Battle of Valorwood 1976

    I was lucky to be a part of the "Toad Hall Fantasy Horde" in Rockford, Illinois. Where a Monday night D&D session was expanded to a following Saturday event.  Numerous 25mm armies were available for loan or painting and a Star Fort designed, built and painted in several days. High School students were always ready to join the event. Above is a picture from 1976, the Battle of Valorwood.

                  The battle map and key as it appeared in the Phanta Carta 

                          

The Phanta Carta was a fanzine that I published and edited which covered the Toad Hall Fantasy Horde's fantasy campaigns and included charts, ideas and concepts that later became part of the AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide. Needless to say, it had a pretty impressive list of subscribers in Lake Geneva, Rockford and Decatur, Illinois.

The Phanta Carta

Photos of page ones from the first and second issues of my fanzine "Phanta Carta". Learned a lot from the experience and am proud that among our subscribers were Gary Gygax at TSR and Bob Bledsaw at Judges Guild.