I’d have to check to make sure, but I think issue #7 was my first.

It was a supplement for both games. Either add car combat to Champions or add superpowers and helicopters to Car Wars.

The original English language Barcode Battler rule book is incredibly badly written. I learned more about how to play the game correctly from reading this article. No wonder it was not successful outside of Japan.

It is amazing how badly written the game’s original English rule books are. I learned so much just by reading this article. No wonder Barcode Battler fared so poorly outside of Japan.

We just watched it too. Take my Worf, please!

Also, elves are depraved nigh-immortal chaos aliens and a trip through an enchanted forest is confusing and terrifying. More Lord Dunsany and Poul Anderson than Tolkien.

Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Henry V, The Tempest, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Red Badge of Courage, Catcher in the Rye, Of Mice & Men, Old Man & the Sea, The Crucible. I went all-in for studying Shakespeare.

Both series were designed by Alfred Leonardi, who I met back in 2015! Queen's Blade uses Leonardi's Lost Worlds combat book system, first published in 1983, for duels between fantasy characters and monsters. He started Ace of Aces back in 1980. Unfortunately, he passed away earlier this year.

I had both the Six Million Dollar Man Movie Viewer AND the Bionic Video Center so that Steve Austin could sit in comfort and watch Star Wars and Alien film cassettes with me.

I joined the Otherworlds Club when I got my AD&D Monster Manual

I always liked the original cover art that was created for Apple Lane. However, Chaosium decided to simplify it before publication (from Wyrm's Footnotes #6 (1979)).

A sample of "The Fantasy Game" feat chance rules in question.

That's exactly what I did! My 0e retro clone "The Fantasy Game" uses the Greyhawk Open Doors rules as a general "feat check" mechanic. I designed the rule set for my students, but I'd like make it available in the near future. crypticarchivist.blogspot.com/2024/05/intr...