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D RAGON 1

Vol. VI, No. 10

April 1982

Some time before Christmas, John

Sapienza called from Washington, D.C.,

to say he hadn’t received his subscrip-

tion copy of the December issue of

DRAGON™ Magazine. “Hmmm,” I said

knowingly. “Sounds like a delivery prob-

lem.” And I assured him I’d mail off a

replacement copy, which we do when-

ever a subscriber doesn’t get the copy

that was originally sent.

I’m a little inefficient sometimes, and

this was one of those times. I finally got

around to sending John his new maga-

zine a little over a week after he called

— and this one arrived safely.

All well and good, but the story doesn’t

end there. A couple of days after getting

his second copy, John got his first one

— forwarded from the U.S. Embassy in

Vienna, Austria, and accompanied by

the note from Chris Brush reproduced at

the bottom of this page.

who got a whole bundle of magazines

because their name was on the top enve-

lope in the stack, and the workers at the

local post office had not broken open the

bundle like they’re supposed to.

Publisher.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jake Jaquet

Editor-in-Chief.. . . . . . . . . . Kim Mohan

Editorial staff . . . . . . . . . . . Bryce Knorr

Marilyn Mays

Gali Sanchez

Sales.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Debbie Chiusano

Circulation . . . . . . . Corey Koebernick

Office staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cherie Knull

Roger Raupp

Contributing editors. . . . Roger Moore

Ed Greenwood

The bundle blunder isn’t a fatal mis-

take, as long as the guy who gets 20

magazines takes the other 19 back to the

post office so they can be delivered to

their rightful owners. But some maga-

zines simply get lost. That’s bound to

This issue’s contributing artists:

Dean Morrissey

Darlene Pekul

happen to a few people every month, out

of the 15,000 who get the magazine by

Erol Otus

Jim Owsley

Roger Raupp

Phil Foglio

Alan Burton

Gilbert Rocha

mail. If the post office has an error rate as

small as one fourth of one percent on

delivery of second-class mail (and I have

no idea if that estimate is even close),

that translates into 35 or 40 angry

DRAGON subscribers per month. As in

John’s case, those who complain get a

free replacement as our way of saying

we’re sorry.

Jim Holloway

Dave Trampier

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Second class postage paid at Lake Geneva,

Wis., and at additional mailing offices.

It’s an extreme example, sure, but

sometimes those are the best kind. The

Speaking of John, his story isn’t quite

over. Shortly after he got his package

from Austria, he got his copy of the Jan-

point is, we are no longer in control of

the fate of our subscribers’ magazines

once they leave the printer. Whether you

get your magazine on time — or at all

uary issue —

on top of a bundle contain-

ing a dozen other issues of the same

magazine. That must be the post office’s

— depends on the U.S. Postal Service.

way of saying they’re sorry.

Not all of the delivery problems involve

thousands of miles of distance. Some-

times, your missing magazine might be

as close as your next-door neighbor.

We’ve received a few reports of people

2 A PRIL 1982

ne day about a year ago, the mailman brought us

this gaudy blue-and-white envelope with FLlGHT

OF THE BOODLES plastered on it. “Aha,” we said,

“someone has labored long and hard in his base-

ment to make this game, and now we’re supposed

to do a review of it, right?”

Wrong.

Chuck Stoll of Louisville, Ky., dreamed up the rules and

produced the game board and counters as a project for a

graphic arts class. He sent us one of the few copies he had, just

to see what we thought of it, and to find out whether we’d be

interested in publishing it.

Chuck surprised us: It was a good game, and good games

don’t get dropped on our doorstep all that often. So, in return,

we surprised Chuck: We accepted his offer to let us develop and

produce it. The game doesn’t have a thing to do with fantasy

role-playing, but has a lot to do with having fun. Enjoy it.

It’s been a rough winter in this neck of the woods, so you’ll

have to excuse us for trying to rush the spring season with this

issue’s cover painting by Dean Morrissey. It’s the first bit of

greenery we’ve seen since somebody took down our plastic

Christmas tree sometime around Valentine’s Day.

The flagship of our fleet this month is “All About Elves,”

another in contributing editor Roger Moore’s series of over-

views of the character races in the AD&D™ game. Roger, who’s

been seeing a lot of his typewriter lately, also gets credit for

“The Jester,” a new version of the non-player character class

first described ‘way back in issue #3 of DRAGON™ Magazine.

Ed Greenwood, our other contributing editor, has been play-

ing with guns. In “Firearms,” he comes to the conclusion that

medieval-era explosive weapons can be incorporated into an

AD&D world without unbalancing the game, because most of

them take forever to reload, and when they’re fired, they can be

more perilous to the shooter than the shootee. See if you agree.

As promised last month, Gary Gygax finishes the list of can-

trips for magic-users in. “From the Sorceror’s Scroll.” And in

“Outfitting the new agent,” the master of swords-and-sorcery

gaming steps into the world of the spy with some guidelines for

TOP SECRET® players.

It’s okay to use “It’s magic!” to explain a lot of the happenings

in an AD&D adventure, but when things have to make sense,

you’d better know your facts. Mike Holthaus drew up a quiz to

test players and DMs on their knowledge of physical science

and the realities of the natural world—which, even in a fantasy

game, have to be taken into account.

If you’re in more of a philosophical mood, check out John

Lees’ essay offering new definitions for the AD&D alignments.

Also for AD&D enthusiasts is Michael Fountain’s description of

the Pooka, a creature whose origins are somewhere in the

middle ground between fact and fantasy.

When Glenn Rahman designed The Trojan War, he was in-

structed to stick to the events near the end of that 10-year

conflict. Now players can recreate the early years of the war as

well with four “early” scenarios and rules for a campaign game.

If you have to fight Achilles, aim for his heel.

This month’s fiction offering is WearWolf, in which putting on

a “suit” takes on a whole new light. And if you get the idea that

we’re putting you on with some of the other articles you’ll find

inside . . . well, it wouldn’t be right to let April pass without a little

foolishness, would it? — KM

SPECIAL ATTRACTION

FLIGHT OF THE BOODLES —A simple game

for players who aren’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Midgets in the Earth — Don’t look down on them.. . . . 50

Artist of the Month — Promptness pays off for Phil . . . 52

Dragon’s Bestiary — Stranger than truth.. . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Outfitting the new agent — TOP SECRET® tips by EGG . . 60

Trojan War — Variant scenarios from the designer . . . . . . . 63

Pooka — A six-foot-tall what? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Quiz answers — Don’t peek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Alignment — New definitions for AD&D gaming . . . . . . . . . . 72

OTHER FEATURES

All About Elves: A special section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The elven point of view — Long range, of course . . . . . . 6

The gods of the elves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Sage Advice — Questions and answers on elves. . . . . . 13

The half-elven point of view — Best of both worlds? . . 14

Firearms — Primitive powder weapons for AD&D play . . . . 24

WearWolf — Appearances can be deceiving.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Science and fantasy — A quiz for players and DMs . . . . . . . 33

It’s that time of year again...

GAMING MAGAZINE — Nothing but the essentials . . 35

The Jester — A comical NPC class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Diarmiud’s Last Jest — This one’ll kill ya . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

REGULAR OFFERINGS

Out on a Limb — Letters from readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

From the Sorceror’s Scroll — New cantrips, part two . . . . . 16

Convention schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figuratively Speaking — Miniature figure reviews . . . . . . . . 68

Dragon’s Augury — The Spawn of Fashan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Wormy ................................................ 78

What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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