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4/5 Goodreads TSR Product Code 9220 First published 1987 | 2.5/5 RPGNow Code AC11 Campaign setting Generic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rules required Dungeons & Dragons Basic, Expert, Companion and Master Sets Similar TSR books, Role-playing game books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Book of Wondrous Inventions is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Contents
Contents
This supplement details humorous magical inventions for the D&D game. It is also suitable for use with the AD&D game.
Publication history
AC11 The Book of Wondrous Inventions was compiled by Bruce A. Heard, 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 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.
Lawrence Schick, 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."