The Prince of Ileria

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Column  Up on a Soapbox
Title  Barrage Balloon? The End of Murlynd's Mayhem
Author  Gary Gygax
Book Type  Theory
Genre  Fantasy
Setting  Greyhawk
Series 
GURPS Traveller
System  D&D / Original
Parent: [ D&D / OSR ]

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The importance of adapting to your player's tactics, illustrated with an anecdote from the original D&D campaign.


This article is contained in Dragon #317.

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