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Tag: Dave Arneson

How Important Are Rules?

May 8, 2013November 24, 2017Ethan Gilsdorf3

How many or how few rules make for good game play? We want certain rules in certain games to be rock-solid and unmovable. In other games, perhaps there’s some wiggle-room.

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Has the Earliest Version of D&D Been Discovered?

April 23, 2013Ethan Gilsdorf7

Followers of gaming history care passionately about who truly created D&D. Now, some of that mystery of where or who, exactly, D&D came from has now become a little less fuzzy.

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D&D Documentary to Explore ‘the Most Influential Game in History’

August 15, 2012December 13, 2017Ethan Gilsdorf

How did its shock waves roll into the realm of video games, influencing a generation of computer programmers who would come to rule Silicon Valley? How did the game, which has now earned the praises of writers, actors, musicians, and …

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Exclusive: Auction Preview of D&D Co-Creator’s Personal Collection and Archives (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

May 6, 2012December 13, 2017Admin

His original gaming dice. His original Dungeons & Dragons and Blackmoor campaign manuscripts. His first printing, woodgrain boxed set play copy of D&D. Letters from Gary Gygax. Other letters, notes, documents, artwork, photos, cartography, rare wargames and hand-made models and …

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GeekDad Exclusive: Auction Preview of D&D Co-Creator’s Personal Collection and Archives — Game’s Secrets to Be Revealed

May 4, 2012December 13, 2017Ethan Gilsdorf

His original gaming dice. His original Dungeons & Dragons and Blackmoor campaign manuscripts. His first printing, woodgrain boxed set play copy of D&D. Letters from Gary Gygax. Other letters, notes, documents, artwork, photos, cartography, rare wargames and hand-made models and …

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Dave Who? Arneson Gameday Celebrates Other D&D Creator (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

October 1, 2011Admin

You probably know Gary Gygax was one of the masterminds behind Dungeons & Dragons. But what about his collaborator? Can you even name him? “Fantasy role-playing games essentially begin with Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor campaign,” says Tavis Allison, organizer of the …

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Dave Who? Arneson Gameday Celebrates Other D&D Creator

September 29, 2011Ethan Gilsdorf

You probably know Gary Gygax was one of the masterminds behind Dungeons & Dragons. But what about his collaborator? Can you even name him? “Fantasy role-playing games essentially begin with Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor campaign,” says Tavis Allison, organizer of the …

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