Shannon Appelcline

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Palace of the Silver Princess: How TSR Recalled and Buried A D&D Adventure

An excerpt from Designers & Dragons: Origins

Shannon Appelcline Oct 20, 2025

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Shannon Appelcline returns with a product-by-product history of the first decades of D&D

Designers & Dragons: Origins promises to be another essential reference.

Thomas Manuel Oct 9, 2025

A photo of the cover of The NEW Easy to Master Dungeons & Dragons Game.

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I review every TSR D&D Starter Set from the ‘90s

There were seven of them! Seven!

Caelyn Ellis Aug 8, 2025

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