years, gamers across the land have finally got their hands on Dice Men, by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson. And boy, was it worth the wait.

Billed as the origin story of Games Workshop, if you’re a grognard of a certain vintage, you may be wondering: haven’t I heard this tale before? Well, to an extent, you may have, but it’s told by Ian Livingstone with such an engaging, conversational tone, that you’re happy to hear it all over again; this isn’t a dry history, it’s a friendly chat with Ian, like being down the pub with your mates, listening to anecdotes you’ve heard many times before, but loving every minute, smiling at the recollections.

And among the familiar stories, there are numerous new anecdotes and personal details to enjoy: Ian’s letter to his parents in the early days of the company, letting them know he was still alive, but homeless; Steve Jackson’s quest for the red box version of Warlord; his and Ian’s epic coast-to-coast wheeler-dealing USA road trip; the occasional mis-step with Games Workshop’s own board games; to name just a few. Occasionally you’re left wanting more, although you do have to remember that these are recollections from 40-odd years ago!

The book is a real feast for the eyes, starting with Ian McCaig’s cover, a clever reworking of his design for Games Workshop’s carrier bags. The many “behind the scenes” photographs wonderfully evoke the late 70s / early 80s era, and the smiling faces of the personalities involved bring a real human dimension to the company’s story, while the beautifully reproduced artwork from the games and publications trigger so many memories. The book contains a number of one-off rarities too, like Ian Livingstone’s first D&D dungeon, and the maps they drew up when writing The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. It all adds up to a sumptuous volume, one to lose yourself in as you’re swept away on a tide of nostalgia.

Reading it through, what struck me was that Games Workshop’s ascent was no accident – it was driven by the smart business acumen of Ian and Steve in those early days. Business acumen with a friendly British face though; the book features a roster of names of the great and the good in gaming – Gary Gygax, Don Turnbull, Russ Nicholson, Albie Fiore, Bryan Ansell, Jamie Thomson, among many others – and Ian has warm words for each, recalling them all with affection. And underlying everything is Ian and Steve’s love of gaming – a life-long passion that they wanted to share with as many people as possible.

If you ever opened an issue of White Dwarf and marvelled at the magic within, if you ever rolled dice around the Talisman board (maybe your game is still going on?), if you’re a 40K warmonger and have wondered what Games Workshop did back in the day – this is the book for you.

By gamers, for gamers.

The Marcus L. Rowland White Dwarf Index

Nineteen scenarios, twenty six articles, nine different roleplaying games, one man: Marcus L Rowland.

To coincide with The Grognard Files podcast interview with the man himself (Episode 49), here’s an index of all his many contributions to White Dwarf during its RPG hey day. (I’ve not included his many reviews in Open Box; those are all listed here.)

He could seemingly turn his hand to just about anything. Whether it was investigating the machinations of Cthulhu cultists, righting wrongs while dressed in spandex, or busting perps on the mean streets of Mega-City One, his contributions to White Dwarf always featured a great mix of action, intrigue and humour.

So, dig out the old issues, and find your favourites from the list below. You won’t be disappointed.

Issue	Feature	Notes
24	Detectives	AD&D character class for budding Miss Marples and Philip Marlowes.
26	The Dungeon Master’s Guide to the Galaxy	Space travel, AD&D-style.
27	The Dungeon at the End of the Universe	Other spaceships? Shoot ’em out of the sky! AD&D space combat.
28	Operation Counterstrike	War of the Worlds-inspired AD&D scenario. Bring a magnifying glass.
29	This Is, Of Course, Impossible	Time travel in AD&D.
32	Slower Than Light Ships	Who needs FTL travel in Traveller?
35	Green Horizon	Traveller scenario pitting space marsupials against the Nazis.
36	Sector and Starburst	Traveller programs for the ZX81. For you to type in!
37	Bloodsuckers	Vampire ecology in AD&D.
39	Slayground	Superhero shenanigans at the funfair in this scenario for Champions.
40	The Eagle Hunt	Infiltrate an assassins’ guild HQ in this AD&D scenario.
41	Assignment: Freeway Deathride	White Dwarf’s one-and-only Car Wars scenario.
42-43	Cthulhu Now!	Call of Cthulhu brought into the brave new world of the 1980s.
42	Careers in Traveller	More ZX81 code for your delectation.
44	On ICE	Dodgy dealings with an interstellar charter organisation for Traveller.
45	Stop, Thief!!	The ideal thieves’ toolkit for AD&D.
48	Database	Everything you wanted to know about computers in Traveller, but were too afraid to ask.
50	Have Computer, Will Travel	Still got your ZX81? Here’s a Traveller vehicle design program just for you.
52-55	The Name of the Game	A comprehensive introduction to the RPG scene of the 1980s.
55	The Edge of Infinity	Variant universes in Traveller.
58	Strikeback	Superheroes time travel back to the Victorian era in this scenario for Champions / Golden Heroes.
59	A Matter of Faith	Cults / ideologies for ‘modern day’ games.
60	Boarding Stations	Privateers in Science Fiction RPGs.
63	Draw the Blinds on Yesterday	Modern day Call of Cthulhu scenario – a passenger plane disappears. Where are we now?
64	Starfall	Star Trek scenario; highly illogical goings on in the Federation colonies.
69	The Surrey Enigma	1920s Call of Cthulhu scenario in England’s green and pleasant land.
70	The Price is Right	1920s British prices for Call of Cthulhu.
71	Tower Trouble	Sky-high heist in this scenario for Traveller.
72	Fear of Flying	Call of Cthulhu scenario aboard a 1920s airliner.
76	You’re Booked!	Budgeting and accountancy (!) in the Judge Dredd RPG.
77	The Cars That Ate Sanity	Can’t we go any faster? Car chase rules for Call of Cthulhu.
78	The Spungg Ones!	Mayhem-filled Judge Dredd scenario.
83	And Then Everything Went Black…	Knock-out fist fights in Call of Cthulhu.
84	The Examination	Christmas fun with the Miskatonic University RPG exam. Show your workings.
86	Curse of the Bone	Modern-day London is the backdrop for this toothsome Call of Cthulhu scenario.
86	The Trouble with Time	Time travel in the Judge Dredd RPG.
87	With a Pinch of Salt	Zombies in Call of Cthulhu.
88	The Paddington Horror	More zombies in this Call of Cthulhu scenario.
89	Do Troubleshooters Dream of Electric Sheep?	Pastoral bliss in this Paranoia scenario.
90	Green and Pleasant Language	British idioms and dialect for Call of Cthulhu.
91	Little Lost Warbot	Another Paranoia scenario, now with added Mexican daleks.
92	Thrice Upon a Time in Mega-City One	Scenario outlines for Judge Dredd.
93	All the Lonely People	Memorable NPCs for Judge Dredd.
94-96	To Live and Die in Mega-City One	Epic scenario for Judge Dredd.

The White Dwarf Covers Compendium

Here are all the White Dwarf covers, from issue 1 to 106 (when I stopped buying it), arranged and listed next to their credited artist. It’s a veritable feast of RPG artwork (albeit in thumbnail form).

The great Chris Achilleos has the most covers, with a whopping 13, followed by John Blanche and Emmanuel with 6 each. For those artists who did provide multiple covers, it’s interesting to see them side-by-side, to identify their styles and common themes, and in some cases to see how their style developed over time. The biggest gap is for Jim Burns, who after the somewhat notorious cover for issue 44 had to wait a long time until his next, for 103.

On that note, I decided I would include a small thumbnail of each of the covers, however questionable a few of them are now (and were back then). Please don’t take their inclusion as an endorsement of the image.

Some well-renowned artists like Rodney Matthews, Gary Chalk and Ian Miller only ever had one cover, which is a bit of a surprise, and there are a few others like Dave Pether and Ken Kelly who I’d have liked to see more from.

But enough waffle, on with the list.

