Fantastic Friday: Humor Articles in Dragon (and other) Magazines
Back in the day of the dead-tree print edition of Dragon magazine, there were always two themed issues every year: every October issue was horror-themed and every April issue was humor-themed. They got a lot of pushback on the humor, so over time the joke articles died out, but I think there's a lot of gamable content in those, and most of them are only slightly more ridiculous than a game that already has a floating eyeball monster and fourteen different types of polearm.
As far as I can tell, here's a list of the humor articles in Dragon, Dungeon, The Strategic Review, and Polyhedron. As I find others, I'll add them in.
Year | Mon | Periodical | # | Article | Author | Pgs | Notes |
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1975 | Aut | The Strategic Review | V1 #3 | Monster Reference Table Addition, Hostile & Benign Creatures | Wesley D. Ives | 3 | Monsters: buydras, drolls, green granules, grifferees, hippygriffs, hobnoblins, umpyrs, weregamers |
1976 | Apr | The Strategic Review | V2 #2 | Creature Features: The Denebian Slime Devil | Unknown | 15 | Monster: Denebian slime devil |
1976 | Oct | Dragon | 3 | The New Category: Jesters! | Charles Carner, William Cannon & Pete Simon | 28-30 | Class: Jester |
1976 | Dec | Dragon | 4 | Miscellaneous Treasure, Magic, Weapons, Artifacts and Monsters — Additions, Omissions, Corrections, Changes, Deletions, Variations and Otherwise Confusing Alterations | Gary Jaquet | 21 | Monsters: creeping crud, dice lice; Magic Items: potion of C2H5OH, ring of wedding; Spells: amnesia, armageddon, detect bs, egomania, kill with kindness, magic missile (Mark I), magic missile (Mark II), magic missile (Mark III), spell of (expletive deleted); Weapons: bi-labial fricative, breath of death |
1977 | Apr | Dragon | 6 | The Disenchanted Forest | Arthur J. Brear | 26 | Comic |
1977 | Jul | Dragon | 8 | So, You Want Realism in D&D? | Brian Blume | 23 | Article: calculating real-word characteristics |
1978 | Apr | Dragon | 13 | Silly Songs for D&D'ers | Stone | 16-17 | Humor: parody song lyrics |
1979 | Apr | Dragon | 24 | Narcisstics | Jon Pitchford; Darrel Plant | 27 | Monsters: male narcisstics (jocks), female narcisstics (groupies) |
1979 | Apr | Dragon | 24 | The Infamous Miscellaneous Monster | Rodford E. Smith | 27 | Monsters: the infamous miscellaneous monster |
1979 | Apr | Dragon | 24 | The Adventures of Monty Haul | James M. Ward | 42 | Fiction |
1979 | Jun | Dragon | 26 | Mugger! | Kevin Hendryx | 31-32 | Game |
1980 | Feb | Dragon | 34 | Disasters: As With All Else, A Matter of Degree | Jeff Swycaffer | 50 | Humor: the RHSN disaster scale |
1980 | Mar | Dragon | 35 | "The Lighter Side | Allen Hammack | 5, 38 | Magic Items: ring of three witches, cube of farce, carpet of frying, wand of lightening, robe of blending, rod of cancellation, brassiere of defense, manual of gollums, arrow of slaying, arrow of sleighing; Monster: minionions of Set |
1980 | Apr | Dragon | 36 | The Dragon #36½: Dragon Grumbles | Unknown | 24 | Humor: editorial |
1980 | Apr | Dragon | 36 | The Dragon #36½: Out in Limbo | Unknown | 24 | Humor: "letters to the editor" |
1980 | Apr | Dragon | 36 | The Dragon #36½: Enjoying Your Dragon | Barry Fowkes | 25 | Article: uses for a pet dragon |
1980 | Apr | Dragon | 36 | The Dragon #36½: New Monsters to Scare You Silly | Various | 26 | Monsters: the DM; Keebler elves |
1980 | Apr | Dragon | 36 | The Dragon #36½: The Tax Man Cometh | Kristan J. Wheaton | 27 | Article: taxes in games |
1980 | Apr | Dragon | 36 | The Dragon #36½: Meeting Demogorgon | Jeff Spitler; Roger Moore | 28 | Article: less famous last words |
1980 | Apr | Dragon | 36 | The Dragon #36½: Bazaar of the Ordinary | Unknown | 28 | Magic Items: shoes of walking; grounds of coffee; web of cob; caps of bottling |
