Robert J. Kuntz is an author and game designer who played with Gary Gygax in that fateful demonstration by Dave Arneson of Blackmoor in 1972. He later went on to DM Gary Gygax.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #55
One week of RPG news: A battle in the Gygax family of D&D’s legacy, too sexy vampires and a game designer disowning their award-winning edgelord adventure.
Unbreakable author wants D&D to pull Oriental Adventures from shops
In recent years, more D&D fans have been uncomfortable with how the 1985 published book treats its subject matter.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #50
In Routinely Itemised this week we catch up with PaizoCon Online, find out what the D&D movie has in store and ear about “choose your own adventure” audiobooks!
Second Gygax Will brings the family to court as a D&D legacy battle brews
Luke Gygax has a second Will that his father wrote, and it may replace the one Gail has been using to date.
Expedition to the Barrier Peaks: An old school D&D adventure that inspires musicians
It was written by Gary Gygax in 1976, back when D&D was only two years old and played in the Origins II convention.
Covid:-19: Gary Con XII cancelled
The Resort is going to release all bookings without a cancellation fee.
Gary Con faces boycott calls
This year Gary Con is facing calls for a boycott. Stacy Dellorfana, the founder of ConTessa, has led the charge.
Did Tolkien inspire Dungeons & Dragons?
Some of the most obvious Lord of the Rings influences are found in Dungeons & Dragons’ original character races, creatures and classes: Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves and Humans were included, with monsters such as Balrogs and Ents — which are highly unique to the Lord of the Rings — also being featured in the game.
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) […]