Tuesday, April 20, 2021

GenCon IX Report

Take a look at this. It's an article from the San Francisco Examiner, dated September 5, 1976, describing the events of GenCon IX. How's that for a byline? 'Twas an age of giants.

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  1. Given his record in the SCA and stomping of men half his age in combat, I would think this would be right up his alley

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  2. Heh! The same year "Lankhmar" was published by TSR. I wonder if he was subconsciously plugging it . . . .

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    1. More than subconsciously, actually. I didn't reproduce the whole article here, but Leiber does in fact mention the boardgame in the full piece.

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