AD&D Play by Mail Game. Talaran: Land of Challange (1985

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Title: Talaran: Land of Challange
Item Code: n/a
Type: PBM game
Copyright: 1985 TSR, Inc.
Author(s): Jim Dutton
Additional Programming: Elizabeth Dutton
Technical Advisor: Harold Johnson, TSR, Inc.
Game Development: Jim Graham, Raymond Maddox
Proofreading: Jim Dutton, Elizabeth Dutton, Raymond Maddox, Gary Stuber, Tracy Blythe, Mike Osborne, Jim Graham
Playtesters: 600 plus loyal and helpful AD&D Play by Mail Game participants
Artwork: Larry Elmore (cover)
Cartography: n/a
Typesetting and Layout: Gary Lee Stuber
Place of Publication: Entertainment Concepts, Inc. Cornelius, NC
Printer: Colorcraft, Inc. - Charlotte, NC. Herbert Jones, consulting
Format: Full sized. 16 pages with cardstock cover. Staple bound. 2 loose green colored sheets inserted; one printed on both sides, one printed one side only, titled Fellowship Position. 1 loose blue colored sheet inserted; printed both sides, titled Hero Position. 1 loose white cardstock sheet inserted, printed both sides, one side black ink the other side red ink, titled Instructions.
ISBN: n/a
Cover Price: n/a
Mass: 88g
Dimensions: 28cm height, 21.5cm width, 2cm thick

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Musings:

This is an interesting departure for both Entertainment Concepts and TSR Inc. This has every appearance of being a TSR product with the basic exception that the publisher is Entertainment Concepts. This is the only example of this type of licensing and TSR's foray into PBM gaming (Please correct me if I am wrong here). I can only guess it wasn't successful.

Notice Larry Elmore's signature is backward meaning the image was printed backwards.
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I think there's one other D&D PBM, but I can't remember anything about it except the b/w cover. It sold on ebay a few years ago.
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