1980 | Apr | Dragon | 36 | The Dragon #36½: This Month's Module | Unknown | 28 | Adventure: one room dungeon |
1980 | Apr | Dragon | 36 | The Dragon #36½: Leomund's in a Rut | Unknown | 29 | Equipment: shower thongs, one-owner sneakers, dimestore loafers |
1980 | Apr | Dragon | 36 | The Dragon #36½: Sage Advice | Unknown | 28 | Humor |
1980 | May | Dragon | 37 | Leomund's Tiny Hut: Presenting... the Monties! | Len Lakofka | 16 | The Monty Haul Pantheon: Monty Haul (Mr. Excessive), Gilda Quicksilver, Vard-Meta-Ali (The Walking Face), Globkuz (The Putrid Pile), Perrynoyia (The Ghastly Visage) |
1980 | May | Dragon | 37 | How To Tell If You're In Or Out Of Love | Kevin Hendryx | 50 | Humor |
1980 | Dec | Dragon | 44 | Nothing But The Ho-ho-ho Truth | Douglas Loss | 94 | Discussion of Santa Claus in D&D (no stats) |
1981 | Apr | Dragon | 48 | Dragon #48½: Dragon Mumbles | Unknown | 14 | Humor: editorial |
1981 | Apr | Dragon | 48 | Dragon #48½: Out in Limbo | Unknown | 14 | Humor: "letters to the editor" |
1981 | Apr | Dragon | 48 | Dragon #48½: Red Dragon Blues | Roger E. Moore | 15 | Humor: parody song lyrics |
1981 | Apr | Dragon | 48 | Dragon #48½: The Character that Really Counts | Dean Coldham | 15 | Class: Accountant |
1981 | Apr | Dragon | 48 | Dragon #48½: Real Life | Unknown | 16-17 | Game: "modern" roleplaying game |
1981 | Apr | Dragon | 48 | Dragon #48½: Saturday Morning Monsters | Various | 18-19 | Monsters: Bugs Bunny; Daffy Duck; Popeye; Rocky and Bullwinkle; Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties |
1981 | Apr | Dragon | 48 | Dragon #48½ | Various | 20 | Comic: Fineous Fingers meets Jasmine |
1981 | Oct | Dragon | 54 | Orcwardness | Ataniel Annyn Noel | 77 | Spells: p’un in-tendid, spontaneous superior joke, miasma nicotiniana, the dread Havana stench, power word: water, punch in the teeth, spell of reiteration, interruptus idioticus, distant honeymoon, pigskin worship, compulsory attendance of opera, miniature metal monster, illusion of total absolute universal wisdom, spell of anecdotage; Magic Items: pipe of reeking, junque fude, wand of celery, ring of engagement, ring of binding, the Lost Book |
1982 | Apr | Dragon | 60 | Gaming Magazine | Unknown | 36 | Humor: editorial |
1982 | Apr | Dragon | 60 | Gaming Magazine: Flight of the Boodles | Chuck Stoll | 36 | Game |
1982 | Apr | Dragon | 60 | Gaming Magazine: The Jester | Roger E. Moore | 45 | Class: Jester |
1982 | Apr | Dragon | 60 | Gaming Magazine: Diarmuid's Last Jest | Arthur Collins | 48 | Class: Bardic special ability |
1982 | Apr | Dragon | 60 | Gaming Magazine: Midgets in the Earth | Roger E. Moore | 50 | NPCs: Idi "Little Daddy" Snitmin (kobold fighter), Eubeen Hadd (halfling thief), Morc the Orc (orc idiot) |
1982 | Apr | Dragon | 60 | Gaming Magazine: Artist of the Month | Phil Foglio | 52 | Humor |
1982 | Apr | Dragon | 60 | Gaming Magazine: Dragon's Bestiary | Various | 54 | Monsters: valley giant; Donald Duck; the Tasmanian devil; the Martian; baseball bugbears; werebeaver |
1983 | Apr | Dragon | 72 | The True Story of File 13 | Kim Mohan | 47 | Editorial |
1983 | Apr | Dragon | 72 | Tasteless Song of the Month: Valley Elf | Unknown | 48 | Humor: parody song lyrics |
1983 | Apr | Dragon | 72 | Duh Jock | Jon Mattson | 50 | Class: Jock (Fighter subclass) |
1983 | Apr | Dragon | 72 | Spells for Everyone | L. Creede Lambard; Jerry Stoddard | 51, 49 | Spells: monster summoning ½, Bigby's insulting hand, Wombat's tiny hut, feign death ½, comprehend languages ½, tongues ½, insect plague ½, summon thunderstorm ½, find the path ½, disappear ½, purify food ½, commune ½ |
1983 | Apr | Dragon | 72 | Everything We Think You Need to Know About Sex in the AD&D World | Roger E. Moore | 52 | Humor |
