Post by Zenopus on Aug 8, 2017 21:09:47 GMT -6
The OD&D reference sheets found in the original boxed set are fairly well known, but there's a much rarer set of sheets compiling tables from Greyhawk. Here's what the Acaeum has to say about them:
The Acaeum link above includes a scan of a single page of the sheets. However, there is a current Ebay auction that includes a scan of each page.
From these we can see that the sheets included the following tables that appear to be taken from the 1st printing of Greyhawk, including the use of Futura font.
I did a quick check and didn't note any changes to the content of the tables.
Sheet 1:
Side 1, Left Side: Cleric Spells Table (Greyhawk pg 18), Magic/Maps Determination Table, first part (Swords portion from pg 34)
Side 1, Right Side: Magic/Maps Determination Table continued (entirety of page 35)
Side 2, Left Side: Magic/Maps Determination Table continued (entirety of page 36)
Side 2, Right Side: Magic/Maps Determination Table continued (entirety of page 37)
Sheet 2:
Side 1, Left Side: Magic/Maps Determination Table continued (entirety of page 38)
Side 1, Right Side: Magic/Maps Determination Table continued (end of table at top of page 39), Other Statistics Regarding Thieves (entirety of page 10 excluding illustration)
Side 2, Left Side: Weapon Type vs Armor Class (entirety of page 12), Strength bonuses for fighters (bottom of page 6)
Side 2, Right Side: Damage Done by Weapon Type (table at top of page 13), Strength bonuses for fighters continued (top of page 7)
Sheet 3:
Side 1, Left Side: Attacks and Damage by Monster Type (entirety of page 14)
Side 1, Right Side: Attacks and Damage by Monster Type continued (entirety of page 15)
Side 2, Left Side: Attacks and Damage by Monster Type continued (entirety of page 16)
Side 2, Right Side: M-U Spells Table (entirety of page 17)
The order of what I've labeled as front and back are not necessarily the original order they were provided in. The set in the auction was stapled at some point but the staples were later removed. The pages were folded at some point. It's unclear if the pages are still in their original order.
The origin of the Greyhawk Reference Sheets is shrouded in mystery. Produced in the 1975 to 1976 timeframe, our best guess is that they were produced in-house at TSR and used at the 1975 and/or 1976 GenCon OD&D sessions. Leftover copies of these were then possibly inserted into the package of customers who ordered both an Original D&D Set (2nd or 3rd print) and a newly-released Greyhawk supplement. The Sheets consist of three goldenrod-colored 8.5" x 11" loose-leaf pages folded in half, and printed on both sides, to make an unstapled 12-page booklet (much like some copies of the D&D Reference Sheets). This group of three sheets was then stapled together on an outside corner, which would have kept the "booklet" together and closed. The sheets replicate tables found in the Greyhawk OD&D Supplement, but with very slight textual changes. However they were originally distributed, the Greyhawk Reference Sheets are obscenely rare today; only three copies have so far been spotted, and one of those is incomplete. Thanks to Kynan Connor, Devon & Shawn Hibbs, and Rob Kuntz for this information.
The Acaeum link above includes a scan of a single page of the sheets. However, there is a current Ebay auction that includes a scan of each page.
From these we can see that the sheets included the following tables that appear to be taken from the 1st printing of Greyhawk, including the use of Futura font.
I did a quick check and didn't note any changes to the content of the tables.
Sheet 1:
Side 1, Left Side: Cleric Spells Table (Greyhawk pg 18), Magic/Maps Determination Table, first part (Swords portion from pg 34)
Side 1, Right Side: Magic/Maps Determination Table continued (entirety of page 35)
Side 2, Left Side: Magic/Maps Determination Table continued (entirety of page 36)
Side 2, Right Side: Magic/Maps Determination Table continued (entirety of page 37)
Sheet 2:
Side 1, Left Side: Magic/Maps Determination Table continued (entirety of page 38)
Side 1, Right Side: Magic/Maps Determination Table continued (end of table at top of page 39), Other Statistics Regarding Thieves (entirety of page 10 excluding illustration)
Side 2, Left Side: Weapon Type vs Armor Class (entirety of page 12), Strength bonuses for fighters (bottom of page 6)
Side 2, Right Side: Damage Done by Weapon Type (table at top of page 13), Strength bonuses for fighters continued (top of page 7)
Sheet 3:
Side 1, Left Side: Attacks and Damage by Monster Type (entirety of page 14)
Side 1, Right Side: Attacks and Damage by Monster Type continued (entirety of page 15)
Side 2, Left Side: Attacks and Damage by Monster Type continued (entirety of page 16)
Side 2, Right Side: M-U Spells Table (entirety of page 17)
The order of what I've labeled as front and back are not necessarily the original order they were provided in. The set in the auction was stapled at some point but the staples were later removed. The pages were folded at some point. It's unclear if the pages are still in their original order.
Some heroic D&Der should recreate those.
