Dragonlance novels generally refer to a series of fantasy novels written by British writers Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and set as the background of the Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Sometimes it also includes derivative novels written by other authors. Basic Introduction Title: Dragon Gun Series Author: Tracy Sickmann, Margaret Weiss Category: Fantasy Novel Background: Introduction to Dungeons and Dragons Battle Novel, Author Introduction, Dragon Gun Culture Continuation, Series Novel, Main Story Novel, Derivative Novel, Novel Introduction If someone asks, "Which battle world of Dungeons and Dragons is the most influential among non-players?" Then, the answer is undoubtedly the dragon gun series. In Britain, where the game "Dungeons and Dragons" has a great influence, dragon gun novels are a necessary bibliography in most bookstores. In those countries where "Dungeons and Dragons" are not popular, dragon gun novels are probably the only products of "Dungeons and Dragons" that can be seen. Dragon gun series novels are classic works in fantasy literature (their origins, like the "Forgotten Country" series, belong to the informational content set for games), and there are countless introductions that can be found on the Internet, especially in fan fiction, where there are more than one hundred books officially recognized by TSR Company. In addition to the incomplete series, other contents (novels, short collections, related game bibliographies, etc.) are still coming out, and it is certain that there will be new series. Although it also has a great influence outside gamers, at the beginning, the dragon gun series was made in strict accordance with the way the game was set. Just as the "forgotten country" originated from Ed Greenwood's own "home" campaign setting, the "Klein" world of the dragon gun came from the campaign world hosted by Jeff Grubb at home to a great extent. After the design team expanded and improved Jeff Grubb's original settings and laid the basic framework of the world, the writing of game adventure modules and novels officially began. Different from the battle world of TSR in the future (such as "forgotten country" or "different scenery"), the Dragon Gun series does not launch a campaign set at first, and then launch an adventure module (that is, the mode of campaign setting-> adventure module-> additional information), but launches a series of short adventure modules and novels with the same content to test the market. This kind of sales method now seems to be very unfavorable to novels-there is no battle setting to make a name in front, nor can we rely on the adventure module launched at the same time. To succeed, we can only rely on the author's name and our own real skills. What's more, the authors of this new novel (that is, Chronicle of the Dragon Gun) are actually two unknown novices in the game and novel circles, and it is natural for TSR to think twice when it is published. As for the results of this novel, it must be clear to everyone that not only the novel itself became a hit, but also TSR constantly introduced new products for this series, creating a very large product series. It is worth mentioning that the Chronicle of Dragon Gun is of great significance in the history of fantasy literature in Chinese-speaking areas. This work was translated by Mr. Zhu Xueheng and introduced to Taiwan Province in the late 199s, which initiated the translation and publication of modern English fantasy works, exposed a wide range of Chinese readers to the western fantasy literature for the first time, and triggered a rising upsurge of fantasy literature in recent years. Perhaps inspired by the success of the Chronicle of the Dragon Gun, TSR has published new novels for the Dragon Gun series since then, which has also caused the biggest difference between the other battle worlds of the Dragon Gun Series and Dungeons and Dragons, that is, the product line of the Dragon Gun is based on novels, not game books. Although TSR also launched a lot of game products after Chronicle of Dragon Gun, most of them are adventure modules, and there are few books with additional information about the occupation introduction of regions or organizations. Even the campaign set as a series symbol was launched after a long time (and the title of Dragon Gun Campaign was not used), which is in sharp contrast to the regional set with a large number of "forgotten countries". In other words, the dragon gun series is dominated by stories, not the world background. As far as the game setting itself is concerned, there are many differences between the dragon gun and other "dungeons and dragons" worlds, and one of the biggest differences is the dragon setting. As one of the centers of the series, dragons are numerous and active in the dragon gun series, and they are described in more detail than other worlds, but the most striking thing is the dragon camp in the dragon gun novels. The good and evil