The whole вЂњchance of failureвЂќ calculation for Traveller showed that RPGs hadnвЂ™t quite made a clean break from their wargaming roots at this point. For an ad that claims that roleplaying games need вЂњtoo much setupвЂќ I find that kind of cheeky for a game that used to hog most of my mumвЂ™s living room carpetвЂ¦ I remember loving that in my pre-RPG days. (Which is also the excuse for the back cover, really.) Gary Gygax interview: more blatantly self-promotional than I expect, but it was 1979. Letters: White Dwarf is not as good as it was! Treasure Chest: those traps look a lot like what Grimtooth would do later. Lair of the White Wyrm: yeah, itвЂ™s a bit of a zoo but thatвЂ™s what people wanted. Open Box: Don admits he was wrong about the appeal of Traveller, but mostly seems to dislike everything not published by TSR. But a four-page article, gosh вЂ“ wouldnвЂ™t see that in the later days for anything except adventures.ДЇiend Factory: notable to me because of the mention that Fiend Folio is shortly going to be published. (Sure, every starship is a multimegaton bomb.) And the obligatory nuclear weapon rules. But Expo did it anyway.Д®xpanding Universe: good stuff as always from Andy, though perhaps without quite as much thought for the shape of the resulting universe as would be usual later. So many adverts with dollar prices, вЂњor contact Games WorkshopвЂќ.ДЄ few years ago when Expo was asking the traders whether they wanted to extend to Friday, they all said no вЂ“ theyвЂ™d have to take staff away from a normal business day in their shops and warehouses. And then the golden age of RPGs ended when Magic came along.) When I started there were still a few wargamers around to complain about RPGs taking people away from their hobby. You can find links to the issues in the comments of the first Book Club.ДЇascinating to see these advertisements for games which had faded from memory a mere few years later. Let us know what you think of this issue by responding in the comments below. If youвЂ™d like to play Lair of the White Worm, then come and join me and others at Glorantha Games where I will be running it using 13th Age Glorantha. Much has changed over the past 40 years, not only can the Brits stomach three day cons, we can enjoy them from the comfort of our own homes. Last weekend, it was the virtual version of UK Games Expo, which included streamed-seminars where former member of the editorial team of White Dwarf Marc Gascoigne gave a shout out to The GROGNARD files. In the editorial, Livingstone wonders if Brits will ever have the stomach for a three day convention. It may feel a bit slight compare to some of the other issues we have looked at, but itвЂ™s a significant issue not least because Ian Livingstone, fresh from a trip to Origins, includes an interview with Gary Gygax. In the first episode, declares Lair of the White Wyrm to be the best Runequest scenario: itвЂ™s a classic zoo-dungeon showing off the Gloranthean bestiary to the full. In the episode we celebrate 5 years of producing the pod which all began with Runequest. Another low roller, this time the d100 was rattled by Bud from BudвЂ™s RPG Review, the вЂFirst, Last and EverythingвЂ™ contributor for the latest episode of the GROGPOD.

White dwarf magazine november 2013