Artist	Issues	Covers
Chris Beaumont	1, 6
Christopher Baker	2
Alan Hunter	3
John Blanche	4, 7, 11, 42, 79, 83
Polly Wilson	5
Derek Hayes	8
Christopher Perigo	9
Eddie Jones	10, 12, 13, 15, 22
Emmanuel	14, 23, 25, 34, 37, 40
Les Edwards	16, 19, 35, 55, 102
Angus McKie	17, 20, 49
Star Trek the Motion Picture	18
Robert Adams	21
Dave Pether	24
Iain McCaig	26, 51, 96
Alan Craddock	27, 48, 52, 71
Terry Oakes	28, 50
Andrew George	29, 33
Nicholas Bibby	30, 38, 39
Alan Howcroft	31
Jim Burns	32, 43, 44, 103
Brian Bolland	36
John Harris	41
Gary Ward	45
Gary Mayes	46
Gary Chalk	47
Angus Fieldhouse	53, 85, 104
Peter Andrew Jones	54, 59, 64, 76, 97
Chris Achilleos	56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 77, 78, 81, 89, 91, 94
Tweddell	57
Gino D’Achille	63
Mark Bromley	67, 69
Brian Williams	68, 70
Lee Gibbons	72, 73, 75
Frank Brunner	74, 87
Ken Kelly	80
John Sibbick	82, 90, 93, 95, 100
Ian Miller	84
Rodney Matthews	86
David Gallagher	88, 92, 105, 106
Dave Andrews	98
Collective Creativity Inc.	99
Colin Dixon	101

Hacking White Dwarf: The Sunfire’s Heart

 

Keehar, one of the presenters of the old Dissecting Worlds podcast, has been running old White Dwarf adventures using David Black’s ‘The Black Hack’; check out his and his players’ thoughts on the two-part epic The Sunfire’s Heart here: https://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/the-sunfires-heart-white-dwarf-56-57-spoilers/.

Just goes to show, even after 36 years, White Dwarf remains the RPG magazine that keeps on giving.

As an aside, when I came out of The Deep Freeze™ a few years ago and got back into RPGs, it was a game of Gangbusters GMed by Keehar at Grogmeet 2016 that persuaded me to have a go at GMing again myself. It was a really enjoyable game, and he made it all seem like a lot of fun.

Top 10 White Dwarf Covers of the 1980s

I couldn’t resist. Ben McVay on Film Goblin posted his top 10 Dragon covers of the 1980s. So, here’s my pick of the top 10 covers of White Dwarf magazine from that decade; dare I say it, a more eclectic and idiosyncratic mix than those of its US contemporary.

My list is in chronological, rather than any kind of preference, order. And I’m bound to have missed out your favourites; let me know where I went wrong in the comments. Enjoy.

White Dwarf 19 (June / July 1980) – Les Edwards

White Dwarf 26 (Aug / Sept 1981) – Iain McCaig

White Dwarf 32 (Aug 1982) – Jim Burns

White Dwarf 42 (June 1983) – John Blanche

White Dwarf 46 (Oct 1983) – Gary Mayes

White Dwarf 57 (Sept 1984) – Tweddell

White Dwarf 60 (Dec 1984) – Chris Achilleos

White Dwarf 72 (Dec 1985) – Lee Gibbons

White Dwarf 78 (June 1986) – Chris Achilleos

White Dwarf 79 (July 1986) – Amazonia Gothique, John Blanche

Top Five Issues of White Dwarf

Over on that Twitter, @Smiffymark66 challenged me to name my top five issues of White Dwarf. Difficult, as that selection is always subject to change, but anyway, I came up with the following: 26, 35, 46, 79 and 94. Given that my blog offers me the luxury of more than 280 characters, I thought I’d take the opportunity to explain my choices a bit further.

Issue 26

Like many people, I suspect, the first ever issue of White Dwarf I bought is one of my top five. I’ve said it before, but I can’t overstate the impact this issue had on me. Up to that point, the only RPG material I’d read was the Holmes Basic D&D rule book. So, reading White Dwarf 26 for the first time, each page was full of amazing possibilities: new games, new ideas, new adventures came bursting out. This game, this whole hobby, was something completely different. Reading articles like Roger Musson’s The Dungeon Architect and Marcus Rowland’s The Dungeon Master’s Guide to the Galaxy, it was clear that people really thought about the game, adding depth and colour, and in turn this sparked off ideas in my own head. This issue also contained an excellent Traveller scenario, Amber to Red, and boasted not only a cover by Iain McCaig, but had all the articles illustrated by him. (Just check out his pictures for the Dire Tribes in that issue’s Fiend Factory. Wonderful.)

Issue 35

Another stand-out issue from the first golden age of White Dwarf. Many, many highlights in this issue, including: The Necromancer character class from Lew Pulsipher, a great, evocative and controversial AD&D class, that generated debate for many letters pages to come (and presumably why the issue has this Les Edwards cover); A Guide to Dungeon Mastering, more sage advice from Lew Pulsipher; the Traveller scenario Green Horizon, one of the most Marcus Rowland-esque scenarios from, er, Marcus Rowland, where space-faring marsupials take on the Nazis; and some great content in the regular departments like Starbase and Fiend Factory. At this time, White Dwarf was simply a must-buy for any role-player in the UK.

Issue 46

I picked this issue mainly as it contains my favourite part of one of my favourite article series: Dave Morris’s Dealing with Demons. Issue 46 focused on the terrifying demonic nobility; just the titles of some of these demons – The Lord Tsienra, Screaming Metal Spirit, Demon of Ferocity; His Demonic Majesty Adelmar, Lord of the Vaults of Eternity, Monarch of Demons – were enough to generate ideas for a whole campaign. Ostensibly for RuneQuest, the articles could be applied to many games, and not just the fantasy genre. Worth seeking out. The rest of the issue was pretty great too: one of the many parts of Daniel Collerton’s epic AD&D city series Irilian; an article on breathing life into the hackneyed concept of the wandering monster, Strangers in the Night, by Philip Palmer; and Phil Masters took a look at planetary governments in Traveller in Worldly Power. All this, and Thrud, The Travellers and Gobbledigook too.

Issue 79

Fast forward a few years, and White Dwarf hit another purple patch. This issue in particular stood out. Several articles were grouped around the theme The Power of the Mind: Steven Palmer took a fresh look at AD&D psionics in All in the Mind; Carl Sargent tackled Psi-Judges in the Judge Dredd RPG; and there was a great discussion by Phil Masters on the separation between player and character intelligence in Think About It! And there was even more: my favourite Call of Cthulhu scenario, Graeme Davis’s Ghost Jackal Kill, and some very funny, acerbic fiction parodies from Dave Langford. All contained in John Blanche’s iconic cover.

Issue 94

People tend to forget that right up until the end, just before it abandoned RPGs completely, White Dwarf was still putting out some great issues. Take this one for example: we had A Rough Night at the Three Feathers, an expertly-crafted, multi-layered adventure by Graeme Davis for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay; the beginning of Marcus Rowland’s epic Dredd scenario To Live and Die in Mega-City One; gladiatorial combat in The Coliseum for RuneQuest III; and from Rick Priestley, a small battle scenario called Skirmish on Rynn’s World for some game called Warhammer 40000. Not too sure about the cover though; I like much of Chris Achilleos’s artwork, but the lady in this picture looked confused and unsettled. Presumably she was wondering where her trousers were.

Make sure you also check out @alegisdownport‘s blog here, where they also tackle the thorny question: what are your top five issues of White Dwarf?

 

The Complete White Dwarf Open Box Index

Ever wondered in which issue White Dwarf reviewed Nomad Gods? Or who only gave Mercenaries, Spies & Private Eyes a measly score of 4? And when did Open Box notoriously review itself? Well, wonder no more.

This is an index of every product reviewed in the Open Box column of White Dwarf magazine, from issue #1 to issue #93, Sorcerer to Chase. Each entry lists the name of the product, the publisher, the type of the product, and the name of the reviewer (with their overall score out of ten if available).

[From issue #94, Open Box became Marginalia – this featured not so much reviews as adverts for Games Workshop-only products. After a while this struck even Games Workshop as a bit of a waste of time, and finished in issue #100. I haven’t included these entries.]

