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Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons on pre-order

September 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It's not just creator v creator history in the book. As you might expect, Game Wizards also looks at the Satanic Panic and not just at the problems that caused, but the advantages as well.

Blackmoor: The world’s first D&D campaign setting is DriveThruRPG’s deal of the day

July 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Over 30 years ago, Dave Arneson created the world that spawned a generation of role playing fans! This core campaign setting is 240 pages and features a full color pull out map of Blackmoor!

TSR Games (3) now distances itself from TSR Games (1)

July 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At this point, TSR Games (3) was quick to say that they are not, in any way, the old TSR and are entirely new.

What was the first RPG?

August 29, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The first evening of tabletop roleplaying, as we would recognise it today, was run by Dave Arneson in 1971. The campaign setting was Blackmoor, and the game system was a modified version of Chainmail.…

Gaming history: Dungeons & Dreamers review

March 4, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The 40th birthday for Dungeons & Dragons happened this year, the community celebrated it and the hobby basked in some positive press attention. Today is International GM’s Day and it seems a fitting day to look back at the hobby.…

The creation of Dungeons & Dragons: The Great Kingdom

January 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is the trailer for the documentary The Great Kingdom that follows the creation of Dungeons & Dragons. It’s about the great work of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson… and then the troubles with TSR.…

Does anyone care? Happy 40th birthday to Dungeons and Dragons

January 26, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Today is Dungeons & Dragon’s 40th birthday. While we can’t be %100 that the 26th is the exact date, as it was never announced, historian and author Jon Peterson presents some great research on his blog that really leaves little debate.…

Celebrate the birthday of modern roleplaying

January 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve roleplayed for generations but Dungeons & Dragons is considered the first modern roleplaying game. It was published in 1974 and will be 40 this year. This blogger has asked Wizards of the Coast whether they’ll be celebrating the birthday of their flagship RPG.…

Gaming history: A First Survey – Science Fiction Hobby Games

September 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you know much about the origin of the roleplaying games hobby? Perhaps you know Gary Gygax published Dungeons & Dragons in 1974? A gamer geek might remind you that it was Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax who published the game.…

Swords and Wizardry Monstrosities review

March 23, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Swords and Wizardry Monstrosities is the largest ever compilation of monsters for Swords & Wizardry from Frog God Games. There are 186 new monsters and hundreds of older monsters from the first edition of the game and they’re all in one place.…

Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons on pre-order

Blackmoor: The world’s first D&D campaign setting is DriveThruRPG’s deal of the day

TSR Games (3) now distances itself from TSR Games (1)

What was the first RPG?

Gaming history: Dungeons & Dreamers review

The creation of Dungeons & Dragons: The Great Kingdom

Does anyone care? Happy 40th birthday to Dungeons and Dragons

Celebrate the birthday of modern roleplaying

Gaming history: A First Survey – Science Fiction Hobby Games

Swords and Wizardry Monstrosities review

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