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Post by multiarms on Jun 30, 2021 10:48:20 GMT -6
![]()  I saw this interesting photo on Tumblr of Albie Fiore (author of White Dwarf scenarios "The Lichway" and "Tizun Thane"), reportedly from 1980. Is that a Holmes box set on the table? Maybe a version distributed in the UK? It looks rather deep, and the black color stuck me as unusual. The other text is quite blurry, but it looks to me like it says "The Original Role-Playing Adventure Game" on the side. Also, any info or ID on that DM screen would be cool. Cheers! |
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Post by tetramorph on Jun 30, 2021 11:06:03 GMT -6
The DM screen is the official AD&D screen.
That may be the BECMI Masters set box.
But that would put this photo later than 1980.
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Post by jeffb on Jun 30, 2021 11:33:23 GMT -6
I'm guessing that's a Games Workshop edition box. Nothing that deep ever came out of TSR, or in that color/design to my knowledge. Def NOT BECMI style box. As mentioned, official first AD&D Screen. Off to www.acaeum.com |
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Post by flightcommander on Jun 30, 2021 11:34:24 GMT -6
I found this info:
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Post by jeffb on Jun 30, 2021 11:38:33 GMT -6
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Post by multiarms on Jun 30, 2021 11:38:44 GMT -6
That's what I thought... some version of Holmes based on what can be seen of the front cover at that weird angle. Check out the yellow at the top left corner and I think you can see some of the dragon's red body along the left side of the cover further down. Also, some of the lighter segmented dragon belly maybe?  |
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Post by multiarms on Jun 30, 2021 11:43:18 GMT -6
I remember Zenopus Zach wrote on his blog that the Lichway and Tizun Thane were originally written for Holmes.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2021 15:07:56 GMT -6
Look at that glorious 'fro and 'stache. That dude had all the ladies back in the day. You just know it.
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Post by jeffb on Jun 30, 2021 18:14:53 GMT -6
Look at that glorious 'fro and 'stache. That dude had all the ladies back in the day. You just know it. If John Holmes sat behind a Dungeon Masters Screen, I can assure you that even HE could not get laid during those early D&D days. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2021 5:28:34 GMT -6
Look at that glorious 'fro and 'stache. That dude had all the ladies back in the day. You just know it. If John Holmes sat behind a Dungeon Masters Screen, I can assure you that even HE could not get laid during those early D&D days. Meanwhile the camera pans around to Gary's California Adventures, with hookers and cocaine. |
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Post by geoffrey on Jul 1, 2021 11:33:28 GMT -6
![]() Also, any info or ID on that DM screen would be cool. That screen is this guy: acaeum.com/ddindexes/miscpages/dmscreen.htmlThe glorious art you see on it is by Dave Trampier. I happen to have that as my computer's wallpaper.  |
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Post by jeffb on Jul 1, 2021 12:22:45 GMT -6
If John Holmes sat behind a Dungeon Masters Screen, I can assure you that even HE could not get laid during those early D&D days. Meanwhile the camera pans around to Gary's California Adventures, with hookers and cocaine. He had to pay dearly for it though! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2021 12:37:38 GMT -6
Meanwhile the camera pans around to Gary's California Adventures, with hookers and cocaine. He had to pay dearly for it though! Money is that cheat code for the temporary Charisma stat bonus. |
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Post by Starbeard on Jul 4, 2021 17:36:08 GMT -6
The photo intrigued me, so I looked around and found this: it's taken from a BBC Heart of the Matter broadcast, and based on their description it seems like it aired 25 May, 1980. We've got Fiore, Jackson, and a heap of merchandise cameos in the background. m.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/572990156407352/ |
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Post by tdenmark on Jul 5, 2021 0:04:38 GMT -6
Interesting observation about that photo: he is only using one of the two DM screens, because that is the only useful one of the two. Unless of course you clip handy charts to cover the psionics stuff nobody used over the other one.
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Post by dicebro on Jul 12, 2021 12:33:17 GMT -6
Look at that glorious 'fro and 'stache. That dude had all the ladies back in the day. You just know it. He got the ladies despite the Fro & Stache. He had a British accent. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2021 15:01:52 GMT -6
Look at that glorious 'fro and 'stache. That dude had all the ladies back in the day. You just know it. He got the ladies despite the Fro & Stache. He had a British accent. I've been told that there was a point in time that the more ridiculously hairy a man was, the more attractive the ladies found him. That was slightly before my time. Although, my ilk did rock the mullet, and that's a whole other thing. |
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Post by Zenopus on Jul 12, 2021 16:23:53 GMT -6
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Post by scalydemon on Aug 10, 2021 11:46:45 GMT -6
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Post by Falconer on Aug 10, 2021 12:58:28 GMT -6
That box is raaaare, isn’t it? What a grail!
I keep my AD&D DM Screen in a D&D (Holmes) (US) Box. I used to throw in a UK Paperback AD&D PHB and take it on trips as my travel set.
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Post by aramis on Aug 14, 2021 3:18:27 GMT -6
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