Issue	Product	Publisher	Type	Reviewer (Score)
1	Sorcerer	SPI	Wargame	Rob Thomasson (7)
	Starship Troopers	Avalon Hill	Wargame	Martin Easterbrook (9)
2	OGRE	Metagaming Concepts	Wargame	Martin Easterbrook (8)
	Lankhmar	TSR	Board game	Fred Hemmings (6)
	War of the Star Slavers	Attack Wargaming Assoc.	Wargame	Gary Porter (3)
	Tunnels and Trolls	Flying Buffalo	RPG rules	Lewis Pulsipher
3	Ready Reference Sheets	Judges Guild	RPG play aid (D&D)	Don Turnbull
	Judge’s Shield	Judges Guild	RPG play aid (D&D)	Don Turnbull
	TAC Cards	Judges Guild	RPG play aid (D&D)	Don Turnbull
	Tegel Manor	Judges Guild	RPG scenario (D&D)	Don Turnbull
	City State of the Invincible Overlord	Judges Guild	RPG setting (D&D)	Don Turnbull
	Character Chronicle Cards	Judges Guild	RPG play aid (D&D)	Don Turnbull
	First Fantasy Campaign	Judges Guild	RPG campaign (D&D)	Don Turnbull
	Citadel	Fantasy Games Unlimited	Wargame	Mike Westhead (7)
	Fourth Dimension	J. A. Ball & Co.	Board game	Fred Hemmings (7)
	Battle of the Five Armies	TSR	Wargame	Martin Easterbrook (5)
4	Nomad Gods	Chaosium	Wargame	Lew Pulsipher (9)
	Star Empires	TSR	Wargame	Martin Easterbrook (7)
	Dungeon!	TSR	Board game	Fred Hemmings (8)
	Melee	Metagaming Concepts	RPG rules	Martin Easterbrook (6)
5	Book of Monsters	Little Soldier	RPG rules	Lew Pulsipher
	Book of Demons	Little Soldier	RPG rules	Lew Pulsipher
	Book of Sorcery	Little Soldier	RPG rules	Lew Pulsipher
	War of the Ring	Fantasy Games Unlimited	Wargame	Mike Westhead (5)
	All the Worlds’ Monsters	Chaosium	RPG supplement (D&D)	Don Turnbull
6	Knights of the Round Table	Little Soldier	RPG rules	Lew Pulsipher
	Elric	Chaosium	Wargame	Gary Porter (7)
	Campaign Hexagon System	Judges Guild	RPG play aid	Don Turnbull
	Wilderlands of High Fantasy	Judges Guild	RPG setting (D&D)	Don Turnbull
	Dungeon Decor	Falchion Products	RPG play aid	Don Turnbull
	The Endless Dungeon	Wee Warriors	RPG play aid	Don Turnbull
	Labyrinthine	Falchion Products	Wargame	Don Turnbull
7	The Warlord Game	Robert Williams Games	Wargame	Don Turnbull
	The Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor	Judges Guild	RPG scenario (D&D)	Don Turnbull
	Bifrost Volume 1	Skytrex	RPG rules	Don Turnbull
	Lords and Wizards	Fantasy Games Unlimited	Wargame	Fred Hemmings (6)
	The Sorcerer’s Cave	Philmar	Board game	Ian Livingstone
	Cosmic Encounter	Eon Products	Board game	Fred Hemmings (8)
8	Space Marines	FanTac Games	Wargame	Mike Hodson-Smith
	The Monster Manual	TSR	RPG rules (AD&D)	Don Turnbull
	Starships & Spacemen	Fantasy Games Unlimited	RPG rules	Don Turnbull
	War of Wizards	TSR	Board game	Colin Wheeler
9	Superhero 44	Lou Zocchi	RPG rules	Eamon Bloomfield (6)
	Legions of the Petal Throne	TSR	Wargame rules	John Norris (6)
	G1 Steading of the Hill Giant Chief	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Don Turnbull (9)
	G2 Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Don Turnbull (9)
	G3 Hall of the Fire Giant King	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Don Turnbull (9)
	Citadel of Fire	Judges Guild	RPG scenario (D&D)	Don Turnbull (6)
10	Gamma World	TSR	RPG rules	Don Turnbull (9)
	The Realm of Yolmi	West Coast Games	RPG rules	Don Turnbull (2)
	Players Handbook	TSR	RPG rules (AD&D)	Don Turnbull (10)
	The Manual of Aurania	Singh, Wagner & Stehle	RPG play aid (D&D)	Don Turnbull (4)
11	Dimension Six	Dimension Six Inc.	Board game	Jacek Gabrielczyk (5)
	RuneQuest	Chaosium	RPG rules	Jim Donohoe (9)
	Middle Earth	SPI	Wargame	Bill Seligman (5)
	D1 Descent into the Depths of the Earth	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Don Turnbull (10)
	D2 Shrine of the Kuo-Toa	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Don Turnbull (10)
	D3 Vault of the Drow	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Don Turnbull (10)
12	Rapier & Dagger	Fantasy Games Unlimited	Combat rules	Don Turnbull (6)
	All the Worlds’ Monsters Volume II	Chaosium	RPG supplement (D&D)	Don Turnbull (5)
	The Arduin Grimoire Volumes I, II and III	Dave Hargrave	RPG supplement (D&D?)	Don Turnbull (4)
	Pellic Quest	Conflict Interaction Associates	PBM game	John Reynolds (7)
	Spellmaker	Gametime Games	Board game	Don Turnbull (6)
13	B1 In Search of the Unknown	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Don Turnbull (9)
	S1 Tomb of Horrors	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Don Turnbull (10)
	Dungeon Floor Plans	Games Workshop	RPG play aid	Peter Darvill-Evans (9)
14	Mercenary	GDW	RPG rules (Tr)	Don Turnbull (9)
	1001 Characters	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Don Turnbull (6)
	Balastor’s Barracks	Chaosium	RPG scenario (RQ)	Jim Donohoe (5)
	The Dragon Crown	Judges Guild	RPG scenario (D&D)	Don Turnbull (5)
	Of Skulls and Scrapfaggot Green	Judges Guild	RPG scenario (D&D)	Don Turnbull (7)
15	Ice War	Metagaming Microgames	Wargame	Don Turnbull (5)
	Black Hole	Metagaming Microgames	Wargane	Don Turnbull (9)
	King Arthur’s Knights	Chaosium	Board game	Jacek Gabrielczyk (7)
	Traveller Screen	Judges Guild	RPG play aid (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (7)
	The Traveller Logbook	Judges Guild	RPG play aid (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (9)
	Starships and Spacecraft	Judges Guild	RPG play aid (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (5)
	Animal Encounters	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (9)
16	Boot Hill	TSR	RPG rules	Dominic Beddow (8)
	Imperium	GDW	Wargame	Colin Reynolds (9)
	Snapshot	GDW	Combat rules (Tr)	Peter Darvill-Evans (8)
	Dungeon Masters Guide	TSR	RPG rules (AD&D)	Don Turnbull
17	Time War	Yaquinto Publications	Wargame	Don Turnbull (8)
	Under the Storm Giant’s Castle	Judges Guild	RPG scenario (D&D)	Don Turnbull (5)
	Dark Tower	Judges Guild	RPG scenario (D&D)	Don Turnbull (9)
	The Caverns of Thracia	Judges Guild	RPG scenario (D&D)	Don Turnbull (8)
	Operation Ogre	Judges Guild	RPG scenario (D&D)	Don Turnbull (5)
18	Darkover	Eon Products	Board game	John Olsen (9)
	Swordquest	Task Force Games	Wargame	John Lambshead (6)
	Dra’k’ne Station	Judges Guild	RPG scenario (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (8)
19	Starfire	Task Force Games	Wargame	Gordon Paterson (8)
	Magic Realm	Avalon Hill	Board game	Colin Reynolds (7)
	High Fantasy	Fantasy Productions Inc.	RPG rules	Don Turnbull (4)
	Fortress Ellendar	Fantasy Productions Inc.	RPG scenario	Don Turnbull (7)
	The Kinunir	GDW	RPG scenario (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (9)
20	Dark Nebula	GDW	Wargame	Colin Reynolds (9)
	The Awful Green Things from Outer Space	TSR	Board game	John Olsen (7)
	High Guard	GDW	RPG rules (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (8)
	The Spinward Marches	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (9)
	Citizens of the Imperium	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (8)
	The Mystic Wood	Philmar	Board game	Andy Davidson (9)
21	Azhanti High Lightning	GDW	Wargame	Andy Slack (8)
	Intruder	Task Force Games	Solitaire game	Roger Sandell (6)
	Valkenburg Castle	Task Force Games	Wargame	John Lambshead (8)
22	Mythology	Yaquinto Games	Board game	Charles Vasey (9)
	Stellar Conquest	Metagaming	Wargame	John Lambshead (9)
	The Gateway Bestiary	Chaosium	RPG supplement (RQ)	Andy Slack (6)
	Asteroid Zero-Four	Task Force Games	Wargame	Alestair Brown (6)
23	Warlock	Games Workshop	Board game	Charles Vasey (8)
	Cults of Prax	Chaosium	RPG supplement (RQ)	O.C. Macdonald (10)
	Deities & Demigods	TSR	RPG supplement (AD&D)	Andy Slack (8)
	Leviathan	GDW	RPG scenario (Tr)	Trevor Graver (9)
24	Quirks	Eon Products	Board game	Ian Livingstone (9)
	Shooting Stars	Yaquinto Publications	Wargame	Nick Henfrey (8)
	Valley of the Four Winds	Games Workshop	Board game	Alan Paull (9)
	Twilight’s Peak	GDW	RPG scenario (Tr)	Andy Slack (10)
25	Mission on Mithril / Across the Bright Face	GDW	RPG scenarios (Tr)	Trevor Graver (10)
	Plunder	Chaosium	RPG supplement (RQ)	Oliver Macdonald (5)
	Runemasters	Chaosium	RPG supplement (RQ)	Oliver Macdonald (9)
	Space Opera	Fantasy Games Unlimited	RPG rules	Andy Slack (8)
