Greg Svenson was given a play-test copy of D&D in the summer of 1973, while Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax laboured to finish the manuscript.
Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons on pre-order
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
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)
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?
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. Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren created Chainmail, both members of the Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association, after being inspired (in part) […]
Gaming history: Dungeons & Dreamers review
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. As it happens, I don’t need to do any research for this at all. Sitting […]
The creation of Dungeons & Dragons: The Great Kingdom
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. I think the trailer looks pretty compelling. It’s just a few minutes long and seems to promise an interesting story. […]
Does anyone care? Happy 40th birthday to Dungeons and Dragons
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. The approach to the birthday has been covered here on Geek Native. There’s been […]
Celebrate the birthday of modern roleplaying
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. At the time this post was written the press team of […]
Gaming history: A First Survey – Science Fiction Hobby Games
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. D&D was actually a cariation of the Chainmail war game too. Neal Tringham is […]
