If you were reading Dragon magazine in the mid-1980s, advertisements for TSR's Marvel Super Heroes   like this one were ubiquitous. The ...

Apologies in advance for the poor quality of this image, but it was the best I could find. It's the second page of a two-page advertisem...

That's a lot of hyphens! This advertisement, which appeared in issue #114 of Dragon (October 1986) was the first time I'd heard that...

For all my current misgivings about the 1983 AD&D module, Ravenloft , I don't actually dislike it and indeed have many fond memorie...

Though I played a fair bit of Top Secret in my youth, I think my favorite espionage RPG was James Bond 007 from Victory Games. Even ignori...

Since I mentioned it my earlier post, I thought it worthwhile to share the original advertisement for The Valley of the Pharaohs I remember...

Though actually released in late 1984, I first became aware of GDW's post-apocalyptic military roleplaying game, Twilight: 2000 through...

Since I wrote a bit last week about aliens in Traveller and Thousand Suns , I thought it'd be a good time to share this advertisement fr...

From issue #86 (June 1984) of Dragon  comes one of the first advertisements for Pacesetter's horror RPG, Chill , that I ever saw. The ac...

From issue #52 of Dragon (August 1981):

Whenever TSR released a new campaign setting for AD&D during the Second Edition era, Dragon magazine would include a special section adv...

Did anyone own this game? I ask, because I very vividly remember the advertisements for it, like this one that appeared in issue #69 of Drag...

One of the most vexing aspects of middle age is looking back on the past with hindsight and thinking, "If only I knew then what I know ...

Though I was a fan of Ogre and Car Wars , both designed by the American Steve Jackson (not the British one ), I didn't pay close atten...

One of the earliest advertisements for Planescape I remember seeing was this one, which appeared in issue #203 of Dragon (March 1994). Depic...

As if to prove my point , last week's  Dark Sun posts have generated a lot of interest, not to mention comments , which I appreciate. H...

Here's another teaser advertisement for Dark Sun , from Dragon #172 (August 1991) – a month before the formal release of the game. What ...

The second teaser advertisement for Dark Sun , this one appearing in issue #171 of Dragon (July 1991).

From issue #170 of Dragon  (June 1991), the first of several teaser advertisements for the Dark Sun campaign setting.

From issue #66 of Dragon (October 1982) comes this full-page advertisement for Gangbusters . I haven't played the game in decades, but i...