08 NOV 2017 -- The Richard Blade series of books, by "Jeffrey Lord"

I first encountered Richard Blade in 1981, when I received a copy of Ice Dragon (#10) for Christmas. It was a pretty interesting read, and I had a lot of fun with it. To date, I have 19 of the 37 books in the series in my collection. Like most of the pulp adventure fiction in my library, I tend to mine the books in the series for my role-playing games; sometimes I will lift the entire plot for an adventure, while other times I will simply recycle names and settings. Since most of my players have never even heard of the series -- much less read any of the books -- I can easily get away with it.

The books in the series are listed below -- the ones I currently have are in bold
#1 The Bronze Axe

#2 The Jade Warrior

#3 Jewel of Tharn

#4 Slave of Sarma

#5 Liberator of Jedd

#6 Monster of the Maze

#7 Pearl of Patmos

#8 Undying World

#9 Kingdom of Royth

#10 Ice Dragon

#11 Dimension of Dreams

#12 King of Zunga

#13 The Golden Steed

#14 The Temples of Ayocan

#15 The Towers of Melnon

#16 The Crystal Seas

#17 The Mountains of Brega

#18 Warlords Of Gaikon

#19 Looters of Tharn

#20 Guardians Of The Coral Throne

#21 Champion of the Gods

#22 The Forests of Gleor

#23 Empire of Blood

#24 The Dragons of Englor

#25 The Torian Pearls

#26 City of the Living Dead

#27 Master of the Hashomi

#28 Wizard of Rentoro

#29 Treasure of the Stars

#30 Dimension of Horror

#31 Gladiators of Hapanu

#32 Pirates Of Gohar

#33 Killer Plants Of Binnark

#34 The Ruins of Kaldac

#35 The Lords of the Crimson River

#36 Return to Kaldak

#37 Warriors of Latan

Several of the books are particularly interesting to me and are of potential use in my games. #24 The Dragons of Englor is a modern setting with a fantastic twist (the dragons). #14 The Temples of Ayocan and #35 The Lords of the Crimson River fit nicely into a couple of odd corners of my fantasy setting. #34 The Ruins of Kaldac and #36 Return to Kaldak are actually set in a post-apocalyptic world (or maybe just a continent). The title character of #28 Wizard of Rentoro is an excellent NPC or even villain for a game set in Rennaisance Europe.