26	Apocalypse	Games Workshop	Board game	John Olsen (9)
	High Guard (2nd edition)	GDW	RPG rules (Tr)	Robert McMahon (9)
	S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Marcus L Rowland (9)
	Knights of Camelot	TSR	Board game	Charles Vasey (7)
27	Traveller Deluxe Edition	GDW	RPG rules	Andy Slack (10)
	Griffin Mountain	Chaosium	RPG campaign (RQ)	Murray Writtle (9)
	Star Fleet Battles	Task Force Games	Wargame	John Lambshead (8)
	IISS Ship Files	Games Workshop	RPG supplement (Tr)	Robert McMahon (10)
	Traders and Gunboats	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Robert McMahon (9)
	Asteroid	GDW	Wargame	Bob McWilliams (8)
28	Fiend Folio	TSR	RPG rules (AD&D)	Jamie Thomson (8)
	ICBM	Mayfair Games Inc.	Wargame	Michael Polling (4)
	The Ley Sector	Judges Guild	RPG supplement (Tr)	T D Graver (6)
	Marooned / Marooned Alone	GDW	RPG scenarios (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (10)
	Library Data (A-M)	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (9)
	Undead	Steve Jackson Games	Minigame	Rob Hugget (8)
29	Fifth Frontier War	GDW	Wargame	John Roberts (8)
	Sorag	Paranoia Press	RPG supplement (Tr)	Nelson Cunnington (9)
	Barbarian Prince	Dwarfstar Minigames	Minigame	Bill Skirrow (8)
	Stormbringer	Chaosium	RPG rules	Murray Writtle (7)
30	Thieves’ World	Chaosium	RPG setting (AD&D/Tr/RQ/T&T)	Oliver Dickinson (10)
	Champions	Hero Games	RPG rules	Dave Morris (7)
	The Island of Doctor Destroyer	Hero Games	RPG scenario	Dave Morris (8)
	Adventurer	Yaquinto Publications Inc	Wargame	Alan E Paull (8)
	Invasion Earth	GDW	Board game	Andy Slack (6)
31	Federation Space	Task Force Games	Wargame	John Lambshead (8)
	Ordeal by Ashaar	FASA	RPG scenario (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (7)
	Action Aboard	FASA	RPG scenario (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (6)
	Uragyad’n of the Seven Pillars	FASA	RPG scenario (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (8)
	The Legend of the Sky Raiders	FASA	RPG scenario (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (8)
	Thieves’ Guild I	Gamelords Inc	RPG scenario	Lewis Pulsipher (9)
	Thieves’ Guild II	Gamelords Inc	RPG scenario	Lewis Pulsipher (7)
	Thieves’ Guild III	Gamelords Inc	RPG scenario	Lewis Pulsipher (8)
	Thieves’ Guild IV	Gamelords Inc	RPG scenario	Lewis Pulsipher (8)
	The Free City of Haven	Gamelords Inc	RPG setting	Lewis Pulsipher (9)
32	Call of Cthulhu	Chaosium	RPG rules	Ian Bailey (9)
	Bushido	Fantasy Games Unlimited	RPG rules	Mike Polling (10)
	Valley of the Mists	Fantasy Games Unlimited	RPG scenario	Mike Polling (10)
	Dungeons & Dragons	Mattel Electronics	Electronic game	Jamie Thomson (4)
33	Striker	GDW	Miniatures wargame	Andy Slack (6)
	A1 Slave Pits of the Undercity	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (7)
	A2 Secret of the Slavers’ Stockade	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (7)
	A3 Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (7)
	A4 In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (7)
	Elric	Chaosium	Board game	Murray Writtle (7)
	Grimtooth’s Traps	Flying Buffalo Inc	RPG supplement	Nicholas Dougan (7)
34	Cults of Terror	Chaosium	RPG supplement (RQ)	Oliver Dickinson (9)
	Aftermath!	Fantasy Games Unlimited	RPG rules	Andy Slack (10)
	Worlds of Wonder	Chaosium	RPG rules	Trevor Graver (7)
35	Judge Dredd	Games Workshop	Board game	Richard Meadows (9)
	U1 The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (9)
	L1 The Secret of Bone Hill	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (8)
	G1-3 Against the Giants	TSR	RPG scenarios (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (10)
	B3 Palace of the Silver Princess	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Jim Bambra (10)
	X2 Castle Amber	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Jim Bambra (6)
	Borderlands	Chaosium	RPG campaign (RQ)	Oliver Dickinson (10)
36	The Warlock of Firetop Mountain	Puffin Books	Gamebook	Nicholas J R Dougan (10)
	Trollpak	Chaosium	RPG supplement (RQ)	Tim Moyse (9)
	Pirates and Plunder	Yaquinto	RPG rules	Murray Writtle (10)
	Merchant Class Ships	FASA	RPG supplement (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (8)
	Aslan Mercenary Cruisers	FASA	RPG supplement (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (6)
	The FCI Consumer Guide	FASA	RPG supplement (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (9)
37	Soloquest	Chaosium	RPG solo scenarios (RQ)	Clive Bailey (9)
	Star Frontiers	TSR	RPG rules	Andy Slack (7)
	Crasimoff’s World	KJC Games	PBM game	Trevor Graver (8)
38	The Traveller Book	GDW	RPG rules	Phil Masters (9)
	Dicing with Dragons	Routledge & Kegan Paul	Introduction to RPGs	Marcus L Rowland (9)
	Traitor	FASA	RPG scenario	Oliver Dickinson (7)
	The Spirit Stones	FASA	RPG scenario	Oliver Dickinson (7)
39	Pillars of Pentegarn	TSR	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (5)
	Mountain of Mirrors	TSR	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (4)
	Dungeon of Dread	TSR	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (6)
	Return to Brookmere	TSR	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (7)
	City Book 1	Flying Buffalo Inc	RPG supplement	Nicholas J R Dougan (7)
	Rescue on Galatea	FASA	RPG scenario (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (6)
	The Trail of the Sky Raiders	FASA	RPG scenario (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (8)
	Prison Planet	GDW	RPG scenario (Tr)	Andy Slack (5)
	Night of Conquest / Divine Intervention	GDW	RPG scenarios (Tr)	Andy Slack (9)
40	Soloquest 2: Scorpion Hall	Chaosium	RPG solo scenario (RQ)	Oliver Dickinson (8)
	C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (8)
	C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (8)
	S2 White Plume Mountain	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (8)
	I1 Dwellers of the Forbidden City	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (5)
	Illuminati	Steve Jackson Games	Card-and-dice game	Phil Masters (7)
	Starstone	Northern Sages	RPG scenarios (AD&D)	Daniel Collerton (9)
41	The Solomani Rim	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Andy Slack (9)
	Man, Myth & Magic	Yaquinto	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland (5)
	Death to Setanta	Yaquinto	RPG scenario	Marcus L Rowland (4)
	The Kingdom of the Sidhe	Yaquinto	RPG scenario	Marcus L Rowland (6)
	Star Explorer	Fantasy Games Unlimited	Board game	Alan E Paull (9)
42	Solquest 3: The Snow King’s Bride	Chaosium	RPG solo scenario (RQ)	Oliver Dickinson (8)
	The Citadel of Chaos	Puffin Books	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (9)
	The Forest of Doom	Puffin Books	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (10)
	Grav-Ball	FASA	Board game	Ian Waddelow (4)
	The Morrow Project	Timeline / Flying Buffalo	RPG rules	Phil Masters (5)
	Liberation at Riverton	Timeline / Flying Buffalo	RPG scenario	Phil Masters (6)
43	Warhammer	Citadel Miniatures	Miniatures wargame	Joe Dever (8)
	Questworld	Chaosium	RPG setting (RQ)	Oliver Dickinson (6)
	The Tribes of Crane	Mitre Wargames	PBM game	Trevor Graver (9)
44	Shadows of Yog-Sothoth	Chaosium	RPG campaign (CoC)	Ian Bailey (10)
	Illuminati Expansion Set 1	Steve Jackson Games	Dice-and-card game expansion	Phil Masters (6)
	Illuminati Expansion Set 2	Steve Jackson Games	Dice-and-card game expansion	Phil Masters (6)
	Revolt of the Dwarves	TSR	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (5)
	Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons	TSR	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (5)
	S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (9)
	WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (9)
	N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (8)
	U2 Danger at Dunwater	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (8)
45	Wizards	Avalon Hill	Board game	Alan E Paull (7)
	I2 Tomb of the Lizard King	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (9)
	I3 Pharaoh	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (10)