1984 | Apr | Dragon | 84 | The Twofold Talisman - Adventure One: The Heart of Light | Various | 43-53 | Adventure: tournament module with groan-inducing puns and jokes, part 1 |
1984 | May | Dragon | 85 | The Twofold Talisman - Adventure Two: The Ebon Stone | Various | 43-52 | Adventure: tournament module with groan-inducing puns and jokes, part 2 |
1985 | Apr | Dragon | 96 | Nogard | Unknown | 43-45 | Adventure: high-level campaign-ending scenario |
1985 | Apr | Dragon | 96 | There Can Never Be Too Many Dragons, Right? | Various | 45, 53 | Monsters: "What's New?" dragon; quazar dragon |
1985 | Apr | Dragon | 96 | The Meanest of Monsters | Craig Kraus | 46, 51 | Monsters: killer dungeon master; sleep-inducing dungeon master |
1985 | Apr | Dragon | 96 | It Takes All Kinds… | Adda Littlemore | 52-53 | Article: races of the NEIGHBORHOOD OF FRED Fantastically Complete Game Setting™ |
1985 | Apr | Dragon | 96 | Rules to Lose By | Roger Koppy | 54 | Class: Hopeless |
1985 | May | Polyhedron | 23 | Ultimists: The nadir of new classes | E. Gary Gygax | 6-7 | Class: Ultimists |
1985 | May | Polyhedron | 23 | Why Gargoyles Don't Have Wings (But Should) | David Collins | 7 | Essay |
1985 | May | Polyhedron | 23 | The Lighter Side of Encounters | Skip Williams | 8-11 | Humor Encounters from TSR Staffers' Campaigns |
1985 | May | Polyhedron | 23 | Punnishments to fit the crime | Frank Mentzer | 11 | Groan-inducing puns |
1985 | May | Polyhedron | 23 | Dungeonsongs | David Collins & Steve Schaeffer | 21 | Parody song lyrics |
1985 | May | Polyhedron | 23 | Excerpts From the BooK oF Mischievous Magic | Frank Mentzer | 22-23 | Magic items rejected from The Book of Marvellous Magic: awl of the above, awl inn, awl out, ball, foot, bottle of boos, can of spinach, canister of curses, censer of conduct, cheese of odors, cheese of vile odors, drum, bass, drum, snare, lute, cool hand, lute skywalker, pie of four-and-twenty blackbirds, pie of raspberries, pie of rhubarb, rattle of shaking and rolling, stocking of elf summoning, stocking of mystery, tarts of accusation, tarts of enticement, tarts of a summer's day, violin rack, yoke, practical |
1985 | May | Polyhedron | 23 | Dispel Confusion | 24-25 | Humorous Answers to Game Questions | |
1985 | May | Polyhedron | 23 | "Zee Chef" | Bruce Heard | 26-30 | Class: Chef; Spells: cocoademon, conjure hunger & thirst, cream tarts, create condiments, create wine, dancing bites, edible glamour, explosive prunes, fast foods, food fight, food trap, fools foods, fry, gourmet touch, locate food, magic jam, mashmorph, pepper cloud, preserve food & drink, read culinary magic, simulacrumb, spaghetti curse, spectral smell, spice, spiritual tenderizer, stuff, sudden craving, transmute stone to jelly beans |
1985 | May | Polyhedron | 23 | The Male of the Species | Frank Mentzer | 30 | Monster: Emezons (male Amazons) |
1986 | May | Polyhedron | 29 | The Lighter Side of Encounters II | Skip Williams | 6-8 | Humor Encounters from TSR Staffers' Campaigns |
1986 | May | Polyhedron | 29 | The Camel's Nose | Michael D. Selinker | 9-24 | Adventure: Valley Elves accompany a talking camel to an oasis; Monsters: whirling dervish, werecamel |
1986 | May | Polyhedron | 29 | The Ecology of Tiamat the Dragon | Michael D. Selinker | 25- | Ecology: the chromatic dragon |
1986 | May | Polyhedron | 29 | Fractured Spells | Rick Reid | 26-27 | Spellbooks: My Prayer Book, My Outdoors Handbook, Silly Spells for Sappy Sorcerers; Spells: continual lice, control temper 10' radius, defect magic, detect chum, detect snores and fits, dissect evil, exercise, fold person, Leopold's tiny mutt, neutralize person, pass without taste, purify fools and drunks, shenanigan, soap trick, unkind familiar |
