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Here was the box of rulebooks that I had not stored in the РІР‚в„ў81 Basic Box. I got my original red box set in РІР‚в„ў82 in California, while my dad was stationed at DLI. The modules that accompanied these rulebooks in their boxes РІР‚вЂњ B2 and X1, respectively РІР‚вЂњ are with their module series. Also in this box was an old blue-book cover D&D rulebook from the late 70s, right around the time of the AD&D / D&D split.

D&d threshold vaults of pandius full#

Inside I had copies of the РІР‚ВoriginalРІР‚в„ў Basic and Expert rulebooks, before the РІР‚в„ў84-era Mentzer reboot that expanded into the full BECMI series. IРІР‚в„ўve still got one of the boxes from 1981 with the (in)famous Errol Otus cover. However, if you want more of the inside stories about how Mystara became РІР‚Сљ MYSTARA!РІР‚Сњ there are a handful of great sources on the web, including the personal blogs of some of the original creators. Now, this isnРІР‚в„ўt intended to be an all-encompassing History of MystaraРІвЂћСћ but rather a quick overview of how this entire gallery ended up in the same game world, and then, predictably, gets out of hand because I just canРІР‚в„ўt help myself. Bigger campaigns followed, along with some retro-fitting of the older B-series modules into the world. I mean, it was a true mish-mash of countries, with a nation of desert-dwelling nomad tribes wedged in between a pseudo-Roman-inspired empire and MystaraРІР‚в„ўs vikings.Р”В«ut the world grew, as the X-series modules slowly expanded the map around the edges, and somewhere along the way, Mystara (a) got a name, and (b) started to get some coherence, between the Gazetteer-series sourcebooks, and the Dragon magazine articles. It was almost a throwaway map, listing a bunch of random countries in the area that you could meander about on your way to or from the Isle of Dread. How many of us started our adventures here?

D&d threshold vaults of pandius series#

As the rules grew from basic to expert to companion and beyond, the rules series became known as the BECMI series.

Mystara, for those that donРІР‚в„ўt know, was the expansion of the game world that was first introduced in the X1 module that accompanied the expert-level set of the original no-prefix D&D, starting around 1981. Once I had the pics, though, I figured it was time to share some pics and commentary on the Mystara collection. It turned into about half of the collection РІР‚вЂњ this isnРІР‚в„ўt even all the TSR stuff! РІР‚вЂњ but I wanted to at least get a some of the collection archived. This started as a set of pics for a personal inventory of the RPG collection. Brant Guillory, 14 November 2019 On #TBT, we bring you the occasional classic article РІР‚вЂњ an older review or analysis piece we wanted to rescue