Rolling Nostalgic: The First Pretenders To The D&D Throne
Greetings, programs! Your personal gaming historian Captain Jerk here with another trip to the distant past. Today we will take a look at the...
Rolling Nostalgic: TOMB OF HORRORS
Gygax Rules His Domain
By the mid 70’s Gary Gygax was flying high (and not just from his love of recreational drugs). His game Dungeons...
CALL OF CTHULHU RPG: The Phases Of Insanity
A Man Named Sandy
Sandy Peterson first discovered the works of early 20th century horror author H.P. Lovecraft in a World War 2 Armed Services...
Rolling Nostalgic Revisits DRAGONLANCE: DRAGONS OF AUTUMN NIGHT
Over the past 3 decades I have read the Dragonlance Chronicles as well as the subsequent main series, Legends several times. The first time was...
Rolling Nostalgic: STAR FRONTIERS (1982-1985)
In the early 1980s TSR was really starting to make some noise in the realms of pop culture. The AD&D rulebooks, which were published...
Rolling Nostalgic: Artist Spotlight On Keith Parkinson
Early Years
Keith Parkinson was born in West Covina, California in 1958. Due to his father's job he had to move around a lot and...
Rolling Nostalgic: Top 10 DRAGON Covers Of The 1980s
Dragon was the premiere magazine of the 1980s for game players. In addition to the RPG based articles and ads for new products it was...
Rolling Nostalgic: JUDGES GUILD, The Early D&D Pirate Ship
Hey there, D&D'ers and non-believers alike! Your personal gaming historian Captain Jerk here with another tale about the beginnings of the great game. Many...
Rolling Nostalgic: MARVEL SUPER HEROES
TSR put out a lot of products in the 1980s. A LOT OF PRODUCTS.
One of the best product lines that wasn't named D&D was...
Rolling Nostalgic: Dawn Of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
At first Mary Jo Gygax had no reason to believe her young husband Gary was anything but a hard-working family man, who committed much...
