Post by geoffrey on Jun 16, 2009 18:13:43 GMT -6
Best of The Dragon (published in 1980) notes at the beginning: “The material ranges from the first issue of THE STRATEGIC REVIEW, published in the spring of 1975, to TD #14, published in May of 1978.”
Below I've done a detailed list of where precisely each article in Best of the Dragon was originally published. First, I list the articles in the order in which they appear in Best of the Dragon. Second, I list the articles in the order originally published. Please note that in a few cases the title of an article changed somewhat between its first and second publications. In the first list, I give the titles as they appear in Best of the Dragon. In the second list, I give the titles as they appear in the original publications.
Fun fact: Each of the seven issues of The Strategic Review have at least one article in Best of the Dragon, and all but one of the first fourteen issues of The Dragon have at least one article in Best of the Dragon. Poor The Dragon #3! It is entirely unrepresented in Best of the Dragon.
Design/Designer's Forum
“Planes: The Concepts of Spatial, Temporal and Physical Relationships in D&D” by Gary Gygax (The Dragon #8, July 1977)
“How Green Was My Mutant” by Gary Gygax (The Dragon #5, March 1977)
“Some Ideas Missed in Metamorphosis Alpha” by James Ward (The Dragon #5, March 1977)
“An Alternate Beginning Sequence for Metamorphosis: Alpha” by Guy W. McLimore, Jr. (The Dragon #6, April 1977)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part I: Towns” by Joe Fischer (The Strategic Review #7, April 1976)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part 2: Wilderness” by Joe Fischer (The Dragon #1, June 1976)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part 3: The Dungeons” by Joe Fischer (The Dragon #2, Aug. 1976)
“Languages or, Could you repeat that in Auld Wormish?” by Lee Gold (The Dragon #1, June 1976)
“The Development of Towns in D&D” by Tony Watson (The Dragon #8, July 1977)
“Let There Be a Method To Your Madness” by Richard Gilbert (The Dragon #10, Oct. 1977)
“The Play’s the Thing…” by Thomas Filmore (The Dragon #11, Dec. 1977)
“Designing For Unique Wilderness Encounters” by Daniel Clifton (The Dragon #10, Oct. 1977)
“Deserted Cities of Mars” by Jim Ward (The Strategic Review #3, Autumn 1975)
“The Total Person in Metamorphosis Alpha” by James M. Ward (The Dragon #14, May 1978)
“How Heavy Is My Giant?” by Shlump Da Orc (The Dragon #13, April 1978)
“From the Sorcerer’s Scroll: Tolkien in Dungeons & Dragons” by Rob Kuntz (The Dragon #13, April 1978)
“Notes from a Semi-Successful D&D Player” by James Ward (The Dragon #13, April 1978)
“Some Thoughts on the Speed of a Lightning Bolt” by James Ward (The Dragon #12, Feb. 1978)
“The Meaning of Law and Chaos in Dungeons & Dragons and Their Relationships to Good and Evil” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #6, Feb. 1976)
“Gary Gygax on Dungeons & Dragons: Origins of the Game” by Gary Gygax (The Dragon #7, June 1977)
“D&D Is Only as Good as the DM” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #7, April 1976)
“The Dungeons & Dragons Magic System” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #7, April 1976)
Dragon Mirth
“Monster Reference Table Addition, Hostile & Benign Creatures” by Wesley D. Ives (The Strategic Review #3, Autumn 1975)
“Miscellaneous Treasure, Magic, Weapons, Artifacts and Monsters—Additions, Deletions, Omissions, Corrections, Changes, Variations and Otherwise Confusing Alterations” (The Dragon #4, Dec. 1976)
“The Search for the Forbidden Chamber” by Jake Jaquet (The Dragon #1, June 1976)