1986 | May | Polyhedron | 29 | Gods of the Gamma World Game | James M. Ward | 28-29 | Gamma World Pantheon: Ren (Man of the Century), Grondor the Meek (A Radioactive Thing), Tubor the Unstoppable (Robot), Trask of the Green Silences (Intelligenc Plant), Whimper the Punished (Humanoid Mutant) |
1986 | May | Polyhedron | 29 | The Savage Sword of Lugnut the Barbarian | Roger E. Moore | 30 | Fiction |
1986 | Jul | Polyhedron | 30 | Fletcher's Corner | Michael Przytarski | 23 | Other half-race combinations |
1987 | Mar | Dungeon | 4 | Fluffy goes to Heck | Rick Reid | 28-40 | Adventure: the cute little dog Fluffy has been kidnapped; Magic Items: Heckronomicon, magical mirror; Spell: flesh to Rocky; Monsters: beatnik zombies, cow of ill omen, Darn (Duke of Heck), gummy worms, Jujubee (Demon of Heck), little devils, puppet of Heck, rabid gophers, soap dragon |
1987 | Apr | Dragon | 120 | Enraged Glaciers & Ghouls: Spells for Everyone: Part II | Alan Webster | 10 | Spells: air-water-fire walk ½, alarm ½, detect life ½, detect poison ½, dream ½, find traps ½, fly ½, haste ½, mind blank ½, move earth ½, neutralize poison ½, Smucker's transformation ½, speak with animals-plants-stone-monsters-dead ½, spell immunity ½, water breathing ½, wish ½ |
1987 | Apr | Dragon | 120 | Enraged Glaciers & Ghouls: The Pun is Mightier Than the Sword | Steven P. King | 12-13 | Class: Jester special ability |
1987 | Apr | Dragon | 120 | Enraged Glaciers & Ghouls: The Ecology of the Picklebug | Rick Reid | 14 | Ecology: picklebug |
1987 | Apr | Dragon | 120 | Enraged Glaciers & Ghouls: Dining Out in the Hells | Jonathan Edelstein | 16-17 | Monsters: Ronnell Maughdonnell, Count of the Hells; nonservus (lesser devil) |
1987 | Apr | Dragon | 120 | Enraged Glaciers & Ghouls: Not Found in Any Stores! | James MacDougall | 18 | Magic Items: rod of lordly might-or-might-not; pipes of the brewers; manual of trendy and commercially-lucrative exercise; onyx ball; toothpicks of lightning; staff on strike-ing; gem of not-too-brightness; manual of plush golems |
1987 | Apr | Dragon | 120 | Enraged Glaciers & Ghouls: Urban Blight Made Easy | Rick Reid | 22 | Locations: Shippy's Bait and Tackle; Madame Zuza's Bread and Fortunes; Realm of Junk; Gristle's Butcher Shop; Bobo Watson's Chicken Emporium |
1987 | Jul | Polyhedron | 36 | On the Road to The Living City | Jean Rabe and Harold Johnson | 26-28 | NPC: Krinklespine (magic shop proprietor); Magic Items: +1 chaotic good short sword, crystal of warning, dragon teeth, eye of the eagle, flying carpet, gauntlet of ogre power, ring of two wishes, scroll of protection for lycanthropes, shoe of leaping and tumbling, unknown potions |
1987 | Aug | Dragon | 124 | New Front-End Alignments | Rich Stump | 44 | Alignments: chaotic crybaby (CC), chaotic diehard (CD), chaotic everywhere (CEv), chaotic hot-shot (CHS), chaotic stupid (CSt), chaotic suicidal (CSu), lawful bored (LB), lawful goody-goody (LGG), lawful idiot (LId), lawful ignored (LIg), lawful liar (LL), lawful serious (LS), neutral absent (NA), neutral confused (NC), neutral dietosser (ND), neutral montyhaul (NM), neutral puppet (NP), neutral self-centered (NSC), neutral woundwailer (NW) |
1987 | Sep | Dragon | 125 | Clay-O-Rama | Paul C. Easton | Game: played with Play-Doh | |
1987 | Dec | Dragon | 128 | U 2 KAN ERN BIG BUX! | Lawrence R. Raimonda | 86-88 | Quiz to determine what sort of gamer you are |
1988 | Jan | Dragon | 129 | The Last Word | Gregg Sharp | 104 | Less famous last words |
1988 | Apr | Dragon | 132 | Bazaar of the Bizarre | Stewart Wieck | 6 | Magic item: chainsword +3 |
1988 | May | Polyhedron | 41 | Fun in Games: Spells and Societies | Rick Reid | 6, 30 | Factions: Secret Sisterhood of Spellcasters; Spells for Fighters: draw blood, protection From blows, sack of holding, think |
