Adventures in Fiction: Abraham Merritt
Adventures in Fiction: Abraham Merritt By James Maliszewski Of all the literary influences on D&D and DCC RPG, Abraham Merritt is perhaps the “most-influential of the least-known.” His work is rarely read in this modern time, yet he is named by Gary Gygax as one of “the most immediate influences on AD&D. Today, on January 20, 2018, the 134th anniversary of his birth, we provide a little more insight into this...
Adventures in Film Fiction: Hammer Films and the Cleric Class
60 Years of Hammer Horror’s Dracula – And the Creation of the Cleric Class By Bob Brinkman The year 2018 marks the 60th anniversary of the Hammer Horror film Dracula. Why is this so important? You can thank Dracula for the creation of the cleric class, and the Hammer Horror series in general for influencing several aspects of Dungeons and Dragons (and later the Dungeon Crawl Classics role-playing game). The history of Hammer...
Adventures in Fiction: J.R.R. Tolkien
Adventures in Fiction: J.R.R. Tolkien By Chris Doyle John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892 in what is now South Africa. His parents, both English, had re-located so his father could accept a promotion with his current employer, a bank. He returned to England at the age of three, but his father succumbed to fever and never made the journey. Tolkien was a soldier (in the First World War, eventually reaching the rank of...
Adventures in Fiction: Leigh Brackett
Adventures in Fiction: Leigh Brackett By Michael Curtis The sad truth is that Appendix N is overwhelmingly a boys’ club. Much of the blame can be assigned to the fact that science-fiction and fantasy writers prior to 1960s were by and large white men. It was a tough club for a woman to break into, resulting in many female authors with an interest in writing science-fiction and fantasy to work under either pen names (such as Andre...
Jennell Jaquays Returns to Lankhmar
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser never looked better! Jennell Jaquays is known to fans of classic D&D for her work for both Judges Guild and TSR, including her iconic work on Lankhmar illustrations in the AD&D book Deities & Demigods. Goodman Games is therefore very excited to announce that Jennell Jaquays has returned to Lankhmar illustration for the DCC Lankhmar project! Here are previews of just two of her dynamic...
Adventures in Fiction: Abraham Merritt
Adventures in Fiction: Remembering Abraham Merritt By James Maliszewski After listing all of the books and authors that inspired him, Gary Gygax concluded Appendix N of the Dungeon Masters Guide by stating, “The most immediate influences upon AD&D were probably de Camp & Pratt, REH, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, HPL, and A. Merritt.” Most of the writers he mentioned ought to be well known to devotees of fantasy and with good...
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