Dicing with Dragons

I bought this book as a teenager. In a way, I think it was an attempt to respond to some of the misguided attacks on role playing games of the late 70s and early 80s. I remember it being touted as such when it was releasd. In that respect it did not really succeed. But as an introduction to role playing, it was quite a good book. It proved to be an excellent tool in explaining to friends and family what role playing was all about. I recommended this book to my friends who were interested in role playing, but who were not quite grasping the concepts. It focused a bit too much on the FRPG genre, but that was what we played at the time, so it worked out quite well. The mini-adventure was actually really fun. Ian Livingstone had a series of adventure books that came out using the same mechanics as the mini-adventure in this book, and I bought several of them as a teen. The discussions of the different RPG systems were quite helpful, if for nothing else than to explain what was available at the time. It was difficult enough in the 80s to find anything other than D & D books, so knowing what you were looking for was a big step.