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 […]
Swords and Wizardry Monstrosities review
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. Swords and Wizardry itself dates back to the 1970s and Frog God Games’ version […]
The Ernie Gygax Fire Relief fund
Ernie Gygax, son of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax lost his home yesterday to a fire. It is understood that no one was hurt but the Ernie Gygax Fire Relief fund is now being coordinated on Facebook. According to Facebook, Ernie currently lives by Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Tim Kask wrote; Ernie’s Inferno Update: 7:00 […]
Is there conflict between the ‘Gary Gygax Estate’ and new Gygax Magazine?
This may be a tricky story to cover and I suspect emotions are running high. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson created Dungeons & Dragons. Most people consider D&D to be the original tabletop RPG and Gary Gygax to be its father. Gary sadly passed away in 2008, he had suffered from strokes in 2004 but […]
Who actually created D&D? A Dungeons and Dragons documentary
This video is a trailer for a Dungeons & Dragons documentary. I think it looks pretty good. It’s a complex story – even around apparently simple questions like; “Who actually created D&D?” https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andrewpascal/dungeons-and-dragons-a-documentary This is not a completed documentary though. It may never be finished. There’s a Kickstarter project for it with pledges beginning at […]
Wizards of the Coast brings back AD&D
Wizards of the Coast will republished Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. The company will produce premium versions of the original AD&D rulebooks, with original art and content but with new cover designs.
RPG News: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Echoes #17
RPG Industry News D&D 30th Anniversary Details Paranoia XP Announced Green Ronin Licenses The Black Company Blue Rose D&D 30th Anniversary Details Celebrate as a pop culture icon turns 30! Since it first released in 1974, the fantasy roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons® has taken millions of players on imaginary adventures of epic scale. Today, […]