TSRs response to Warlock
TSRs response to Warlock Guy Fullerton recently posted this early TSR advertisement on the Acaeum. Its from the back cover of the Spartan Simulation Gaming Journal, issue #10, August 1976. The ad looks like another iteration of the earliest D&D ad (posted on the Playing at the World blog) being identical to the 5th version that Jon posted, except for the addition of a Lizard Logo at the bottom, and a change from "VISIT A WORLD OF" to "TRY THE REAL THING!". As followers of this blog may remember, most of the the prior issue of Spartan was taken up with one of the earliest non-TSR D&D supplements, WARLOCK or how to play D&D without playing D&D. So it seems that TSRs reaction to the competition was to place this prominent ad on the back cover (the prior issue didnt even have an ad in this location) touting the genuine article. Guy also reports on the Acaeum something else that I have never seen mentioned anywhere - issue #10 also has errata for the ori...