Red Arrow, Black Shield (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying, Supermodule X10) [Paperback]

Michael Dobson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: TSR Inc. (February 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394548949
• ISBN-13: 978-0394548944
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,470,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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MICHAEL SINGER DOBSON, marketing executive, project management consultant and nationally-known speaker, has been a staff member of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, award-winning game designer, and career counselor in his varied career.

He is the author of numerous books on alternate history, project management, and other topics. With his wife Deborah, he has done two video and audio training resources.

Born in North Carolina, Dobson grew up in Germany, attending German public schools, then moved to Alabama through high school. He earned a BA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, editing the campus literary magazine and managing an annual North Carolina writer's conference.

Under the leadership of astronaut Michael Collins and Walter J. Boyne, the 'dean of American aviation writers,' Dobson helped manage the mammoth development of what became the world's most popular museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, a Federal government project accomplished ahead of schedule and under budget. His projects there included curatorial design of the museum's Gallery of Air Transportation.

He became a career counselor and coach contributing to two books on the intricacies of the Government job application SF 171 and its successor r'sum' format, and ran a successful consulting practice in Washington, DC, for many years, working with all ranks and levels of Federal employees up to members of the Senior Executive Service and White House 'plum book' appointees.

In 1983, he joined TSR, Inc., publishers of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, as a game editor/developer, and quickly rose through the ranks to become Director of Game Development and Marketing, responsible for the management and marketing of over 65 creative new product development projects per year plus contract administration. Later, he became Vice President/Marketing & Sales for Games Workshop (US), and then Vice President of Discovery Software International, Inc..

In 1990, he entered the speaking world as a seminar leader working with leading providers including Fred Pryor Seminars, SkillPath Seminars, and Dun & Bradstreet Business Education Seminars. He currently consults as Dobson Solutions and as a senior instructor for Management Concepts, Inc., Project Management Division. A popular seminar leader in project management, communications and personal success, he brings a unique practical perspective to what works in the real world. He has trained people in well over 1,000 organizations on three continents on topics ranging from project management to communications to effective career strategies.

He is a founding director of the Samaritan Chancellor's Medal, an award given by the Israelite Samaritan people for contributions to world peace. He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America and a past winner of the H. G. Wells Award (with Douglas Niles.

He is married to frequent co-author and corporate executive Deborah Singer Dobson. He has one son, a tarantula, and his own real space suit.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The third of the incredible Desert Nomads Trilogy, June 1, 2002

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Tsang Lok Ming (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Arrow, Black Shield (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying, Supermodule X10) (Paperback)

A game with 3 system! A standard role-playing rule, War Machine rule from Companion Set, and AD&D BATTLESYSTEM rule.

A landmark in D&D product line. It is great, unique, incredible.
If you have Wrath of Immortals boxed set, PWA series, you may learn that this is a great event in D&D Mystara History.

As players and DMs, it is a little bit complicated. Firstly, You have get AD&D BATTLESYSTEM boxed set and study its rule. You then also need to study War Machine rule (included in this module, which originally for Companion level). After you have learned the rules, DMs can run the module, and players play the adventure. Both players and DMs may now find how an exciting, challenging, and wonderful adventure (and also war game!) it is!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of D&D's most dramatic adventures, May 1, 2000

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Kent David Kelly "Author & Anthologist" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Arrow, Black Shield (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying, Supermodule X10) (Paperback)

This is a rare, glorious adventure for the world of Mystara, and it is a critical piece in any serious D&D collection for a number of reasons. One, it extends the outstanding Master of the Desert Nomads adventure (X4 & X5) into an epic trilogy, culminating with huge, dramatic battles that make the entire thing unforgettable, and heighten player passions until it's downright personal! Two, it includes a gorgeous poster map of the Known World of Mystara, in full color with numbered hexes, complete with roads and borders. It's the equivalent of the Greyhawk maps for expert D&D! Three, it greatly expands the political and military lore of all the countries featured in the GAZ modules, with troop types, leaders, political motivations, and more. Invaluable source reference for a Mystara campaign. Four, it shows DMs how to artfully integrate PC adventures with an ongoing campaign's epic world stage; it's the ideal intro to high-level campaigns that truly *matter* in the hearts of the players. And five, it's just flat-out fantastic!