1988 | Jun | Dragon | 134 | Bazaar of the Bizarre | E. Paul Tobin | 42 | Jester Magic items: blowgun of wild emotions, exalted book of ethnic humor, extendable band of enjoyment, hula-hoop of the Roller Hoopers, larynx of deafening, magical paddleboards, paddleboard of wondrous transformation, random-target daggers, skates of the Roller Hoopers, tome of the fool, tome of the humorous perspective, yp-yo of fate |
1988 | Jul | Dungeon | 012 | Huddle Farm | Willie Walsh | 48-62 | Adventure: halfling family feud |
1989 | Apr | Dragon | 144 | A Field Guide to Game-Convention Ornithology | Skip Williams | 12-13, 15-18 | Humor: gamer stereotypes |
1989 | Apr | Dragon | 144 | Cheating Made Easy | Jefferson Swycaffer | 20-22 | Article: cheating methods |
1989 | Apr | Dragon | 144 | Cheating Made Even Easier | Spike Y. Jones | 24-25 | Article: cheating methods |
1989 | Apr | Dragon | 144 | Claydonia Conquers the World! | Paul C. Easton | 28-31 | Game Expansion: for Clay-O-Rama |
1989 | Apr | Dragon | 144 | Still More Outrages From the Mages | John M. Maxstadt | 32, 34, 37, 79 | Magic Item: cylindrical scroll; Spells: find terrain; explosive familiar; invisible runes; wizard’s stalker; Bigby's interposing eye; remove hand; audible curse; hallucinatory glamer; burning mouth; locate hands; detect object; feign invisibility; Drawmij's instant death; magic summons; speak with mud; charm dead; water plant; stone breathing; affect shape; detect normal fires; wall of evil; transmute rock to stone; wall of missiles; minor globe of iron; monster invulnerability; fools summoning III; protection from normal gold |
1989 | May | Polyhedron | 45 | Fun in Games: Magic Items and Hermit Crabs | Rick Reid | 26 | Magic Items: ring of carrot protection (15' radius), ring of liquid cooling, ring of toothache control |
1989 | Jul | Polyhedron | 46 | Fifty Phrases: Quotes Players Fear Most | Vince Garcia | 5 | Fearsome DM Quotes |
1989 | Jul | Polyhedron | 46 | Junk Bonds | Mike Selinker | 6-15 | Adventure: Top Secret/SI mission to Hollywood to the set of the latest movie about lvan Lemming's secret agent, John Stock |
1989 | Jul | Polyhedron | 46 | The Living City: Skully's Bar and Bait | Halina Adamski | 16-18 | Locale: Skully's Bar and Bait; NPCs: Skully (8th-level human fighter), Mab Hardbutter (6th-level human thief), Erny the Mop (2nd-level/2nd-level dwarf fighter/thief) |
1989 | Jul | Polyhedron | 46 | The Living City: Embrol Sludge's Eatery and Shell Shoppe | Randall W. Lemon | 19-22, 30 | Locale: Embrol Sludge's Eatery and Shell Shoppe; NPCs: Embrol Sludge (5th Level human fighter), Radea (0-level half-aquatic-elf), Buddy (1st-evel human fighter) |
1989 | Jul | Polyhedron | 46 | The Bureaucrat: A New NPC for Your Cities | Jefferson Hankla | 24-27 | Class: Bureaucrat; Spells: blacklist, create bureau, create major law, create minor law, create office, create red tape, detect lie, entangle with red tape, fill in the form, find the file, lose the file, make coffee, sharpen pencil, stamp the form, summon form |
1990 | Apr | Dragon | 156 | (Not Necessarily the) Monstrous Compendium | Various | 10-12, 14-15, 18-20 | Monsters: blink wooly mammoth; death sheep; gello monster; killer spruce; man-drake; paper dragon; pigeontoad; pink dragon; tickler; tin golem; unicow; werelagomorph |
1990 | Apr | Dragon | 156 | Razznarock! | John M. Maxstadt | 23-25 | Adventure: more like a blurb, no actual adventure |
1990 | Apr | Dragon | 156 | Yet Even More (Gods Forbid) Outrages From the Mages | John M. Maxstadt | 27 | Magic Items: ring of spell "turning"; ring of Hunan influence; staff of striking (Local 531); candle of convocation; rug of mothering; omelet of the planes; medallion of EST; net of sneering; graffiti bottle; censor of controlling air elementals; hammer +3, dwarf thrower; helm of brilliance, 40 Watt; liar of building; robe of blending (Waring 3-speed); robe of useless items |