	I4 Oasis of the White Palm	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Jim Bambra (9)
	M1 Blizzard Pass	TSR	RPG solo scenario (D&D)	Jim Bambra (6)
	Pavis: Threshold to Danger	Chaosium	RPG campaign (RQ)	Oliver Dickinson (9)
46	RuneQuest Companion	Chaosium	RPG supplement (RQ)	Oliver Dickinson (8)
	Chivalry & Sorcery	Fantasy Games Unlimited	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	Sanctuary	Mayfair Games Inc	Board game	Alan E Paull (7)
47	Privateers and Gentlemen	Fantasy Games Unlimited	RPG rules	Ian Waddelow (9)
	The Asylum and Other Tales	Chaosium	RPG scenarios (CoC)	Jon Sutherland (9)
	Star Fleet Battles – Fighters and Shuttles	Task Force Games	Wargame supplement	Jim Sizer (7)
	The Big Rubble	Chaosium	RPG campaign (RQ)	Oliver Dickinson (10)
48	UK1 Beyond the Crystal Cave	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Jim Bambra (9)
	EX1 Dungeonland	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Jim Bambra (9)
	EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Jim Bambra (9)
	X3 Curse of Xanathon	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Jim Bambra (7)
	Traveller Starter Edition	GDW	RPG rules	Andy Slack (8)
	The Arkham Evil	Theatre of the Mind Enterprises	RPG scenario (CoC)	Jon Sutherland (7)
	Death in Dunwich	Theatre of the Mind Enterprises	RPG scenario (CoC)	Jon Sutherland (8)
	Autoduel Champions	Steve Jackson Games	RPG supplement	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	Car Wars Reference Screen	Steve Jackson Games	RPG play aid	Marcus L Rowland (6)
49	Monster Manual II	TSR	RPG rules (AD&D)	Megan C Evans (7)
	Starship Traveller	Puffin Books	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (9)
	City of Thieves	Puffin Books	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	Forms and Charts	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Andy Slack (2)
	Veterans	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Andy Slack (3)
	Nomads of the World Ocean	GDW	RPG scenario (Tr)	Andy Slack (9)
	Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes	Blade	RPG rules	Jon Sutherland (4)
	The Jade Jaguar	Blade	RPG scenario	Jon Sutherland (3)
50	Sorcery	Penguin	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (7)
	Guidebook and Gridded Map	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG supplement (MERP)	Jon Sutherland (6)
	Angmar – Land of the Witch King	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG supplement (MERP)	Jon Sutherland (7)
	The Court of Ardor – In Southern Middle-earth	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG supplement (MERP)	Jon Sutherland (7)
	Umbar – Haven of the Corsairs	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG supplement (MERP)	Jon Sutherland (7)
	Northern Mirkwood – The Woodelves’ Realm	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG supplement (MERP)	Jon Sutherland (8)
	Southern Mirkwood – Haunt of the Necromancer	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG supplement (MERP)	Jon Sutherland (8)
	Tarsus	GDW	RPG scenario (Tr)	Andy Slack (9)
51	Cthulhu Companion	Chaosium	RPG supplement (CoC)	Jon Sutherland (7)
	Superworld	Chaosium	RPG rules	Jon Sutherland (7)
	Daredevils	Fantasy Games Unlimited	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	Daredevil Adventures 2	Fantasy Games Unlimited	RPG scenarios	Marcus L Rowland (7)
	Knight Hawks	TSR	RPG supplement (SF)	Andy Slack (8)
52	Talisman	Games Workshop	Board game	Alan E Paull (6)
	Battlecars	Games Workshop	Board game	Ian Waddelow (8)
	Dragonriders of Pern	Mayfair Games	Board game	Nic Grecas (4)
	Lost Worlds	Nova Games	Combat gamebooks	Ian Waddelow (6)
53	Caverns of the Dead: Dungeon Planner Set 1	Games Workshop	RPG play aid	Richard Meadows (7)
	Deathtrap Dungeon	Puffin Books	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	Island of the Lizard King	Puffin Books	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	Scouts	GDW	RPG rules (Tr)	Andy Slack (7)
54	Murder on Arcturus Station	GDW	RPG scenario (Tr)	Andy Slack (7)
	Kharé – Cityport of Traps	Penguin	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	Espionage	Hero Games	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	Border Crossing	Hero Games	RPG scenario	Marcus L Rowland (9)
	Pursuit to Kadath	Theatre of the Mind Enterprises	RPG scenario (CoC)	Nic Grecas (8)
55	Forces of Fantasy	Citadel Miniatures	Wargame supplement (WH)	Jon Sutherland (7)
	X5 Temple of Death	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Dave Morris (10)
	L2 The Assassin’s Knot	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Dave Morris (7)
	I5 Lost Tomb of Martek	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Dave Morris (9)
	I6 Ravenloft	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Dave Morris (8)
	Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective	Sleuth Publications	Board game	Nic Grecas (9)
	The Mansion Murders	Sleuth Publications	Board game expansion	Nic Grecas (9)
	Commander’s SSD Book 1	Task Force Games	Wargame supplement (SFB)	Stuart Aston (9)
	Commander’s SSD Book 2	Task Force Games	Wargame supplement (SFB)	Stuart Aston (9)
	Commander’s SSD Book 3	Task Force Games	Wargame supplement (SFB)	Stuart Aston (9)
56	Battlebikes	Games Workshop	Board game expansion	Ian Waddelow (7)
	TurboFire	Auto Ventures	Board game supplement	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	Hârn	Columbia Games Inc	RPG setting	Simon Farrell (6)
	Cities of Hârn	Columbia Games Inc	RPG setting expansion	Simon Farrell (6)
	Encyclopedia Hârnica	Columbia Games Inc	RPG setting expansion	Simon Farrell (6)
	The Forever War	Mayfair Games	Board game	Russell Clarke (7)
57	Elves	Mayfair Games	RPG supplement	Robert Dale (3)
	Dwarves	Mayfair Games	RPG supplement	Robert Dale (3)
	Dark Folk	Mayfair Games	RPG supplement	Robert Dale (3)
	Wizards	Mayfair Games	RPG supplement	Robert Dale (6)
	The Traveller Adventure	GDW	RPG campaign (Tr)	Andy Slack (9)
	Powers & Perils	Avalon Hill	RPG rules	Adrian Knowles (8)
	James Bond 007	Victory Games	RPG rules	Bob Neville (6)
58	Lands of Adventure	Fantasy Games Unlimited	RPG rules	Richard Clyne (5)
	Middle-Earth Role-Playing	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG rules	Jon Sutherland (9)
	Bree and the Barrow Downs	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG supplement (MERP)	Jon Sutherland (6)
	Q Manual	Victory Games	RPG supplement (JB)	Bob Neville (9)
	Star Trek	FASA	RPG rules	Russell Clarke (9)
59	Curse of the Cthonians	Chaosium	RPG scenarios (CoC)	Stephen Kyle (9)
	Glozel Est Authentique!	Theatre of the Mind Enterprises	RPG scenarios (CoC)	Stephen Kyle (5)
	The Horrible Secret of Monhegan Island	Grenadier	RPG scenario (CoC)	Stephen Kyle (7)
	Gamesmaster Pack	Victory Games	RPG play aid (JB)	Bob Neville (4)
	For Your Information	Victory Games	RPG supplement (JB)	Bob Neville (3)
	Ringworld	Chaosium	RPG rules	Phil Masters (6)
60	Elfquest	Chaosium	RPG rules	Murray Writtle (9)
	Nightmare in Blackmarsh: Dungeon Planner Set 2	Games Workshop	RPG play aid	Doug Cowie (7)
	Lone Wolf: Flight from the Dark	Sparrow Books	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (7)
	Lone Wolf: Fire on the Water	Sparrow Books	Gamebook	Marcus L Rowland (7)
	UK2 The Sentinel	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graham Staplehurst (8)
	UK3 The Gauntlet	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graham Staplehurst (7)
	DL1 Dragons of Despair	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graham Staplehurst (8)
61	Dungeons & Dragons Companion Set	TSR	RPG rules	Megan C Robertson (7)
	Timemaster	Pacesetter Games	RPG rules	Steve Norledge (7)
	Timemaster: Crossed Swords	Pacesetter Games	RPG scenario	Steve Norledge (7)
	Chill	Pacesetter Games	RPG rules	Angus M McLellan (7)
	Chill: Village of Twilight	Pacesetter Games	RPG scenario	Angus M McLellan (6)
	Witch Hunt	Statcom Simulations	RPG rules	Jon Sutherland (5)
	The Adventures of Indiana Jones	TSR	RPG rules	Adrian Knowles (7)
62	Golden Heroes	Games Workshop	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland (10)
