Routinely Itemised: RPGs #28
RPG news from the weird week between Christmas and New Year.
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) by the game Siege of Bodenburg.…
Tunnels & Trolls goes Deluxe with Kickstarter
Another RPG Kickstarter of note. This time it’s Tunnels & Trolls and this game really does have a strong claim to fame. It was the second RPG published in the States and it beat Dungeons & Dragons to print in the UK.…
