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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology-affiliated MIT Press wants to get you into game design

July 24, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On offer is a chance to delve into the fascinating origins of iconic games like Dungeons & Dragons, World of Warcraft, and Nintendo.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: bundles, game wizards, humble, Jon Peterson

A look inside: Dungeons & Dragons Lore & Legends

October 3, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The book has more than 900 artworks, including photography, digs into the history of D&D and has been sculpted by an impressive team of writers and researchers.

Filed Under: Books, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Jon Peterson, previews

The “Satan Thing” vs the Greater Gygax Initiative: Why no Gygax statue in Lake Geneva?

April 26, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I think, for one, the Satanic panic still lingers, in a way. In general, ask people around Lake Geneva what they think of the game

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Jon Peterson, luke gygax

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #146

April 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve tried my best not to include any pranks in this news summary. I am stupid, though, and may have been tricked. I don’t think so…

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bully Pulpit Games, cortex, diego pisa artworks, dms guild, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, fandom tabletop, Free League Publishing, gamefound, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, handiwork games, humble bundle, Jon Peterson, Knight Errant Media, kobold press, legends of avallen, Mike Pondsmith, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, Nightfall Games, old gods of appalachia, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, postworldgames, rebellion unplugged, roll20, rollvsevil, routinely itemised, savage worlds, Son of Oak Game Studio, star trek adventures, stokerverse, tales of xadia, tarot, the dragon prince, titan effect, traveller, Vampire: The Masquerade

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #118

September 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A newly announced D&D event, new directors at GAMA, controversy and a whole tonne of new RPGs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: a couple of drakes, animal adventures, apotheosis, brindlewood bay, Call of Cthulhu, Cepheus Deluxe, chamomile has adventures, cubicle 7, demiplane, Diana Jones Award, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dwarven Forge, edge, fat dragon games, Freddie Taylor-Bell, gama, game wizards, gencon, goodman games, Gun Metal Games, heroic maps, iron kingdoms, James Maliszewski, Jon Peterson, limitless adventures, Matt Forbeck, Meguey Baker, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, Mutants & Masterminds, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder infinite, Privateer Press, Ravenloft, routinely itemised, Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide, Shotguns & Sorcery, Skirmisher Publishing, SLA Industries, star trek adventures, starfinder infinite, talespire, tanya floaker, the dee sanction, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, vincent baker, wizards of the coast

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

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

Shortlist for 2013 Diana Jones announced

May 31, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Diana Jones Award for Excellence in gaming was established in 2001. This year the prize will be presented at the annual Diana Jones Party, held at the Cadillac Ranch, the night before Gen Con in Indianapolis this August. The shortlist includes five very different contenders; a RPG, a card game, a convention, a book […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: aeg, Diana Jones Award, geek & sundry, Jon Peterson, Love Letter, Wil Wheaton

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