Time of the Dragon is an accessory for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

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 role-playing game

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Contents

Time of the Dragon is an accessory for the Dragonlance

Dragonlance

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 campaign setting that describes the continent of Taladas

Taladas

Taladas is a continent in the northern hemisphere of Krynn, the fictional world for the Dragonlance setting of the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role playing game.-Introduction:...

 on the world of Krynn

Krynn

Krynn is the fictional world of the Dragonlance novels, co-written by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis. It has also been used in many other books, set in the Dragonlance universe. It is also used as the main setting in the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing...

. The 112-page "The Guide Book to Taladas" describes the physical and political geography of the continent, including the minotaur

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 and gnome societies. The 48-page "The Rule Book of Taladas" includes rules for new character races and new monsters. Two large color maps in the set detail the continent of Taladas, whie a third maps the League of the Minotaurs, and a fourth map shows the large city of Kristophan. Also included as twenty-four "map cards," each with a color illustration on one side and a description on the reverse, which map important locations and diagram new equipment.

Publication history

Time of the Dragon was written by David "Zeb" Cook

David Cook (game designer)

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, with a cover by Robin Wood

Robin Wood (artist)

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 and interior illustrations by Stephen Fabian

Stephen Fabian

-Career:Fabian specializes in science fiction and fantasy illustration and cover art for books and magazines. Fabian also produced artwork for TSR's Dungeons & Dragons game from 1986 to 1995, particularly on the Ravenloft line. He was self-taught, two of his primary influences being Virgil Finlay...

, Fred Fields

Fred Fields

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, and Ned Dameron

Ned Dameron

-Works:Ned Dameron produced cover artwork for many genre novels including The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, and The Second Generation by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman...

, and was published by TSR in 1990 as a boxed set

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 containing a 112-page book, a 48-page book, four large color maps, and 24 cardstock sheets.

Reception

Lawrence Schick, in his 1991 book Heroic Worlds called the set "A nice package", and commented on the setting: "Taladas's strange and exotic cultures (for example, a society of civilized minotaurs) exhibit an unusual mix (for AD&D) of magic and science."