tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post267628742155648390..comments2024-03-28T09:41:39.187-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: It Beats Swallowing GoldfishJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68099279745638633752022-03-08T11:05:50.634-05:002022-03-08T11:05:50.634-05:00I used to be a regular customer at Dream Wizards i...I used to be a regular customer at Dream Wizards in the eighties through to the naughties.Corathonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15453135801686019143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-66068998179750684162022-03-08T10:15:52.522-05:002022-03-08T10:15:52.522-05:00Whoop, minor correction: Reveille actually starte...Whoop, minor correction: Reveille actually started up in WW2, not WW1. Tit-Bits began in the 1880s and has a fascinatingly complex history and variety of content, and included material from writers including PG Wodehouse, Virginia Woolf, and GK Chesterton.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30217590371380959432022-03-08T10:09:47.333-05:002022-03-08T10:09:47.333-05:00Well, you made me look it up. Assuming wiki is ro...Well, you made me look it up. Assuming wiki is roughly accurate, the magazine died around 2007. It started life in 1916 as "Blighty" which was apparently a risque humor mag for servicemen (much like Reveille and Tit-Bits), was published in that form until 1920, then relaunched in 1939 as "Blighty Parade" as a pinup magazine (again, for servicemen). This time it stayed in print, transforming to just "Parade" in 1960 and going to topless and nude images in the 1970s before settling into hardcore in the 1990s. Had four different publishers over the years and a convoluted publishing history, as you'd expect for a magazine of its age. Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-84665488620213141232022-03-08T08:27:49.825-05:002022-03-08T08:27:49.825-05:00Made me look twice at the title (Parade being (was...Made me look twice at the title (Parade being (was? not sure if it's still going) one of the main porn mags in the UK).Nick the Lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07421763979523839533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60417719183781087492022-03-07T22:53:20.915-05:002022-03-07T22:53:20.915-05:00Incomprehensibility: My introduction to D&D wa...Incomprehensibility: My introduction to D&D was Freshman year (1977) at an all-boys Catholic HS. Classmate brought in the Holmes Basic set to recruit a group in our homeroom. The only takers were those of us who were wargamers. Wargamers were considered weirdos too back then. Our homeroom teacher, Brother Patrick, convinced us to start an afterschool D&D club -- so he could watch our sessions. He thought it was a very interesting artistic / intellectual hobby. Weirdness: Fast forward to college. Fond (and ironic) memories of being derisively called "Fantasy Man" by people who spent their weekends drinking, passing out, and then urinating on themselves on a regular basis. Did not run into any LARPers back then. Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327841920784343663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-89853762659279113692022-03-07T21:26:59.334-05:002022-03-07T21:26:59.334-05:00I remember that issue. I kept it for about 10 year...I remember that issue. I kept it for about 10 years or so.Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573515239455290988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85936313907493218962022-03-07T14:54:42.570-05:002022-03-07T14:54:42.570-05:00I'm clearly out of the loop for LARPing, they&...I'm clearly out of the loop for LARPing, they've been around since 1977 and this is the first I've heard of them. Still going strong, apparently. https://dagorhir.com/Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23813936846670543402022-03-07T14:52:48.959-05:002022-03-07T14:52:48.959-05:00On the first page of the article proper, there'...On the first page of the article proper, there's a note under the photo thanking Dream Wizards, a gaming store in Rockville, Maryland that still exists. I have no idea what that means here, but your hunch might well be right.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60804205394682243432022-03-07T14:51:43.141-05:002022-03-07T14:51:43.141-05:00I remember Parade from my youth, but not that part...I remember Parade from my youth, but not that particular issue. Might be just as well, if my parents had seen that they'd probably have been even more twitchy about me gaming. Cripes, my sister and I weren't allowed to wear t-shirts with logos or art on them back in the day. They were "gang symbols" you know. :\<br /><br />"No son of mine is going to dress up as a werewolf and strangle women in public!"Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41522373018069301392022-03-07T14:04:14.351-05:002022-03-07T14:04:14.351-05:00I bet they are from Dagorhir. It was founded in th...I bet they are from Dagorhir. It was founded in the D.C. area. Think of it as Society of Creative Anachronism lite with a lot of fantasy elements.<br /><br /><br />Robert Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71731948644735173222022-03-07T12:39:29.295-05:002022-03-07T12:39:29.295-05:00My RPG experience begins with this issue of Parade...My RPG experience begins with this issue of Parade. The LARPers may not have had much to do with D&D, but they were a great selling point to 9 year olds coming off of their first Tolkien experience.Rob Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17791752557408134270noreply@blogger.com