We are getting close to the end of The Strategic Review, but there are still some trumps that it has for us when it comes to D&D, Number 6 is particularly relevant to the game because it brings us a whole new character class, one that has only increased in popularity in later editions, The Bard. 

The Bard as conceived here is very much the Celtic Bard, trained by Druids with a high affinity for Druids and their main power is the ability to charm others, and also having some thief skills and some spells, a jack of all trades character, even more so than the thief. As a complement to the Bard we also get some magical items, particularly Barding Harps, each corresponding to a different school of Barding with different effects.

Another article here would be developed as one of the pillars of D&D, up until here alignments were solely in the Lawful/Neutral/Chaotic axis, here Gygax is rethinking his idea for alignments and for the first time we get the idea of Lawful not being necessarily Good and Chaotic not being Evil. For the first time we have the possibility of Lawful Evil and Chaotic Good monsters and characters. This makes the game’s morality much more three dimensional that before and was a great addition. Good issue.