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The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg: Rediscovered 2nd oldest RPG dungeon with free samples

October 16, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: blackmoor, Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, greg svenson, kickstarters, the fellowship of the thing, The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg

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.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, Jon Peterson, tsr games

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!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: blackmoor, cartography, Dave Arneson, drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, sales

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Sandy Petersen, tsr games

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. Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren created Chainmail, both members of the Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association, after being inspired (in part) […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Avalon Hill, blackmoor, chainmail, Dave Arneson, diplomacy, dragon pass, Dungeons & Dragons, empire of the petal throne, Gary Gygax, Glorantha, Greg Stafford, jeff perren, Tekumel, TSR, tunnels & trolls

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. As it happens, I don’t need to do any research for this at all. Sitting […]

Filed Under: Books, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: brad king, Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons, dungeons & dreamers, Gary Gygax, id software, john borland, reviews, Richard Garriott, Ultima

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. I think the trailer looks pretty compelling. It’s just a few minutes long and seems to promise an interesting story. […]

Filed Under: Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, the great kingdom, trailers

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. The approach to the birthday has been covered here on Geek Native. There’s been […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, gygax magazine, Jon Peterson, wizards of the coast

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. At the time this post was written the press team of […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Dungeon & Dragons, Gary Gygax

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. D&D was actually a cariation of the Chainmail war game too. Neal Tringham is […]

Filed Under: Books, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dave Arneson, Gary Gygax, Kenneth Bulmer, Neal Tringham, Richard Bartle, Roy Trubshaw, Tribes of Crane

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