1990 | May | Polyhedron | 51 | The Caves of Confection | Rick Reid | Adventure: pastry-makers are under attack; Magic Items: bib of good eating, cook book of the dead, potion of appetite control; Monsters: bakery zombies, jinsu orcs, marshmallow harpy, pink (snack) dragon | |
1991 | Apr | Dragon | 168 | How to Role-play in One Easy Lesson | Thomas Schlosser | 10-12 | Humor: role-playing advice |
1991 | Apr | Dragon | 168 | Merty's Manual of Magical Merchandise | Robin C. Ashmore; Michele Batter | 15-16 | Magic Items: Merty's marvelous marbles; Merty's mystic mustard; Merty's magnificent mattress; Merty's multiplanar mushrooms; Merty's mysterious mug; Merty's masterful mufflers; Merty's munificent matches; Merty's mmm-mmm! muskmelons; Merty's miraculous mistmaker; Merty's mud masque; Merty's masculine macho-musk; Merty's musical menagerie; Merty's magical markers |
1991 | Apr | Dragon | 168 | Bazaar of the Bizarre | William Wilson Goodson, Jr. | 18 | Magic items: mirror of sophistication; ring of ice; elixir of additional weaponry; elixir of reduction; scroll of transmutation; orb of distant viewing |
1991 | Mar | Polyhedron | 58 | With Great Power | Steven E. Schend | 23-24, 31 | Marvel Super Heroes Villain: Harlequin |
1991 | Aug | Polyhedron | 62 | The Jade Monkey | Carl Buehler | 10-15 | Adventure: a silly wizards' duel |
1991 | Aug | Polyhedron | 62 | Truly Tacky Treasure | Fran Hart | 19 | Tacky treasure items |
1991 | Nov | Dungeon | 032 | Pearlman's Curiosity | Willie Walsh | 28-41 | Adventure: residents of the town of Grinley Crossing seem to have gone insane |
1992 | Mar | Dungeon | 034 | Euphoria Horrors | Alan Grimes | 8-20 | Adventure: a little boy asks for help finding his friend |
1992 | Apr | Dragon | 180 | Your Basic Barbarian | Lee A. Spain | 24-26 | Article: role-playing stupidity |
1993 | Mar | Dungeon | 040 | Song of the Fens | J. Bradley Schell | 8-17 | Adventure: trolls can't carry a tune |
1993 | Apr | Dragon | 192 | "Don't You DARE!" | Spike Y. Jones | 10-13 | Humor: role-playing advice |
1993 | Apr | Dragon | 192 | What in the H…? | Raymond C. Young | 15 | Crossword |
1993 | Apr | Dragon | 192 | Band on the Run | Unknown | 17-21 | Humor: parody song lyrics |
1993 | Apr | Dragon | 192 | Weapons of Mass Destruction: On Sale Now! | Matthew Webber | 23-26, 27 | Spelljammer Weapons: Neg's wondrous power flail; Nimf's phlogiston fire-bombs; Dalla's mechanical lightning arc; Dori's buzz-bomb; Krith's crossbow blizzard |
1993 | Apr | Dragon | 192 | In Praise of One-Night (Gaming) Stands | Lee Sheppard | 49-50 | Humor: dungeoneering advice |
1993 | May | Dungeon | 041 | A Way With Words | Teeuwynn Woodruff and Tim Beach | 28-35, 71 | Adventure: |
1993 | May | Dungeon | 041 | Old Man Katan and the Incredible, Edible, Dancing Mushroom Band | Ted James Thomas Zuvich | 58-70 | Adventure: singing mushrooms in the swamp |
1994 | Apr | Dragon | 204 | Dance Steps for GW's SPACE HULK Game | Allen Varney | 12-15 | Game Expansion: dancing rules for SPACE HULK |
1994 | Apr | Dragon | 204 | Bard on the Run | das Fraulein | 16-19 | Humor: parody song lyrics |
1994 | Apr | Dragon | 204 | Potion Commotion | Raymond C. Young | 20-21 | Crossword |
1994 | Apr | Dragon | 204 | Arcane Lore | Matt Posner | 22, 24 | Spellbook: The Crazed Book of Mog; Spells: gain weight; wake-up call; Macho's uncontrollable hideous belching; Pelf's rancid arrow; hold portal open; hallucinatory murrain; wall of paper; teleport without awareness; power word kill rodents |
1994 | Sep | Dungeon | 049 | Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow | J. Bradley Schell | 48-49, 24 | Side Trek: dwarvish barber with an ulterior motive |
1995 | Mar | Dungeon | 052 | Welcome to the Krypthome | Samuel Heath | 26-39 | Adventure: wild magic and a series of unfortunate events |
