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This is from a series of G+ posts I posted in the years when that was active. I recently found my archive of these posts and migrated them here so they don't get lost to time.
The Dragon Magazine Number 13 - April 1978
Tolkien, D&D, and +David Turner Might Be Happy
So today, we take a look at issue 13, notable for a Gardner Fox short story and this little editorial on Tolkien and Dungeons & Dragons. This is of particular interest to me as when I first found the game I thought the game was meant to try and emulate Middle Earth. In my Junior High mind, which had consumed all sorts of fantasy fiction (even TSR published stuff) well before playing the game, it made sense that was what they were doing. After all why the hell would they be in the game as characters? They don't show up as protagonists in any of the sword and sorcery stuff.