“Search for the Forbidden Chamber: conclusion” by Jake Jaquet (The Dragon #2, Aug. 1976)
“What to Do When the Dog Eats Your Dice” by Omar Kwalish (The Dragon #7, June 1977)
“Excerpt from an Interview with a Rust Monster” by Michael McCrery (The Dragon #14, May 1978)
“Sturmgeschutz and Sorcery, or How Effective Is a Panzerfaust against a Troll, Heinz?” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #5, Dec. 1975)
Variants
“Illusionists!” by Peter Aronson (The Strategic Review #4, Winter 1975)
“Illusionist Additions” by Peter Aronson (The Dragon #1, June 1976)
“Tombs & Crypts” by James M. Ward (The Dragon #9, Sept. 1977)
“Halflings, Dwarves, Clerics & Thieves in Dungeon!” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #6, Feb. 1976)
UNTITLED and ANONYMOUS [notes on Halflings and Thieves in Dungeon!] (The Dragon #1, June 1976)
“Statistics Regarding Classes: (Additions)—BARDS” by Doug Schwegman (The Strategic Review #6, Feb. 1976)
“Barding Harps” by D. Schwegman (The Strategic Review #6, Feb. 1976)
“The Original Ranger Class” by Joe Fischer (The Strategic Review #2, Summer 1975)
“Wizard Research Rules” by Charles Preston Goforth, Jr. (The Dragon #5, March 1977)
“Witchcraft Supplement for Dungeons & Dragons” (The Dragon #5, March 1977)
“Monkish Combat in the Arena of Promotion” by John M. Seaton (The Dragon #2, Aug. 1976)
“Solo Dungeons & Dragons Adventures” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #1, Spring 1975)
“Lycanthropy—The Progress of the Disease” by Gregory Rihn (The Dragon #14, May 1978)
“The Japanese Mythos” by Jerome Arkenberg (The Dragon #13, April 1978)
“Random Monsters” by Paul Montgomery Crabaugh (The Dragon #10, Oct. 1977)
“D&D Option: Demon Generation” by Jon Pickens (The Dragon #13, April 1978)
The Strategic Review #1, Spring 1975
“Solo Dungeon Adventures” by Gary Gygax (pp.3-5)
The Strategic Review #2, Summer 1975
“Rangers! An Exciting New Dungeons & Dragons Class” by Joe Fischer (pp. 4-5)
The Strategic Review #3, Autumn 1975
“Monster Reference Table Addition, Hostile & Benign Creatures” by Wesley D. Ives (p. 3)
“Deserted Cities of Mars” by Jim Ward (p. 7)
The Strategic Review #4, Winter 1975
“Illusionists!” by Peter Aronson (pp. 5-6)
The Strategic Review #5, Dec. 1975
“Sturmgeschutz and Sorcery, or How Effective Is a Panzerfaust against a Troll, Heinz?” by Gary Gygax (pp. 3-6)
The Strategic Review #6, Feb. 1976
“The Meaning of Law and Chaos in Dungeons & Dragons and Their Relationships to Good and Evil” by Gary Gygax (pp. 3-5)
“Statistics Regarding Classes: (Additions)—BARDS” by Doug Schwegman (pp. 11-12)
“Mighty Magic Miscellany: Barding Harps” by D. Schwegman (p. 12)
“Dwarves and Clerics in Dungeon!” by Gary Gygax (p. 13)
The Strategic Review #7, April 1976
“The Dungeons & Dragons Magic System” by Gary Gygax (pp. 3-4)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part I: Towns” by Joe Fischer (pp. 10-11)
“D&D Is Only as Good as the DM” by Gary Gygax (pp. 22-23)
The Dragon #1, June 1976
“Languages or, Could you repeat that in Auld Wormish?” by Lee Gold (pp. 9-10)
“The Search for the Forbidden Chamber” by Jake Jaquet (pp. 11-12)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part 2: Wilderness” by Joe Fischer (pp. 20-21)
“Mighty Magic Miscellany: Illusionist Additions” by Peter Aronson (p. 23)
“Hobbits and Thieves in Dungeon!” by Gary Gygax (p. 25)
The Dragon #2, Aug. 1976
“Monkish Combat in the Arena of Promotion” by John M. Seaton (pp. 4-5)
“Search for the Forbidden Chamber: conclusion” by Jake Jaquet (pp. 8-9, 25)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part 3: The Dungeons” by Joe Fischer (pp. 12-13, 26)
The Dragon #4, Dec. 1976
