![]() Especially designed for collectors, the quick, easy to use interface helps you exclude the stuff you're not interested in and target items of real value. Copyright date of publication is March 10, 1978, so March it is. AuctionSieve helps you rapidly filter through the auctions in ebay searches or categories. I don’t regret reading it but I gave this 2 stars on Goodreads as a warning to anyone else wanting to go on this drab quest.Īnd don’t get too excited about the prospect of some sort of castle adventure – the damn Quag Keep doesn’t appear till about the last 10 pages! (No, that’s not a spoiler, it’s just making you aware of the false advertising in the title.) Date InformationĪ preview was in Dragon 12 (February). Ultimately the worst crime is that the story is frustratingly pointless. There’s one interesting reference to the Temple of the Frog from Blackmoor, funnily enough because the player in the real world (in the novel) has played the scenario. We get to visit the Sea of Dust and hear of other places that would later become known to us. Nicely laid out tables, new fonts, and some. It’s clear to see the advancements in skill that Gygax, Tim Kask and TSR were gaining. Like the increasing levels of design and layout exhibited by the Strategic Review and Dragon magazines as more issues were published. Of course, the book’s main draw is as a portal into the then unknown world of Greyhawk. One thing that stands out about this book is the increasing level of polish. The descriptions didn’t evoke very strong pictures in my mind. I guess I just didn’t like the writing style. Even when there were fights it was boring. ![]() The main thing is… it’s just kind of boring. Real gamers in our world drawn into the fantasy world yadda yadda. Instead you can literally hear the dice rolling in the foreground because all the main characters have bracelets with dice that occasionally spin whenever there’s something crucial happening. Sometimes D&D books have the accusation levelled at them that you can hear the dice rolling in the background. This is a long time before the first DragonLance book! ![]() So yes this book wasn’t published by TSR but I decided to read it and include it in this list because it was featured in The Dragon magazine and mainly because it’s considered the first ever D&D novel.
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