Appendix N, revised and expanded edition

Plt;bPgt;An anthology of fantastical tales that inspired the creation of the worldP#39;s greatest roleplaying game.Plt;/bPgt;

Plt;bPgt;An anthology of fantastical tales that inspired the creation of the worldP#39;s greatest roleplaying game.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Edited by Peter Bebergal, this lovingly-assembled revised and expanded edition of Plt;iPgt;Appendix NPlt;/iPgt; adds a new foreword by Arthur C. Clarke award-winning novelist Adrian Tchaikovsky, tales by A. Merritt and Andre Norton, a dark fantasy comic by Gardner Fox Pamp; John Giunta, and illustrations by revered master of the weird, Virgil Finlay, and Escape The Dark CastleP#39;s Alex Crispin. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Drawing upon the original list of P#8220;inspirational readingP#8221; provided by Gary Gygax in the first Dungeon MasterP#39;s Guide, published in 1979, as well as hobbyist magazines and related periodicals that helped to define the modern role-playing game, Appendix N offers a collection of short fiction and resonant fragments that reveal the literary influences that shaped Dungeons Pamp; Dragons, the worldP#39;s most popular RPG. The stories in Appendix N contextualize the ambitious lyrical excursions that helped set the adventurous tone and dank, dungeon-crawling atmospheres of fantasy roleplay as we know it today.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;This new edition, published on the occasion of DPamp;DP#8217;s 50th anniversary, includes fascinating new stories, a comprehensive introduction, and a new foreword.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Includes work by Poul Anderson, Frank Brunner, Ramsey Campbell, Lin Carter, Lord Dunsany, Gardner Fox Pamp; John Giunta, Robert E. Howard, Tanith Lee, Fritz Leiber, H. P. Lovecraft, David Madison, A. Merritt, Michael Moorcock, C. L. Moore, Andre Norton, Fred Saberhagen, Clark Ashton Smith, Margaret St. Clair, Jack Vance, Manly Wade Wellman