D&D Fiend Folio and TSR UK History
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2023
- A brief history of how the Fiend Folio became the first (and only) Advanced Dungeons & Dragons hardback published by TSR Hobbies UK Ltd., how it was almost published by Games Workshop, and where all the monsters contained therein originally appeared. I cover the founding of Games Workshop, Don Turnbull's Albion fanzine, and much more.
Image sources are noted in the video. Images without sources are from my personal collection.
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AD&D (now called first edition) was a golden age of the D&D game. Later editions cleaned up the combat mechanics, but 1e was the best in so many other ways.
I've been drawing a Fiend Folio monster every week, one for each letter of the alphabet, in 20 minutes and livestreamed the process on my channel. It's been super fun. Hook horrors! Grell! And... Thorks? YES!
I was very young when the Field Folio came out and me and my friends found much of the artwork to be very scary. We loved it. Great video, keep it up!
The Fiend Folio was a great addition to my playing experience. More options more Fun.
It's funny, as a kid, I loved playing all of these games. AS an adult, I love learning about the history of all of these games :)
One thing I definitely like is the fact that credit is given to the creator of the various monsters. I believe Dave Arneson put a book out which gave credit to what monster was created by who in the monster manual. I definitely like the fact that he was all about giving credit to those who did what they did.
More please! Reliving my childhood!
Steve Jackson and Ian Livingston, the geniuses behind the Fighting Fantasy books.
One of my earliest memories is of picking up that book with the yellow Githyanki on the cover and fantastic memories of reading the monsters. I'm sold on any RPG content you plan to create, reviews of past modules, or current stuff from the eye of an original gamer will win my heart.
Another great video! I love the Fiend Folio. This was the first AD&D book I read as a kid. One of my friends had this book. At the time I was playing D&D using the Red Box set.
You are making fantastic content for us gamers in our 50's! Keep it up ⁉️
The Penhaligan gave me nightmares as a kid. Didn't Ian Livingstone get knighted recently?
I'll be watching this shortly!
gone but not forgotten
One of my favorite AD&D books to be honest.
The UK Module Range is awesome but the real fun is the modules from the pages of White Dwarf Magazine by Albie Fiore - Halls of Tizun Thane & The Litchway
As a kid growing up in the 90s my dad had this book along with all the 1e hardbacks and I always thought the Fiend Folio had a ghoul or something on the front. It never occurred to me that it was a Githyanki
Flumpf is the best thing to happen to D&D for the past 40 years.
This is the best thing I ever saw.
Really well-researched content. A nice D&D history lesson here. Loving these vids. Thanks for making them. :-)