1995 | Apr | Dragon | 216 | Bazaar of the Bizarre | Steven Miller | 10-14 | Spellbooks: Bringing Out the Wizard in You: A Twelve Step Program; Social Advancement Through the Selective Use of Charm and Disintegrate Spells; The Adventurer's Companion: A Do-It-Yourself Indestructible Spell Book; Magic Items: invisible ring; ring of destruction; ring of the eagle; ring of fashion; ring of ideas; ring of circular curses; ring of gender confusion; ring of impact; ring of kindness; ring of languages |
1995 | Apr | Dragon | 216 | Fuzzy Reviews | Spike Y. Jones | 16-18, 20 | Review: Fuzzy Heroes; Fuzzy Super Heroes |
1995 | Apr | Dragon | 216 | April Fool's Faxions | Tim Beach | 22-24, 26, 28 | Planescape Factions: The Beautification League; The Free Flora Collective; The Herbivorous Assembly; The Wizards of the Black Teddy; The Apathetic Alliance |
1995 | Apr | Dragon | 216 | Bards on the Run | Unknown | 30-34 | Humor: parody song lyrics |
1996 | Mar | Dungeon | 058 | A Bad Batch of Brownies | Lisa Smedman | 22-31 | Adventure: a newly-appointed druid finds his home forest a mess |
1996 | Apr | Dragon | 228 | Final Quest | Roger E. Moore | 15-16 | Ways characters have died; less famous last words |
1996 | Apr | Dragon | 228 | 101 Uses for a (Wet) Blanket | Spike Y. Jones | 21-22, 24 | Article |
1996 | Apr | Dragon | 228 | The Dragon's Worstiary: Golems | Anne Brown | 38-41 | Monsters: chocolate golem; chia golem; plush golem |
1996 | Apr | Dragon | 228 | All in the Family | Bryan Hudson | 42-45 | Article: PC motivations with family |
1996 | Apr | Dragon | 228 | Rogue's Gallery: Gangsters of the Underdark | Keith “Pinball” Strohm | 52-59 | NPCs: Gnormahlenvaey “Squeaky” Catoneriehn (7th-level gnome thief), Vikhrumn “100 Gold” Coll (beholder), Brikhalna “Dutch” Ipprszhen (illithid businessman), Felyndiira “Mad Money” Shi'narrvha (12th-level mage/drow matriarch), Gray'shivnarien “The Fiddler” Taliain (11 th-level drow bard), Sir Elliot of Kness (14th-level paladin) |
1996 | May | Dungeon | 059 | Wedding Day | Paul F. Culotta | 50-57 | Adventure: a wedding and a jilted wizardly ex-boyfriend |
1997 | Aug | Dragon | 238 | Mommy Dearest | Lawrence R. Wenzel | 8-14 | NPC Class: Mother; NPC Prestige Class: Fairy Godmother; Spells: borrow magic, change diaper, detect worth, power word: middle name |
1997 | Aug | Dragon | 238 | Bard on the Run | Anonymous | 23-27 | Parody song lyrics |
1997 | Aug | Dragon | 238 | Gangsters of the Underdark: Waterdeep's Most Wanted! | Keith Francis Strohm | 34-40 | NPCs: Da Pen (Underdark Godfather), “Tommy Gun” Tortello (exclaustrated 7th-level Monk), Master Furli (4th-level squire (fighter)), Vanyard “The Fox” (9th-level thief [investigator[), Danna the Skull (9th-level necromancer [anatomist]) |
1997 | Sep | Dungeon | 064 | The Mad Chefs of Lac Anchois | Jennifer Tittle Stack | 64-74 | Adventure: giant chefs require special ingredients |
1998 | Dec | Polyhedron | 133 | Stench Kow Recipes | William James Cuffe | 11 | Humorous recipes for the cattle of the lower planes; updates stench kine stats to AD&D2 |
1998 | Dec | Polyhedron | 133 | The Gentle art of Foodomancy | Kurt Samson | 20-21 | Humorous recipes for monsters |
1999 | Sep | Dungeon | 076 | A Day in the Market | Kevin Carter | 30-32 | Side Trek: an ooze consumes a wand of wonder and “burps” magical effects |
1999 | Dec | Dragon Magazine Annual | 4 | Nods of the Shop Table | Jolly R. Blackburn, Aaron Williams, John Kovalic | 14 | Comic |
2000 | Apr | Dragon | 270 | Arcane Lore - Greyhawk Grimoires | Robert S. Mullin | 60-62 | Spellbook: Zagig's Comedicon; Spells: Zagig's canned laughter; Zagig's amusing alteration; Zagig's gender shift |
2000 | Apr | Dragon | 270 | Giants in the Earth: Nodwick & Company | Aaron Williams | 86-90 | NPCs: Artax (7th-level human wizard), Yeagar (8th-level human fighter), Piffany (8th-level human cleric), Nodwick (21st-level henchman) |
