''The Book of Wondrous Inventions'' is an accessory for the ''
Dungeons & Dragons''
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Contents
''The Book of Wondrous Inventions'' is supplement which details humorous magical devices for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons''.
Publication history
AC11 ''The Book of Wondrous Inventions'' was compiled by
Bruce A. Heard
Bruce Heard (born March 9, 1957, in Nice, France) is a game designer, and an author of several products for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game from TSR.
Early life
Heard was born in Nice, France, on March 9, 1957, to his Fren ...
, with art by
Jim Holloway, and was published by TSR in 1987 as a 96-page book.
Reception
Jim Bambra reviewed ''The Book of Wondrous Inventions'' for ''
Dragon
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'' magazine #136 (August 1988).
Bambra described ''The Book of Wondrous Inventions'' as "a real treat for lovers of wacky magical items," including such "zany labor-saving devices and weird war machines" as Melrond's Foolproof Dishwasher and Brandon's Bard-in-a-Box".
He also noted that the book contains plenty of "devices of mass destruction", as well as rules for creating magical items.
, in his 1991 book ''Heroic Worlds'', comments on some items in the book such as "magic boom boxes" and "armored tanks": "Pretty funny, eh? Real knee-slappers."
References
Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1987
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