“Miscellaneous Treasure, Magic, Weapons, Artifacts and Monsters—Additions, Deletions, Omissions, Corrections, Changes, Variations and Otherwise Confusing Alterations” by Gary Jaquet (p. 21)
The Dragon #5, March 1977
“Witchcraft Supplement for Dungeons & Dragons”, author unknown (pp. 4-9, 28)
“Some Ideas Missed in Metamorphosis Alpha” by James Ward (p. 10)
“How Green Was My Mutant” by Gary Gygax (pp. 16-17)
“Wizard Research Rules” by Charles Preston Goforth, Jr. (pp. 24-26, 28)
The Dragon #6, April 1977
“An Alternate Beginning Sequence for Metamorphosis: Alpha” by Guy W. McLimore, Jr. (pp. 4-5)
The Dragon #7, June 1977
“What to Do When the Dog Eats Your Dice” by Omar Kwalish (pp. 5-6)
“Gary Gygax on Dungeons & Dragons: Origins of the Game” by Gary Gygax (p. 7)
The Dragon #8, July 1977
“Planes: The Concepts of Spatial, Temporal and Physical Relationships in D&D” by Gary Gygax (pp. 4-5, 28)
“The Development of Towns in D&D” by Tony Watson (pp. 5-7)
The Dragon #9, Sept. 1977
“Tombs & Crypts” by James M. Ward (p. 25)
The Dragon #10, Oct. 1977
“Designing For Unique Wilderness Encounters” by Daniel Clifton (p. 7)
“Random Monsters” by Paul Montgomery Crabaugh (pp. 9-10)
“Let There Be a Method To Your Madness” by Richard Gilbert (pp. 11-13)
The Dragon #11, Dec. 1977
“The Play’s the Thing…” by Thomas Filmore (p. 10)
The Dragon #12, Feb. 1978
“Some Thoughts on the Speed of a Lightning Bolt” by James Ward (p. 12)
The Dragon #13, April 1978
“How Heavy Is My Giant?” by Shlump Da Orc (pp. 5-7)
“From the Sorcerer’s Scroll: Tolkien in Dungeons & Dragons” by Rob Kuntz (p. 8)
“D&D Option: Demon Generation” by Jon Pickens (p. 9)
“The Japanese Mythos” by Jerome Arkenberg (pp. 11-15)
“Notes from a Semi-Successful D&D Player” by James Ward (p. 30)
The Dragon #14, May 1978
“Excerpt from an Interview with a Rust Monster” by Michael McCrery (pp. 14, 18-20)
“The Total Person in Metamorphosis Alpha” by James M. Ward (pp. 24-25)
“Lycanthropy—The Progress of the Disease” by Gregory Rihn (pp. 29-32)
Below I've done a detailed list of where precisely each article in Best of the Dragon was originally published. First, I list the articles in the order in which they appear in Best of the Dragon. Second, I list the articles in the order originally published. Please note that in a few cases the title of an article changed somewhat between its first and second publications. In the first list, I give the titles as they appear in Best of the Dragon. In the second list, I give the titles as they appear in the original publications.
Fun fact: Each of the seven issues of The Strategic Review have at least one article in Best of the Dragon, and all but one of the first fourteen issues of The Dragon have at least one article in Best of the Dragon. Poor The Dragon #3! It is entirely unrepresented in Best of the Dragon.
Design/Designer's Forum
“Planes: The Concepts of Spatial, Temporal and Physical Relationships in D&D” by Gary Gygax (The Dragon #8, July 1977)
“How Green Was My Mutant” by Gary Gygax (The Dragon #5, March 1977)
“Some Ideas Missed in Metamorphosis Alpha” by James Ward (The Dragon #5, March 1977)
“An Alternate Beginning Sequence for Metamorphosis: Alpha” by Guy W. McLimore, Jr. (The Dragon #6, April 1977)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part I: Towns” by Joe Fischer (The Strategic Review #7, April 1976)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part 2: Wilderness” by Joe Fischer (The Dragon #1, June 1976)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part 3: The Dungeons” by Joe Fischer (The Dragon #2, Aug. 1976)
“Languages or, Could you repeat that in Auld Wormish?” by Lee Gold (The Dragon #1, June 1976)