2001 | Apr | Dragon | 282 | The Outgoing Goblin's Guide to Gaming Etiquette | Jeff Vogel | 30-33 | Gaming etiquette |
2001 | Apr | Dragon | 282 | Bard on the Run | Michael Dean | 42-43 | Humor: parody song lyrics |
2001 | Apr | Dragon | 282 | D&D Personal Ads | Tony Moseley | 50-53 | Amusing guide to writing D&D advertisesments |
2001 | Apr | Dragon | 282 | Heroes of the Underdork: The Muskrat | Phil Masters | 54-55 | Race: Muskrat |
2001 | Apr | Dragon | 282 | Snack Monsters | Mike Mayer | 56-59 | Monsters: pizza slice; gummi bear; lurking dorito; jolly rancher; pepsoid |
2002 | Apr | Dragon | 294 | Adding Insult to Injury | Robin D. Laws | 58-62 | Reputation and Repartee system; Feats: bully; cunning wit; diplomat; enhanced reputation; face in the crowd; rapier wit; scathing wit; shatter confidence; sly; sterling reputation; thorny reputation |
2002 | Apr | Dragon | 294 | Bazaar of the Truly Bizarre: Rummage Sale | Ed Stark | 80-82 | Equipment: flaming shield; ready-drink helm; extension spear; stilt boots; extender; gnome backpack; false hook |
2002 | Apr | Dragon | 294 | Gamers Vs. Girlfriends: No honey… I'm At the Store | Cory Herndon | 84-85 | Monster: significant other |
2002 | Apr | Dragon | 294 | Gamers Vs. Girlfriends: Did You Say Elf Maidens? | Jill Stark | 84-85 | Advice: gaming with your significant other |
2002 | Apr | Dragon | 294 | Play With Your Feats | Mat Smith | 86 | Feats: dodge food run; evade chipping in; snatch last soda; lightning dibs; repeat die roll; avoid random damage; seat jockey; avoid bookkeeping; adjust miniature |
2004 | Apr | Dungeon | 109 | The Devil Box | Richard Pett | 57-75 | Adventure: friendly kobolds and a freak show |
2005 | Jan | Dungeon | 118 | Box of Flumph | Tim Hitchcock | 16-31 | Adventure: a flumph mailed in the postal system |
2005 | Apr | Dragon | 330 | Gaining Prestige - The Jester | Richard Pett | 74-77 | Prestige Class: Jester |
2005 | Apr | Dragon | 330 | Class Acts: Commoner - Flaws for Commoners | Ted Ragonstaff | 87 | Flaws: chicken infested; corpse; delicious; dirt farmer; incomprehensible accent; nagging cough; peasant hat; pig bond; unimportant NPC; weresheep; XP farm |
2005 | Apr | Dungeon | 121 | Campaign Workbook: The Dungeon - 100 Useless Items | Richard Pett | 100-101 | Mundane items |
2006 | Apr | Dragon | 342 | The Ecology of the Adventurer | Tony Moseley | 60-65 | NPC: Morgan Ironwolf (human); Feats (for kobolds): bad decision; dying shriek; elf; volunteer |
2006 | May | Dungeon | 134 | Campaign Workbook: The City - 50 Unexpected Events | Richard Pett | 98-99 | Weird occurrances |
2007 | Jan | Dungeon | 142 | Campaign Workbook: The Dungeon - 100 Even Less Useful Items | Richard Pett | 90-91 | Mundane items |
2007 | Apr | Dragon | 354 | The Great Modron Month | Erik Mona | 8 | Editorial |
2009 | Apr | Dragon | 374 | Preview: The Witchalok | Jerry Holkins | 1-3 | Class: Witchalok (Warlock subclass) |
2009 | Apr | Dragon | 165 | 2-1/2: Fool's Grove | Logan Bonner and Chris Sims | 1-10 | Adventure |
2012 | Apr | Dragon | 410 | Bazaar of the Bizarre: Thingamajigs of the Barrier Peaks | Dave Chalker | 16-22 | Magic Items: powered armor; blaster rifle; chainsaw sword; laser pistol; needler pistol; confusion ray; blue communicator; jet pack; gray security card; wheely sled; singularity grenade; sleep grenade; Malfunction Rules |
2013 | Apr | Dungeon | 213 | Owlbear Run | Chris Perkins and Steve Townshend | 1-28 | Adventure: an overland race involving tamed owlbears |
2013 | Apr | Dragon | 422 | Winning Races: Tinker Gnomes | Daniel Helmick | 9-13 | Race: Tinker Gnome |
2023-05-24: Added Dungeon articles and adventures.
2023-05-29: Added Polyhedron #23, 29, 30, 36, 51 articles and adventures.
2023-05-31: Added Polyhedron #62, 133 articles and adventures.
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