	Marvel Superheroes RPG	TSR	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	MH1 The Breeder Bombs	TSR	RPG scenario (MSH)	Marcus L Rowland (7)
	MH2 Timetrap	TSR	RPG scenario (MSH)	Marcus L Rowland (6)
	MH3 Murderworld	TSR	RPG scenario (MSH)	Marcus L Rowland (6)
	MH AC1 Judges Screen	TSR	RPG play aid (MSH)	Marcus L Rowland (4)
	MH AC2 Avengers Assembled	TSR	RPG supplement (MSH)	Marcus L Rowland (8)
63	Runemagic Series Adventure 1: The Secret River	Triffid Software Research	Computer Game	Mike White (8)
	Runemagic Series Adventure 2: The Wizard’s Citadel	Triffid Software Research	Computer Game	Mike White (8)
	Toon	Steve Jackson Games	RPG rules	Stephen Kyle (9)
	Star Trek III Combat Game	FASA / Games Workshop	Wargame	Russell Clarke (8)
	Star Fleet Battles Volume II	Task Force Games	Wargame supplement (SFB)	Russell Clarke (7)
	B6 The Veiled Society	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Graham Staplehurst (9)
	XL1 Quest for the Heartstone	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Graham Staplehurst (4)
64	RuneQuest III Deluxe Edition	Avalon Hill	RPG rules	Oliver Dickinson (9)
	RuneQuest III Gamemaster’s Box	Avalon Hill	RPG rules	Oliver Dickinson (9)
	RuneQuest III Player’s Box	Avalon Hill	RPG rules	Oliver Dickinson (9)
	Secret of the Ancients	GDW	RPG scenario (Tr)	Marcus L Rowland (7)
65	Paranoia	West End Games	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland (7)
	Aslan, Alien Module 1	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (9)
	K’Kree, Alien Module 2	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (7)
	Vargr, Alien Module 3	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Bob McWilliams (9)
	The Romulans	FASA	RPG supplement (ST)	R Jarnor (8)
	Orion Ruse	FASA	RPG scenario (ST)	R Jarnor (9)
	Margin of Profit	FASA	RPG scenario (ST)	R Jarnor (8)
66	Battledroids	FASA	Wargame	Trevor Mendham (7)
	Talisman	Games Workshop	Computer game	Trevor Mendham (7)
	The Halls of the Dwarven Kings	Integrated Games	RPG scenario & play aid	B Y Rowe (8)
	House of Hell	Puffin Books	Gamebook	Chris Mitchell (9)
	Talisman of Death	Puffin Books	Gamebook	Chris Mitchell (9)
	Warhammer 2nd Edition	Citadel Miniatures	Miniatures wargame	Robert Alcock (8)
67	Star Ace	Pacesetter Games	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland (5)
	DL2 Dragons of Flame	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graham Staplehurst (7)
	DL3 Dragons of Hope	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graham Staplehurst (8)
	DL3 Dragons of Desolation	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graham Staplehurst (9)
	Monster Coliseum	Avalon Hill	RPG supplement (RQ)	Oliver Dickinson (6)
68	Bloodbath at Orc’s Drift	Citadel Miniatures	Wargame scenario (WH)	Jon Sutherland (9)
	Dragonroar	Standard Games	RPG rules	Paul Mason (5)
	Chaos	Games Workshop	Computer Game	Trevor Mendham (7)
	Legacy of Eagles	Games Workshop	RPG scenario (GH)	Marcus L Rowland (7)
	Twilight 2000	GDW	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland (5)
	The Worlds of Boris Vallejo	Mayfair Games	Board game	Paul Mason (3)
69	MSHP1 Secret Wars	TSR	RPG campaign (MSH)	Marcus L Rowland (7)
	MH4 Lone Wolves	TSR	RPG scenario (MSH)	Marcus L Rowland (6)
	MH5 Cat’s-Paw	TSR	RPG scenario (MSH)	Marcus L Rowland (6)
	Toon Strikes Again	Steve Jackson Games	RPG supplement	Stephen Kyle (8)
	Conan	TSR	RPG rules	Pete Tamlyn (7)
	Chill: Black Born Manor	Pacesetter Games	Board game	Paul Mason (8)
70	X6 Quagmire!	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Graham Staplehurst (8)
	X7 The War Rafts of Kron	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Graham Staplehurst (8)
	X8 Drums on Fire Mountain	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Graham Staplehurst (8)
	DL5 Dragons of Mystery	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graham Staplehurst (6)
	The Lost Shrine of Kasar-Khan	Integrated Games	RPG scenario	Megan C Robertson (8)
	AD&D Battle System	TSR	Wargame	Graeme Davis (8)
71	Avenger!	Knight Books	Gamebook	Chris Elliott (8)
	Assassin	Knight Books	Gamebook	Chris Elliott (8)
	Vapors Don’t Shoot Back	West End Games	RPG scenario (Pa)	Marcus L Rowland (7)
	Masks of Nyarlathotep	Chaosium	RPG campaign (CoC)	Phil Frances (9)
	Thrilling Locations	Victory Games	RPG supplement (JB)	Bob Neville (9)
72	The Doctor Who Role-Playing Game	FASA	RPG rules	Paul Mason (8)
	King Arthur Pendragon	Chaosium	RPG rules	Graham Staplehurst (9)
	Wabbit Wampage	Pacesetter Games	Board game	Charles Vasey (6)
73	Queen Victoria & the Holy Grail	Games Workshop	RPG scenario (GH)	Pete Tamlyn (8)
	Judge Dredd – the Role-Playing Game	Games Workshop	RPG rules	Jason Kingsley (10)
	Dungeons & Dragons Set 4: Master Rules	TSR	RPG rules	Paul Cockburn (8)
	Unearthed Arcana	TSR	RPG supplement (AD&D)	Paul Cockburn (4)
74	Dragon Warriors	Corgi	RPG rules	Robert Dale (9)
	Dragon Warriors: The Way of Wizardry	Corgi	RPG rules	Robert Dale (9)
	Dragon Warriors: The Elven Crystals	Corgi	RPG rules	Robert Dale (9)
	Vikings	Avalon Hill	RPG supplement (RQ)	Oliver Dickinson (8)
	Nightmare in Norway	Games Workshop	RPG scenario (CoC)	Pete Tamlyn (8)
	Oriental Adventures	TSR	RPG supplement (AD&D)	Ashley Shepherd (9)
	The Pendragon Campaign	Chaosium	RPG Campaign	Graham Staplehurst (9)
	The Outcasts	FASA	RPG scenario (ST)	John Grandidge (10)
	Termination 1456	FASA	RPG scenario (ST)	John Grandidge (10)
75	Golden Heroes Supervisors Kit	Games Workshop	RPG play aid (GH)	Pete Tamlyn (8)
	Terror of the Lichemaster	Game Workshop	Wargame supplement (WH)	Richard Vicary (9)
	Fragments of Fear	Chaosium	RPG supplement (CoC)	Phil Frances (7)
	Judgement Day	Games Workshop	RPG scenario (JD)	Jason Kingsley (9)
	Cosmic Encounter	Games Workshop	Board game	Tim Wilson (8)
76	Riddle of the Ring	Iron Crown Enterprises	Board game	Charles Vasey (6)
	Alone Against the Wendigo	Chaosium	RPG solo scenario (CoC)	Phil Frances (8)
	Erech and the Paths of the Dead	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG scenario (MERP)	Graham Staplehurst (9)
	Send in the Clones	West End Games	RPG scenario (Pa)	Marcus L Rowland (6)
	Lankhmar – City of Adventure	TSR	RPG setting (AD&D)	Graeme Davis (10)
	The Iytean Menace	FASA	RPG scenario (DW)	Barray Bailey (8)
	The Lords of Destiny	FASA	RPG scenario (DW)	Barray Bailey (8)
	Fantasy Hero	Hero Games	RPG rules	Phil Masters (8)
77	DC Heroes	Mayfair Games	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland (8)
	Stealer of Souls	Chaosium	RPG scenario (Sb)	Phil Frances (8)
	The Daleks	FASA	RPG supplement (DW)	Barry Bailey (7)
	The Master	FASA	RPG supplement (DW)	Barry Bailey (6)
	The Sea Elves	Chaosium	RPG supplement (EQ)	Phil Frances (7)
	Alone Against the Dark	Chaosium	RPG solo scenario (CoC)	Phil Frances (9)
	The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues	West End Games	RPG scenario (Pa)	Marcus L Rowland (7)
78	B/X1 Night’s Dark Terror	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Graeme Davis
	Cthulhu By Gaslight	Chaosium	RPG supplement	Tim Wilson
	The Nobles Book	Chaosium	RPG supplement (Pd)	Paul Cockburn
	DL11 Dragons of Glory	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graham Staplehurst
79	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness	Palladium	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland
	After the Bomb	Palladium	RPG supplement (TMNT)	Marcus L Rowland
	Secret Wars II	TSR	RPG campaign (MSH)	Pete Tamlyn
	Black Sword	Chaosium	RPG scenario (Sb)	Phil Frances
	Terror from the Stars	Chaosium	RPG scenario (CoC)	Phil Frances
	Ghostbusters	West End Games (with Chaosium)	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland
	Acute Paranoia	West End Games	RPG supplement (Pa)	Marcus L Rowland
80	Call of Cthulhu (3rd edition)	Games Workshop / Chaosium	RPG rules	Ashley Shepherd
	The Hartlewick Horror	FASA	RPG scenario (DW)	Barry Bailey
	The Legions of Death	FASA	RPG scenario (DW)	Barry Bailey
	The Mechanoids	Palladium	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland
	N3 Destiny of Kings	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graham Staplehurst
	Realms of Magic	TSR	RPG supplement (MSH)	Pete Tamlyn
	Dark Emperor	Avalon Hill	Board game	Ashley Shepherd
	OA1 Swords of the Daimyo	TSR	RPG campaign (AD&D)	Ashley Shepherd
81	Clones in Space	West End Games	RPG scenario (Pa)	Fiona Lloyd
	The Enterprise Encounter	West End Games	Board game	Phil Frances
	Star Trek: The Adventure Game	West End Games	Board game	Phil Frances
	Griffin Island	Avalon Hill	RPG campaign (RQ)	Robert Neville
	Ghost Toasties	West End Games	RPG scenario & play aid (Gb)	Fiona Lloyd
	Lorien and the Halls of the Elven Smiths	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG supplement (MERP)	Graham Staplehurst
	Decision at Midnight	FASA	RPG scenario (ST)	Phil Frances
	A Doomsday Like Any Other	FASA	RPG scenario (ST)	Phil Frances
82	Dungeoneer’s Survival Guide	TSR	RPG rules expansion (AD&D)	Jim Bambra
	Kings & Things	Games Workshop / West End Games	Board game	Robert Neville
	Orcbusters	West End Games	RPG scenario (Pa)	Marc Gascoigne
	The Vanishing Conjurer / The Status of the Sorcerer	Games Workshop	RPG scenarios (CoC)	Richard Meadows
	CA2 Swords of Deceit	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graeme Davis
	Skyrealms of Jorune	Skyrealms Publications	RPG rules	Robert Neville
83	Dungeons & Dragons Set 5: Immortals Rules	TSR	RPG rules	Graeme Davis
	The Warlock of Firetop Mountain	Games Workshop	Board game	Robert Neville
	Spawn of Azathoth	Chaosium	RPG scenario	Peter Green
	Middle-earth Role-Playing (2nd edition)	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG rules	Graham Staplehurst
	GURPS Basic Set	Steve Jackson Games	RPG rules	Marcus L Rowland
	Midnight at the Well of Souls	TAG Industries	RPG rules	Phil Frances
	Cities	Chaosium	RPG play aid	Graeme Davis
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures!	Palladium	RPG scenario (TMNT)	Robert Neville
	Talisman the Adventure	Games Workshop	Board game expansion	Robert Neville
	Introduction to Star Fleet Battles	Task Force Games	Wargame supplement	Phil Frances
	The Revised Recon	Palladium	RPG rules	Robert Neville
84	Marvel Super Heroes Advanced Set	TSR	RPG rules	Pete Tamlyn
	MA1 Children of the Atom	TSR	RPG campaign (MSH)	Pete Tamlyn
	Titan	Puffin Books	RPG campaign (FF)	Graeme Davis
	King of Crime	Mayfair Games	RPG scenario (DCH)	Pete Tamlyn
	Eternity Inc	Mayfair Games	RPG scenario (DCH)	Pete Tamlyn
	Delta Force: America Strikes Back	Task Force Games	RPG rules	Phil Frances
	IM1 The Immortal Storm	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Graeme Davis
	Dark Blades	Standard Games	Board game	Robert Neville
	Carse	Chaosium	RPG play aid	Robert Neville
	Solomani, Alien Module	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Jim Bambra
	Alien Realms	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Jim Bambra
	Hivers, Alien Module	GDW	RPG supplement (Tr)	Jim Bambra
85	Blood Bowl	Games Workshop	Board game	Richard Meadows
	Wilderness Survival Guide	TSR	RPG rules expansion (AD&D)	Carl Sargent
	AC9 Creature Catalogue	TSR	RPG supplement (D&D)	Tim Brinsley
	GDQ1-7 Queen of the Spiders	TSR	RPG scenarios (AD&D)	Peter Green
	Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Game	Mayfair Games	Board game	Phil Frances
	An Imbalance of Power	FASA	RPG scenario (ST)	Marcus L Rowland
	Robots	GDW	RPG rules (Tr)	Marcus L Rowland
	The Arcanum	Bard Games	RPG supplement	Phil Frances
	The Lexicon	Bard Games	RPG supplement	Phil Frances
	The Bestiary	Bard Games	RPG supplement	Phil Frances
86	Price of Freedom	West End Games	RPG rules	Ashley Shepherd
	Hawkmoon	Chaosium	RPG rules	Peter Green
	HIL Sector Blues	West End Games	RPG scenario (Pa)	Marc Gascoigne
	The Watchers of the Sacred Flame	Integrated Games	RPG scenario (AD&D/RQ)	Paul Cockburn
	DA1 Adventures in Blackmoor	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Graeme Davis
	REF3 The Book of Lairs	TSR	RPG play aid (AD&D)	Graeme Davis
	OA2 Night of the Seven Swords	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graeme Davis
	REF2 Player Character Record Sheets	TSR	RPG play aid (AD&D)	Graeme Davis
87	RuneQuest	Games Workshop	RPG rules	Peter Green
	Green and Pleasant Land	Games Workshop	RPG supplement (CoC)	Robert Neville
	Lords of Middle-earth Volume 1: The Immortals	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG supplement (MERP)	Graham Staplehurst
	I9 Day of Al’akbar	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Carl Sargent
	I10 Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Carl Sargent
	Wyrdworld 1: Wintersfarne	Strange Acorn Games	RPG scenario (AD&D/RQ/MERP)	Graeme Davis
	Trolls of the Misty Mountains	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG scenario (MERP)	Graham Staplehurst
	Mekton	Talsorian Games	Wargame / RPG rules	Phil Frances
	Mekton: Roadstriker	Talsorian Games	RPG rules expansion	Phil Frances
88	Chainsaw Warrior	Games Workshop	Solo board game	Jervis Johnson
	Open Box	White Dwarf	Games review column	Mike Brunton
	The Grey Knight	Chaosium	RPG scenario (Pd)	Paul Cockburn
	H2 The Mines of Bloodstone	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	John Saunders
	MA2 Avengers Coast to Coast	TSR	RPG supplement (MSH)	Pete Tamlyn
	Legion of Super-Heroes	Mayfair Games	RPG supplement (DCH)	Pete Tamlyn
	Pawns of Time	Mayfair Games	RPG scenario (DCH)	Pete Tamlyn
	An Element of Danger	Mayfair Games	RPG scenario (DCH)	Pete Tamlyn
	Don’t Ask	Mayfair Games	RPG scenario (DCH)	Pete Tamlyn
89	Rogue Trooper	Games Workshop	Board game	Jervis Johnson
	Slaughter Margin	Games Workshop	RPG scenario (JD)	Richard Halliwell
	Traveller 2300	GDW	RPG rules	Jim Bambra
	Heroes for Wargames	Paper Tiger	Miniatures painting & collecting guide	Mike Brunton
	Wyrdworld 2: Wordesley	Strange Acorn Games	RPG scenario (AD&D/RQ/MERP)	Graeme Davis
	X11 Saga of the Shadow Lord	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Graeme Davis
	Armada	Jeux Descartes	Board game	Paul Cockburn
90	Ravening Hordes	Games Workshop	Wargame supplement (WH)	Rick Priestley
	Power Barons	Milton Bradley	Board game	Marc Gascoigne
	Terror Australis	Chaosium	RPG supplement (CoC)	Jim Bambra
	The Shattered Isle	Chaosium	RPG supplement (Hm)	Peter Green
	Wizard’s Revenge	Mayfair Games	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graeme Davis
	Beneath Two Suns	Mayfair Games	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graeme Davis
	Pinnacle	Mayfair Games	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graeme Davis
	Crystal Barrier	Mayfair Games	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Graeme Davis
91	Blood Royale	Games Workshop	Board game	Paul Cockburn
	Who Watches the Watchmen?	Mayfair Games	RPG scenario (DCH)	Marcus L Rowland
	Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home	TSR	RPG supplement (AD&D)	Phil Gallagher
	Dungon Lairs	Games Workshop	RPG play aid (AD&D/WFRP)	Graeme Davis
	The Feathered Priests	Integrated Games	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Paul Cockburn
	REF4 The Book of Lairs II	TSR	RPG play aid (AD&D)	Graeme Davis
92	Stormbringer	Chaosium / Games Workshop	RPG rules	Jim Bambra
	Advanced RuneQuest	Games Workshop / Chaosium / Avalon Hill	RPG rules expansion	Paul Cockburn
	Robin Hood	Iron Crown Enterprises	RPG campaign	Ken Rolston
	Scared Stiffs	West End Games	RPG scenario (Gb)	Graeme Davis
	Miskatonic U. Graduate Kit	Chaosium	RPG play aid (CoC)	Graeme Davis
	DA3 City of the Gods	TSR	RPG scenario (D&D)	Graeme Davis
	I13 Adventure Pack I	TSR	RPG scenarios (AD&D)	Graeme Davis
93	Block Mania	Games Workshop	Board game	Richard Halliwell
	Mega Mania	Games Workshop	Board game expansion	Richard Halliwell
	The Talisman Dungeon	Games Workshop	Board game expansion	Graeme Davis
	Death on the Reik	Games Workshop	RPG scenario & supplement (WFRP)	Phil Gallagher
	RuneQuest Monsters	Games Workshop / Chaosium / Avalon Hill	RPG supplement (RQ)	Paul Cockburn
	I3-5 Desert of Desolation	TSR	RPG scenarios (AD&D)	Jim Bambra
	N4 Treasure Hunt	TSR	RPG scenario (AD&D)	Carl Sargent
	Chase	TSR	Board game	Mike Brunton