“The Development of Towns in D&D” by Tony Watson (The Dragon #8, July 1977)
“Let There Be a Method To Your Madness” by Richard Gilbert (The Dragon #10, Oct. 1977)
“The Play’s the Thing…” by Thomas Filmore (The Dragon #11, Dec. 1977)
“Designing For Unique Wilderness Encounters” by Daniel Clifton (The Dragon #10, Oct. 1977)
“Deserted Cities of Mars” by Jim Ward (The Strategic Review #3, Autumn 1975)
“The Total Person in Metamorphosis Alpha” by James M. Ward (The Dragon #14, May 1978)
“How Heavy Is My Giant?” by Shlump Da Orc (The Dragon #13, April 1978)
“From the Sorcerer’s Scroll: Tolkien in Dungeons & Dragons” by Rob Kuntz (The Dragon #13, April 1978)
“Notes from a Semi-Successful D&D Player” by James Ward (The Dragon #13, April 1978)
“Some Thoughts on the Speed of a Lightning Bolt” by James Ward (The Dragon #12, Feb. 1978)
“The Meaning of Law and Chaos in Dungeons & Dragons and Their Relationships to Good and Evil” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #6, Feb. 1976)
“Gary Gygax on Dungeons & Dragons: Origins of the Game” by Gary Gygax (The Dragon #7, June 1977)
“D&D Is Only as Good as the DM” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #7, April 1976)
“The Dungeons & Dragons Magic System” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #7, April 1976)
Dragon Mirth
“Monster Reference Table Addition, Hostile & Benign Creatures” by Wesley D. Ives (The Strategic Review #3, Autumn 1975)
“Miscellaneous Treasure, Magic, Weapons, Artifacts and Monsters—Additions, Deletions, Omissions, Corrections, Changes, Variations and Otherwise Confusing Alterations” (The Dragon #4, Dec. 1976)
“The Search for the Forbidden Chamber” by Jake Jaquet (The Dragon #1, June 1976)
“Search for the Forbidden Chamber: conclusion” by Jake Jaquet (The Dragon #2, Aug. 1976)
“What to Do When the Dog Eats Your Dice” by Omar Kwalish (The Dragon #7, June 1977)
“Excerpt from an Interview with a Rust Monster” by Michael McCrery (The Dragon #14, May 1978)
“Sturmgeschutz and Sorcery, or How Effective Is a Panzerfaust against a Troll, Heinz?” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #5, Dec. 1975)
Variants
“Illusionists!” by Peter Aronson (The Strategic Review #4, Winter 1975)
“Illusionist Additions” by Peter Aronson (The Dragon #1, June 1976)
“Tombs & Crypts” by James M. Ward (The Dragon #9, Sept. 1977)
“Halflings, Dwarves, Clerics & Thieves in Dungeon!” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #6, Feb. 1976)
UNTITLED and ANONYMOUS [notes on Halflings and Thieves in Dungeon!] (The Dragon #1, June 1976)
“Statistics Regarding Classes: (Additions)—BARDS” by Doug Schwegman (The Strategic Review #6, Feb. 1976)
“Barding Harps” by D. Schwegman (The Strategic Review #6, Feb. 1976)
“The Original Ranger Class” by Joe Fischer (The Strategic Review #2, Summer 1975)
“Wizard Research Rules” by Charles Preston Goforth, Jr. (The Dragon #5, March 1977)
“Witchcraft Supplement for Dungeons & Dragons” (The Dragon #5, March 1977)
“Monkish Combat in the Arena of Promotion” by John M. Seaton (The Dragon #2, Aug. 1976)
“Solo Dungeons & Dragons Adventures” by Gary Gygax (The Strategic Review #1, Spring 1975)
“Lycanthropy—The Progress of the Disease” by Gregory Rihn (The Dragon #14, May 1978)
“The Japanese Mythos” by Jerome Arkenberg (The Dragon #13, April 1978)
“Random Monsters” by Paul Montgomery Crabaugh (The Dragon #10, Oct. 1977)
“D&D Option: Demon Generation” by Jon Pickens (The Dragon #13, April 1978)
The Strategic Review #1, Spring 1975
“Solo Dungeon Adventures” by Gary Gygax (pp.3-5)
The Strategic Review #2, Summer 1975
“Rangers! An Exciting New Dungeons & Dragons Class” by Joe Fischer (pp. 4-5)
