tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6895133417328417493..comments2024-03-28T15:30:09.903-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: White Dwarf: Issue #1James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87064970590417619872021-07-22T06:15:05.273-04:002021-07-22T06:15:05.273-04:00In those early issues, there are a couple of good ...In those early issues, there are a couple of good essays on how to play (A)D&D, which are also referenced in The Elusive Shift by Jon Peterson. It shows that the new hobby of roleplaying was still trying to define itself and carve a niche for itself.Phil Dutréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607941040736764291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-1469488303800976272021-07-21T11:20:50.187-04:002021-07-21T11:20:50.187-04:00I did a series on the first 100 issues of White Dw...I did a <a href="http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/search/label/white%20dwarf" rel="nofollow">series on the first 100</a> issues of <a href="http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2014/03/white-dwarf-wednesday-index.html" rel="nofollow">White Dwarf</a> (and <a href="http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2015/01/owl-weasel-wednesdays-owl-weasel-index.html" rel="nofollow">Owl & Weasel</a>) some years back. <br />Very enjoyable experience as my memories of White Dwarf are generally quite fond.<br />For me the voices Ian Livingstone, Steve Jackson (the other one), and Lewis Pulsipher really showed through in these early editions and reading through them all in quick series made those voices seem more apparent than anything I can recall in say Dragon. The feeling was closer in nature to The Dungeoneer to be honest.<br /><br />While another retrospective on White Dwarf is certainly welcome, I am far more interested in what you see vs. what I did given we came up through the ranks as it were around the same time. Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-32846013861510732802021-07-20T21:16:47.303-04:002021-07-20T21:16:47.303-04:00My parents went to the UK around 79 and I asked my...My parents went to the UK around 79 and I asked my mom to get me WD if she saw any. Unfortunately she did not come across any in her travels. She ended up getting me some UK comic books (don't recall what)<br /><br />I only was able to find a few issues of WD in my area in the early 1980s, but did enjoy the multi-game coverage and the UK "vibe". JEFFBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862106711059104379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68946428410171872492021-07-20T19:04:18.774-04:002021-07-20T19:04:18.774-04:00The Warlord is this board game:
http://rlyehrevi...The Warlord is this board game: <br /><br />http://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2019/12/1974-warlord.html.<br /><br />Games Workshop would published it as Apocalypse.pookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521454715536568847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24217157922961277332021-07-20T17:29:40.346-04:002021-07-20T17:29:40.346-04:00White Dwarf was a great magazine in its day.
Int...White Dwarf was a great magazine in its day. <br /><br />Interestingly, the first issue of the magazine that I read also had a review of Warlord -- in its second, renamed, Games Workshop issue.<br /><br />It would have been 1981, I suppose, so we'll get to it in due course.Sir Harrokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064391207365006286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37666854273179879872021-07-20T15:09:23.259-04:002021-07-20T15:09:23.259-04:00I loved White Dwarf. Even articles about games I d...I loved White Dwarf. Even articles about games I didn't play (Fantasy Battles or 40K) were dripping with usable ideas. Ruprechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139664977453444000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18101121909775625902021-07-20T14:33:15.998-04:002021-07-20T14:33:15.998-04:00I got started on White Dwarf when reprints of the ...I got started on White Dwarf when reprints of the first 3 issues showed up at my FLGS. I've got a mostly complete run up into the 60s (I managed to lose a few issues and maybe missed a few).<br /><br />I actually don't use much (other than adventures - WD had some great ones) these days, but back in the day I used various bits and always love re-reading articles pertinent to whatever I'm currently running.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13032580586242455102021-07-20T13:25:00.762-04:002021-07-20T13:25:00.762-04:00That makes sense.That makes sense.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55689780542250478802021-07-20T13:22:24.168-04:002021-07-20T13:22:24.168-04:00You mention Judges Guild and Games Workshop are th...You mention Judges Guild and Games Workshop are third parties directly mentioned in the DMG. It might be significant that in 1977 Judges Guild and Games Workshop had business agreements with TSR - GW as British importer (and publisher of GW versions of Holmes, etc.).A Paladin In Hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810111335291693554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-57015550697383821982021-07-20T11:16:58.946-04:002021-07-20T11:16:58.946-04:00Currently on issue number 466, by far the longest ...Currently on issue number 466, by far the longest continuous run for a physical magazine in the gaming industry, and now utterly unrelated to its humble origins. This issue might have been amateurish and uneven but it still offered more of interest than the slick, polished, and entirely soulless corporate house organ sold today. <br /><br />For $9 an issue, I might add. Save that for four months and you could almost afford an average character figure from them instead. Almost.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71902531134496374452021-07-20T11:11:54.133-04:002021-07-20T11:11:54.133-04:00I will be following this series of posts with inte...I will be following this series of posts with interest. Personally I never came across any issues of White Dwarf until well after it had become the house organ for GW miniature wargames that it is today.<br />Looking forward to seeing the early history of the hobby from the UK's vantage point.akfu23https://www.blogger.com/profile/07850846883927606868noreply@blogger.com