Game Abbreviations:

• (A)D&D – (Advanced) Dungeons & Dragons
• Tr – Traveller
• RQ – RuneQuest
• T&T – Tunnels & Trolls
• CoC – Call of Cthulhu
• MERP – Middle-earth Role-Playing
• SF – Star Frontiers
• WH – Warhammer
• SFB – Star Fleet Battles
• JB – James Bond 007
• MSH – Marvel Super Heroes
• ST – Star Trek
• GH – Golden Heroes
• Pa – Paranoia
• JD – Judge Dredd
• DW – Doctor Who
• Sb – Stormbringer
• EQ – Elfquest
• Pd – Pendragon
• TMNT – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness
• Gb – Ghostbusters
• FF – Fighting Fantasy
• DCH – DC Heroes
• Hm – Hawkmoon
• WFRP – Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

The Collected @dailydwarf – a Thank You

If you’re a listener to The Grognard Files podcast (and if not, why not?!), you’ll know that Dirk the Dice is kind enough to read out my ramblings about the RPG heyday of White Dwarf magazine.

Well, with the recent publication of The Grognard Files ‘zine, Dirk’s generosity went one step further; he also released ‘The Collected @dailydwarf’ supplement, compiling a number of those early contributions: a Black Sun-style insert to the main ‘zine. The layout and production quality are excellent, so I’d like to offer a big thank you to Dirk and Ed.

There’s another thank you I need to make though, and that’s to Marc Laming.

Marc produced a simply stunning cover for ‘The Collected @dailydwarf’ – every time I look at it, I’m blown away. It’s just beautifully composed – cool, clear lines, with the monochrome evoking the illustrations from White Dwarf’s past. I think the angle by which you view the composition – looking up, from one side – is particularly clever. It means that, even though he’s a dwarf, you’re still looking up to him. And because you’re viewing from the side, there’s an implication that there are more defeated monsters just out of shot. Put simply, this is one bad-ass dwarf. (Would you mess with someone who can defeat broo, beholders, clakars, homicidal vargrs – not to mention Cthulhu himself?)

It’s a privilege to have such a great cover on my meanderings – thank you Marc!

The Lew Pulsipher Index

As you probably know, over the last few months The Grognard Files podcast has been looking at Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (go here for all that Bolton-flavoured goodness: https://armchairadventurerblog.com). In my contributions I mentioned a couple of times the influence of Dr. Lew Pulsipher’s articles for AD&D in the pages of White Dwarf. Anyway, I thought I’d list them all here, for your reading pleasure. (I should note that this list doesn’t include some smaller contributions, such as reviews in Open Box and entries in the Treasure Chest column.)

Thanks for all the great content Lew!

Issue	Article	Notes
1, 3-5	D&D Campaigns	Lew was there at the very beginning, with a series on the philosophy and mechanics of D&D campaigns.
2	The Green Planet Trilogy (review)	An extended review of three linked wargames.
5	Chivalry & Sorcery (review)	A review of FGU’s early classic RPG.
6	A Place in the Wilderness	Beasts from Jack Vance’s The Dragon Masters for D&D.
11	A Bar-Room Brawl	The original bar-room brawl – yes, Lew started it!
12	Useful Dungeon Equipment	Essential items for the adventurer’s backpack.
16	Chronicle Monsters	Stephen Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, D&D style.
17	My Life as a Werebear	Monster character classes.
19	Wards	Magical barriers for D&D.
22	What the Numbers Mean	Making sense of character statistics.
23-27	An Introduction to Dungeons & Dragons	Does exactly what it says on the tin – a very useful introduction.
31	Arms at the Ready	Weapons-based combination combat tables (we all love a good table, don’t we?).
33	Brevet Rank for Low-Level Characters	How to play all the high-level TSR modules when you only have a 2nd level fighter.
34-36	A Guide to Dungeonmastering	Quality DMing advice.
35	The Necromancer	A truly memorable character class; I enthuse at length here: https://armchairadventurerblog.com/2016/04/18/episode-6-part-1-add-rpg-dungeon-masters-guide/.
37	D&D Scenarios	Ideas for adventures.
38	Khazad Dûm	Tolkien’s Moria as an introductory AD&D scenario: https://armchairadventurerblog.com/2016/05/17/episode-6-part-2-add-rpg-the-players-handbook/.
39	A Day in the Life of a Monster	Monstrous behaviour.
42	Castles in the Air	Why dungeons exist.
43	Magimart	Buying and selling magic items. ‘Ere, wanna buy some +2 swords mate?
44	True Sight	Realism in D&D(!).
46	Lew’s Views: The Wizard’s Library	Lew gets his very own column; the first looks at non-fiction sources for RPG ideas.
48	Lew’s Views: By the Gods!	A look at magic and gods in battle.
50	Lew’s Views: Going Up	Levelling-up advice.
53	Lew’s Views: Sign Here Please…	Demons, devils and wardpacts.
57	Lew’s Views: The Life of a Retired Wizard	The wizard himself retires from White Dwarf by looking at, err, what wizards do when they retire.