The Strategic Review #3, Autumn 1975
“Monster Reference Table Addition, Hostile & Benign Creatures” by Wesley D. Ives (p. 3)
“Deserted Cities of Mars” by Jim Ward (p. 7)
The Strategic Review #4, Winter 1975
“Illusionists!” by Peter Aronson (pp. 5-6)
The Strategic Review #5, Dec. 1975
“Sturmgeschutz and Sorcery, or How Effective Is a Panzerfaust against a Troll, Heinz?” by Gary Gygax (pp. 3-6)
The Strategic Review #6, Feb. 1976
“The Meaning of Law and Chaos in Dungeons & Dragons and Their Relationships to Good and Evil” by Gary Gygax (pp. 3-5)
“Statistics Regarding Classes: (Additions)—BARDS” by Doug Schwegman (pp. 11-12)
“Mighty Magic Miscellany: Barding Harps” by D. Schwegman (p. 12)
“Dwarves and Clerics in Dungeon!” by Gary Gygax (p. 13)
The Strategic Review #7, April 1976
“The Dungeons & Dragons Magic System” by Gary Gygax (pp. 3-4)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part I: Towns” by Joe Fischer (pp. 10-11)
“D&D Is Only as Good as the DM” by Gary Gygax (pp. 22-23)
The Dragon #1, June 1976
“Languages or, Could you repeat that in Auld Wormish?” by Lee Gold (pp. 9-10)
“The Search for the Forbidden Chamber” by Jake Jaquet (pp. 11-12)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part 2: Wilderness” by Joe Fischer (pp. 20-21)
“Mighty Magic Miscellany: Illusionist Additions” by Peter Aronson (p. 23)
“Hobbits and Thieves in Dungeon!” by Gary Gygax (p. 25)
The Dragon #2, Aug. 1976
“Monkish Combat in the Arena of Promotion” by John M. Seaton (pp. 4-5)
“Search for the Forbidden Chamber: conclusion” by Jake Jaquet (pp. 8-9, 25)
“Hints for D&D Judges: Part 3: The Dungeons” by Joe Fischer (pp. 12-13, 26)
The Dragon #4, Dec. 1976
“Miscellaneous Treasure, Magic, Weapons, Artifacts and Monsters—Additions, Deletions, Omissions, Corrections, Changes, Variations and Otherwise Confusing Alterations” by Gary Jaquet (p. 21)
The Dragon #5, March 1977
“Witchcraft Supplement for Dungeons & Dragons”, author unknown (pp. 4-9, 28)
“Some Ideas Missed in Metamorphosis Alpha” by James Ward (p. 10)
“How Green Was My Mutant” by Gary Gygax (pp. 16-17)
“Wizard Research Rules” by Charles Preston Goforth, Jr. (pp. 24-26, 28)
The Dragon #6, April 1977
“An Alternate Beginning Sequence for Metamorphosis: Alpha” by Guy W. McLimore, Jr. (pp. 4-5)
The Dragon #7, June 1977
“What to Do When the Dog Eats Your Dice” by Omar Kwalish (pp. 5-6)
“Gary Gygax on Dungeons & Dragons: Origins of the Game” by Gary Gygax (p. 7)
The Dragon #8, July 1977
“Planes: The Concepts of Spatial, Temporal and Physical Relationships in D&D” by Gary Gygax (pp. 4-5, 28)
“The Development of Towns in D&D” by Tony Watson (pp. 5-7)
The Dragon #9, Sept. 1977
“Tombs & Crypts” by James M. Ward (p. 25)
The Dragon #10, Oct. 1977
“Designing For Unique Wilderness Encounters” by Daniel Clifton (p. 7)
“Random Monsters” by Paul Montgomery Crabaugh (pp. 9-10)
“Let There Be a Method To Your Madness” by Richard Gilbert (pp. 11-13)
The Dragon #11, Dec. 1977
“The Play’s the Thing…” by Thomas Filmore (p. 10)
The Dragon #12, Feb. 1978
“Some Thoughts on the Speed of a Lightning Bolt” by James Ward (p. 12)
The Dragon #13, April 1978
“How Heavy Is My Giant?” by Shlump Da Orc (pp. 5-7)
“From the Sorcerer’s Scroll: Tolkien in Dungeons & Dragons” by Rob Kuntz (p. 8)
“D&D Option: Demon Generation” by Jon Pickens (p. 9)
“The Japanese Mythos” by Jerome Arkenberg (pp. 11-15)
“Notes from a Semi-Successful D&D Player” by James Ward (p. 30)
The Dragon #14, May 1978
“Excerpt from an Interview with a Rust Monster” by Michael McCrery (pp. 14, 18-20)
“The Total Person in Metamorphosis Alpha” by James M. Ward (pp. 24-25)
“Lycanthropy—The Progress of the Disease” by Gregory Rihn (pp. 29-32)