of dragons in Klein's world are absolute. There are only metal dragons representing goodness and colored dragons representing evil, but there are no gem dragons belonging to the neutral camp that appear in other worlds. The mage camp on Klein is also very clear. The mage of each camp will wear robes of their own camp color, and can only draw strength from the moon to which their camp belongs. There are almost no specialized wizards who specialize in a certain school of magic here, and only a few so-called "gray-robed wizards" who are not affiliated with the Mage Council will become specialized wizards. Another major feature of Klein's magic is weakness! Many people think that the magical power on Klein is the weakest among all the dungeons and dragons worlds, and it is far from the magically powerful worlds such as Torrell (the world where the forgotten country is located) and Ataz (the world where the sun went down). Even Aussie (the world where the Grey Hawk series is located), which is not good at magical power, is much better than it. For example, in The Legend of the Dragon Gun, raistlin tried his best to find the gate of time and space, and almost all truly powerful wizards in Phelan could do it by casting spells. The weakness of magic power may be related to the intervention of Klein gods. Some books in the "Forgotten Country" series mentioned that Klein gods would "send" too powerful wizards to Fallon. The novel "The Dragon of Xia Yan" completely changed Klein's history, made Klein enter the fifth period, and also created a new series of dragon guns: Dragon Gun: the fifth period. The brand of the new series has not only changed, but also the game system has been completely changed. The advanced Dungeons and Dragons system is no longer adopted, and the SAGA system, which is easier to use, is adopted to attract novel readers to play games. SAGA system does not use dice, but uses a card called "destiny card" to play games, but the sales of this new system are very poor, and it was finally abolished by TSR. After the release of the third edition of Dungeons and Dragons rules, WotC (the company that merged TSR) announced that the third edition of Dungeons and Dragons would be used as the official system, but then announced that it would not publish any new game books for the dragon gun (that is, the game product line of the dragon gun was cancelled). Finally, Tracy Hickman, one of the authors of the Chronicle of the Dragon Gun, said that she would continue to write new game settings and adventure modules for the dragon gun and publish them in the magazines of Dragon and Dungeon. Since the dragon gun series is based on novels, the number of novels is naturally large. Among them, Margelite Weiss and Tracy Hickman wrote the trilogy Chronicle of the Dragon Gun, The Legend of the Dragon Gun, The Dragon in the Summer Flame and The Battle of the Soul. In addition, the required reading works should also include the trilogy "Battle of Chaos" co-authored by Margelite Weiss and Don Perrin, and the trilogy "Dragon of the New Era" by Jean Rabe. There are thirteen collections of short stories in this series. There are also many computer games in the dragon gun series. Like other types of products in the series, the computer game of dragon gun also focuses on the main story line of the series. Legend of Dragon Gun Heroes, Dragon of Fire and Phantom Mage are all horizontal action games, in which players control the dragon gun heroes to fight the dragon army. Battle of the Long Gun is a strategy game, while Flying Dragon Knight is an aerial shooting game. There are three computer role-playing games in the Dragon Gun series: Klein Hero, Ghost Knight and Klein After Darkness. Among them, The Hero of Klein is a very successful work, and After the Dark of Klein can be said to be a typical representative of a good game destroyed by a program error. Author's brief introduction The Dragonlance Chronicle Trilogy is a novel written by Tracy Hickman and Margret Weis. This novel was originally intended to make use of TSR's expert dungeons and dragons system (Advanced Dungeons &; Dragons) designed by the game published, everyone is not optimistic about this work. Unexpectedly, after the publication of the whole novel, it caused a great sensation, and the book was reprinted continuously, ranking on the new york Times bestseller list for dozens of weeks. It has changed from an underrated pawn to a classic of fantasy literature. And the derivative works, rumor and prequel of the whole series are constantly introduced, becoming the only enduring jesus christ superstar in TSR production line. It truly depicts the inner world of each protagonist. There is no perfect hero in the chronicles of dragon guns. This group of people are just ordinary people with extraordinary abilities. They are not Hercules who were born with divine power, and they are not Achilies who are invulnerable. They will be selfish and afraid, just like every normal person. The heroes here are just vagrants trying to find their own inner stability. In the world of dragon guns, we can see that the so-called kindness and justice are not absolute. Kindness may be cowardice, it may be escape, evil may be warmth, it may be human nature. Everyone exposed the deceitful fake priest, but instead they were spurned by the villagers, because their justice destroyed the only pillar of the villagers in troubled times, the only thing they could believe. The focus of the dragon gun to attract people is not the gorgeous magic, the exotic moves and the bizarre monster beast, but its story, its plot and its role; They are all rich and vivid, and even if they are not packaged, people are naturally attracted to them. This is the dragon gun, which is why it attracts people and becomes a classic. After the story of dragon gun culture continuing the chronicle of dragon gun ended, Klein did not live a happy life like in fairy tales. On the contrary, after the loss of the enemy that people can share common weal and woe, the original atmosphere of unity vanished. Although the forces of various factions maintained a superficial balance, the forces under them were turbulent. In addition to these superficial unrest, Raistlin, who took over the exorcist Tower and disappeared for a period of time, reappeared at this time ... Tracy Sickmann and Margaret Weis, who had achieved unprecedented success in the previous Chronicle of the Dragon Gun, once again launched the trilogy of The Legend of the Dragon Gun after a period of deep diving. After getting rid of ad&; After the shackles of D dragon gun system, the two authors have greater creative freedom, and at the same time, they have created works that readers admire beyond the Chronicle of Dragon Gun. Just as the title of this article reveals, the content of this continuing trilogy is darker and deeper than the previous one, and it is also aimed at readers of higher age. The twins, Caramon and Raistlin, who had a love-hate relationship in the previous work, will become the protagonists of the trilogy "Legend of the Dragon Gun". Under the arrangement of the author's wonderful pen, readers will gradually understand how Raistlin set foot on this dark road, and what price he is willing to pay for the magic of love. The kingdom of Hista, which is near the end and on the verge of destruction, still sings every night; The Battle of Dwarf Gate in the Great Plains, where the brothers are cannibalistic and bloody. These histories, which were mentioned slightly in the Chronicle of the Dragon Gun, but not described in depth, will become the scenes in The Legend of the Dragon Gun, and readers will have the opportunity to learn more about the history and humanities of the whole Klein world. In The Legend of the Dragon Gun, because the progress of the plot is completely concentrated on Raistlin, Caramon, paladin's pastor Krishna and Taisho Hefu, the depth and breadth of each character are greatly increased, completely escaping the evaluation that the characters in the previous work are too flat. In The Legend of the Dragon Gun, the author narrates the tragic songs composed by the twins, who are as extreme as light and dark, and whose fates are intertwined, with the magnificent Klein history as the background. At the beginning of the story, Raistlin has become the strongest wizard in Klein's history, but his mortal status can no longer satisfy his endless ambitions. Therefore, he worked hard day and night to complete his most amazing plan; If he succeeds, what awaits Klein will be complete destruction. On the other hand, Caramon, who lost his goal of protection and enterprising spirit, was down and out, and became a bloated drunk. Under the arrangement of fate, there are only two people left who can stop Raistlin's plot. One is Caramon, and the other is Taisho Ho Fu, a lucky and fearless Kander. What kind of journey this weird combination will face, No one knows that ... is divided into: the legend of dragon gun-the volume of fire-the legend of dragon gun-the volume of time-and then comes out after the trial: The Dragon of Xia Yan, The Trilogy of mortals-the dragon of the sunset-the dragon of the dying moon-the dragon of the dying star. The main lines of the novels are arranged in the order of reading (Dragonlance Chronicles Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawn; The second generation; Dragons of summer flame; The War of Souls: Dragons of a Fallen Sun)(21), Dragons of a Lost Star)(22), Dragons of a Vanished Moon)(23), and the well-known Dragon Gun Legend Trilogy is actually just. Derivative novels There are many derivative novels of Dragon Gun. There are only about 1 books on dragon guns officially recognized by TSR, including numerous prequels, legends, stories and so on. Among these more than 1 books, because not all of them were written by two original authors of the dragon gun, the quality is mixed. Many of them are out of print, so there is little chance for everyone to see them all. Here only